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by TwoTankAmin
07 Dec 2022, 17:56
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: Using deep gravel and bacteria to control nitrogen
Replies: 127
Views: 99053

Re: Using deep gravel and bacteria to control nitrogen

@dw1305 TY for posting this Darrel. Years ago I used to read the bacteria came into tanks from the air. I did not accept this as the normal route. I worked in Saudi Arabia int the late 1970s. I was there when it was 130F in the shade and you could not see your sweat because it evaporated as fast as ...
by TwoTankAmin
13 Nov 2022, 19:47
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: All-Aquarium Catfish Convention 2022
Replies: 69
Views: 14601

Re: All-Aquarium Catfish Convention 2022

Here is what came home with me from CatCon. After the Xingu rock I got from Jools, this may be my favorite fish "keepsake.

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by TwoTankAmin
04 Nov 2022, 13:19
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: What is on the barb?
Replies: 4
Views: 1013

Re: What is on the barb?

I am far from expert on this and I will trust Eric's opinion over mine about 95% 0f the time. However, because Lpemb19 is so insistent that it is an organism, I wonder of it could possibly be one of the 100 species of Argulus?
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/FA184
by TwoTankAmin
11 Oct 2022, 19:55
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Cf Cirrhosis Fry
Replies: 4
Views: 909

Re: Cf Cirrhosis Fry

Wish you had been able to make it to CatCon, you would have loved it. Pleco fry almost always outshine parents when it comes to the look. It is more than just pure cuteness. Over the years I have lost a spawner and had to replace it with on of the offspring. According to Barbie, it takes at least 5 ...
by TwoTankAmin
10 Oct 2022, 03:04
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: All-Aquarium Catfish Convention 2022
Replies: 69
Views: 14601

Re: All-Aquarium Catfish Convention 2022

Got home a few hours ago. I had a great time and so did most of the folks there as far as i could tell. I saw all of those crazy flying Scotsmen. I met Eric and Leandro Sousa who is likely the world's foremost expert on the fish of the Rio Xingo which is from where all of my plecos come. Catfish peo...
by TwoTankAmin
06 Oct 2022, 01:04
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: All-Aquarium Catfish Convention 2022
Replies: 69
Views: 14601

Re: All-Aquarium Catfish Convention 2022

I did a very stupid thing. Years ago i received a box with 99 zebras in one big bag. Ultimately there were 3 DOAs with two fish dying soon after they vame out of the big bag into a bucket of clean water. So I fibured it was possible to ship like this. I bagged 38 L173s in a 19 inch wide 32 inch tall...
by TwoTankAmin
30 Sep 2022, 17:29
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: All-Aquarium Catfish Convention 2022
Replies: 69
Views: 14601

Re: All-Aquarium Catfish Convention 2022

I have never nor do I plant ever to own a Hawaiian shirt. :)) Plus, after years of attending events I have learned that hotel food for these things is usually awful and inevitably cold when served. My practice in the past was when, as a vendor/sponsor, I got meal tickets which came with that, I told...
by TwoTankAmin
18 Sep 2022, 16:13
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: L134 Feeding
Replies: 3
Views: 1337

Re: L134 Feeding

When I kept P. compta I feed them the same diet as my B&W Hypans. 1. Frozen--> blood worms, brine shrimp, brine ship gut loaded w/ spirulina, mysis shrimp, daphnia. Fry get cylops and rotifers plus daphnia. 2. Repashy--> Bottom Scratcher, Spawn & Grow and Igapo Explorer. I mix the B S and S&...
by TwoTankAmin
17 Sep 2022, 08:12
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: All-Aquarium Catfish Convention 2022
Replies: 69
Views: 14601

Re: All-Aquarium Catfish Convention 2022

So, I could not wait until Friday the 7th to arrive, so I rebooked to come on Thursday. I have a lot of L173 offspring from my breeding group which originated from TR parents. I sold that breeding group and 15 of their kids with them. I have a whole lot of children left. (Sizes TL) In a 33L are abou...
by TwoTankAmin
11 Sep 2022, 00:30
Forum: For Sale (USA & Canada)
Topic: For Sale- 6 True F1 L173
Replies: 7
Views: 3115

Re: For Sale- 6 True F1 L173

The fish have been taken. Unless the member backs out they are gone.
by TwoTankAmin
05 Sep 2022, 07:13
Forum: For Sale (USA & Canada)
Topic: For Sale- 6 True F1 L173
Replies: 7
Views: 3115

Re: For Sale- 6 True F1 L173

The response has not been great :-(

So, I am willing to expand the parameters and open the offer to all registered members of this site in good standing who joined on or before May 15 2022.

