Directly? I would not expect so. The Philometroides which I looked up use copepods as intermediate hosts in their life cycle. I don't believe there is any ability to transmit from fish to fish directly.

At least at a preliminary level, I would agree with you; otherwise, I don't know more about these parasites to be more helpful. From your photos and description I could tell it was a nematode, I just couldn't tell what KIND of nematode it was. And like the Mayo Clinic says about humans, in the fish ...

-- reside coiled-up tightly, ~3/16" coil diameter, deep within the fish flesh, in pure muscle, There are lots of worms that encyst in flesh, but this reminds me of trichinosis, which is caused by a type of roundworm. (EDIT: I'm not saying it IS trichinosis, I'm just saying that the parasite, i...

In my experience, if you keep multiples of mixed sexes of each species together, corys tend to spawn with their own kind instead of with each other. But this is not a hard-and-fast rule. You might want to read this thread: hybridization b/w elegans group species . In there you'll find a running list...

Thanks Teresa, Yes others (e.g., @Mol_PMB) have also used and recommended the drilled out oak branches for spawning caves. I like the idea but so far I haven't tried that; my tanks are mostly small (20 gallons or less), so my pieces of wood are likewise pretty small and narrow, not really suitable f...

I tried the Brussels sprouts yesterday... however the albomaculatus haven't yet touched it. If anything, the albomaculatus seem more interested in the bamboo skewer than the sprout. #-O I guess I spoke too soon. When I went to bed last night, there was a big chunk missing, and when I awoke today, t...

Thanks, I am too. Regarding my first batch of eggs, my hatching tank is so densely filled with Java moss that I can't see any of the little babies any more. On the upside, I've found only one dead fry, so I hope the others are just hiding well. You're talking about getting some too, right? Good luck...

She looks gravid to me also. I agree with Silurus. If you have such a nice sized group and only one is this big, you probably have some males too. Have you considered trying to spawn them? There is information on the species description page ("CLOG" page) here: Synodontis nigriventris , an...

I tried the Brussels sprouts yesterday, one each (prepared as described elsewhere - boiled 10 minutes then impaled on a bamboo skewer) with my ABNs and with my Panaqolus albomaculatus (oddly, I did not try sprouts with my clown plecos... Don't know why, but not on purpose). The ABNs are actively wor...

Thanks for the well-wishes. Fertilization is not a pretty scene in nature. If you've ever seen ducks mate, you'll soon wish you hadn't :YMSICK: Indeed. Have you ever been to a Grateful Dead concert? Very similar. And yes, some fish are quite aggressive when spawning. So even though this does appear ...

In regards to the "slow flow" principle, make sure you don't compromise oxygenation of the water in the fish-side of the tank. I believe that's what TTA was referring to when he mentioned how to use the power head.

Cheers, Eric

Hi all, For the second time in a week, I've found a male and female oil cat engaged in a repetitive circling behavior, and I can't tell whether this is an aggressive interaction or a spawning event where the male is attempting to inseminate the female. Since these oil cats are the only Auchenipterid...

Here's three little videos of the eggs and fry, first just before hatching, second shortly after hatching, and then third, taken one day post-hatching: https://youtu.be/AAD_y6GgZY8 AAD_y6GgZY8 https://youtu.be/bqzLEESCG2M bqzLEESCG2M https://youtu.be/Fsv1fETKwwI Fsv1fETKwwI The tails are quite activ...

UPDATE: On the advice of the artist, I tried pre-drying my one remaining salted piece (the rock with two caves) by baking it in my oven for a few hours, slowly increasing the heat from 100F-150-200-250F, then I let the cave cool down within the oven. After that, I placed it in my barbeque and fired ...

Have you read this thread? Opinions about stirring sand or gravel during weekly water changes? Towards the middle and end, there is discussion of buying and setting up HMFs. In the end, I elected to wait on changing to HMFs because I was concerned my Panaqolus are not well suited for them: The exces...

One more question: is you water chlorinated? If so, how do you treat it?

In that case, Jools, stop working on the "like function" ("Like" feature?) for good posts and just make a "swipe right" function.

Jools wrote:I suggested that as the site was aimed at aquarium catfish, that is wasn't really for us.

Are you serious? I thought this WAS a dating site! Isn't this plentyof(cat)fish dot com??? Oh, man. I am so confused now.

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The only plant I have in the tank is Brazilian pennywort. It forms lily pad-like leaves and it grows up to the water surface (and out of it, which is cool). It forms a big tangled mat just below the water surface... Not a floating plant per se (like duckweed), but the same effect. I've got golden te...

These may help:

How much time to cycle a new tank made from old parts

and

ABNs: Not rocket science, but a first for me. And a question about abandoned eggs

Cheers, Eric

I think that would be fine. I asked a similar (more general) question before, and @panaque said they've kept perugiae with compta successfully:

What is a good tankmate for Centromochlus perugiae?

Cheers, Eric

Hi Farooq, I have one more thought about your early fish deaths. Your fish were pretty small when you bought them. The ones which died may have been of questionable health when you got them. When I started with my Ancistrus, they were about as big as yours. I bought 5 and 3 died. I replaced those wi...

I've tried raw carrots with my Ancistrus. They did eat the carrot pieces, but not much. It was definitely NOT popular with my fish. By contrast, mine swarm to sweet potato.

Cheers, Eric

This will help you. Read the bottom half of this post, which includes links to known Cory hybrids: http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... 35#p288376.

Cheers, Eric

I can tell you that I've kept trilineatus together with aeneus for four years now, and so far no interspecific hybrids. The advice I've read is that you are less likely to get hybrids if you keep several of each species in the tank. That way, if they try to breed, it will likely be with their own ki...

rob rensen wrote:I think the most important issue that the food has to be right for the fish........every day a big mac; some people eat it....but in the end........it's not very good

Agreed.

To my knowledge, long -finned albinos are a variant of paleatus. You can read more about this here: http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=41058&start=40#p285435. So if you keep them with your other paleatus, they will breed. But that's okay because they are the same species....

Does a pleco eat potatoe in nature ? No.......who do people feed them those kind a stuff?? Just feed aan ancistrus spirulina or other alg wafers Hi Rob, Your question is fair. My answer may sound flippant, but it's not meant to be: Okay, so Ancistrus don't eat potatoes in nature. But they probably ...

Okay, done. Thank you.

Sinking algae pellets or wafers, and peeled slices of raw sweet potato (slice 3-5mm thin as not to waste the food). Raw sweet potato may last a couple of days days in your tank before it molds or softens. For only a few Ancistrus the size of yours, you could further reduce the size/amount of potato ...