There seems to be a bit of resistance to hormone bred fish in this thread. Seems to me that hormone induced breeding of healthy pure breed fish should be encouraged, not discriminated against. At very least it takes pressure of the wild populations. Natural breeding of captive fish in confined gene ...

Clare, Please let us know how it goes. A few weeks fasting won't hurt a large cat in the least if it is in good condition. One other thing that might help. I once had a 2 purruno (about 45cm) in with a large silver arowana (70cm). Although they seemed to get on well the silver would attack them on t...

Allan you can use yeast but it's very easy to overfeed which will crash the water quality. Best is if you collect real seawater and leave it in the sun to grow even more microscopic life if you can. Drip feed this in to feed the growing shrimp. Just think of them as baby fish if your already used to...

I've been to a public aquarium near Tokyo which has a donut shaped tank. http://www.tcvb.or.jp/en/infomation/7recom/sem2.html They have beed keeping massive pelagic tuna successfully (world first) for years. You can sit in comfort in the centre and watch 3-4m fish swim all around and past you or vie...

If you could sneak it here into Australia I'd be happy to give you AUD$1000 dollars for it! (seriously). Why don't you set up an above ground splash pool? 4m diameter x 1m deep is about 10 tonne of water, reasonably portable and is quite cheap to buy. I use a few of these for some of my larger fish ...

How much food and how often are you feeding it? It sounds like it is simply just full. I have one of similar size and give it a small thawed fish whole (approx 15cm long) about every 3 -4 weeks. I've had some big predatory cats just stop eating for lengthy periods before. Especially if yours has bee...

Whew..... I'm glad we got the SIMPLE reply then....
is there an even simpler one?

Winston

Theres no need to algae-fy your tank. I use small hardwood sticks on rotation to cultivate algae. I have a small hole drilled with a coat hanger wire hook at one end and so I can just slip the 'eaten ones' out and replace with fresh ones daily. Outside I have about 7 numbered tubs to grow more algae...

Michael,
Excellent photos. Even the glass is spotless! My favourite one is the very first shot showing both fish. One day I hope you can get some future shots of eggs in the pipe or the male fanning.

Winston

Micheal, Congradulations on babies. A little more info for you which might help you out. These fish were first bought and sold in Australia approx 12 years ago as Peckoltia bolivia. I am unsure how accurate this name is but might give people some help in working out what they are. The first spawn di...

Larry, I have read your book many times which I thought was terrific but consequently I have some questions for you. I know you are probably quite sick of getting these but I'd really appreciate an email from you if you have time. I promise they won't be too boring or idiotic. I am setting up a smal...

Mr Moorii,
You want to email me? I can show you my egg incubators. Clarius are being farmed routinely as a food fish now. I'm happy to show you how to breed them anytime you want. I can show you how to breed that TSN at the same time.

Thanks for all the responses so far, Barbie- I also agree this shouldn't get into a flaming match. That would be unproductive and I have no intention of trying to change anyones opinions. People should also realise that hormone induced spawning doesn't automatically mean artificial hybrids unless so...

Thanks for the well thought out response Magnum. I am not sure if it's even worth responding but why don't you just keep ignoring how many thousands of Plecos they rip out of the wild. Thats on top of the ones we lose from loss of habbitat. I'd tell you what the appalling survival rate of wild caugh...

(oops just realised I posted in wrong section) Seeking help and any information or feedback on breeding Royal panaque (Panaque nigrolineatus). I have managed to find some 25cm specimens which is quite a feat here in Australia and intending to hormone induce spawn since they are not readily available...

El Gordo, They are quite nocturnal at this size and during the day will usually hole up under a ceramic half pot or driftwood, hardly moving during the day (or when lights are on). At night they are extremely active and voracous hunters, finding even surface hugging guppies, live black worms hiding ...

Hi everyone, I have 2 pairs of Holpos (Hoplosternum thoracatum I think) which I have been trying to breed. Each pair is in a seperate 90cm x 45cm x 45 cm tank side which I view end on to give them better privacy. Both have blown bubble nests under floating ice cream container lids and occasionally t...