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by sammigold
29 Mar 2007, 06:09
Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
Topic: sick cory sterbais - 2 dead
Replies: 9
Views: 1824

Thanks so much! As it stands all current sterbs are happy and ok... in the end I lost 2 more..so now I have eight little sterbais but they all look healthy now at least. Things have been stable for a few days now so I am feeling positive that I have fixed the prob. I will now be very vigilant in ...
by sammigold
25 Mar 2007, 12:08
Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
Topic: sick cory sterbais - 2 dead
Replies: 9
Views: 1824

I do sell them (guppies)to my LFS when they get big enough usually but I have been a bit slack lately and really didnt notice the population rising (have been busy with my 3 year old, giving up smoking and becoming a gym junkie to lose the smoking kilos!.:oops: ) no excuse really I know but...

I ...
by sammigold
25 Mar 2007, 06:48
Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
Topic: sick cory sterbais - 2 dead
Replies: 9
Views: 1824

Hi, point taken :D I have moved out 10 guppies and now have mainly young gups left in there about 3months old about 15 of them and the sterbais and some really tiny few day old fry about 7 or 8 (others have been eaten I believe.

I guess with the way guppies breed it is very easy to forget and ...
by sammigold
22 Mar 2007, 21:33
Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
Topic: sick cory sterbais - 2 dead
Replies: 9
Views: 1824

that is what I have been doing for the last 5 days...small water changes and gravel vacs almost everyday...
last night a 75% w/c (getting desparate for them to look better) and another gravel vac... gravel not very deep...not alot of stuff in it as a rule anyway and now it is extremely clean.

So ...
by sammigold
22 Mar 2007, 09:58
Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
Topic: sick cory sterbais - 2 dead
Replies: 9
Views: 1824

sick cory sterbais - 2 dead

Hi have had a colony of 12 young sterbai since around mid november last year. They have been going very well until the last week or so...
One or two had been acting a little strangely, up and down and hanging near the top more often than normal letting out little bubbles onto the water surface but ...
by sammigold
18 Nov 2006, 23:18
Forum: African Catfishes
Topic: compatibility eupturus and gibbicep
Replies: 2
Views: 673

thanks very much!!! Just needed a little confirmation.
by sammigold
18 Nov 2006, 23:01
Forum: African Catfishes
Topic: compatibility eupturus and gibbicep
Replies: 2
Views: 673

compatibility eupturus and gibbicep

I have a sailfin gibbecep currently living in tank with discus and have discovered that he has taken a liking to the slime coat and is harrassing my discus... would like to know if he would be compatible with my synodontis eupterus as I really have no where else to put him and dont really want to ...
by sammigold
17 Nov 2006, 23:04
Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
Topic: Age/size of maturity for sterbai
Replies: 4
Views: 1604

Thanks guys.... so I can look forward to trying something next year.... mine are only a couple of months old....
bye..
sammi
by sammigold
17 Nov 2006, 11:13
Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
Topic: Age/size of maturity for sterbai
Replies: 4
Views: 1604

Age/size of maturity for sterbai

Hi, I was just wondering at what age or is it size are Corydora sterbai considered mature for spawning?

thanks
sammi
by sammigold
09 Jun 2006, 08:21
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Levamisole and Gibbiceps
Replies: 1
Views: 676

Ok.... so I found the forum search button... and found heaps of info.... sorry....

New to forum and still working out all the ins and outs...

will now treat my tank with alot more confidence....
by sammigold
09 Jun 2006, 05:23
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Levamisole and Gibbiceps
Replies: 1
Views: 676

Levamisole and Gibbiceps

I am about to dose my tank with Levamisole for a camallanus worm infestation....

Now my question is : I have five young gibbeceps in this tank.. approx 6-7cm and I would like to make sure that this will not kill them...!!!!

I will be dosing at a rate of 1ml per 7litres which is a recommended dose ...
by sammigold
29 Apr 2006, 04:28
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: How to tell the difference between gibbicep and common pl*co
Replies: 4
Views: 3427

Thank you very much for your time.... I will now wait until they get a bit bigger and compare with my other larger one... maybe then I will be able to tell... :P

Thanks :D
by sammigold
28 Apr 2006, 13:39
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: How to tell the difference between gibbicep and common pl*co
Replies: 4
Views: 3427

Thanks for that Mats.... I was wondering as I have what I bought a few months ago as a common pl*co and when I posted pics on one of my forums everyone said nice gibby... and I was confused... and then when I looked at the ones I bought today as gibbys (from same shop) although only 5cm at moment I ...
by sammigold
28 Apr 2006, 13:06
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: How to tell the difference between gibbicep and common pl*co
Replies: 4
Views: 3427

How to tell the difference between gibbicep and common pl*co

I have recently bought some gibbiceps from LFS and wanted to know if there is a specific way of telling the difference between these guys and a common pleco. I have searched but I dont think I am very good at finding things on the net... sorry....

thank you...
by sammigold
08 Feb 2006, 23:31
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Pleco's scaleless? what meds ok?
Replies: 7
Views: 6457

thanks mats... :D
by sammigold
08 Feb 2006, 12:01
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Pleco's scaleless? what meds ok?
Replies: 7
Views: 6457

Thank you mats... I will remember that... :D

thanx
by sammigold
08 Feb 2006, 11:44
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Pleco's scaleless? what meds ok?
Replies: 7
Views: 6457

By the way, you should read the sticky at the top of the forum. Water parameters are essential in accurately diagnosing an illness .

Hi Dave, I did read the sticky before I posted, Sorry, but as I explained this was a question for someone else... I dont have his water parameters I just had the ...
by sammigold
08 Feb 2006, 02:12
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Pleco's scaleless? what meds ok?
Replies: 7
Views: 6457

Pleco's scaleless? what meds ok?

Hi, I am new to this forum and would just like to ask a couple of questions.

I have always thought that plecos and B/nose were scaleless fish like loaches... and for that reason are sensitive to certain medications.

I recently was told that I am wrong...that they have armour and are not sensitive ...

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