hi - thought I'd post a picture of my red whiptail taken today - I'm not sure how old he/she is......actually - does anyone know how long they do live? thanks - sue

'Blossum' - an albino aenus cory - got her when I got my first tank 4 yrs ago.........she survived my initial new tank syndrome catastophes and I still have her - sue

this is a picture of my dwarf harahara catfish - at least that's what I think he is - will try to get a better photo of him but he's not awfully co-operative - sue

this might work - am following instructions



will try to get a better photo - am using a digi camera for the first time....very different from using film - sue

hi - have just put a small photo of my red whiptail as my avatar .......know how to do that........but - how do you post photos?

thanks - sue

thanks Yann - is the male/female ratio important with BN's or is that not important? ..and long term, would I have room in a 29 gall (36 x 15 x 15 inch) tank for 3-4 BN?
cheers - sue

Thanks :lol: next question.......if by some miracle I do manage to get male and female am I better getting 2 fish from the same drop/litter/hatching (guppy and dog person here :roll: ) or getting the one and getting another from an unrelated source? Or doesn't it matter - have been line-breeding gup...

hi there

any hints on sexing baby bristle noses please. Am hoping to get some on the weekend for my tank - the one's available are very small (about 1 inch or slightly smaller)

thanks - sue

thanks Ben - -is there any way of telling the sex of bristlenoses when they are young (can usually only get babies in the lfs here) -does it matter if they are from the same batch or would I be better to get them from different places (if that is possible - I'm from an area where we don't have many ...

hi - I have a 36 x 15 x 15 inch tank with a red lizard whiptail catfish, 3 cories, a dwarf harahara, 4 kuhli loaches, 2 keyhole cichlids, 1 apistogramma borellii and 6 neons.Well planted tank with soft water, pH 6.7 Q 1 - are whiptail's efficient algae eaters? Q 2 - would a couple of bristlenoses be...

hi - one of my albino cories died yesturday. She had been in the tank with 2 males for the last 3 yrs. She ate heartily the night before she died, showed no symptoms of disease. I tested the water - nil ammonia, nitrite and low nitrate(approx 10) - none of the other fish in the tank are sick, no new...

hi I'm from Northland - at the top of New Zealand - sue

thank you - sue

hi - could do with some advice please I have a red lizard whiptail catfish (hemiloricaria sp) in a 29 gall tank - not a lot of algae in tank at present as it is recently set up. pH 6.7 nil ammonia/nitrites nitrates 10. I upgraded to the 29 gall from a 10 gall and moved all the gravel, rocks, plants,...

thanks jools - BTW what sort of camera do you use to get those awesome photos?

hadn't heard that you can feed potatoes - what other veges could you use - so far mine have only had courgettes, spinach, cucumber and peas(which didn't work they floated around the tank till I fished them out) - sue

thank you all for your thoughts - this is so interesting - hearing from people who know what they are talking about with catfish :D when I asked at the lfs they told me that you don't need to feed fresh food that the tablets and flake food were enough and that the fresh food would just polute the ta...

when preparing courgette and cucumber, spinach to feed to my fish - ottos and my new friend (red whiptail catfish) should I be cooking/blanching the veges or feeding them raw weighed or tied down - have had some problems when they are cooked with the food disolving into mush in the tank (reality is ...

hi Magnum this is the first red whiptail I've ever seen - though I do live in the north of NZ and don't get a chance to visit the larger lfs often. I've been drooling over him since he arrived in the shop and yesturday................ :roll: I will ask around though and see if they are common here ....

thank you Silurus - very helpful

sue

Thanks for the welcomes :D I've found some wonderful photos of my red lizard whiptail catfish but am still searching for info of how big he will grow. Any ideas? The lfs assured me that he will stay small and - is the algae in the tank (at present it's plentiful) enough or does he need extras - I do...

hi everyone - :D just joined the forum and thought I should introduce myself - Sue - and am from New Zealand found this forum today after going to our lfs and returning home with a red lizard whiptail catfish (should have looked for the info first :oops: I know :oops: ) - the shop didn't have a lot ...