I fit into the retail end. It allows me to experience many species I otherwise would not be able to afford or spend any time with, but the financial rewards are far less than what my degrees would earn me. If you had asked me all through high school and college this is what I wanted to do, though. B...

Ouch. Formalin can be extremely harsh, especially to debilitated/weak fish. I don't think I'd try it on these. Perhaps extreme heat with serious supplemental oxygenation and salt? L239, in my experience, seems to be hit with this parasite or bacterial infection really badly. I've never had any succe...

That is an exceptional looking titanic! His trailers at that size are fantastic ...

J

Congratulations on an honor well-deserved!

J

The US v. Scotland friendly (last year, I think?) showed at least a few of the names that come out when mother country calls - Fletcher, Ferguson, that big guy from Everton ... There does seem to be a lack of young Scots in the EPL. And the SPL, it seems to have turned into an MLS with a Rangers &am...

Actually the Scotsman should come in somewhere around 85th. If FIFA was grading the table, that is :lol: J That would be the same table that puts the USA at #5? Right... Jools I'm not too certain we deserve to be ranked anywhere in the top 25 ... chin up, Euro 2008 is coming up shortly. It is painf...

Actually the Scotsman should come in somewhere around 85th. If FIFA was grading the table, that is

J

The way the Australia-Italy match went down probably represents part of the problem in the US with soccer. In a country where our domestic sports leagues value fair-play and attempt to minimize officiating error, the Italian dive kind of ruins what was a great game. Tim Cahill's quotes after the gam...

The greatest thing about futbol is that anyone can play. If you don't want to play, you can cheer. If you don't want to cheer, you can drink. And if you don't want to drink, you don't have to go to the game. It weeds out all the boring people you might have to talk to! Com'n ClayT101 - I'll take you...

I thought the linesmen were at fault at times, but the ref did OK in a very hard game to referee. So, I don't think he was that bad at all. What did he do wrong? Jools My stance on refs: allow the game to develop naturally as 11 v. 11, interfering with yellow cards for "cynical" fouls and...

I think Eric Wynalda said it best about officials- there are only 2 types: bad and worse. The Uruguayan ref showed no consistency, backbone, or restraint. What was showing to be a beautiful counter-attacking match got hacked into an ugly, exhausting contest. As a US fan, I'm partial. But that ref ru...

Fox Soccer Channel has been on the air here since last spring. They don't have the rights to too many leagues, though. It looks like they lost the broadcast rights to MLS this year.

Now let us see if the US can get a positive result against the Azzurri. One can but wish ...

J

Ouch. Spoiler. I knew I shouldn't have looked at this thread while watching a taped game

At least I'll have to watch to the end to see the winning goal, right?

J

Sorry, Cat-eLog didn't have much to say (but had some fantastic photos!) - what is the maximum size, location found, and other useless trivia that only fish-people really need to know? Thanks for the help, I searched the site earlier and didn't find anything ...

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Ouch. Ukraine really stunk it up after performing so well in qualification. I think there is actually a decent fan base here in the US for futbol. A lot of people are simply sported-out round summer - football is just warming up, basketball is in the finals, baseball still keeps all the old people i...

Excellent canister (for Hagen). Powerful and spacious, but lacking some of the finer features of Eheim ... if you've got upwards of $350 to blow on a single filter (always have a redundancy/backup) it is in a class by itself.

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I've 4 in quarantine right now, and they do NOT like to move. They seem to spend far more time on the glass than on the substrate. I had read to keep them at cooler temps with a low pH. Do they respond better with current? I've tried keeping them as Hypancistrus ... can anyone vouch for the efficacy...

Dunno if this helps, but I've seen 6"+ specimens sell in retail stores for $48, sometimes considerably less, sometimes more (in the south US).

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Geez, that was a horrible joke You got me good!

It never even crossed my mind. As punishment, I'll be forced to watch all the scenes with Kate Winslet again

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I've a Megalancistrus sp. about 12 inches TL with a persistent skin problem. When he arrived via air cargo, the bag he was packed in was filled with sloughed off skin. His head region was pitted with 1/2 inch long wounds. After a few days (and with some Melafix) the patches turned bluish, as if new ...

I've seen many specimens of L273 longer than 10" TL. They aren't incredibly nasty ... just keep them with multiple caves for each plec, and feed in multiple areas at the same time. Not sure what an "iceberg" is ...

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Is picture 15 a Megalancistrus paranus? I've never seen one that big! Those plecs are beauties ... I love that they keep them altogether ...

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Thanks! That answered my question perfectly!

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They tend to grow slower once they reach about 6-7", IME. Small ones, however, if fed several meals a day and given large water changes, should grow several inches a year. If you just leave them wood to gnaw on and feed less, they tend to grow less. I've found they will generally eat and eat an...

Rita gogra and R. rita appear to be very different fish. The pictures in the cat-elog of R. rita look to be that of a larger specimen. I have a fish I am dead certain is a Rita sp., but I want to be certain it is a R. gogra , and thus will be able to handle it. I really don't want a fish that gets ...

I harvest them off of my pond's filter. Can't say the plecos eat them, but Tanganyikan cichlids luv 'em. Whatever isn't eaten I usually find the next day munching on the detritus of my filter pads. They're tough little buggers!

J

Quite a bit late with this, but I know of an acquaintance who put a 13" royal plec in with his 18" Jardini. The Jardini took his time - and waited all of 8 days to kill the royal. With Osteoglossum plecs do quite well. With Scleropages, though, it's a different matter.

This may not answer your question regarding the efficacy of garlic's anti-parasite activities, but check out:


http://www.reefs.org/library/article/h_ ... jorge.html

for a very interesting take on the plausibility (or implausibility) of garlic in mariculture.

J

Whilst deworming will certainly have its supporters - for the most part I would skip it. It's not that easy to dose properly or efficiently for small plecos and delivery methods are either problematic (needles!) or haphazard (adding to food/water). If you have the QT, that should be sufficient. Garl...

Where are these for sale in the US? I'm dying to know ... been looking for one for quite some time now.

J