I actively encourage snails in all my tanks. They do a great job cleaning up the microscopic pieces of uneaten food. I would look upon them as doing you a favour in cleaning this waste that would otherwise potentially foul the water. Same here :thumbsup: When I set up my fish shed I bought 50 MTS o...

.....for the reason that it seems like they breed like guppies. :D .... Just like this ? :beardy: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/peterUK/Fish/bn-01.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/peterUK/Fish/bn-02.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/peterUK/Fish/alb-bn-03.jpg http://img....

Football ?

Ban it.

If this ridiculus so called game was banned then the world would be a much better place.

So I guess that means that they can only manage to small invert type/size prey ?

Once you keep them, you begin to understand how really odd they are. The mouths especially.

Odd ?
How so ?
What is so special about their mouths ?
Come on Jools, spill it all

I think it really depends on the amount of water that you are changing that will dictate the type of dechlorinator that would suite you best. I started with Seachem Prime which is, I think, a very good product for the price. Use 1 ml for each 10 gallons of water. 100 ml treats 1,000 gallons; 250 ml ...

DJ-don wrote: go to http://www.livefish.com.au/index.php?ma ... 20a&page=2
they sell some syno catfish there but not cheap though just scroll down a bit

Not cheap ! ! ! !

You aint kidding

Look at THIS

Letting the weight of the drill do the work, roughly how long does it take to make the hole ?

Why not DONT keep any ancistrus or 'pleco's 'and keep some synodontis instead ?
Not too sure on the availability of syno's in Oz but there must be some species available.
Like This species

Are these Pangasius ?

Taken from ..... HERE

hotplecogirl wrote: I am curious how he will turn out.

Probably like these . . . .

I have had 2 lots of BN babies come out of the 'woodwork' in the last few days (normal and albino) I feed them exactly the same as the adults, in fact the only thing I do any different is larger and more frequent water changes due to having approx 100+ extra 'little poo machines' doing what poo mach...

I saw my first granulosus in the flesh a few days ago, very nice indeed and not a bad price I thought at £255 each.

Have you tried www.bugnation.co.uk ?

I know that they have an active section of snail keepers on there.

This is a calico/piebald bristlenose. This is a bred color form of Ancistrus cf_cirrhosus . I have a few of those scattered about my tanks and they was bred from 'normal' BN like in Alscats photos. I have found that BN can change their colouration depending on their age and what sort of decor the t...

My first immediate thought was that maybe you have had something come in on the plants and is munching on the cory's, I have had dragonfly larvae and water beetles come in on plants before.
My second though is that ammonia is burning the fins.
Has the tank been cycled properly ?

Ps. The clarias is 'marbled' not albino
An albino cannot have any black (melanin) in its colouration, also albino's have pink eye's.

Pretty Food ?

Absolutely, not to mention removing the potential suffering of a living ready-meal - it just isn't necessary. Are you including such things as Daphnia, brine shrimp, bloodworms in this ? If not, why not ? They are living creatures as well. Where is the line drawn and by whom ? Personly, I cant see ...

Found the bubble nest destroyed today
Better luck next time ..... I hope

Looked into the fishshed just now and overnight the Callichthys have been http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/peterUK/giffs/814987-1.gif and made a bubble nest under a large 7-8 inch leaf http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/peterUK/giffs/Bananeyessss.gif They are in a 24 x 15 x 12 with 3/4 inc...

Dave Rinaldo wrote:Toyin says

Parauchenoglanis guttatus

The adipose fin of P guttatus is a totally different shape to the fish pictured.

a room at 84F would be unbearable to do much work in. Can I ask why the room must be so warm ? Whatever temperature my fishroom is, the tanks are approx 2 degree's cooler. So I'm guessing that you keep your tanks at about 82F (28C) ? Why not just get rid of the heaters and just space heat the entir...

I recently moved my trio of Callichthys callichthys to their own tank to get them ready for breeding (hopefully) this year. As i was in the fishhouse today with the camera I took a few snaps, not the best but I've taken worse :mrgreen: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/peterUK/Fish/Cal-02.jpg h...

This man has some serious photography skills

Here are a few of his 'snaps' ..... http://www.eacichlid.co.uk/forumdisplay ... -Aqua-Mojo

Not sure. I'm having trouble interpreting its nose/mouth. My wild guess is a gudgeon, Gobio gobio? Totally the wrong shape for a gudgeon which are torpedo shaped, this fish's doesnt look to have the roach/rudd/bream shape either (head profile is too broad looking from this angle). Neither does it l...

Amazing maco shots of an adonis, especially the dentition
Mouth pic is 5th down
http://www.eacichlid.co.uk/showthread.p ... o-close-up

Any clue's on whether it is marine or freshwater ?
(guessing that is probably freshwater by the debris in the water and twigs in the foreground)
Lake or river, fast or slow water flow.
Approx size if known.

I use escargot shells, buy them from a food shop on ebay rather than a fish shop or person as the price will be MUCH MUCH cheaper HERE is what I use, 24 shells for just under £10 (inc P&P). There is also someone selling 4 shells for £3.10 (inc P&P) for shellies which is exactly the sort that...

A nice skill you have there .......