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  1. fishgeek

    trifasciata sexing

    any tips for sexing trifasciata obviously mature dominat males are easy it is differeniating between femals(many f mine seem to have vey long pectoral and anal fin extensions) and young submissive males any difference in tail shape, females more rounded? tips greatly appreciated andrew
  2. fishgeek

    altispinosa

    old fish that started with normal colour has succesfully bred and over last 12 mths been losing colour anyone know if vitiligo occurs in fish? andrew
  3. fishgeek

    to the germans?

    anyone have any personal experience with using flubendazol and probably more importantly anyone have any refrenced literature about this medication in fish thanks andrew
  4. fishgeek

    natural diet

    Does anyone know what aquatic arthropod/inveterbrates are naturally found in the amazon basin? or of any that may live well in soft waters andrew
  5. fishgeek

    water hardness

    another thought whilst groing out some rams i know discuss breeders always suggest having harder water (than breeding values) for growing out there fry something about calcium levels and skeletl deformity what do those here thing about water for wrigglers through to fry i know i have...
  6. fishgeek

    circling fry

    i have large spawn of ram fry pleasingly surprised by how well the parents are caring fro them i was wondering if anyone knows of a reason for circling fry and poor bouyancy the parents have managed to keep the little fella with the gropu for 3 days though he is obviously not feeding well...
  7. fishgeek

    ozone

    Have taken another look at this does anyone have any new idea's on the use of ozone in freshwater systems i re-read thsi thread of blue's have been thinking about the possibilty of allowig ozone to bubble through a counter current flow of water , basically the water flow to a sump tank in...
  8. fishgeek

    food for thought

    can anyone give me some links/advice data on nutritional breakdown of certain live foods i know i have read repeatedly that whiteworm is fatty , where does this fat come from ? to me logicaly earthworms should be pretty much just a muscular tube and are whiteworms not a small earhtworm of...
  9. fishgeek

    steel blue

    anyone any experience on whether these are harem spawners or form permanent pairs andrew
  10. fishgeek

    breeding water

    is it possible that constantly good water with little change can lead to fish not being interested in breeding i seem to note lots of peole have succes with newly acquired fish soon after purchase, change? i think mike has suggested taking his fish for a drive if they are being stubborn...
  11. fishgeek

    help needed

    i have recentl managed to get some apisto elizabethae i have held them for 2 weeks eating frozen and live foods well, i even thought that i may be very fortunate as the female had taken to a hiding place and the male was seen tail whipping at the opening of this hole in the last 2 days i...
  12. fishgeek

    sexing young fish

    have managed to find about 8 young bitaeniata from a pswan before i left and was hoping for size that they should be sexable and most obvious features also some 1.5cm fresia , again interested in the most obvious features and the size's these will be visible and lastly (possibly harder)...
  13. fishgeek

    fish in hong kong

    any members from hong kong and know what the dwarf market is like there? andrew
  14. fishgeek

    sex ratio in fresa

    is there a guidance for sex ratio in fresa , i have just seen wrigglers , quite redder than any i have ever had before, out with the smaller of my two frea pair and was hoping to get an even split any advice thanks
  15. fishgeek

    managing an r/o

    i just purchased a new membrane for my r/o filter after approx 2 yrs of running it intermittently old membrane was tured on and off and left unused for periods of upto 2-3 weeks i was hoping to get this new membrane to last longer by lookig after it properly although it is already producing...
  16. fishgeek

    aggie variant

    anyone able to show me what an aggassizi tucrui gold line looks like? thanks
  17. fishgeek

    id please

    sorry if this is not appropriate area just didn't want to put in photo's that may not be correctly resixed for future is the size of 200x 200 listed in the rules a pixel size? back to the question can anyone id this for more fingers crossed on the answers thanks andrew well that...
  18. fishgeek

    id please

    sorry if this is not appropriate area just didn't want to put in photo's that may not be correctly resixed for future is the size of 200x 200 listed in the rules a pixel size? back to the question can anyone id this for more fingers crossed on the answers thanks andrew
  19. fishgeek

    fresa and agassizi

    bit crowded at the moment and was wondering if the second fresa male who was being harrassed will be ok mixing it with female yong aggies in a growout situation just wanting to make sure crossing is not likely
  20. fishgeek

    black cacatoides

    any thoughts greatly appreciated by anyone have just linked as i am too lazy to write again alsoa second problem in seperate tank thanks for any thoughts
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