thanks for the quick response. i guess i was thrown off by the size of the parasite. all the research indicates that fish lice/argulus are the largest parasites, easily visible to the naked eye. i never would have noticed this one without the macro closeup photo. the parasite is about the same size ...

hi folks. i haven't posted in quite a while but i remember i learned much the first time around. i've been breeding a raising ancistrus sp3 for some time now and managed to get some fairly close pics of wigglers with the eggsac still attached. i was astonished to find a crab-like creature on the hea...

thx for your reply barbie. it sounds like you're overrun with fry there.

you bring up some good points.

whatever i end up doing, it must include separating the male and female, or letting future spawns take their chances in my community tank.

thanks for your reply MatsP. :) i'm not worried about dad eating the older fry. i'm moving the older fry because it'll be easier to maintain the water quality for the new fry if i move the older fry out first. it's only a 10G and while i have been doing daily water changes, it gets pretty funky in t...

i'm pretty sure my bristlenose plecos have spawned again. i want to move dad and his eggpot to a 10G for hatching. problem is, i have 50 or so 3-month old bn fry from the first spawn in the 10G that i'd like to move out first. what's the least stressful method of harvesting this first batch? do i ju...

don't know if this has been suggested already, but something else you can try... instead of one big piece of cucumber (or whatever veggie), use two or even three smaller pieces and force an algae wafer into the veggie, and spread them throughout the tank. the dominant plec can't cover all the differ...

Kana3 wrote:Makes you wonder where those two Pizza's ended up!

they were delicious, thank you.

here's a variation on the rock and rubberband method...