I'm the moron who mislabled the C. zygatus. Funny, the picture does not look very much like the fish I had labled. Of course the tank had insufficient lighting and a lousy red gravel ( 0.5 - 1.0 cm !). Since starting work at the store, I have been spending as much time as possible rounding up all ...

Hi, Sorry, I was not trying to be obtuse. So here are the details, all in one place. Max size 35cm ( mine were ~30 at 5years, my only data point. Most of my logs were lost in a move :( ) Sensitive to ammonia ( Amonia spike from introducing too many fish will stress them). Sensitive to nitrates, keep ...

Hi, When I said Arius eat salt,I ment they gorge on it Thats so funny. I saw that for the first time today! I generaly prepare water well ahead of water changes. When I am going to be doing water changes on the livebearer tanks ( etc.), I salt the change water. At home, I usually have kept A ...

I usualy use one handfull ( ~2 Tablespoons) rock salt / 10gallon of water when keeping brackish type fishes in fresh water. Some plants do not like this but many do. I am not all that experienced with aquatic plant selections. You might want to start with half this amount, but if the fish become ...

A. seemanni, now placed in Hexanematichthys, grow to about 25cm SL fairly quickly. They will get to 30 to 35cm in a few years if feed well. I have only kept juvenials in fresh water. The ones I had long term were in brakish. Though I have never noticed a lack of hardiness while in fresh, as is the ...

Hi, I should have been more specific. I dipped the guppies after pulling them from the kiddy pools, but befor putting them in the tank I used to hold feeders. I was not dipping, then feeding to fish, YICKS! My postings can tend to the long winded, especialy after a long day. When I'm not tired, I ...

Hi, You might find that breeding guppies in quantities large enough to use as feeders is more trouble then its worth. On the other hand it is an interesting project even if the yeild is smaller then expected. The guppies mean population doubling time is 1.4 year. The first time I did it it was in a ...

I had a somewhat similar set up going for 10 years. 90g ( 18X48X? inches) 2 Aequidens paladius 2 Turquose Severums 8 Bleeding Heart Tetras 1 Pinktailed Chalceus 1 Prochilodus (probably Semiprochilodus taeniurus) 2 Anostomus trimaculatus ( replaced a very nast A. anostomus!) 1 Blue eyed pleco 1 ...

Hi Thanks again for the information. The individual that was in our store was definetly a juvenile, at about 3cm TL. I have been in the hobby since I was 13. My parents had gotten into it when I was 3. I am now in my 40s. I have only seen one other "Tatia" and of course I bought it. That was over 10 ...

Hi Achim, Thanks for the link to your artical. It was very helpfull. From the pictures, I believe the individual I was caring for was a female. After reading your artical, I am more puzzled then ever. Why isn't this fish more common in the hobby? It apears to have everything going for it. Its not ...

The aquatics store that I work for recently had a "Honeycomb Tatia" which I am assuming is Tatia shultzi. I am restructuring all of our freshwater tanks to be as accomodating for the occupant as possible. Fish, especialy catfish, that I am unfamilliar with, I put in tanks that allow me to spend some ...

Sorry, my mistake. Rid-ich contains malachite green and formaldahyde. Not Nox-ich. Thats what I get for posting late at night after a long day.

A much better choice of puffer would be Colomesus asellus. It is a fresh water species that get to be about 14cm. It is found throughout the Amazon basin, including waters were corys are found. I find that they do not have the bad habits of some of the others. If you do decide to get one, you will ...

Thanks for the info regarding the Substrate topic. I have only just discovered "Planet Catfish" two days ago. Yesterday was the first time looking at the forums. The tanks at the store I work for are a bit of a mess. I have been working very hard to correct things. Saturday is a very busy day. My ...

Nox-Ich also contains formaldahyde. The store I work for uses it quite a bit. As far as I can tell, it is not kind to biological filtration. I tend to use it at half concentration if there are any catfish in the tank. I also have been insuring that I am turning the water over at least 5 times an ...

I have recently found refuge from unemployment at a local Aquatics store. I have kept fish, as a hobbiest for over 30 years. I can usualy spot an unhappy fish. We have a tank full of C. arcuatus (sp?). They do not look particularly happy. All water parameters are adequate, though the temp is a ...