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Bummer. I have been out-of-town and just made it in town before the meeting last night.
Thanks for the offer, but I didn't have a chance to respond. I am surprised the orange blaze is so hard to find.
Thanks for the presentation last night. I agree with your and Mike's idea of...
My best luck is taking 2 of the bases from about 3-4" clay pots, then cutting out/drilling a hole in the side of one of them. Place one over the other this makes a decent cave, and you can somewhat see in it with a flashlight (depending on the shyness of the fish). Be sure and make the hole...
I have some albino and triple red males and am looking for orange blaze females (cacatoide) for breeding. Any advice on anyone in the Missouri area that might have some is appreciated.
Thanks,
Randy
Thanks, they are about a 1/2" inch long now, and I can't detect any color in them. I can't wait until they mature, and hopefully reproduce.
Considering I have 6, would you breed them with siblings to try and increase the albino factor, or breed them with other triple reds or orange blaze...
Michelle:
If you think of water with no minerals in it, versus water with a lot of minerals in it, that is the difference between water that is often "hard", (lots of minerals) and "soft" (few minerals).
The minerals have a positive or negative electrical charge. If you introduce resins...
Another potential med is Jungle brand parasite cure, which was recommended as a possible cure from Cathy G on this forum.
Sorry I am not much help. I agree the melafix may be of help.
Randy
I had a similar experience, and it transferred to some rams that were in the same aq. I suggest quarintining the fish. I can't id what the real problem is, but I think like you that it is fungus.
I hate to tell you, but I lost mine. I tried a number of meds.
If you do a search on this...
I had about 100 triple red caca fry. For reasons in other posts I had to sell them.
I did have 5 that were white except for black eyes (and yellow around the eye). I simply had to keep them. They are now about a quarter-inch long, and I can't detect any other color other than mentioned...
Thanks for responses. I use the base of a clay pot in the aquarium, and have a small baster-type tube. I collect the micro's from the middle, that way I understand I also pick up more of the smaller ones. I gently place them in the pot base. If there is a lot of turbulence in the tank, they...
I use two clay pot bases, about 3-4 inch. I drill a hole in the side of one, and place that one on top of the other to form a cave. No doubt that has been their preference. The eggs are first placed on the ceiling, and after a few days the female moves them to the floor of the cave, where...
White eggs may mean they are fungused, but not necessarily. I sometimes use Jungle products egg fungus guard to reduce the problem.
Within 3-4 days, she may move them to the base of the cave, and a couple days after that, you should see small fry. I believe your other fish would eat them...
Cathy has an article posted somewhere that is great to read on rams.
The first question is how much do you want to get them to reproduce, because that is quite a chore. The second thing is having something for them to eat once born. Read about microworms, they really work if you can stand...
I can't help a lot, but I have seen a few "fish rooms" in St. Louis, and here is what I recall:
1) most use a plastic tub of some kind to collect the treated water, and thus treat it also with dechlor of choice. They use a pump that is linked to PVC pipes (with the regular adhesive that if...
Interesting if you read through my threads, you will see the pattern of newbie, learning phase, figuring out fry and food, figuring out health, and now figuring out what to do next.
I just sold about 200 fish-nearly all I had (mostly fry, yet also a bunch of good, orange blaze and triple red...