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I am waiting to move into new house ( next couple of weeks).
However I have found a local -ish fish store who are quite happy to order fish from a UK breeder and Czech republic and hold them for me once I start. They stock plenty of SA cichlids but said if I want anything in particular they...
Tested ammonia, nitrate and nitrite of the tap water all read 0.
The source of our water is a Highland loch which then is fed through a water treatment works. I know the river system that the loch is a part of and its pretty much pristine...if its good enough for Salmon, Trout and Lampreys it...
Highlands of Scotland...just North of Inverness.
I knew the water was soft but wanted to find out more regarding my supply.....plus as I am away from any city, as I live on a small farm, the rainwater is pretty good as well. hve a steady supply of oak leaves as we have a fair few so all looking...
I contacted my local environment agency to find out the water parameters for my tapwater just to give me a guideline. Here is what I was told
Hardness Classification - Soft
Expressed as Calcium Mg/l - 3.9
Expressed Calcium Carbonate Mg/l - 9.7
Expressed as Calcium millimoles - 0.1
Expressed as...
Yes, it is the same also, males tend be found in higher numbers at the bottom end of river systems whilst females migrate further upstream, although fewer in number they tend to grow much larger, less competition I assume along with the need to bulk up for egg production.
I think American and...
With eels, nothing is certain as there is a huge lack of information, probably due to their lifecycle and very long lifespan.
For example, it is assumed that they spawn in the Sargasso yet nobody has ever seen this happen.
But back to head shapes...it is also assumed that spawning takes place...
I know this is way off topic ( kind of) but a few years ago I did some research/monitoring of a European eel population as part of my job, a really interesting project that threw up more questions than answers. Anyway, I noticed that the Yellow eels had different head shapes, when born first...
Hi Mate
Dunno if you have read this about T. candida. Seems the waving is a territorial mechanism, usually males but females do it when they have fry.
http://www.apistogramma.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=57&Itemid=60
Chris
Cheers Merlin, I am often down your way with work...as I am currently employed in protecting Freshwater pearl mussels as a fisheries biologist so means I get to travel all over Scotland.
As I said previously its been a while since I kept cichlids and indeed fish of any kind so any advice on this...
Not sure if this is relevant but I was wondering if you keep other species with your apisto's?
When I was reconditioning spring salmon for a restocking/conservation programme, we often kept trout in the tamks with them. Because the trout would nail anything that was dropped in it created...
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I have kept and bred numerous cichlids in the past but have been out of the hobby for a while. I have inherited a Juwel vision 180 ( 92x41x55 cm - L x W x H). I want to set up a cichlid community initially with a view to breeding as I will have spare tanks in the future. The tank will be...
I think I will start off with apistos. I have kept them before and bred a few in the past. I will be building a fish house in the near future as I have have lots of options as I live on a small farm so have lots of outbuildings. so intend to start various breeding projects. As I live in the...