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by backstreetgambler
14 Oct 2018, 14:36
Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
Topic: CW010 Aeneus Gold Laser breeding...
Replies: 2
Views: 1623

Re: CW010 Aeneus Gold Laser breeding...

Mine use to spawn after a filter clean up. More turbulence and better oxygenation seems to do it for them.
by backstreetgambler
05 Mar 2018, 07:17
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Getting freeze dried foods to sink
Replies: 14
Views: 2139

Re: Getting freeze dried foods to sink

That's good advice, Eric. Kind of the things I scan all these aquaristic fora in hope to come across. So thanks for sharing. When it comes to freeze dried tubifex I use to drill a hole trough the cube with a small nail. The nail is attached to about a meter of fishing line. I drop the cube in the aq...
by backstreetgambler
18 Feb 2018, 12:39
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Microglanis Iheringi
Replies: 1
Views: 2100

Re: Microglanis Iheringi

Out of my 6(?) 3 look like they've swallowed a good size grape. The others are slender like Kuhli loaches. I assume the fat ones are ladies. At the time of purchase they all looked about the same. Not the definite answer to your question, but I think girth is how to tell the genders apart.

Niklas
by backstreetgambler
04 Sep 2017, 10:02
Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
Topic: Cory ID - Sold as C. aeneus
Replies: 6
Views: 2646

Re: Cory ID - Sold as C. aeneus

BullFishkeeping wrote: 04 Sep 2017, 02:07 So they are ? That's awesome! And no, I got 12 for $40 CAD. Is that a good price?
So definitely not ? They're hard to tell apart.
by backstreetgambler
02 Sep 2017, 09:29
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Help identify my Corys
Replies: 5
Views: 1531

Re: Help identify my Corys

Hmmm... you might have a mix there. Striped dorsal fins and black dorsal fins. Maybe both sodalis and reticulatus?
by backstreetgambler
09 Mar 2017, 17:08
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Ancistrus male in cave for nearly month
Replies: 4
Views: 1415

Re: Ancistrus male in cave for nearly month

He has probably spawned with another female before the first batch was ready to leave. I'd leave him be. I had one male do the same thing. thought I'd lost him, didn't see him for several weeks. He emerged however around the same time the first fry started to turn up. Had lost some girth though
by backstreetgambler
16 Nov 2016, 08:30
Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
Topic: Make Sterbai Happy
Replies: 6
Views: 1535

Re: Make Sterbai Happy

Make sure that cirkulation pump really swirls the surface. I've noticed on my own corys that they get bolder and more active with increased oxygenation. They often spawn too right after a filter cleaning. And yes, it is cause for consern - if they don't snap out of it they will eat less and less and...
by backstreetgambler
06 Nov 2016, 16:14
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Is this a emerald green cory or a bronze? Is it healthy?!
Replies: 4
Views: 1345

Re: Is this a emerald green cory? (Bronchis spenden)

ermpickle wrote:Maybe this is a bronze cory? I have no idea, advice please?
that is what they look like. definately not Brochis. Can't judge their health from those photos
by backstreetgambler
25 Oct 2016, 20:01
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: sexing Peckoltia Compta
Replies: 0
Views: 757

sexing Peckoltia Compta

Is it possible to sex these fish from my admittedly crappy photo??
by backstreetgambler
26 Jul 2016, 21:35
Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
Topic: breeding corydoras eques
Replies: 7
Views: 6457

Re: breeding corydoras eques

My corys use to respond well to increased water movement and oxygenation. Combined with live food such as black worms, white worms, grindal(?) worms etc, might do the trick for yours.

Niklas
by backstreetgambler
13 Mar 2016, 20:03
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Catfishes from Iquitos/Nauta Peru
Replies: 16
Views: 3631

Re: Catfishes from Iquitos/Nauta Peru

Don't hold back man. Swamp away. I for one love these threads
by backstreetgambler
22 Jan 2016, 12:50
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: What Cory is this?
Replies: 2
Views: 1178

Re: What Cory is this?

Looks rather like ?
by backstreetgambler
20 Dec 2015, 10:57
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Tips from the more experienced to those who are new to a genera of catfish.
Replies: 1
Views: 697

Re: Tips from the more experienced to those who are new to a genera of catfish.

Always get your fish from more than one source. Make at least a reasonable effort to avoid inbreeding.
by backstreetgambler
17 Dec 2015, 17:48
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: Tips and Tricks
Replies: 104
Views: 24303

Re: Tips and Tricks

As any keeper of corys can testify to, they are suckers for worms. so to for freeze dried tubifex worms. Only problem is those cubes don't sink and the corys won't come to the surface for food. Well, you can tie a bit of fishing line to a small nail. then gently drill a hole in the tubifex cube with...
by backstreetgambler
15 Aug 2014, 20:41
Forum: All Resolved Issues
Topic: weirdness
Replies: 14
Views: 5877

Re: weirdness

I do too
by backstreetgambler
26 Mar 2014, 13:53
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Woodwork in the tank
Replies: 13
Views: 3631

Re: Woodwork in the tank

I use to collect driftwood from the beaches around my area (the southern baltic sea). So far without problem, and those pieces have been in the tanks for years now. Other than that I also collect branches from oak and beech woods. No problem there either. Just make sure the wood is dead and dry enou...
by backstreetgambler
10 Dec 2013, 11:11
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Skiddish Pleco's
Replies: 12
Views: 2624

Re: Skiddish Pleco's

Triactis Trainer wrote:Yeah, I figured if they are happy eating at night then who am i to stop them from doing what they love, and especially to force them to become stressed out potentially by only feeding during daylight hours.
Spoken like a true fishkeeper, good man :YMAPPLAUSE: !
by backstreetgambler
29 Nov 2013, 15:25
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Species?
Replies: 10
Views: 2164

Re: Species?

Panaqolus maccus maybe?
by backstreetgambler
24 Nov 2013, 07:04
Forum: All Resolved Issues
Topic: Shane's world saying 'Error cant read page'
Replies: 7
Views: 1623

Re: Shane's world saying 'Error cant read page'

I got that too. Couldn't read the breeding report on Peckoltia Vittata "error can't read article content"
by backstreetgambler
04 Oct 2013, 08:18
Forum: Travellers note book
Topic: Rio Tapajós
Replies: 46
Views: 61757

Re: Rio Tapajós

Great great stuff! Thanks for the temperature readings, really appreciate it. Was surprisingly high to me but I guess it's in the height of the dry season now.
by backstreetgambler
03 Oct 2013, 09:52
Forum: Travellers note book
Topic: Rio Tapajós
Replies: 46
Views: 61757

Re: Rio Tapajós

I love these threads! Gives a small insight into the actual habitat of my favourite fish. If you don't mind and if the info is available to you, could you post any water parameters? I would be particularly interested in the water temp. Thanks for sharing, very interesting!
by backstreetgambler
25 Sep 2013, 08:36
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: ID corydoras with single stripe
Replies: 5
Views: 1829

Re: ID corydoras with single stripe

The german distributor Glaser has a Cory in stock that looks pretty much like yours. Don't know if the localities match though. Have a look http://www.aquarium-glaser.de/en/corydo ... _1462.html
by backstreetgambler
02 Sep 2013, 13:53
Forum: All Resolved Issues
Topic: error in text on photo Cor. Duplicareus
Replies: 3
Views: 846

Re: error in text on photo Cor. Duplicareus

No problem. You might want to do the same thing on the same photo in the Adolfoi profile.

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