most of my books and up to date magazines have been spelling it wrong for years then?

world wide bit of a problem there i only have experience with uk dealers. what percentage would be worth your time? or lack of.

Magnesium sulfate can be used so can calcium carbonate. I use a mix of the two to help ballance tanks in 1:4 ratio, as this is closer to natural conditions than using all magnesium.

if you don't think that they are a pangassius even though the dircription was then check out the the Ariidae species in the cat-elog more than likely if it is one its Arius seemani. often refered to shark cats in the uk or any outher name they make up. big 15". eat small stuff. actually brackis...

A good fluke medication is sterazin by water life. however it just sounds like it was chokeing (yes this does happen) what did you feed it?

i've used that theory in the past. but even with a schools of different amounts tiger barbs do nip, as age and size increases so does aggression, but they still only bite things that are slow or are an easy target like guppies or angles ect. the only risk i could see in you tank if you added tiger b...

Jools i noticed you have relationship with amazon.co.uk for the books that people purchase PC gets a percentage of the profit great idea. i just thought that you could set this up for equiptment as well. I can think of a few mail order companies on the web that might be interested if you want me to ...

i've changed my mind again i now think it's more likely you have a very bright coloured (possibly male?) C. sanchesi. (just to ad a bit more confusion!)

hello fishara i never thought to ask that question about the cichlid thing. i assumed because this is a US web site and everyone is a catfish fan that the moderators are sick of hearing about cichlids because it's pretty big side of the hobby where you are. is that right? In the uk most people dont ...

Ok it all just got complicated, I didn't know that was the going price in aus, but i'm now never living there. infact you can fly over to the uk buy me that beer and i'll import you a few they only cost £12. I just really dont like hormone injection. would it not just be possible to breed them natu...

the only problem with apple snails in your tank will be when it dies, loads of protein an only ten gallons, be prepared.

aquaholic i am quite aware of the death rate as i have imported quite a few. Question do you release yours back into the wild? The reason i put my view so bluntly was that your question had been read many times, yet with no reply, and as i'm new to this forum i wanted to know how the others felt abo...

If it is a wild cory then give it a few months and the colour will probably start to fade, probably due to the lack of copious amounts of live food. then identification may become easier.

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Any one got breeding experience with Liosomadoras oncinus, i thing it has been breed i'm just missing the technical info.

really need pic or better discription (no offence). first things whats you water like? is it still feeding?

my best guess would be a young araguaiaensis, or a tank inbread one. or option two a very good specimen of C59.

Interesting point silurus about the pond i am at the moment trying to find a design that i like. The problem i have is that i live in the uk therefore i decided the pond will have to be heated in the winter months at least, so it would be best if it was in a greenhouse with the heating bills an all....

my channel now 17 years of age is still growing its now a little under 24" in length but the majority of growth was done in the first 5 or 6 years however i was feeding a lot more then and that probably had more to do with growth in my situation as the water quality has always been very good.

A possible way of stocking the pond is too ask your local fish shops to advertise that you want fish! there are always people in the uk looking to dump carp and goldfish some where plus if you dont ask then they will probably be dumped anyway. grass carp grow big big quick and you can forget all pla...

HI skinnypaul the best sand in my opinion is BD sand even though it says it doesn't clog it does but it takes a lot longer than most sand, ie playpit sand, which still can be used if you have troble geting hold of BD. Is oxford close as the goldfish bowl is around that way? or ask you LFS to order y...

Thats a very nice collection you've got there. What shop do you work for in the uk any where i might know?

Thanks for confirming that silurus i'll start looking for a bigger tank now then.

How long do channel catfish live for? I have had mine for 17 years and he/she has had numerious amounts of tanks since then. I ask not because i want to get rid of it as i have been quite attached since day one but because this type of information is hard to come by. I estimate about 30- 40 years.

I very nearly lost a as yet undiscribed species one summer when the covers were off the tank. The plec was not new to the tank and the other fish are not big enough to be a threat but a 8" plec managed at least a 6" leap. That was back when i didn't think plecs could jump.