Do some searches in the forums ,there are some "interesting" responses which would give you general opinions.This is a subject people feel strongly about and rightly so.
Birger
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- 23 Apr 2005, 16:13
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
- Topic: Big cats, good news or bad news?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6831
- 19 Apr 2005, 00:53
- Forum: Speak Easy
- Topic: What do you do?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1694
- 17 Apr 2005, 17:08
- Forum: Speak Easy
- Topic: okay this is a little gross
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1256
- 16 Apr 2005, 16:36
- Forum: Speak Easy
- Topic: What do you do?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1694
It can be a gamble when getting fish at auctions, buyer beware, even with the most well intentioned seller there can be things that they cannot control,I was at an auction a while ago that was so cold in the building people were keeping their coats on, fish were there as well for over six hours just...
- 16 Apr 2005, 16:17
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: pearl bristlenose plec (Ancistrus hoplogenys)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1923
Do a search for bristlenose or ancistrus in the forums or go to shanes world and read all the pleco articles, all good imformation.
Start with this one
http://planetcatfish.com/shanesworld/s_r_244.php
Birger
Start with this one
http://planetcatfish.com/shanesworld/s_r_244.php
Birger
- 26 Mar 2005, 17:21
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Petricola
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2234
- 26 Mar 2005, 15:46
- Forum: Speak Easy
- Topic: grow your own Daphnia
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1388
- 26 Mar 2005, 15:37
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ocellifer and Multipunctatus fighting?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1561
- 22 Mar 2005, 03:45
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Synodontis eupterus acting very weird
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3870
To start I change the water about every other week. you do not sound to sure here,partial changes weekly would be much better. You have a bit of a mix of fish ,maybe rethink what you want to keep especially the parrot thingy.(personal taste here) As for the syno(hope he is still with you) he is gett...
- 20 Mar 2005, 16:42
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Microsyno temperature preferences
- Replies: 1
- Views: 855
Microsyno temperature preferences
I have been working with Microsynodontis sp.Nigeria for a while, trying different things to trigger spawning, as far as temperature I have been keeping them about 78 F, raising a few degrees during the "dry" times and dropping during the "rains", I have been going more extreme ev...
- 20 Mar 2005, 16:16
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: L-260 Here today. Sadly gone tomorrow.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3913
- 20 Mar 2005, 15:50
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
- Topic: Can Anyone Help!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 959
Try this translator, it is fairly simple to use, even I can make it work
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
Birger
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
Birger
- 15 Mar 2005, 04:09
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Synodontis eupterus acting very weird
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3870
- 11 Mar 2005, 05:29
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Albino bushy nose pleco.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2572
If there were more than one female, the male could keep a number of spawns from different females at the same time if conditions are right. Keep in mind, a group of young ancistrus can be quite messy.(understatement) :) Check out this article on spawning techniques http://www.planetcatfish.com/shane...
- 09 Mar 2005, 06:16
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: L-260 Here today. Sadly gone tomorrow.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3913
Possibly PH shock. Not sure if this is what happened to your fish but with deaths like this it can be the case, I have seen this especially with Rift Lake fish due to the extremes in PH that occur.I realize your fish is not from these lakes but the same theory is still involved.For myself, often it ...
- 01 Mar 2005, 05:00
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: L-200 questions
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2000
- 01 Mar 2005, 04:24
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Cory Cat
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1297
as they are purely sweet-water living species. Do not want to shoot you down but a little research is in order,this depends on the particular type of Molly,there are some that are quite comfortable in coastal or estuarine areas of the southeast U.S.A. They can be rather adaptable though,there are s...
- 26 Feb 2005, 17:16
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Syno compatibility question
- Replies: 1
- Views: 580
- 26 Feb 2005, 02:59
- Forum: Speak Easy
- Topic: How many families?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2065
- 26 Feb 2005, 02:16
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: Catfish quiz
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2338
- 25 Feb 2005, 06:21
- Forum: Speak Easy
- Topic: medicating with synos
- Replies: 2
- Views: 655
- 24 Feb 2005, 15:53
- Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
- Topic: New genus and species of Erethistidae
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2032
- 19 Feb 2005, 15:16
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: What other fish with Peppered Cory's?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2063
- 12 Feb 2005, 15:30
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Royal Panaque
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2471
- 27 Jan 2005, 03:10
- Forum: Speak Easy
- Topic: Got ink?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 953
- 25 Jan 2005, 06:22
- Forum: Tank Talk
- Topic: Custom tank
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1206
The acrylic tank can be drilled so I would look into drilling each end, installing fittings and using external pumps or canisters which would also add to your water volume without making your tank any bigger than the official allowed size,this would also leave more living space for the fish in such ...
- 22 Jan 2005, 22:33
- Forum: Speak Easy
- Topic: How to net fish?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1288
- 22 Jan 2005, 18:46
- Forum: Speak Easy
- Topic: How to net fish?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1288
- 22 Jan 2005, 18:36
- Forum: Tank Talk
- Topic: diy fishroom
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1130
- 22 Jan 2005, 03:50
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: Uided Syno from smb else
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2201