sorry if my last post was cut off somewhat, i was trying to rush the post before setting off to work :/ so my plan of attack at the moment is to try and put some coral sand in the tank, (a little at a time to measure and changes in the water), in the mean time im adding extra bicarb to the water i p...

Hiya Apisto. unfortunately the local water supply is pretty dire, the water around here would naturally be soft and acidic, so to prevent corosion they pump it full of aluminium salts to up the pH, we end up with sky high pH yet soft water. I found this out after nearly loosing all my stock after ch...

Thank you all for your input, much food for thought. just to correct something, the tank isnt moving from 7.5 down to below 6, sorry if that wasnt clear, the tank water is dropping from approx , 6.5 - 6.6 down to my waterchange trigger lvl which is below 6. the rebuilt water that goes back into the ...

Hi Bas Thanks for the reply, the high pH is due to using bicarb for rising the kH, hence i dont want to add too much more. The water chemistry i was aiming for originally, was aimed at keeping discus, where the soft water was more critical than the pH, i tried the same water on my hypancsistrus and ...

Hiya I keep three bare fish tanks, I use an RO filter then rebuild my water back up to pH 7.8 gH 4 kH 4 TDS is approx 200-220. Now my two breeding tanks are pretty stable, i use the kH /pH measurements to mearsure when to do a water change (takes about a week for the pH to drop down to 6 at which po...

I hope the little fellows are doing well for you all.

Thanks

Dave

I came accross this also when my tanks pH dropped. Water changes and external filter strip down prevented a pH crash. If there all doing it then id be checking my water parameters, previously only the males had done this, i was alarmed as all of a sudden all my adults were doing it and the males wer...

Hi Richard

it was great to meet you and im glad your happy with your lil ones.

Thanks again

Dave.

Hi Godfrey.

it was a pleasure to meet you, im glad the little fellows have settled and that you are happy with them.

I dunno what it is about meeting other fish keepers but i always seem to end up thinking about expanding my number of tanks

Thanks again

Dave

Hiya Guys n Gals

Im trying to find a Scarlet Pleco (Andy Ducks fault as he dominated the show scene with his when i was younger, i think it was thought to be a leopardus at the time).

Id like to know 2 things:-

1./ does anyone have any for sale?

2./ how much do they go for?

Thanks

Dave

PM sent

Sorry Col i thought id sent you one last night.

Dave.

Hi guys Thanks for the interest, i've sent private messages to the poeple who have shown an interest. I will be keeping the remainder of this batch, anyone else who is interested in youngsters from the next batch please PM me and ill contact you as and when more are available. Cheers Dave BTW im new...

Hiya Col main food is Tetra Prima, with various frozen food thrown in once a day, bloodworm, shrimp based discus mix, i put in hikari algae wafers in every other day or so. I feed morning (before work) tea time (when i get home and before i put the lights on) then at night after lights out. theres n...

Hiya ok £5 per catfish when they get to 2". are you guys wanting them when they get to 2" or would you prefere to be buying them as they are now? i guess buying them now price can be £2.50 each but at least 4 i dont wont to be fishing about in the tank for a couple of quid. I havent had ch...

i honeslty have no idea of value of these little beauts, the adults i paid between 18 and 25 pound a piece for, when they were obtainable by the average LFS. i was thinking they should bring £5-10 at 2"+ but that may take a while. if there is interest in taking them smaller then please message ...

Haavard Stoere wrote: If Baryancistrus demantoides is not really a Baryancistrus, and Hemiancistrus is a catch all genus of little significance.. Then maybee the two species are closely related after all?

I dont know why but im finding this really amusing.

Dave

Hi Im just putting the feelers out at the moment, my L-66' are breeding pretty constantly and would like to make contact with poeple who are interested in some of the young. at the moment the male is guarding a 3rd Batch, from the first two batches i have 48 youngsters currently between 20 and 40mm ...

Hi Barbie thanks for the quick reply. what would you do with the wriggler? put them back in the cave or keep them in the breeding trap? if the later then at which point are they safe to be returned to the main tank? I read somewhere that the fry wont be touched by adults but am unsure if to trust th...

Fantastic Pictures. I have 5 L66 in a 3foot tank, looks like i have 3 males, 1 female the last one is either female or a young male. Well they bred, only the male seems to be having problems keeping them in the cave and for the last couple of days ive been picking up wrigglers and placing them in a ...

Hi Sorry to drag up an old post, im just looking for a little more clarification, i believe what Haavard is saying about the hi fin and lo fin being different fish (purely on that that hes had eggs which should be pretty conclusive, gratz by the way, hope its going well). My question is if the hi/lo...

Hiya
Thanks for the replys and warm welcome.

Nice to here that Pier are still going strong, i remember doing roadtrips down there what must be 15 - 20 years ago.

would be good to go down there again

Dave

Thank you very much, i think that may be the one. after reading the species info for the apurensis its says one owner lost a 10 inch ciclid due to the cat trying to eat it! Thanks, i now have a name to chase. Any tips on keeping these little beasties? mininmum tank size? (dimensions please, gallons/...

Hi I know this is a long shot but i figure its worth a try. I saw this catfish in a tank it was maybe 200 - 300mm in length, it looked quite similar to the larger bumblebee cats but it seemed much more stocky in build to the extent that at the time i described it as a belly with a mouth and a few to...