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Darrel,
Great observation there. When I get my culture booming the key is to keep them fed as you have noticed yourself. The more you feed and the more they reproduce the wetter the coir gets which they do not mind at all. For me nothing compares to red worms and they cost nothing to...
Electric eel,
Thanks wow that sounds pretty easy and much easier to grow then many other live foods. How often do you feed them sugar? Thanks for the tip and I should have plenty of candidi so no problem. Wow I am thinking wine bottles might work well. I have heard of the before but never...
Eletric eel,
That's good information on the vineger eels, So you just kept feeding them sugar, I will have to try that. How do you collect your vineger eels? I agree with you they are super easy to culture I always have a culture on hand because they are just so easy to do. My problem is...
It has been a really long time since I had any Biotoecus but I remember I fed mine micro worms and infusoria I made with a banana peel. I think just the micro worms for a couple of days would be fine.
I agree with you! I do not feel that many of the stories of many of our Dwarf Cichlids being...
Darrel,
I just checked the Florida Bred Otto's are sold for $165 for a box of 300 otto's that is .55 cents a piece. So I would imagine the price will range from $2 to $5 each in pet shops depending on how many dealers they go through. Hope that is of help.
Darrel,
I didn't think anything you said was negative but spot on, I agree Otto’s are often sold as easy fish and as many of us are aware they are not.
The ones being bred in Florida are being produced in many different ways. There is one operation that is doing them under more...
Guys,
Just wanted to make a quick point. First of all I agree 110% about your assessment about the Otto’s Darrell however they are producing Otto's by the zillions now in Florida so I would gather that these tank bred ones are far easier to keep then the wild ones. I don't know if you have...
Hi guys just wanted to share a few pics of one of my wild T.candid breeding pairs. This pair has bred in a bare bottom tank. Here are a few pics. To answer another persons question I suppose yes, they will breed in a bare bottom tank too.
BTW this was the first time I have ever actually watched...
The answer is relative Grumpy as sharpfish pointed out to you. Non breeding Apistos and dwarfs can be very peaceful but when they get to sexual maturity they will become territorial. When they have fry to defend it gets even worse. laetacara dorsigers is said to be a very peaceful fish yet i had...
Were your fish wild or tank raised?
I had a line of T.candidi going for over 9 years at one point in the 90's and found my friends were able to breed them at pH of 6.5 and some even higher then that. I also found the tank bred Czech ones were very easy to breed as well. Wild ones will always...
Sorry about your luck that's a bummer especially on a rare fish, it has happened to me in the past as well. The good news is that they grow very fast. I have them sexable in 3 months and breeding at 4 months. I am sure in the wild they slow down during the dry season because they sure grow fast...
My water is well water which in my area is virtually rain water in my shallow well. My pH comes out at 5.5, 0 KH and between 30-60 us/cm depending on the time of year. I keep and breed all of my Apisto's in this water with the exception of more sensitive and demanding black water species which I...
Electric eel,
These fairy shrimp are far Asia they are not the same North American species we know. As a kid I would see fairy shrimp in local lakes in New Jersey but these look very different. The fresh water shrimp in question are an Asian species.
Bev,
Thats a good price with shipping. I was paying more for 90% eggs from Utah. Let us know when you have them I would like to give them a try.
On the subject of shrimp has anyone tried the freshwater fairy shrimp eggs that someone from SE Asia has been selling on Ebay and aquabid? I have...