Amanda,
I would agree with Yann. My males are much more distinct in thier coloration than the females.

Mine do or should I say mine look like yours.

That fixed it.

thanks again,

thanks,

I'm not sure that the subject is accurtely stated but here is what I just observed: I refreshed the screen after being away for awhile in order to see any new posts. On the Board Index screen it stated that the current time was Thur Jan 31 11:40am. On the right side of the screen, it stated that my ...

Today is the first day in 3 that it hasn't rained. It has been windy all day and the high was 44F and is now dropping. But balmy compared to you guys!!! We can use the wet, but you can keep the cold!!

Matt didn't say it directly but it bears saying that we need to keep a degree of perspective about this subject. It makes an interesting thread and causes me at least to want to do additional reading. A light intellectual discussion. There is no right or wrong answer as there is no right or wrong ...

... there are many papers where phylogenies are presented reporting nomenclatural incongruence, but no re-examination of material and subsequent reclassification is taking place.
If you are saying that there are phylogenies based on DNA data being presented that highlight issues of classification ...

" Were species merely arbitrary, then approaches like DNA barcoding would be more serious alternatives to good taxonomy; but they are not. Species emerge when traits and characters are differentiated and patterns of distribution of the latter are critically analyzed. "


DNA tests can tell one ...

I would second the thought that 40L is too small. That is not much room for even a few rummynose or a chocolate gourami. Most of my tanks a 40G and in that size you can have several small plecos like the 260, a small shoal of 10-15 rummynose and still not be overcrowded as long as you have an ...

Not sure who or where you heard that an albino and normal BN cross would result in sterile young, but that is incorrect as indicated by your babies.

Technically, it doesn't have a 'sientific name' other than Peckoltia sp. as it has not been characterized and the results published in a recognized journal. But it continues to look like a young L147. Let's see what it looks like in 6-12 months when it has put on some growth.

HTH

Your fish looks a lot like a young L147 Take a look at the second picture in the second row (sorry, don't know how to attach links).
I also doubt that you could get a L387 for 8 Euros.

I would agree with L147, but a young one that hasn't developed the typical spotted pattern on the back of the body.

You're killing us Larry!!!!

First, Nice batch of wigglers!!
I think that it is a matter of how closely the parents are related - strain-wise. In my case I bought the parents from 2 different people. When you look at the fish, they are both obviously albino, but there are physical differences. Although they are the same age ...

The question of albinism isn't quite as simple Mendal's Law of dominate vs recessive because there is more than one gene involved and it becomes even more complicate when you have different lines of fish involved. This isn't technically correct, but for one line of fish the gene for albinism is ...

Should you add pH increasing stuff, the acids would dissolve more rapidly, resulting in a very fast decay of your wood. This decay will also consume a lot of oxygen.

Just for clarification, if you adding pH increasing chemicals, you will be adding bases not acids to the tank. Getting the KH up ...

thanks,

I have never seen pictures of L411. Where would I go to learn more about them?

thanks,

Weather is good today in CA. I live in the Majave Desert where it is 66F, clear and no wind. I don't want to wish bad things on myself, but we have had a mild fall thus far.

Must be a really slow day!! One post in the last 9 hours!!

Plecoboy,
Do you have any pictures of your goldline? Really have me curious now.

I don't know about garlic helping fish' immune system, but discus people who make their own beef heart mixes add garlic and/or garlic oil as an appetite enhancer.

Isn't the gold line just a color variant of the standard black and white? In which case, you are not talking about a hybrid.

Just to muddy the water a bit:

I was following a thread on another forum (I'll see if I can find it when I get back home) that described albino-ism as a 2 gene combination - one for color or not and one for albino or color. The thread pointed to some published literature. Could be that these genes ...

I'm not sure what 'slating' means, but I have to take exception to the comment about anaerobic baceria building up in the filter and them converting nitrAte to nitrogen gas.
Unless your filter is so blocked that there is no flow, there will be oxygen in the water in the filter. The aerobic bacteria ...

Landlubber wrote:PS: Don't use Baking soda it has other ingredients, Bicarbonate is pure.

Baking Soda is pure sodium bicarbonate. Baking Powder has other ingredients.

[Mod edit: fixed quotes and removed duplicate post --Mats]

Hi,
I'm new to this forum. I noticed that there was no mention of using Baking Soda (sodiumbicarbonte) as a buffer. Using Baking Soda allows you to increase the KH without increasing the GH. I have a 170gal planted tank and use a combination of tap water and RO to keep the GH at 3-6. I do 20% weekly ...

Morning Barbie,
I was wondering if you could provide the details of how you simulated a 2 week rainy season.

thanks,

"I did put them through a rainy season, but it was almost 2 full weeks and 2 regular water changes later that they spawned. The current conditions in the tank are 80 degrees, TDS of ...