Also- I can only ship to the lower 48.
by TwoTankAmin
31 Aug 2022, 15:06
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: All-Aquarium Catfish Convention 2022
Replies: 69
Views: 14601

Re: All-Aquarium Catfish Convention 2022

I am in. While PC T-shirts would be cool, I never wear T-shirts and do not own any. On the other hand my bro must have over 100 Grateful Dead and other band T-shirts. Of all the speakers for the Convention the one I most want to meets and be able to talk with is Leandro. All my plecos are Big bend f...
by TwoTankAmin
30 Aug 2022, 21:46
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: All-Aquarium Catfish Convention 2022
Replies: 69
Views: 14601

Re: All-Aquarium Catfish Convention 2022

I just sent the communication to get onto the 3rd floor for room sales. Assuming there are still rooms left there I will be coming. If the third floor is all booked up, then I wish all a great time.
by TwoTankAmin
29 Aug 2022, 06:17
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: No, he's not dead
Replies: 7
Views: 1780

Re: No, he's not dead

I have seen this behavior in at least one male pleco in every one of my breeding groups past and present. I am not sue if they go to sleep that way or if they suck to the tops of thecave and when they fall asleep they lose their grip and end up on the bottom on their back. Usually you can a see the ...
by TwoTankAmin
28 Aug 2022, 20:13
Forum: For Sale (USA & Canada)
Topic: Danbury Area Aquarium Society Outdoor Swap Meet 9/10/22
Replies: 2
Views: 1479

Re: Danbury Area Aquarium Society Outdoor Swap Meet 9/10/22

Thanks Eric- mY mistake. U have been online and doing posting and financial research since about 10 this morning and I think my vision is getting blurry. I meant it to be in the USA area. The event is a bit of a drive from the UK :-p
by TwoTankAmin
28 Aug 2022, 19:55
Forum: For Sale (USA & Canada)
Topic: Danbury Area Aquarium Society Outdoor Swap Meet 9/10/22
Replies: 2
Views: 1479

Danbury Area Aquarium Society Outdoor Swap Meet 9/10/22

This is my fish club which actually meets in Carmel, NY 10512. I will have a table at the event. If anybody wants RB line L23s or non-RB line 236 plus TR parented L173s via pre-sales you can contact me via the site PM system. I will be bringing some driftwood that is huge as well as smaller, plants ...
by TwoTankAmin
26 Aug 2022, 18:03
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: assassin snails and pleco eggs?
Replies: 18
Views: 5758

Re: assassin snails and pleco eggs?

I have assassin snails which I got to eat snails (not in pleco breeder tanks). Early on I asked my friend Rachel of inverts by msjinkzd if assassins would eat eggs and she said not to risk it. So I never have. But I do keep them in grow tanks. However, I rarely move fry to grow tanks until they are ...
by TwoTankAmin
24 Aug 2022, 15:03
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: All-Aquarium Catfish Convention 2022
Replies: 69
Views: 14601

Re: All-Aquarium Catfish Convention 2022

Since I am close to leaving the hobby and in the process of selling all of my fish, I hope to be there. If I am I should have a number of L173 (both from WC and TR parents) for sale. I may also bring 236s (RB line, non- RB line and RB super white line). Finally, I may even have some zebras. Fingers ...
by TwoTankAmin
22 Aug 2022, 06:10
Forum: For Sale (USA & Canada)
Topic: For Sale- 6 True F1 L173
Replies: 7
Views: 3115

Re: True F1 L173

Group B Solo Pics 2/3 fish: F1 173_4sale3bSIDE1b.jpg F1 173_4sale3bSIDE1a.jpg You can find these fish at this size for $325 - $350 online. But I am not asking for $1,950 - $2,100. I am asking for $1,475 delivered next day with the customary live arrival guarantee/ However, if you can pick up the fi...
by TwoTankAmin
22 Aug 2022, 05:42
Forum: For Sale (USA & Canada)
Topic: For Sale- 6 True F1 L173
Replies: 7
Views: 3115

