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- 03 May 2024, 14:28
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Help with L52 Butterfly Pleco
- Replies: 6
- Views: 467
Re: Help with L52 Butterfly Pleco
Hi all, That said, I'd also make a counterpoint to the criticality of pH. As Darrel has pointed out multiple times (I think) in older threads (@dw1305, please correct me if I'm wrong on this attribution), since pH is a calculation based on ratios of acids and bases, the pH becomes less critical as t...
- 29 Apr 2024, 15:14
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Help with L52 Butterfly Pleco
- Replies: 6
- Views: 467
Re: Help with L52 Butterfly Pleco
Hi all, I'm sorry for your loss, it is horrible when a fish dies. I'll add in @bekateen , <" he keeps these ">. ..... Water parameters are good the fish act fine for the first day or two and then they just die with no warning ........ Could we have a picture of the aquarium? Often the para...
- 12 Apr 2024, 13:25
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Black-Water Plecos?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 444
Re: Black-Water Plecos?
Hi all, But I wonder, isn’t the sucker-mouth an adaptation to fast flowing water? Fast flowing water is usually clear and just about the opposite of black-water. Maybe not blackwater as such, but I think fast flowing water can be tannin stained, you could have a situation where a "black-water&q...
- 10 Apr 2024, 10:29
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Perpetually soft water... a blessing or a curse?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1034
Re: Perpetually soft water... a blessing or a curse?
Hi all, Perpetually soft, acidic water is a great advantage, because it is much, much easier to add compounds to water, rather then take them away. I can't see the TDS effecting much more then hinting to a seasonal change. How frequently did you water change before? There are some potential negative...
- 24 Mar 2024, 16:30
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: L046 and L144
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2789
Re: L046 and L144
Hi all, In my experience, 9/10 one species will be more thriving and gregarious and exploit access to food and preferable structure and caves while the other species doesn't thrive. Hi Guys, I’m planning to set up a new extra tank and was wondering if it is possible to put my L046 and L144 lemon blu...
- 08 Mar 2024, 15:54
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
- Topic: 6 week old cory fry and going on vacation
- Replies: 2
- Views: 943
- 08 Mar 2024, 14:44
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Possibly ick or low slime coverage?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4309
Re: Possibly ick or low slime coverage?
Hi all, Thank you Darrel for this. IDK if my memory is failing but I clearly remember your numerous great and helpful posts on the NO3- tests and yet I don't recall your beef with the API test tube TAN tests (and the likes). Could you link your writeup / post(s) on the TAN, please, if you had one? T...
- 01 Mar 2024, 16:21
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Possibly ick or low slime coverage?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4309
Re: Possibly ick or low slime coverage?
Hi all, Just did water quality texts. Ph8, ammonia 0-0.25ppm, nitrite 0ppm, Nitrate 40ppm. I have recently been adding a potassium supplement to help my plants in there along with aquarium co-op easy green about once a week. Don't put too much reliance on the test kit results, both TAN ammonia (NH3 ...
- 01 Mar 2024, 15:48
- Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
- Topic: Mixing albino corys and pigmented corys influences their movement behaviors
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1657
Re: Mixing albino corys and pigmented corys influences their movement behaviors
Hi all, ...... What I am asking is does the nature of their eyes matter? Is it possible that albino vision is not as acute as normally pigmented individual? Is it possible that a vision deficiency tends to make albinos less afraid because they are less attuned to visual threats? I'm pretty sure you ...
- 22 Feb 2024, 15:27
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Hypancistrus L236 spawn
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14908
Re: Hypancistrus L236 spawn
Hi all, ...... That's right, both parents of this brood are yellow, I have to say I almost prefer the color yellow to white, so I chose to buy a good portion of my batch in yellow and black. Then I saw that yellow is very easy to form in the fish I buy from my dealer, the male of this hatch for exam...
