I do agrree with racoll that it is very wise to think about room for more fish, bofore adding them. After all, these fishes will lefe to a very respectfull age. I myself have 3, obtained in 1989. They now life in a 400 * 100 cm (13 feet something * 3 feet something) tank, but more importantly, they ...

Let's hope some of the eggs hatched, and were not eaten, but I'm afraid this exciting story is over

http://www.pythonproducts.com/nospill.htm I only see it has to do with waterchanging. i myself simply use 2 tubes: 1 to empty the tank, and 1 to - simultanously - fill it. Thus the waterlevel will not change dramatically, and I do not lift any amount of water :lol: I'm lazy, you know, and proud of it

Although it is possible to get such a system working, I do not beleive this does. The tiniest amount of any gas (air, or nitrogen or ...) will result in the collapse of the elevated water into the tanks. I also do not believe that an fis would swin into and through a pipe of its own size, epecially ...

C i c h l i d Forum is where I frequent. [url]http://www.c*****d-forum.com/index.php[/url] I've never been on this site. As I think I do know something about central American cichlids, I visited that subforum. What an unpleasant surprise. It will not come into my favourites. I prefer the cichlidroo...

In fact, by using old water, you dit yourself another favour: the old water ,coming from healthy tanks, does contain already the good nitrificating bacteria you will be getting by ripening the tank. In fact, this week I received 4 new tanks, and I filled them all with 75 % old water (they will ripen...

I do hope 1 thing: There used to be a long-fin and albino entry (numbers 4 and 5), but as they are actually the same as sp(3), they got merged several months ago. that as the numbers 4 and 5 habre been use previously, that any new ancistrus sp will be named 6, and not (to fill the ranks) 5 Because, ...

you are certainly fortunate. Here, in the Netherlands (heavily populated, and many many agrochemicals are used) I would not trust the water in any stream.

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Regarding the issue - the dood does increase the ammonia leves considerably, I wonder whether this observation is generally true for all kinds of wood. In fact I think it does not. Wood for keeping repitels will generally bve dryk and perhaps previously used with reptiles. Repiles do not excreate am...

I had the same problem - with a few topics, but all related to Loricarids

I think you ought to divide the Laetacaras anyway, regardless their condition, because these fishes will certainly crossbreed. regarding your more immediate queries, unhealthy fish do pose a health risk for healthy fishes: they are very vunaerable for deseases, and after attracting some illness, the...

Salts and minerals removed from RO/DI systems can be added back in. I believe these are contained in aquarium additives. It does make the water soft, but you can use additives to increase the hardness and aragonite to increase the pH. Apparently these salts are elsewhere much less expensive than in...

Although this last option does have an answer to evaporatiojn problems, I'm afraid the problem is, RO oes remouve all salts, not just nitrates, ammonia and phosphates. Therefore, you will end up keeping your fish in extreme soft water - which kills them, and very hard water in container A - thus dec...

On a Dutch forum a vet in school posted a lengthy article about killing fishes painlessly. The fridge is amongst the worst solutions, contrarily to popular beliefs. Good solutions: a blow on the head, a knife (well placed, behind the gills) and poisening with clove oil, - benzocain or 2-phenoxy-etha...

Thank you so much for the input, Shane! I've often wondered about this. Nature isn't static with temperature. If we go back a step, would it be the light(sunrise/sunset and seasons in some areas) that dictates the temperature changes and also pH changes? This gives me another insight into why some ...

As you, I like to enjoy what happens when relaxing. On saturdays I used to take 30 minutes to lace my shoes - watching my fishes. However, being single, I do not have somebody I must (or should) please around, so I can life my own way. I always thought 'get a life' meant 'spent time differntly than ...

It's pointless feeding them live fish, it costs more and increases the risks of disease and choking. Matt I do agree fully. I've read ads requesting for cheap fish, I know the buyer will use as feederfish. howevre,r cheap fich does have more risks than expensive, and expensive fish (1 euro each, th...

As long as I don't have to join you, go ahead.

However ,when you are on your motor, you are away, and most girlfriends / wives don't appreciate that - so I've heard

thus you better have fishes, and stay home, with her

I got 3, all approximately 20 cm, and all some 18 or 19 years ago aquired.

Normally they are peacefull, but they have had 2 nights to remember, both costed me 20 fishes of ~3 cm

So they are not completely to be trusted, alythough I have raised many a young ci chlid in tanks they inhabit

Bas

Are we too obsessed with the temperature staying the same? Too obessed? I do not know about you, but I do know many people are. they even have digital thermostates, controlling the temperature for 2 digits behind the dot! Sworttails (Xiphophorus and related) prefer a temparature fluctuation during ...

Lastly, and I am deadly serious about this, anyone trying to supersaturation their tank will oxygen has to have something wrong with them. It does not really happen in nature, and I take it as fishkeepers we are here to consider the safety and comfort of our fish. We are not running an intensive fi...

My very first posing on this great forum........ In January last I visited Uruguay, and brought a lot of fishes with me. Among these 2 species of Corydoras, one from a little stream, Arroya Tropa Vieja, near the town Salinas, 30 km west of Montevideo, the other from a lake near the town Treinta y Tr...