Last week, I pulled a batch of L-129 eggs from a cave and hatched them artificially because the male has not done well with a few spawns previously and I didn't want to lose this one. Now that they have just about lost their egg sacs, I want to move them into a breeder box in the same tank. In the b...

So frustrating, but so much more rewarding when it happens!

TwoTankAmin wrote: ↑06 Nov 2019, 23:29 Alan sells it as well https://www.store.repashy.com/by-produc ... -explorer/

Yes, that's probably where I will get it because it seems like most re-sellers don't carry the 4 lb buckets.

bekateen wrote: ↑06 Nov 2019, 01:58 Congratulations. It's not often enough that we have positive outcomes when dealing with disease outbreaks.

Continued success,
Eric

Thank you Eric. I’ll still be keeping a close eye on them for a while, but hopefully the worst part is behind them.

A further update and things have gone well. I had treated several more times with Proform C with no more losses and it looks like any spots that were on the Heterodon are all gone. They've taken up spots in caves and under the driftwood, so I consider that a good sign that they are settling in. I ha...

The best food for conditioning many fish, including Hypancistrus, is live. For some of us this is not going to happen. I am in that camp. I must agree that Repashy is an excellent food for conditioning fish for spawning. It is a toss up in my mind as to which is the next best choice after live, Rep...

I only feed my fish Repashy. So that means every day, although I do have one day a week in which I don't feed. Repashy is an excellent food source to feed on a daily basis. You can switch between different formulas if you want to make it more interesting for yourself. Repashy contains high quality ...

No, I did not feed it for most of the summer time. I don't want them to get too fat. It's best to give them some time with lots of veggies and less protein based foods. I think you can use most Pleco foods from the big suppliers for this period. Just don't feed too much to your adults. Youngsters o...

Well at least I feed it for 2-3 days untill it is gone. Depends on my mood whether I am up to make it every third day all over, again. So they get some breaks in between. I feed it mostly when I want them to spawn, or rather when I expect them to spawn again soon. Like now, when winter and rainy se...

I take an old big tea cup with hot water and boil it in the microwave. Then add the powder and stir well using a spoon. Once hardened, I will feed it using a spoon to make portions of what I assume would be appropriate for the tank. One tea cup usually is enough for two or sometimes three days. Tha...

I make my repashy in empty blister trays from frozen foods, which are about 1cm cubes. For adult plecs (about 5" long) I generally reckon an average of half a cube per day. Smaller fish (juveniles and otos) often prefer to eat off the surface of twigs and branches. Sometimes I dip twigs in the...

I feed more to the volume of the filtration and water volume, I think. I don't want to foul the water, but I want the fish to have all they want. If there's any left over after 12 hours, then I can reduce a bit for their next feeding. Barbie Interesting. I'd never think that the volume of the setup...

Bear in mind that each fish keeper will usually work out what works best for them. I batch Repashy in decent sized casserole dishes. When it has cooled I cut it into bars about 3.5x1.5x1 inch. I wrap each in wax paper and then most of it goes into the freezer and some into the fridge. When I feed I...

I know many here feed Repashy, so I was wondering how you gauge the amount to feed. I usually make batches that I pour into silicone mini cube trays and store in the fridge. Each tray holds about 160 3/8" x 3/8" or roughly 1cm cubes. As a reference, in a tank with 6 L-129 at about 2" ...

As an update, so far the 172a seem to be improving as the dots look to be less prominent. They are also still eating. I did a 60% water change yesterday and dosed the Proform C, and another at roughly the same time again today. Both times I made sure to try and vacuum the sand. The temp is still sit...

The Proform C that I ordered showed up today. It contains those ingredients that you mentioned, so it appears to be the same. Because it is formulated for ponds, it requires a little math to figure out the dosage. They say 3.5 ounces per 1,000 gallons, so if my math is correct, that comes out to .1...

Looks like ich to me. Yellow would suggest velvet. But the treatment is the same for either. Everybody has their own favorite treatment. However, in general, the most effective ingredients are a mix of formaldehyde and malachite green. I have always used Quick Cure by Mardel. https://fritzaquatics....

Let me stress I'm not a vet, but such a bunch of amorvous dots looks like a virus to me Do you have any other Loricarids in the tank, and how are these doing? Virusses are most often rather specefic, that is, they only attack 1 or a few species, or 1 family or so. Anything sufficiently unrelated wi...

I suck at diagnosing disease, but obviously your fish have one. Not sure the significance of the yellow color to the dots. FYI, Proform C is a blend of formaldehyde, methanol and malachite green for its active ingredients. If you can find any other fish medicine that is close in formulation, you ma...

So I recently acquired a couple of new groups of Leporacanthicus, L-264 and 172a(Heterodon), along with a singular L-018. The 264 are in their own tank, and although I lost 1 in the first week, the rest seem to show no outward signs of illness. They seem to be feeding(Repashy custome mixes) as I see...

I found the thread where I saw the reference to black oak. It's the last post.
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Hi all, I don't know about the Black Oak ( Quercus velutina ), it isn't a tree I've ever seen in the UK, but you have a lot more Oaks in the USA. Looking at Wikipedia it says it is Red Oak group, and I've used Red Oak ( Quercus rubra ) leaves and they were OK (and a gorgeous colour), but didn't las...

I've read about many using oak leaves in their tanks, and I have quite a bit around here. But I swore that somewhere I read something about black oak being no good. Does anyone know if that's the case? Also, what about silver Maple leaves, yea or nay? Sycamore?

Ok, I was having a hard time believing that they would spawn back there. I probably placed the sponge in just the right spot for the fry to hide because it is just the Swiss material on an old hydro base. I’m tempted to try and move it to see how many there are.

I was doing water changes on a few tanks tonight and came across a nice surprise. Sometimes I will use some extra light to count and make sure all inhabitants are accounted for. When I was checking my L-129’s, I saw three or four 1/4-3/8” fry right behind a square Swiss tropicals sponge filter. Norm...

Most wood are safe for use..... Oak, Maple, Cherry, Beech, and yes Apple are all fine. Take care, Chuck Ok great thank you. As far as the harder woods, I would imagine they shouldn’t be used for the wood eaters like Panaqolus though correct? I use it in all of my tanks...… Panaqolus love it and so ...

stuby wrote: ↑19 May 2019, 18:05 Most wood are safe for use..... Oak, Maple, Cherry, Beech, and yes Apple are all fine.

Take care,
Chuck

Ok great thank you. As far as the harder woods, I would imagine they shouldn’t be used for the wood eaters like Panaqolus though correct?

I was outside today putting a nice brisket on our smoker(could be an expensive experiment :d ) and I was adding some mesquite and apple chunks to the coals. At the moment I grabbed the apple, I wondered if it would be ok to use a few of those chunks in some of my pleco tanks. Most pieces do not have...

I have been using 33 longs for breeding groups of hypans for some time. I have breeding groups of between 7 and 12 fish in each- single species. I use 20 longs for growout. I would consider dividing a 33 long for growout depending the the size and number of fish. It would also work with two species...

Now that I've thought about it a little more, I think I am going to make a divider for the 33 long. I can use a piece of light diffuser with needle point mesh attached to make it, without flow to either side of the tank being affected. Then a separate 20 long can be used for a third group.