- 31 Jan 2024, 14:12
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: A not-yet-peer-reviewed paper on Hypancistrus zebra
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1314
Re: A not-yet-peer-reviewed paper on Hypancistrus zebra
Hi all, ..... If I'm reading right on page 15, starting on line 440 of the pdf it looks like the stocking densities were: 100l tank #1 initially 3, tank #2 initially 7, and tank #3 initially 13. 50l tank #1 initially 13, tank #2 initially 8, and tank #3 initially 5. 25l tank #1 initially 11, tank #2...
- 30 Jan 2024, 13:49
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: A not-yet-peer-reviewed paper on Hypancistrus zebra
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1314
Re: A not-yet-peer-reviewed paper on Hypancistrus zebra
Hi all, Juveniles were distributed into three treatments, each with three replications Three, it is obviously the magic number. Do we know what the stocking densities were? Without wishing to prejudge the issue I'm not sure that is a paper that is going to tell us (or anyone else) anything useful. c...
- 29 Jan 2024, 20:29
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Advice Needed for Breeding Sterbai Corydoras
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3204
- 29 Jan 2024, 11:01
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Advice Needed for Breeding Sterbai Corydoras
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3204
Re: Breeding Sterbai Corydoras
Hi all, Thanks, they're some nice chunky fish and I think the ratio of male to female is ok so they don't get too harassed? I'd probably try and 2 : 1 or 3 : 1 males : female ratio. I've actually got some java moss in there too attached to the bog wood, but could maybe add some more? Definitely add ...
- 18 Jan 2024, 12:02
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Any good tips for corydoras fry to grow quickly
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1564
Re: Any good tips for corydoras fry to grow quickly
Hi all, I do have sand bottom. How do you clean the bottom of fry tank with a sand? To me it's very hard to clean it compare to bare bottom what I had with last fry. More difficult with lots of fry in a relatively small tank. I'd probably give the water a good swirl and try and suck out the debris, ...
- 17 Jan 2024, 17:30
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Any good tips for corydoras fry to grow quickly
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1564
Re: Any good tips for corydoras fry to grow quickly
Hi all, I have about 100 Cw009 corydoras catfish fry in a 60 l with aeration an a good heater, it's at 24 C flawlessly been alive for 1 month now, but it seems like they grown only little. I do water change everyday 50% and I feed them microworm and moina. I'd try adding in some "meatier" ...
- 02 Jan 2024, 13:53
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Teach wild otocinclus to eat using another species?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 744
Re: Teach wild otocinclus to eat using another species?
Hi all, I have recently aquired some bumblebee otocinclus and am having trouble switching them to human given food..... I have tried repashy, mulberry leaves, and boiled zuchini so far, but nothing seems interesting to them. I was considering putting one of my baby otocinclus vittatus in the aquariu...
- 13 Nov 2023, 20:39
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: High mortality with new C. melini
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4485
Re: High mortality with new C. melini
Hi all, I'm really sorry to hear of your losses, but it almost certainly isn't anything to do with the water differences, it is much more likely to be a build up of ammonia in the water during the drip acclimation. Others will disagree, but I like the fish to swim into their new tank fairly rapidly,...
- 12 Nov 2023, 13:19
- Forum: Tank Talk
- Topic: My Public Aquarium: exhibit blues - how to make them?
- Replies: 1404
- Views: 543469
Re: My Public Aquarium: exhibit blues - how to make them?
Hi all,
I think Earthworms would be a good idea. The wriggling might provoke the feeding response.
cheers Darrel
I think Earthworms would be a good idea. The wriggling might provoke the feeding response.
cheers Darrel
- 12 Nov 2023, 13:08
- Forum: Tank Talk
- Topic: Shark pro filters anyone used?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7494
Re: Shark pro filters anyone used?
Hi all, These stood out a little as now all magnetic in fittings so no suckers. Agreed sucker " suck ", or more correctly " don't suck ". If I use an internal filter, I use a <" large sponge block, powerhead and white tile "> the advantage of these are that they are sel...
- 17 Oct 2023, 14:49
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: L136B feeding
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3411
Re: L136B feeding
Hi all, So... how do you achieve this with slow eaters and strong filtration and current? Edit: for clarification, these 2 will go in their own tank so nobody else to clean what they don't eat. Is there a trick to make sure they are well feed but the food doesn't end up in the filter? Just put a big...
