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    Hello From Turks and Caicos

    Wow, T&C? Who needs an aquarium when you can go scuba diving/snorkeling in one of the best spots on the carribbean?
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    Storing frozen foods once defrosted?

    Maybe another way to "store"- place extra defrosted frozen food in a gel based food, like repashy?
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    Danios or Rasboras as dithers

    So Paul Loiselle was our speaker at our fish meeting last Saturday. He presented on Danios and Rasboras, and said he got in to them because they make great dithers for apistos, even better then pencil fish (which he says will hunt apisto fry). His rationale: (1) They stay in the top third of...
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    repashy gel foods question

    The big advantage of gel foods is being able to add medication to it that the fish will eat. It may take some repeated attempts. Try to teach it to eat gel foods so if you do try to medicate your fish through food, it will eat the gel foods.
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    What does one do with 200+ trifasciata fry?

    There will be a lot of fishkeepers in the DC area in Oct for the Catfish Convention: http://catfishcon.com/
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    75 Gallon Apisto Tank

    What about putting the background behind the tank (not in it)?
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    WTB: Apisto. panduro male or pair (USA)

    Try Batfish Aquatics? I don't see any listed now, but Josh has carried them in the past (may need to get a pair, not only male). http://www.batfishaquatics.com/freshwater.php Maybe there may be one at the next Potomac Valley Aquarium Society mini-auction in 2 weeks? http://pvas.com/
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    1,50m biotope

    What are the angels? The spotting is interesting.
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    Hyphessobrycon sp. Red-Blue Peru

    Could it be this? http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/content.php?sid=4488
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    1,50m biotope

    What's the mossy/fine-fibrous root looking stuff? Peatmoss?
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    My panduro female got sick, very fast breathing

    Sorry. Hopefully someone else can diagnose. In the meantime, keep the tank dark and add a little more aeration (airstone).
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    what for my new project?

    Another dither option, hatchet fish.
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    A. Hongsloi dilemma

    Wow nice tank! Not to hijack the thread, can you tell us more about the lighting, if you use CO2, the plants, etc.?
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    Aistogramma borellii sympatric characin species

    I think I've bought haustus from this person when he had them at our fish club. Try contacting him: http://aquaticlifefarm.com/web_pages/alf_product_list.html
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    Sick female cacatuoides!!

    I would also add increase aeration and keeping the tank dark if possible.
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    WTB small group of apistos for new planted tank...

    Try Eric Bodrock at Oddball Aquatics: http://www.alloddballaquatics.com/about-us.html The other store I would suggest is Elmers in Monroeville.
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    South American Biotope (Planning)

    Or collect snow?
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    any apisto's available in the Philly metro area?

    When I visited the Philly area about 3 years ago, I think I recall seeing some apistos at Captain Nemos: http://www.nemosaquarium.com/ I think this store has changed it's name, but it's still a LFS. If you want to drive further to the DC area, some folks may have apistos for sale at Aquamania...
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    What can I do to Breed my agassizi pair?

    And feeding high protein foods like blackworms?
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    My A borellii tank

    Actually many orchids can be grown well in hydro, but I havent tried. All of my other orchids grow in soilmix in pots. Cheers, Maria Yes, some phrags do well in hydro. There is a technic called semi-hydroponic that works great for oncidiums, dendrobiums and miltionopsis.
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