Hi, there! Lucky you! My Corydoras adolfoi still believe I'm Godzilla himself, and quickly turn absolutely invisible when I enter the room. After a brief look in the mirror, I have to say I shouldn't look THAT bad, but fishies may have a slightly differing taste of what is beautiful, and what's not....

Beersnob, you are not alone! You should visit the shop bierkonink in Amsterdam, The Netherlands; last time I visited (1997), they had 1400 sorts of beer, included banana beer from the pacific! I firstly read about it in Time Out Amsterdam, and maybe they have a website? If you want to brew something...

The natural way; into an Oscar's tank?

He threw some ham(?) into the neighbours backyard, didnt he?!

In a million years, future aquarists may use Ozzy's fossil ham or log in their tanks! What an incredible historical perspective!

Hi! You do not need to soak the tablets first. The Pakistan Botias are capable of taking care of them. My own Pakistan Botias (B. lohachata) get Tetra tablets, flake food, and one of around 10 sorts of live/frozen food every day. Their size is now 10-12 centimeters / 4-5 inches, after 3 years. They ...

Good poem! :D Fish poetry! Oh, do not tell my fellow countrymen! You wouldnt believe how much fish we've got in this country! :shock: "Outchhh!" I hear, the screm is mine! The reason is this incredible spine! Embedded in my bleeding thumb, For sure I feel incredibly dumb! Running for docto...

Avoid those (Rolling?) stones where there obviously are Heavy Metal; if you see metallic colors. Eventual headbanging stones may damage your ears if playing to loud! Actually Ozzy Osbourne threw a stone through his loud playing neighbours window, but that doesnt mean it necessarily was heavy metal i...

As long as the lava doesnt contain metal, you could microwave it! I do that when sterilizing special soils for sowing cacti.

Just be sure you do not get stones with metal like stuff in it, because this could be heavy metals, which are poisonous to fish.

In Japan, I think it is with fish people, like it is with cacti people, of which I know Japan quite well from several web sites / groups. You rarely see people give so much effort into their hobby, with so excellent results. Prices on the same species can vary enormously; there are often special mar...

I've encountered leeches on several occations, and actually had them in a tank many years ago (found on fish, and caught with net), both small and larger species. Many blood suckers do have these larger mouth discs, but not all. I have seen sucking ones with very small mouth parts, attached. I once ...

You are probably right, Silurus! They look very similar to Paracheirodon innesi "Diamondhead" (s58226-3 in aqualog photo collection 4). They lack the blue band. But, they also look almost identical to Aphyocharax rathbuni (s02760-4 or s02761-4 in aqualog photo collection 4). Some innesi fo...

If you mean the fishes of picture 105, they are Neontetras (Paracheirodon innesi).

Hi! I agree totally! We must use all kinds of contacts to animal rights groups, press, and everyone that would be willing to do something, (aquarists societies, LFS?) and tell where and by who such animals are "engineered" and sold! :x Then WE must take action, and make sure this issue com...

Holy smoke! Have you ever considered... actually... is it us that caught the fish...
... or is it the fish that caught...us?

We are hooked, arent we? We do not want to, and are not able to... live without fish?

I can live with that!

Keep the ****!!! I had a good laugh the first time, and it is still funny! A smile for free!!! This makes us different; it makes us catfish geeks!

Cichlids, cichlids, cichlids, cichlids, pleco, cichlids, cichlids, cichlids, cichlids, cichlid, Malawi cichlid, cichlidae, You see?!

I work in the security business, for a large international company. I used to be the leader of the companys labour union in Norway. Since moving to Sweden in august, I do security work with the aim to prevent criminal and terrorist attacks against airplanes etc. Somewhere in the future I want to wor...

Nice to hear you guys are keeping away from the cigarettes! When you want to quit, you can make it! Just quit! You know, it is very much a psychic addiction, and you are able to win the struggle! Then time is on your side! The longer without smoke, the easier it gets! Near 15 months without smoke he...

My other hobbies is a large collection of cacti and succulents (propagating, saving the endangered species), orchids, bulbs, botany in general, gardening, conservation of plants, animals and environment, sportfishing (from flyfishing to big game), the great outdoors (mountains, forests, deserts, rai...

That is a nice tank! What kind of lighting do you use? Fluorescent tubes? Quicksilver lamps?
Excellent plantgrowth!

Hi, Fiskars! I wouldnt use driftwood, as it will start to rot in the tank, and then use a huge share of the oxygen available. The best roots are those that have been found in marshes/mosses and similar, that are soaked with humus acids, and because of this is preserved. They will rot at a very slowl...

Soory to hear about your Rams. Rams (Microgeophagus ramirezi) are very delicate fish, and might easily die before being acclimatized. They come from the Llanos/"Savannah" of Venezuela, in/around the Orinocos middle and lower parts, and the Rio Meta. You will mostly find it in pools. The to...

If my wooden floor was strong enough... it is TERRIBLE (Arrrrghhh grrr grmmmphh!!!) to sit here, and NOT being able to by some tanks, because the floor wouldnt cope with those heavy tanks... NEXT year, I'll live in a larger house with concrete floor. But, of course then all those tanks are sold! :sh...

To remove calcium deposits, you might use citric acid (E330), which can be bought in small packets in a kind of powder form. You will find it in food stores, as it is used with food, often to conserve it. Works well, when applied, let to work for a while, then some brushing, rinse with water, and pr...

Hi! Welcome to the planet! I'll try to answer some of your questions; 1. I'm not very qualified to answer this, but has never heard about special problems here, like those problems Botias and other "bare-skinned" fishes might have with certain types of medicine. Maybe someone else has more...

Hi, and welcome, Anglafish! Here's a link to a forumtopic, containing several pages! There several of us bottomfish weirdoes explain how it is to be addicted to bottomfish instead of just normal fishies! :wink: http://forum.planetcatfish.com/viewtopic.php?t=4237&postdays=0&postorder=asc&...

If you're gonna quit smoking, you should listen to me, because I did quit a lot of times, and have the experience... :oops: Well, I smoked as a teenager. Then, I just quit, and didnt smoke in 4 years. Chewing gum helped (without nicotine), as I had something to put in my mouth. I had this plate on t...

Sounds nice! Here are some advice from me: Myself, I love these Silverdollars (Methynnis argenteus). But, they eat plants (ref A. Baensch aquarium lexicon, Mergus verlag), and this is the only reason why they are not in my tank (they eat everything! :( ). I have searched for similar silvery species,...

I used a 10 gallon/ 40 litre tank quarantining 10 tetras, a few dwarf cichlids and some Corys. No problem, and they were there for weeks. I changed 20% water each week, had a large outer filter, and the nitrate values never rose high. I used some tree roots to slow down the current fom the rather ov...

Hi! A few questions arose after reading this funny :D article, which I found at http://www.michaelmoore.com : http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/03362/255283.stm "The fish that threatened national security..." :shock: poor or lucky fishy?! :wink: To be serious; you people that collect fish abr...

Many species are adaptible, but remember Corys come from soft or very soft waters of south America. First of all, a fish shouldnt only survive, but also thrive. Species ability to survive different ph values vary. Some are very sensitive, and others adapt, but it is no good thing to put extra stress...