I'm thinking pH shock. Have you tested their "home" water against your tank? Have any numbers for us?


Don

Something I find amusing. Someone posted two different pics of his clarkii clownfish. One got some major backing and came from down 2,000 to within 49 of winning the vote count in four days. But the other pic scored with the judges and took fourth in the money round. That guy made me work my fingers ...

The judges have finally spoken and the ABN did not place in the top four. But we tried. Thanks for the support.

http://www.milliondollartropicalfishpage.com/Contest


Don

I usually only use tank water on it in the Summer when it is sitting outside on my front steps. This is the first time I continued into the Winter, it's blooming season. And I think it was a mistake to do so. It grew great leaves, so heavy they are now all flopped over. But only 2 spikes, 4 flowers ...

At least not all of it. I water my Amaryllis with it. Here are the results.







Don

Doing my maintenance chores today and I found about 10 to 12 fuzzy eggs in my Zebra tank! Checked all the caves, nothing. So my two year wait for a spawn is over, kind of. The wait for fry continues.

Bought them as juvies, about 3/4 to and inch. At least I know they are now mature. Any advice on ...

Thanks one and all!

Final scores:

ABN 5443
Clarkii 5004
Loach 4267
Damsel 4031


Don

One day left and the ABN is still in first. By about a grand right now. But a pic is making an astonishing run. The Clarkii & Anemone pic is now in second and gaining. It seems to be getting three votes every couple of minutes. I smell a rat and this time it's not me!

Can I ask one more time for ...

To the mod who moved this thread, thank you.

I debated where would be best. Tank Talk because it was about tank pics, or the Speak Easy because it was asking for some off beat type of help. I decided on the Speak Easy then posted in the wrong forum anyway. I figured it would be (re)moved.

Don

Live critters, food or bait, in the refrigerator.

Dead stuff in the freezer, again food or bait, is tolerated. Barely.

Don

I'm not the only one soliciting help in a forum. I just multitask better.

http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?t=10609&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

For those that have not checked in lately the ABN is in first and pulling away from the field. Thanks again for any and all support. Voting ...

So when this started it was for the purpose of helping our friend and displacing the two in front of her. A 'win win'. Now, I admit, it has become a quest to overtake that horrible damsel pic. Her ABN is the only good pic with a chance to do so. Personally, I think the judges will pick the ...

I want to thank any and all who voted. She's only 22 votes behind that damn damsel! Great job! We can do this TODAY!

Don

You're right. When she asked for help she was in third place behind the damsel and the bi color betta. At that time the rules were the pic with the most votes wins a $250 gift certificate to their favorite LFS and gets published in TFH. Simple enough. Except the two leaders were obviously being ...

A friend on another forum just went through the breakup of a LTR. She had to sell most of her fish as a result. She's trying to get back into the hobby, but her money is tight. The help she needs is easy and free.

She entered a picture of her ABN in an online photo contest. Top prize is a $250 ...

racoll wrote:Looks more like a she to me andyj.

Could be L333, but all that type of

Hypancistrus

are so hard to tell apart, we are going to need some better pictures.....

I agree that more and better pictures are needed. But I think that's a male. Better overhead head shots will tell the tail.

Don

Thank you Janne.

I've been very pleasantly surprised by the growth rate from my first Hypancistrus (L333) spawn. Not trying to crow about it, just want to know if this normal. I really thought these grew much slower.

Here's a short video showing a juvie from the first spawn with two fry from a second. About 6 ...

I use sponge filters in every tank. Whatever brand is cheapest in the LFS I happen to be in. Never had one get chewed up. But thanks for giving me something new to worry about! :)

In my living room display tank (55 gal) I put one in each back corner and pile gravel over them. I'm sure it impedes ...

I set up a cam on my L333 tank when I noticed a gravid female hanging in front of my bull male's cave. Had to turn on the lights for the cam so I'm not sure we'll see a spawn.

Current residents are three adult L333s and about 20 juvies. There is a new spawn in the square cave.

Only going to have ...

You are correct, they are thin. They were probably out of the cave for a few days before I saw them. But they're starting to fatten up nicely on Sonic's Pleco Power Pellets (fine) and BBS.

http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/4/11422153791.jpg

I counted 26 when cleaning up the other day. So no big die ...

Thanks for the kind comments.

No plans to sell any yet. A little too soon to think about that. They need to grow a little before I make those plans.

Don

Not cat-elog quality but at least it's a pic.



Don

Some of you may remember my posting pics of my very large male L333 several months ago. The thread is here: http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17188&sid=a0e91eb086ea9be3ce88fbcfc2eb129c

Well last night I was doing my normal nocturnal feeding just before bedtime. I was shocked to see ...

"The wife already blew the coffee pot last week. Thank God it was not me."

Shane, you might want to edit that! Or use it as a signature. Your call.

Don

The cat-elog shows several black and white L333s. I thought they were color varients of the same species. I also thought his size confirmed the ID. Are there other Hypancistrus that get as large?

I'm really not looking to produce hybrids. If this is a possibility I'd rather break them up and find ...

Do you know the pH of the water where you bought the fish? I sharp swing may have distressed it. Especially a sudden drop. Hopefully it will adapt, but pH shock can kill several days later.

Unless you know for a fact that this this is the problem the best thing you can do for now is to keep it's ...

Thanks all! This is a puzzlement. But for right now I'm going to keep it away from the other two. The pair are the two fish on the bottom of the bucket in the picture I posted here: http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17188

The fish I'm questioning is the one on the far left showing ...

Only small odontoads on the gills. You can just make them out on the fish's right side.

I'm not sure how important body shape is in this case. I've been overfeeding this tank for a few weeks to condition the female(s).

By head shape alone, does anyone think this may be a maturing male? Sure acts ...

Always thought this was a female. Part of a trio until the male died. It never took a cave and always had a blotchy stress pattern. I replaced the old male with a very large "bull" that I pictured here a couple of months ago. But ever since the first male died this fish has started hanging out in a ...