r u by chance in the boston area?

I've got a 90 gallon with lacustris, praecox rainbows and a group of 9 brochis and everyone gets along fine.
when I do lights out I always throw in a pinch for the brochis and they are growing nicely

you will have to be careful with a heater guard, the manufacturers of heaters assume that water can flow freely around the unit, the guard is going to restrict this to some degree. when I did water changes I would always direct a little of the stream to flush out the heater guard and rinse out mulm,...

if you are that concerned about this stand, and should be with putting 1200 to 1400 lbs on it, why not just build a stand out of cinder blocks (again, it's then 4 corners that need to be supported primarily) and then make an enclosure to fit? I used to use cinder blocks and 2x8s for the stand and th...

tanks are primarily supported by the 4 corners. most metal stands have virtually no support in the middle. if it's a 120 it's probably 60x18? I have a couple and they are braced in the middle as these are tall heavy tanks. the easiest thing to do is to put some Styrofoam (not sure what that is calle...

Well, I'm know they are glad to have you here, this site has to be the most complete one in the universe when it comes to all things catfish/fish. Everyone is willing to help identify and offer advise to make your animals happy. You can post pictures, set up profiles of your tanks and get help on ev...

Columnaris is a gram negative aerobic bacterial infection, kind of looks like fungus. it's often found in the fish's gills. It's pretty difficult to treat once is has a hold. It's more the rest of the fish in the tank I'm concerning myself with. I'm not sure what disease you have in mind

Hello everyone, I have a question regarding medication in a tank with some syno cats in it. One of the fish in the tank has what is clearly columnaris and I would like to treat the whole tank( I work in a big hotel and this tank is filled with fish no one wanted, they know I have fish and I can't sa...

I store them in the freezer and then when the weather warms up I bury then in the back yard. why not I figure. They are pets, not in the same class with cats and dogs maybe but still members of the household. how could I do any less?

Hi, I would be interested in some also. I have one S polli but would like a few more but I'm guessing it might be better to wait until warmer weather unless you know how to pack and ship fish. I wish you lived closer, it would make a great road trip (not from Boston Ma. however) If you do know how t...

Have to say I would go with eheim classic. I have 14 of them and I have had 0 problems. fluvals work okay but tend to need replacement parts occasionally (at least the 04 and 05 lines, can't speak about the 06's as I don't have one.) Eheims are cheaper than fluvals over here in the states, especiall...

Drs Foster and Smith lists them as a stock item (although currently out of) if this is the fish you are looking for: Bagrichthys hypselopterus. you can set up so you will get an email if they receive some. hope this helps

it would appear as if i have more problems than i thought, can i use quinine sulfate (for ich) and praziquantel (anchor worm) at the same time?

i have a 120 gallon tank with a colony of s petriola and some m praecox rainbows, even though i quaratined the rainbows the seller has advised me that there seems to be a problem with anchor worm and or other parasites. although i don't see anything that would point to anchor worm the rainbowfish do...

the only other fish in the tank are 8 brochis sp, 2 - 5 inch s ocellifer, 2 - 5 inch s. soloni and a large school of Bosemani Rainbows. i don't suspect either species of being the problem.

i have 3 (of 9) s multipunctatus that are having a white "area" problem toward the middle of the fish. my thinking is that they scraped against some driftwood and lost their outer layer of scales? it is definitely not fungus and doesn't seem to be affecting them otherwise, maybe they are a...

probably you are seeing more because of the low light right now, they are a lot more active at night. i think that many might be an indicaton of overfeeding -they have to be eating something.. i had an unfortunate experience with an attempt to eradicate them chemically. if they all die off at once i...

i'm going to catch (attempt to, at least) and hopefully photograph one of them tonight, but you're exactly right it looks like the "skin" under the normal color pattern, will it fill in eventually? (not that i won't love them anyway:)

i will try to get pictures, the white areas are rectanguler shaped, running horizontally along the catfish's body, it looks like the scales have been rubbed off and the white underneath is exposed. it's not fluffy white like fungus, just white.

i have 7 multipunctatus in a a 120 gal tank with some rainbowfish and two of the multis have developed white patches on their sides. they have been there for awhile, but seem to be getting worse in the last couple of weeks. i am guessing that they came from collisions with driftwood in the tank. i o...

i'm convinced!, just agreed to buy 8 small ones for a lesser price than originally asking, hopefully they will acclimate well! sounds like other people are doing okay with them!

50 british pounds would be almost 100.00 us dollars Yikes! that is expensive. these guys were 29.95 us which would be about 15 pounds? i'll see how long the dealer will hold on to them, sounds like they would be a nice species to keep, probably in their own tank, at some point probably a lot of them...

a local seller has some S Brichardi for sale, they are very expensive so i was wondering what people here think of them in terms of sociability. i currently have some large synos that i rarely see, but i expect that i also have S petricola and muntipunctatus that are always out and cruising around a...

finally, after a week, they seem to be doing better, i rearranged the hiding places in the tank to put the newbies on an more of an equal footing with the established synos. they are eating a little (love frozen blood worms) and i haven't lost any. some of my established have become as restless as t...

I recently aquired (Fri afternoon) 5 juvenile S soloni, they were put into a 72 gal tank that already had 5 soloni (about one year old and doing well) and 9 Small rainbowfish (Bosemani). they seem to be having a diffucult time settling in. they spend most of their time huddling behind something vert...

i have a eupterus i've had since i bought the house i live in now, so that makes him 16 years old
also some petricola that are going on nine years

p.s for those who are thinking that i am getting my continents confused by putting synodontis in the same tank with green tiger barbs, all that i can say is that it works. The tank is planted, my water is prety close to neutral, not too hard, and both fish get along well. the barbs add enough of a d...

i have a 120 gal tank with a school of 20 s. multipunctatus. 3 of them have collided with driftwood at some point and now have developed a fungus infection. I tried pimafix and it didn't seem to do any good. i am wary of traditional fungus medications in suggested doses; i assume the multi's will ha...

you're right, they are almost 12.5 inches, but that includes an imposing tail, and if i am correct, SL is from the tip of the nose to the base of the tail, which would be around 9 inches as it's difficult to get them to sit still; i still have high hopes that they will make it into the catfish hall ...

i have three that are 12+ years old, and they are all about 14 inches. they are social, but i have also had tiger barbs "disappear" from the tank; i think at that size anything is possible. there is a dealer near me who has one he says he got 20 years ago, and it has to be 18 inches long, ...