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i discovered this course material when searching for info on fish diseases. it is very comprehensive and quite above and beyond my exp at this time, but lots of very good info about all health related aspects of fishkeeping.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/field/003/AC160E/AC160E00.htm#TOC
i have...
here's my macmasteri pair:
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e313/rick_aspen/macmasteri005_edited.jpg
these fish were bought from the same tank, 6 months apart as a. viejita II. both are from the czech republic, not necessarily from the same breeder. i consider them to be a. macmasteri tank...
i had decided to get a new pair of rams and try breeding them. i put my somewhat older female in a 65 tall with the new male, 15 juvenile (2-3") satanoperca leucosticta and 13 lemon tetras. the rams are the smallest fish in there. wouldn't you know, they paired and laid. not expecting much i let...
i found this thread about the new lighting technology, it's pro's and cons here:
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/lights/msg0311565723734.html
these people are concerned about lighting efficiency, and seem very well informed. there are quite a few links in there, all are very good...
i want to try sexual reproduction of this plant, but i'm unable to find a source that states that it is be to be done. can anyone verify this hybrid sword can sexually reproduce? (pollenating a flower and creating viable seeds.)
rick
i was in a big fish store tonight, they had a really cute gold ram morph, it had a lot of cherry red in it's fins, on the crest of it's head and the spike and the gold was really a red enhanced gold, not the plain colour of a gold. i've never liked gold rams much, but these were a very pretty...
i lost my male a. hongsloi and will replace him with a new pair to mix with my existing female to make a trio. should i be worried about crossing regional variants, or will it be fine to use any decent looking hongsloi fish to make this match? i do not want to breed poor matches, but i'm pretty...
anybody try this? the author states that it is possible to grow grindal worms and red wrigglers in the same culture. i am thinking of doing this. i was going to go with white worms, but i'm put off with the temp requirements. grindals will grow better at warmer temps apparently...
after a summer of watching my 2 pairs of a. elizabethae swimming around and eating very well etc, in separate 10 gal tanks, i have decided to change things up a bit. i recently picked up 2 more females from the same batch, they have come out of quarentine and are ready for action. what would you...
i am planting my 90 gal, and want to know, would 2 trios of elizabethae do better than 1 trio of elizabethae plus 1 trio of dicrossus filamentosis? i have a pair of hongsloi, but i think they are too agressive... water will be warm and very soft.
rick
i want to start a thread on keeping fish that you know nothing about. from time to time the lfs's have fish in that are simply labelled 'apisto sp.'. this morning i bought 7 of these which looked interesting. they are supposed to be from a shipment from colombia and they came in as checkerboards...
i think that most of us who are keepers and not real breeders, ie those of us who have some fry now and again but don't really actively breed our fishes on a wholesale level, are really just enjoying keeping our fish. i have put together what i hope will be a breeding colony with a pair of a...
any tips or help with this species would be appreciated. i have 2 pairs of elizabethae's each in their own 10 gal, with a sponge filter, a heater a cave structure and a dinner plate. (read my other post, it seems to work well for cover and is easily cleaned.) water is very soft.
rick
i was trying to find something for cover in my bb apisto tanks where a little agression was a problem. i decided to see how a dinner plate would work. in a few hours, all of the fish were more bold and when the females were getting picked on they would simply hide under the lip of the plate- the...
it is my impression from the info on the water conditions in the amazon that apistos can be kept in a mix of pure r/o with peat added. is this true? does it depend on how pure the r/o is, or is very good r/o plus peat actually buffered by the peat at the level of about 5.0. this is my...
is there anybody here interested in entering their planted tank(s) into this year's aquatic gardener's assn planted tank contest? if so, information can be seen at http://showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/2004.cgi . cost is only 5 bucks u.s. per entry, you submit up to 5 photographs per entry and...