Thank you Mark.

I hope they are, i paid a small fortune for them

Sorry about the pic its my mobile its not very good

Are these little ones adolfoi? plz...

Just seen this, the post on SVAS in mine and i have updated now

They have have started breeding now too

We use a small length of copper pipe, works better than anything else.

Just keep an eye on your fish and it can take anything from 24 to 48 hours to work.

Hi Bwhiskered, Thank you for your post and the info. We have had nearly all to the hoplo types cats and spawned them all and these are my next challenge. Ive had them about 4 years now, my hubby nearly sold them 3 times but they are mine and its my dream to breed them. I notice about 2 years ago how...

Happy Birthday to Jools

Hi guys My Dianema urostriatums have started showing signs of spawning. They were sharing a tank with a breeding group of Callichthys and to my amazement i saw a male flagtail go upside down and start bubble under the lid. Andy has now removed the Callichthys but i think hes upset the flagtails caus...

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Sorry we cant make the April one, Andy can not get any time off work

That's a shame, hopefully see you at the next one

Hopefully Steve, can you plz remind me of the dates when you get time

We had a great night as usual Richard B, the hoplos you got was ours and they are F2, we have a wild breeding group and kept back some of their young to grow up to breed and the ones you got are the first spawning from the F1's We got the Blue Acaras and two paired off and now i have fry :d Sorry we...

you dont need to breed him if you dont want to he will be ok, if you want to try just put a lid in for him and see what happens.

we have a group of about 10-15 in one tank, not sure as Andy has moved them around and added a few more, i will have to check them, i think there is more males than female. They have been in their new tank now for a week and have gone and spawned the other day in three different areas of the tank. T...

thank you Mats

we are moving lots of tank around so we can breed a lot more different kinds of corys.

We got some Scleromystax Prionotos a few years ago and kept them with some Barbatus we are growing on for breeding stock, Andy had even forgot we had them. With Andy moving fish tanks around in the main fish house, he put the Prionotos in a tank full of guppies in the new section of fish tanks, in w...

My hubby and i are going, got some fish to show and a lot booked

You are most welcome Matt.

I see from another thread you are going to CSG show/auction on Sunday, we are going too, i will have a bag with a picture of a guppy on it, if you see me please come over and you can have a chat with my hubby and me.

When you put the eggs in the rearing tank only have water about 6" deep. Thanks for the info but just wondered why the water needs to be so shallow. Also how often do you water change with newly-hatched fry? Cheers Matt so that the fry dont have to swim as far to get air, ones the fry get some...

Phyllonemus wrote:I've read somewhere that the female has to be removed from the tank after spawning, is that thrue ?
My couple hasn't spawn yet.

we once had a female that kept eating the eggs so we swap her but we usually dont take the females out.

the punctatum nearly spawned for me but sadly the male died last year and i have 2 females left.

this was the male


good luck with yours Bijn

bamboosticks wrote:I have a pair, the male is so red; what does this mean?

is it a very deep orange on the underneath of him (chest/belly)? if so it means he is wanting to breed, hes in breed condition.

I dont think multiple spawnings are common, its only happened twice in all the 20 years ive been a breeder, but saying that we do now limit the amount of females in the tank to 3. The F1 females are only small at the moment so they are not laying many eggs, the last spawning 23/8/10 there was only a...

we remove the lid when the egg start to go brown, if you look at them you can see the baby fry inside the egg but if i was you i would remove them when you see them, that way you can watch the eggs more closer and see them developing, then as you breed more and become more confidant you can leave th...

We have a group of flags and i have noticed that the males are developing just like the hoplo pectorale, they have a thick part just behind the pectoral fin as well as thicker pectoral bones and look orange. When Andy has done revamping the fish house im going to set a tank up for them to spawn, im ...

Hi Matt, We have years of experience of the hoplo, ive nearly breed them all. We have grown some up from our wild breeding group and now the F1's are breeding. We have them in a 22"x30"x12" tank, not sure how many there is in there but it could be 15-20 adults mostly male too. One day...

Is the hoplo challenge still on?

Hi Stuart,

If you can get a picture of them now i will sex them for you.

Here's a picture of their Mum and Dad

Hi Guys, Sorry i have not been back on, its busy busy busy here, we are renovating the fish house. Hes about 3-4 months old and about 1" with tail fin. I noticed there was an albino in the tank when the fry were a week old. When feeding them i would check to see if the albino one was ok, someti...

Well we have somehow breed one Here is a few pic of him (Andy thinks its a boy) His left side is bronze with a black eye and his right side his most albino with a red eye http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s24/hoplocat/DSC04069-2.jpg http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s24/hoplocat/DSC04071.jpg His r...

Does anybody know if anyone has breed a Cory that's half bronze half albino?

I'm sat here reading your last few post and my heart has sank and i have tears in my eyes... this is so upsetting... :cry: So sorry sidguppy... you must be so upset... we are only read about the horror you are having... you are having to live it and see it and watch as the poor fish have suffered......

Hi guys, So sorry to hear about your Callichthys sidguppy :( These are just amazing catfish, we have breed hundreds of these and im surprised to hear the problems you are having. To be honest with you, if i had gone to the shop and seen them so thin i would not have bought them, but the excitement o...