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  1. Gillie

    Getting rid of snails without killing plants

    Darrel, I believe you meant his plecos : ) Anyway the main problem is the ramshorns that are also eating my plants. I rarely see the mts the probably don't compete well with the ramshorns.
  2. Gillie

    Cynolebias antenori with what apistos

    I picked up a few cynolebias antenori at an auction yesterday and would like to know what apistos or other dwarves might be found with them. They seem interesting enough to include in a biotope.
  3. Gillie

    Getting rid of snails without killing plants

    Thanks for the replies. I ended up ordering some assassin snails to see what they can do, if they don't produce satisfactory results I'll try what was suggested here.
  4. Gillie

    Getting rid of snails without killing plants

    I do syphon off what I can during my daily water changes and the fish in the tank get a small amount of bbs once a day and the plecos would get a few peas during the day and a wafer at night. The snails eat the pleco's food and devour my plants. With my daily water changes a quick kill with...
  5. Gillie

    Getting rid of snails without killing plants

    Does anybody have some advice on getting rid of snail without killing my plants? I've noticed that products made to kill snails contains quite a bit of copper, so those are out of the question. I have tried using a pvc tube capped off on one end for a trap(which works ok as long as the apistos...
  6. Gillie

    B. Opercularis spawns

    I was able to move the group of free swimmers to a breeding net lastnight. I got lucky, they were just about ready to leave the tube.
  7. Gillie

    B. Opercularis spawns

    Thanks, I've never really bred anything that had babies too small to take bbs right away. I'd imagine Taeniacara are just as small.
  8. Gillie

    B. Opercularis spawns

    In the last week and a half my Biotoecus Opercularis male has been a busy guy, all three females have spawned with the first spawn free swimming today. These fish have obviously never heard the stories of how hard they are to keep and spawn. The one thing I have never heard was how small the...
  9. Gillie

    ID Help Please

    I do have more photos to post, it was really late when I posted. I have a few more up later. As far as I know they most likely came in with the Erythura, but I would have to call to be sure. I currently do not have a female and getting one may be hard. The breeder wasn't keen on letting any go...
  10. Gillie

    ID Help Please

    Interesting. When I found him he was in a tank of Erythura and the man that breeds those, has a very similar fish that came in wild under the name sp. Peru. I just don't see Abacaxis at all with the lack of facial coloring and a blue anal fin instead of a yellow one.
  11. Gillie

    ID Help Please

    Is this A.Pulchra?
  12. Gillie

    Anyone have a few extra candidi females

    Thats what I was told by the guy I got mine from. I just found the same to be true for B. Opercularis.
  13. Gillie

    Anyone have a few extra candidi females

    Great that is a definite will do. For some reason I have terrible luck with picking them out and what makes it worse is the fact that my f1's were just a random scoop in the tank no picking one at a time.
  14. Gillie

    Starter Apistos

    I want to say more like aquarium cockroaches. You will probably want to keep some shrimp in their own tank to replenish the numbers in the other. I use them as an occasional treat for my apistos, separating them by size accordingly. It's really amusing to watch the apistos try to sneak up on them.
  15. Gillie

    Anyone have a few extra candidi females

    Just wondering if anyone might have a few T. Candidi female they'd be willing to part with? Out of all of the Taeniacara I've accumulated recently it looks like I only have 2.
  16. Gillie

    Biotoecus id please

    This detailed description is going to help me alot Mike. I am going to try for better photos for you tonight now that I have the time and a better camera. Even if my fish doesn't match the description 100% I'll send photos just in case.
  17. Gillie

    The umbrella cichlid

    I like to use 4 inch sections of 1 inch pvc that I cover them with silicone and roll in sand to match the tank substrate.
  18. Gillie

    Biotoecus sp. "Rio Tapajos"

    You're a lucky guy Steve! When they grow out let me know if you'll be parting with some of them. I just found an opercularis spawn today.
  19. Gillie

    WTB Krobia

    I am looking to hopefully get a pair of krobia itanyi or sp. xingu red cheek. If I can't get any from someone here any info on where I can get my hands on some would be greatly appreciated.
  20. Gillie

    Rio Xingu

    I took a look and only found was astyanax dnophos other characins were myleus, metynnis and serrasalmus. It's probably not alot of help, but there is not much info on the web. I did however find something called Bleher's biotopes: rio xingu and it gave a great description of the river. If you...
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