For Sale- 6 True F1 L173

This is a special offer limited to registered members of this site in good standing who joined on or before May 15 2022. In addition, you must have made at least one post not including one just to introduce yourself. (Due to restrictions on how many pics can be attached in a single post, this for sa...
by TwoTankAmin
16 Jul 2022, 04:16
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Proposal to transfer Hypancistrus zebra to Annxe I of CITES
Replies: 6
Views: 2295

Re: Proposal to transfer Hypancistrus zebra to Annxe I of CITES

Yann- Right now I am able to import zebras from Bellenz farm in Indonesia. They breed them. Does the above mean all international trade in certified tank raised zebras will be stopped? At this time to be able to receive them and for Bellenz to be able to send them they have to be accompanied by a ce...
by TwoTankAmin
16 Jul 2022, 04:04
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: How long does plecos sit on eggs?
Replies: 19
Views: 6671

Re: How long does plecos sit on eggs?

I am one who prefers not to pull fry or a cave with dad and fry. However, there are exceptions to this. I get a lot of spawns and eventually I have to do a pull w/ dad so no more fry are being added to the total in the breeding tank. Also, in when one is working with a group which contains multiples...
by TwoTankAmin
31 May 2022, 13:16
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: L236 sexes? What do you think?
Replies: 4
Views: 1908

Re: L236 sexes? What do you think?

The smaller fish isn't showing any odontile growth I can see along the body of the fish. So it may be female. You can see this on the larger fish, however. I know with zebras one may often see a black dot right below where the tube comes out. You can see this on the bigger one that looks to be a mal...
by TwoTankAmin
13 May 2022, 14:30
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: 236 SW
Replies: 2
Views: 1683

Re: 236 SW

Why would you want to do this? Breeders have to do a lot of work using selective breeding over multiple generations to create a super white line where this trait is fairly fixed. If you breed a super white with a regular 236 all you are doing is going in the opposite direction. Therefore, it is impo...
by TwoTankAmin
19 Mar 2022, 18:35
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Breeding L397 babies mixed with subadults
Replies: 5
Views: 2379

Re: Breeding L397 babies mixed with subadults

I never remove eggs nor wigglers from tanks. The only time I pull free swimming fry is when there are way too many in the breeder tank or if they are large enough to be sellable.

My way is not the only way but it has worked for me for many years. But I am a hobby breeder not a business.
by TwoTankAmin
19 Mar 2022, 18:31
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: L397 Plecos Lacey Act
Replies: 10
Views: 3102

Re: L397 Plecos Lacey Act

Amendments to the Lacey Act included in the COMPETES Act of 2022 (H.R.4521) legislation would make changes to the Lacey Act that would negatively impact the broader pet care community. This passed the House in Feb. But, The COMPETES Act is now in the Senate after passing the House on February 4, 20...
by TwoTankAmin
15 Mar 2022, 17:59
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: ancistrus fry predator
Replies: 5
Views: 1684

Re: ancistrus fry predator

1 day old wigglers are not much bigger than an egg. Almost anything that can will eat them. Decades ago I got some of the earlier LF BN that were coming to America. I bought a small group. At that time I had little interest in spawning anything. it turned out they were spawning once old enough. But ...
by TwoTankAmin
25 Jan 2022, 16:09
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: Heater for pricy plecos
Replies: 26
Views: 12264

Re: Heater for pricy plecos

After several back and forth emails with Inkbird I am returning both units. I got them for about $28 each with a 10% off coupon and free shipping. I am going to buy a couple more of the Azoo Micro Controllers which will cost me $52 each plus shipping. In the end I will pay about twice as much to get...
by TwoTankAmin
24 Jan 2022, 17:20
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: Heater for pricy plecos
Replies: 26
Views: 12264

Re: Heater for pricy plecos

I do not own nor use a smart phone. I have a flip phone I use for voice calls and which is turned off over 95% of the time. So that options is not possible nor would it be desired. I do not need to get a call that my fish are being boiled alive, I need a controller to prevent that. Part of my dislik...

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