Hi unblinded, this is a holding box for the ones captured using manual collection method (only the big ones, L-14, L-25, L-27 and others adults specimes). For small ones, they use a different storage. http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w499/gimeneshj/P1000271_zps3cce602f.jpg http://i1078 ...

rob... this for me is more a territorial thing going on... keeping Synodontis species while waiting for a breeding attempt .. i think is not a good idea then the first one who will find any fry outside of the cave will be the synos.. as really checking each corner in the tank for food.... :-\ during ...

hi geoff,
just logged in after a long time again...these are great news... i kept 13 species that time (the white spotted one) but until i quit al my tanks nothing happened...

good luck rasing them!!!

farid

HI there
i present to you my ...already sold breeding group of eleven L200 Hemiancistrus subviridis "low fin"



farid

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hi there,
the magic cave size is always the width of the body plus one side fin. So the male gets in easily and can squeeze itself easy with both sidefins if needed...

http://veloofahren.ch/Aquarium/L204.htm

enjoy

farid

hi there, best is to feed them with wormlike live food...less moaquito larvae..but worms...like Tubifex tubifex...the females should prudoce much more eggs than with any other food...a friend told me. keep them in normal middle hars water during 2-3 weeks then make waterchanges 50% 1st day 80% 2nd ...

...this is how they look under water: http://veloofahren.ch/Aquarium/L397.htm (scroll down a bit) also check http://www.google.ch/images?um=1&hl=de&biw=1440&bih=697&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=einh%C3%A4ngekasten&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= maybe you find an other idea that suits for you rgds farid

hi james, actually my idea is wide spread i guess...specially in raising L's :) here are my systems...i do not use acrylic glass anymore as little scratches can cut sensitive bellies of the fry... http://www.veloofahren.ch/Aquarium/einhaengebecken.htm the function is this: water gets pumped in by an ...

hi guys, i think it is a lot of work depenting on the wood to drill and carve caves in there... i just use bamboo from tha garden centre! water it for a while then rinse in hot water (shower) and place it in the tank...it might stink a bit from watering ...it may also contain some bacterial ...

hi james, as far i could read you didnt manage to raise any fry (i didnt read all the 7 pages for now...sorry if i'm wrong) i raise all my sturisomas for example in a little glass tank that i use to hang into the main tank...an airdriven waterpipe delivers fresh water from the main tank! i never set ...

hi susan, looks nice. but dont forget...sturisoma festivum needs to be well fed until they reach over 5 to 6cm they can always die, soon as there is a lack of enough food! make enough waterchanges as you need to feed enough so nitrate stays low and will not brake their growth...(high nitrate levels ...

hi amanda,
nice cat i will get 5 of them on sunday...for later on my hillstream tank...

enjoy
farid

hi mats
how about eggs...did you ever feed the yellow of an egg?

farid

hi there, as you're from belguim...you might understand some german :) use the drop down menu on the left and go to "Fischfutter" http://www.veloofahren.ch/Aquarium/selfmade.html i grind it all...with a mixer...depending if you'r making foor for carnivor or omnivor feeding animals...i use more or ...

hi mats,
i actually used garlic on my fishfood...i peace on about 800g of food mixture...with vegies, shrimps, shells etc...

i got the tip from a friend of mine... "Cattleya" also a famous catfishbreeder in switzerland

farid

hi squid (is this really your name )
I also feed my cats patatoes as well as sweet patatoes.
garlic is mixed into self made fish food...as garlic should contain some antibiotic funtion...which might be no too bad. but i never tried garlic in peaces...

rgds
farid

hey
really cool i also havent heard of spawning before...

good luck
farid

thanks mats :) here were the first ones... http://veloofahren.ch/Aquarium/Laticeps-zucht.htm this was my stream-tank...the tank ist still here but the riverfuntion is not aktiv anymore...in german sorry... through a 60mm plexi pipe the water was pumpet to the other side of the tank into a pressure ...

hi Bjørn
can i see a picture of your set up?

regards from zurich
farid

Hi there , once again after 2 years of trying i got again babies of Pseudohemiodon platycephalus... http://thumbimg.img-box.de/8/1/7/0/1/81701.jpg here we go...the little ones are Sturisoma festivum http://thumbimg.img-box.de/8/1/6/9/9/81699.jpg and a close up: http://thumbimg.img-box.de/8/1/7/0/0 ...

congratulation also rfom my part. this is too much :) whese blue spots :) really cool i also keep a group of 6 massive animals...but until now nothing is moving... i am very cusious how fast they will grow...let us know when they reach about 6 months of age... i got L200 babies who measure only 4cm ...

thanks guys for all yur inputs!! @geoff i know what you mean 8) i guess i got a good mixture ...as three more od even vfour more have heavy bristels :) so it is perfect. @mats the hard part to keep them as i also got L34, is wat i can tell that they sometimes need to get a dose agains amobeas (r ...

hi folks, this morning at 4 Am i got 12 healthy L255 Ancistrus sp. in a styrobox http://thumbimg.img-box.de/8/1/6/6/8/81668.jpg the animals are about 9-11cm big! http://thumbimg.img-box.de/8/1/6/7/3/81673.jpg i still have no clue about their sexes... http://thumbimg.img-box.de/8/1/6/6/9/81669.jpg ...

...the eggs were unfertilized...in the next day al of them were bright yellow...after 5 times this is the first time they messed it up.

next time ....

hi guys, the low ph thing about loosing eggs or fry is as far i'd guess only because acidic water is less suitable for bacterias...that's why for example you dont need to be scared that eggs of Paracheirodon axelrodi would get fungus...they are only ready when the water is really soft. i had mine at ...

hey
mine sit on them the whole night long...in the morning as it is with shrimps there is not much left.

regards
farid

hi there, a photo straight from the top would be cool. i also recommend mats tips a bit of sand and no pyramid pipes but flat a bit longer then the ones you have...all of these pipes (for 5 L200 about 8 pipes) cover all pipes with the wood. better is more then not enough wood as they also feed from ...

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hmm.... so i call you larry from today on 8) do you have any pictures of your constructions? i'm curious how they lool like any how your watercirculation moves etc... to all the other silent readers...please post your self made ideas with pictures...this might help the one and other to have better ...

hi Larry? (is this your name?) i also had many questions about "why metal and no plastic, nylon or other materials... the holes in the mesh are about 2x2mm the wire itself about 0,5mm so it is very stable. a mesh is softer, needs to be cleaned carefully and i guess is less strong to hold the airpipe ...