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Not sure where you live, but many of the local fish stores in the major cities stock triple reds. Another option is mail order, and many aquarists go that route successfully although I personally prefer to see in person the actual specimens I'm buying if I can. Sometimes local fish clubs are...
The active ingredient in Prazipro is praziquantel. Perhaps a veterinarian could help you source it in the UK? I'd been concerned by the repeated flashing and that it seems to be spreading to other fish in the tank.
Even if the table can handle the weight, it looks like there is no support under the two ends of the tanks. If it were my tank, I'd put a 3/4" piece of plywood, cut to the exact aquarium foot print, on top of the table. That would minimize the strain on the glass bottom.
It is a beautiful...
If he were my fish, I would not do a half dose on any medicines targeting gill / fluke type parasites since your first clue that something was wrong was the flashing but you're not seeing the telltale signs of ich. I've used Prazipro in response to flashing and saw an improvement in 24 hours...
The spam cleaner option may be restricted to those with Admin rights. Doesn't seem to work for me. But it's good to know that someone can easily clean up the forum when the spamming bots discover the site.
I discovered what some of you may already know which is if you go the spam owners' profiles, you can "ignore" them and their posts essentially disappear. Since there are only two right in the last 24 hours, it was easy to do. :) Now back to reading about fish!
I have a 75 gallon South American themed display tank which includes a pair of triple red cacatouides and a pair of panduros. The apisto's have emerged as some of my favorites. As many of you can relate, I've become increasingly intrigued with the idea of breeding apisto's. Initially I'll...
Is it just the pair in a breeding tank? How big is it? I'm planning on a setting up a separate breeding tank since my juvie Cacatouides have grown out and the triple red male looks like a really good specimen.
Is it heavily planted? How long have the Panduros been in the tank? My experience has been they are more likely to initiate chasing and territorial control, but nothing severe. Of course all bets are off if two of your fish pair off and spawn.
Mike - I came across an Apisto Species listing you compiled ( http://apisto.sites.no/page.aspx?PageId=31) that I found helpful. For whitewater species that can better tolerate moderately hard water, are there specific distribution/ rivers on that list that I could focus on? I haven't set up...
Thanks for a great video. Is she usually that intensely yellow or did the spawning enhance her coloration?
Did they give you indications beforehand that they might be pairing up? I've had a pair in a 75 gallon "community" tank for about three weeks now and they seem to ignore one another...
Many of the tank raised Apisto Cacatuoides can do reasonably well in tanks around 7.5 Not sure if they would bred, probably not, but they'll do reasonably well. I have a pair in a tank that averages 7.4 and they're growing out nicely with excellent coloring.
There are several options for your base layer. For my 75 gallon tank, I used organic dirt which I then capped in a fine gravel. The dirt supports a low tech heavily planted tank and the only issue I had was an initial algae bloom which I attributed to the very nutrient rich water. With algae...