- 23 Sep 2023, 02:58
- Forum: Tank Talk
- Topic: Pleco suggestion for a small tank
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8768
Re: Pleco suggestion for a small tank
Hi all, I recently got the Fluval Flex 9 which is only 9 gallons. Some even consdier this a micro tank. Looking for a good algea eater, don't like Chinese algea eaters, never had success with them. I was thinking of a clown pleco or the Bristlenose as they stay small. Tank mates with be a single pai...
- 18 Sep 2023, 10:27
- Forum: Tank Talk
- Topic: Swiss Tropicals corner sponge filters
- Replies: 21
- Views: 13238
Re: Swiss Tropicals corner sponge filters
Hi all, I have 3 canisters one of which contains only Poret foam. I have 18 Aquaclear hang-ons, many of which have Poret in them. I use 10 ppi Poret to make intake pre-filters for almost all my filters............... The best part about the Poret is how infrequently it needs to be cleaned. This mean...
- 17 Sep 2023, 19:13
- Forum: Tank Talk
- Topic: Swiss Tropicals corner sponge filters
- Replies: 21
- Views: 13238
Re: Swiss Tropicals corner sponge filters
Hi all, I do not want to argue with Darrel. But when I do not seem to get much in the way of nitrates in any of the tanks where I am using a mature Matten filter. Argue away, without using <" labelled ammonia isotopes "> no-one has definitive proof of what happens in a tank, but I think &q...
- 05 Sep 2023, 17:33
- Forum: Tank Talk
- Topic: Swiss Tropicals corner sponge filters
- Replies: 21
- Views: 13238
Re: Swiss Tropicals corner sponge filters
Hi all, Thanks very much for your post, I'm always looking for ways to better filter my water! I have a ziss moving bed k1 filter in a 26 gallon pleco growout tank will see if it helps nitrates! Floating cell media is great and helps the filter to remain fully oxygenated at all times, any-one who ta...
- 31 Aug 2023, 16:09
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Panaqolus Maccus profile - hardness measurement
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1876
Re: Panaqolus Maccus profile - hardness measurement
Hi all, ....... the water surprisingly hard at close to 3,000 mu. The reason for the higher pH and hardness is that the Tinaco origintaes in the mountains while the Santo Domingo just takes drainage from the surrounding plains. " ...... No idea why it shows as "mu." -Shane I'm guessin...
- 08 Jul 2023, 17:06
- Forum: Tank Talk
- Topic: Remineralizing salt for Amazonian catfish
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5621
Re: Remineralizing salt for Amazonian catfish
Hi all, Hello, following the loss of my female L200, I realized that my pH was fluctuating too much. I think this would be a good topic for Darrel to chime in on (@dw1305). The first thing is to say I'm sorry for your loss, but I'd be very surprised if it had any connection with pH variation. As Eri...
- 12 Jun 2023, 16:57
- Forum: Tank Talk
- Topic: where to get microworms
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4370
Re: where to get microworms
Hi all,
cheers Darrel
There is a FB group with plenty of USA based members <"Live Food Cultures for Aquariums"> It is a private group, so it isn't full of spam.
cheers Darrel
- 12 Jun 2023, 16:53
- Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
- Topic: How green is your fishkeeping?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1637
Re: How green is your fishkeeping?
Hi all, ......... Provided here are the first estimates of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq) emissions produced from running a tropical aquarium across multiple countries in Northern Europe (France, Poland and the United Kingdom), along with water consumption. Estimates were produced in silico and a...
- 02 May 2023, 15:05
- Forum: Tank Talk
- Topic: Beach sand
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4349
Re: Beach sand
Hi all, The Crown Formally gave up all US sand rights back on July 4, 1776. ;-) -Shane I'm not saying anything, but it would be fair to say that I most definitely won't be watching the TV on May 6th, when some event involving extremely rich and privileged people is occurring in London. cheers Darrel