After losing my last batch of fry on Thanksgiving day, I was fortunate to have two moms lay eggs again just before and just after Christmas. The babies are about 6-8 weeks old now and one or two of them were considerate enough to pose for an up-close video, so here you go: Cheers, Eric Oil catfish (...

If it's not disease, there's nothing to treat. Birger is very knowledgeable and he's saying these are likely to be natural features of the fish, rather than ich.

Okay, let's try this again. This time I've got between 60-65 Corydoras trilineatus eggs, just laid 8 hours ago. Three Ramshorn snails and NO bladder snails (sheesh!). Water depth 12 mm. I'll perform daily water changes. I've never had trouble hatching tril eggs in the past, but I do have pretty high...

Your photo reminds me of the video of my female clown trying to get into the male's cave: https://youtu.be/9fXA8URBK1M.

But keep in mind, males often trap females and still no eggs are released. This could be another dry run. Patience.

What a wonderful acquisition. Congratulations.

Based on the size of the bucket in the photo, they look very short. I know these fish don't grow very big, but just how big are they right now?

Thanks, Eric

Thanks TTA. Yes, the product you show, or something like it, is what I had in mind. And yes, it would require routine maintenance (vacuuming and maybe occasional rinsing) to keep the holes clear. It seems to me that a product like this would solve the chewing (but not also the accelerated clogging f...

It's too late for this example, but next time you buy a new fish, my advice is to keep them in a separate tank with no other fish, a quarantine tank, for a month or more to check for disease and treat if necessary. That will help you avoid this grief.

Cheers, Eric

If the natural weather keeps your aquarium too hot, and you can't keep your aquarium cool for any length of time, you can try this: I read once that you can take plastic water filled bottles and freeze them then float the entire bottle in the aquarium. This is simply a variation on the "bags of...

Wow, very nice. and - Convergent evolution will never cease to amaze me.

Except for the long fish that didn't fit well in your photo tank, otherwise, it looks like your photo tank worked well!

Cheers, Eric

Hi All, In some other threads on this site (with a link to the subject listed earlier in this thread), mention has been made that certain plecos have a habit of chewing on HM foam. While that may not pose a problem for all spp, it seems to be more important for large species and for fish like Panaqu...

New speakers have been added to our upcoming schedule, with more catfish opportunities: In addition to Ingo Seidel's upcoming visit in May, we're hosting two more speakers who should appeal to every cat-a-fish-ionado. (clever pun there, eh? :)) :d 8-|) On 2 April, Dr. Nathan Lujan will speak about L...

Hi Ronngaribaldy, First, welcome to PlanetCatfish! Glad to have you join the site, and I look forward to learning about your fish. As for adding cool water, I'm sure different people do it different ways, and some ways are better than others. Myself, I simply add the water during my weekly water cha...

Thank you Jools! That's wonderful. I'll be sure to have a new 75gal tank up and running long before my trip!

Cheers, bekateen

Hi Teresa,

The answer may simply be to leave them alone. I know I tend to fuss over my fish Ehen expecting a spawn, and that's the last thing they want. It's like having your parents come along on your honeymoon (or anniversary trip) because they want grandchildren.

Cheers, Eric

Thanks Teresa. Just PM me with the info.
Cheers, bekateen

I would interpret that to mean that they are startled or scared by your movements, especially if you notice them out in the open when you are nowhere close to the tank, or if you stand or sit still for a very long time and allow them to forget that you are standing nearby; if they are coming back ou...

I haven't kept this species of cory, but I do keep several other cory species. Based on the general ideas I have about corys, I look at your tank and think two things: (1) the corys would much prefer sand instead of gravel, and (2) the corys would probably prefer a little more background cover (tall...

Oh thank you Victor for posting this information. This thread is so timely for me - There is a chance that I will be traveling from the USA to the UK this summer, and if I do, you can be dang sure (I'd like to use stronger words, but I'm trying to be respectful to younger members) that I'll do every...

If after treatment, you find any worms pooped out, please do show us the pictures. :-) Although there is probably no additional treatment advice to be given after seeing such pics (assuming thusly that the meds have done their job and the fish is getting better), it would certainly be interesting to...

Interesting. When I get more eggs I'll try again. I'll choose my snails so that no matter their size, they will all be Ramshorn, with no bladder snails. Although I had only one hatch in the cup of eggs without snails, none the less it did hatch. This makes me wonder how many might have hatched if I ...

No you're not wrong. AFAICS, it appears that whoever invented this number simply took the numbers L024 and L064 and put them together, perhaps to insinuate that "L2464" is a hybrid between these two fishes. For the highest L-numbers (and LDA-numbers) listed at PC, look here: Cat-eLog > Num...

Okay, here's my final report with these 40 eggs: In the end, only one egg hatched from the group without snails. I thought a couple more would hatch, but they didn't. And in the end, all the eggs disappeared in the group with snails. So either the eggs failed and the snails ate the bad eggs, or the ...

Thanks for the clarification, Daniel.

Cheers, Eric

Hi Lello,

I am a little confused. It is my understanding that and () are not the same thing. I presume you spawned the former species and not the latter, is that correct?

Thank you. Cheers, Eric

Is this what you're talking about?


(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a385/ ... z.jpg.html)

Thanks, Teresa.

I keep tetras with mine. Honestly, i dont expect that it matters much. These plecos are of sufficient size that I suspect many "average" community fish would be okay.

Cheers, Eric

I'm hoping it's a hit with at least one of my pleco species. On the positive side, it may be an effective form of high-density housing, as long as territoriality isn't a problem. But as pointed out by TTA on the previous page of this thread, the drawback to these walls is you can't pull out just one...

Still waiting for the artist to fire them in his kiln. He charges me almost nothing to fire the caves for me, as long as I'm willing to wait for him to fill the kiln with other projects. Then he just wedges my caves in on the side and does everything at once. While I greatly appreciate the arrangeme...