when you haul them out to clean you inevitably get water all over the front of the tank and the floor. you can minimize this by using a small pan and putting right up to the tank and transferring the filter to it but you still make a mes IMHE

http://www.msstate.edu/dept/srac/index.htm
it would appear that this link no longer exists

That S granulosus is a thing of beauty

if i buy them in a store i look at all the others, the good ones will show approximately the same temp, some will be higher and some will be lower. buy one that is in the majority . i believe that the worst are the outside strip, i have some and all i use them for is an approximation. i believe that...

did they get added to fertilize the plants? , good idea, wrong product

the theoretical standard of service here is 1 -10 minute outage every 10 years, what a joke
at least in Cambridge we would get a flyer detailing scheduled outages, that's not happening here

i moved from a place that had a lot of outages (Cambridge MA)., of all places to a place that has somewhat less issues and the very first thing that went into the downsized house went was a 14,000 watt standby generator. how much are my fish worth? how much are yours worth? my days of staying up all...

it's always interesting to me that fish that can stand a 10 degree f temperature swing when they are out in a pond with no harm can develop ick in a tank with as little as a 2-3 degree f drop

i too have Cory tanks and i use black sand, since i am using it for a foraging place i only use 3/4 of an inch. i would guess that with a layer that small there is relatively little bio filtration done, also doesn't trap larger particles, in fact they do sit on top of the sand so it makes sense filt...

gives sleeping with the fishes a whole meaning!

i too do large water changes, but the water is always the same chemically, the reservoir is over 40 billion gallons so any change is small and over a lot of time When i needed a new water heater i went for one of the new condensing, it will supply hot water for changes for forever and once i have to...

that must surprise the daylights out of them!! :)

the down side is that they are not very practical for large tanks or ones that require large "pull downs". most peltier coolers are used in camping coolers for example and even then are of limited capacity. they are sold for use in aquariums but small tanks with not much of a heat load. if...

or you could make things better for you and the fish, you can pick up a room a/c for 100.00 here, not sure where you live

they are beautiful and they have a great home. it's maybe like people, it doesn't matter what went into the mix it's how they turn out

https://www.liveaquaria.com/divers-den/ ... is-catfish
if anyone is interested

absolutely gorgeous tank, can't wait to see it filled with cats and maybe a c*****d or two!!

sorry, the yup was just to the "got a bunch myself part"
I actually got them from here"
https://www.liveaquaria.com/?ref=4395&s ... rCEALw_wcB

yup

actually he helped with water changes and assorted duties in the fish area for a very long time and had figured out that when the water started flowing over the top it was time to look for me, died 4 weeks ago at the age of 21

the third picture sort of snuck in there, trying to do too many things at the same time :)

This was sold to me as S Serpentis, any thoughts?
Thanks!!

he is an absolutely beautiful fish and you are lucky to have him (and vice versa)

i have gotten them to school but it really only was when someone gave me about 100 of them and they were in a large tank, they only time they truly schooled was at feeding time and when they sensed a threat in a really big (long) 18 lb siamese cat who would get up on this hind legs and go nose to no...

you said it, the large surge of high quality nutrients, condition that are orders of magnitude better ( no one tapping on the glass 200 times a day, so less stressed) just their natural response to excellent conditions

so yeah, unless the tank is the size of your living room, multiple grans is a bad thing. they do fine with S multi as tank mates but the multis i have are a really boisterous bunch, always all over the place and this would appear to keep the granulosus in his place. i see him sometimes, lights out o...

"Also, I must be missing something or... are not multiple granulosus necessarily bad together?" didn't say that . i said the only time i have seen them for sale it was a sole individual. 5 of them would be in excess of $1000.00 and unless i win the lottery that is just not going to happen....

i keep mine in a 150 with some others, mostly S multipunctatus
Just out of curiosity how much did they set up back?
Around here (US) about $200.00 each, so about 160 pounds sterling
I'v never seen anyone selling that many at one time, mostly they are a one off on a site called aquabid

generally tank back vinyl sheets are either put on with a mild soap and water solution or an adhesive stick .never heaard of oil and i don't understand how they expect that to work

i had something similar happen, i ordered $350 worth of frozen blood worms and frozen brine shrimp from drs foster and smith (boy do i miss them) during their annual sale, all in one 1 lb slabs. i left the box opened on the floor for ( just for a minute) , one of my neighbors is really old and needs...