I will not be there I have almost no plecos left, so I have nothing to sell. I am getting rid of more fish and tanks, so I cannot buy anything either.

What I will miss are the people.

I would be inclined to try Flubendazole. I have this and have used it successfully to treat wasting disease. Have a read here http://www.inkmkr.com/Fish/FlubendazoleArticle.pdf As for how to find Flubendazole in France I cannot say. But it is available in Europe. Lernex in the Netherlands sells it ...

There are times where a bare bottom is an asset. This is one of them because it allows us to see the fish poop and makes it easier to see if there is uneaten food. usually, a bare bottom tank is best for Hospital and often Quarantine use. As for the fish wasting here: Eradicating Hydra and Other ...

"Believe none of what your hear and half of what you see." And when what you see is on Youtube, the fractions change. youtube does not pay for quality content, they pay for views. But consider the below if this person is catching fish in sewer systems (I added the red to the text below): What is the ...

A number of years ago I messed around with doing a much smaller version of this. I did not know what a kinon was until today and it was not a part of what I did. What was very similar was to have and end to end flow as opposed to the normal back to front we get from hang-on filters. I did a smaller ...

The good news is the WC 173 are spawning and I can spot small fry and bigger. So I am keeping them and a grow tank for them as well for a bit longer. I have 21 in the grow tank now. I will find out what I have in the breeder tank in the near future as I intend to move the fish to the fish space ...

I need to make sure any fish and tanks I am keeping a bit longer can be kept to my usually standards. I just had my carpenter in last evening to see if we can redo my inwall sat-u[. It is a 75 over a 30B (this is no dry and empty). The 75 is high enough up that I must use a 3 step ladder to work on ...

If only it were that simple. My brother and I, both bachelors. live in a very nice spot in the woods. Out parents built the house, tennis court and then a semi-detached guest house/storeroom and pool. The house was intended for weekend and summer use as we lived in New York City which is misery in ...

OOPS- I did not look at the pics when I posted. What is below if for aquariums for fish , not the tank you have. I have almost 30 tanks, at this point at least a dozen are empty. Every one of them has the same frame etc. you described. My smallest tank is a 5.5 gal. my two biggest are a 150 and a ...

I have always bred my plecos, starting with zebras as my first Hypancistrus to try to spawn. I was pretty successful and went on to work with more Hypans from the Big Bend of the Xingu. I have always worked from the position that I am not smarter than the fish, The males know where the best caves is ...

*sigh*

This is the second death this week for me of a really good fish person and decent human being who will be sorely missed.

I have thought about what Dbam wrote above for some time now. I just sold off the last of my RB 236 offspring as well as my tank of "mystery" hypans (I had no clue what species they were and it was several not just one.) I now have two zebra fry and my WC 173 and offspring left. They will all be ...

I came to PC this morning to see what was new. I spotted an article from Shane listed in the Random Read box. When I clicked on it it did not take me to the article. So I headed over to the listing for all of Shane's great articles. I tried to go to them via the link provided and almost every time I ...

Nature has little choice in terms of evolution as far as I am concerned. It is an ideal way to insure species are best adapted to their environment. It also wants to insure that species survive over time. And for a very very long time nature had its way. What changed things was us. Humans have ...

MY problem has been the house itself. My brother and I , two old bachelors, share a lovely house we inherited. Out parents built it in 1961 as a summer and weekend place. It is in the woods and has its own private well which is mostly why I have done so well with plecos. But the house has no ...

Next week I send out the final 12 offspring from my TR parented L173. The beeders went out almost 2 years ago. Also going out next week are my 3 oldest zebras the oldest is over 20 and the next one may be as well. The third is close to 20. Also going out in the very near future are my tank of mixed ...

When I was first setting up my tank for altums which is stained. I was interested in a pleco I could eventually add. I had H. contradens and apparently they come from the same region and some of the rivers where the Altums live. I put in a pair of my adults. I lost one after about a 18 minths and ...

Apparently yes. My brother sent me the pic which was a still taken from a vid. It is a small boat and the man is not reaching for it, so I would guess the fish landed back in the water. That is ubless the dog caught it.

Actually, zebras are omnivores who prefer meat while the Ancistrus are Aufwuchs feeders who eat the algae because it also contains small meaty critters inside it. Also the Xingu is a long river, but the zebras only live in the Big Bend. Look at what this site says about L144 and Lemon Pleco, neither ...

I would go further than Eric re tank size. The more water that can be involved, the better it is for breeding and growing out fish. I have mostly worked with plecos for spawning. But I have a project going with the black Schultzei. I have 15 fish in a 20 gal. long which is essentially 30" x 13" x 13 ...

I started to look at the link as I was a bit curious. About 18 or 19 years ago I got my first angelfish from a breeder. They were DD Blacks. She sent me 5 and I got a pair out of them. They spawned in my 45 gal. community, so the eggs did not last. The next spawn was on an long anubias leaf. A gent ...

Last Friday I sold 143 plecos. Since I began my planned retirement from the hobby I have sold all of my breeders save the WC 173. I also have about 30+ F1s as well. My 3 oldest zebra plecos are going to a retirement tank in CA to live out the balance of their lives. The 8 assorted offspring I should ...

There are two possibilities that occur to me. One would be velvet aka Oodinium. This can be hard to spot on many fish. Velvet is similar to Ich but it is a golden color not white. This can make it hard to spot. Odinium can be treated with the same meds/methods as Ich. The second possibility is ...

I never got beyond my undergraduate degree in Psychology. But, paper of that covered expoerimental psychology. So I understand about variables etc. I also understand the statistical analysis basics. It was this that got me my final job. So, I tend to look for the uncontrolled variables that might ...

I wonder about one aspect of this. Iy is obvious that nomrmally pigmented fish have black pupil. However, albinos have red pupils. For bottom feeders the eyes are normally places to be able to look up easily as that is where predator may lurk. Their eyes also can see sideways and maybe some to the ...

This shot comes along once in a lifetime!! And no it was not photo shopped. Enjoy it in all of its glory. Taken at the Bighorn River

I am interested in diet and fish. So I was curious about this paper. For one, I feed a mix of Frozen, Repashy and a commercial food. I rotate between them and try to hold the commercial to 15% or so of feeding until my last brand change. Commercial is a pretty generic term as it covers the worst to ...

eric- Here is what Carl S. the founder of the site I linked says in his very complete information re UV and changing bulbs. Bulb: Check your UV Bulb/Lamp every month if possible. More importantly, CHANGE your bulb every 6 months for aquariums (run 24/7 as suggested earlier in this article), and also ...

The price is certainly a deal. I would be concerned about the fact that 5 in 1 comes in several sizes. But I cannot find flow rates. With UV what it might kill depends on several factors. The trick is to match those factors to the problem one is looking to solve. The considerations are: Kill level ...

Sorry to hear it Eric. But I am older and had a worse one a few months ago. My WC L173 had been actively spawning and when I would look into the tank I could see an assorted size of offspring wherever I looked. I knew the time was passed to do tank breakdown and removal of offspring. But I had been ...