Well worth a brag.

I don't post here often but here I feel I need to (and I hope I have understood correctly). 5.5 Us Gallons=20 litres of water, UK Gallons=25 litres of water. Take out some volume for substrate/decor and perhaps at worst this gives water volume of 15 Litres/best 20? I would not keep anything other ...

N.American Shiners? I keep Notropis and Cyprinella species indoors, they should be ok as long as not too cold (i.e under ice).

I keep two males in a wood only tank and in my experience also they are very shy. If you don't have plants try lowering your light levels and you may see more of them. Or you may not.

I Think its L265 because of the way the 2 middle stripes meet L265 has no bars/stripes on dorsal/tail. It also has a pastel orange/peach edge to those fins. I don't think your fish is L265, I have a male and he looks quite different to your fish. I think you have a vittata, but as has already been ...

There was mention of the dam in the April National Geographic mag, which was devoted to the subject of freshwater. The Earth's axis has been tilted by nearly a inch by the dam and the water behind it-I still can't get my head around facts like that. I agree with andywoolloo, projects of this ...

Appreciated, thanks all.

The thought was prompted by a visit some time ago to a well respected lfs. I had an ammonia spike and was asked what the ph of my water was, this being c6, they told me that in acidic water I would have ammonium, which was virtually non toxic. If this is correct, I wondered why filter at all in ...

Had a chat about this elsewhere and was never completely satisfied with the outcome (there wasn't one.) Is it neccessary to biologically filter using acidic water? Assume water is <7 and stable there. Could the build up of ammonium be controlled with w/c, avoiding nitrite.nitrate.

Nice article, couldn't PFK have been talked into four pages though?

And the frustration is, I've a cold tank ready and waiting for Gobies, the uplands would have been perfect.

Practical fishkeeping are running an article on NZ fish next month, that would be the June issue (I think). Maybe we'll see the Gobies!

L190?

The attached photo may help/confuse. (With apologies for hijacking the thread a little). The P.Olisgospila I kept until recently, at least that was what I bought it as. I'm not experienced or confident enough to contradict more knowlegable people but I can't see a difference between my ex and the ...

Peckoltia oligospila agreed. I had to re-home a female recently, nice fish.

When stressed H. zebra turns pink, it's normal and as soon they are back in their right environment they will become white and black looking normal. Janne That's why I joined this forum, info like that is invaluable; in 3 years of fishkeeping I've never read or heard about this trait in this fish ...

Is it just me/my equipment, or do those fish look like they have an internal bacterial infection?

Received a copy of the Smithsonian atlas this morning. Looks to be excellent, very indepth. Loads of maps for every conceivable subject; highways, cattle ranching, petrolium sites, Dorado migration(!) etc. Chapters on the Tocantins, Xingu & Tapajos, Madeira, Negro etc. Lots of nice pics, and for me ...

They certainly look like Schwartzi Matthew, I'm no expert either but they look just like the 3 I have!

MatsP wrote:
If you know what area you're planning to visit, ....--

Mats

I wish......I'm not visiting, mores the pity, I just like to know these things!

My thanks to you all; Silurus that maps an excellent start, thankyou.

Can anyone advise of a good map indicating places of interest/tributaries along the Amazon. I read various threads on this forum but don't have a clue where the places are yet. I have an atlas but it's small and hard to read. A map indicatingonly places of interest would be nice!

Thanks in advance.

It is indeed very similar, Matthew, to the example in your pic. As you suggest it's the elongation at the snout that first struck me, the distance between eye and tip of snout seems massive and not a little odd; as sunfish suggests perhaps this is a consequence of condition. A new L no. would be ...

That's an exciting looking fish-I've never seen the like either, relative newcomer that I am. I'd be interested to know where caught.

Well whatever it is it didn't appear to be for sale. Thanks for all the suggestions, I'll take a look at them.

Yes sorry, the one with the dollar. I'm familiar with L-No's but little else.

Spotted this (in with Cranoglanis bouderius@£299!) and have no idea, but would be interested to know. Seen at BAS.

Thanks in advance.

Part two Photo's.

Well that went well order wise! I'm sure you all know what's what-the 4th photo I can't id.

Took the kids to Bolton Museum and popped into the aquarium. Photo's aren't great, I had to fight holidaying families a five year old pocket camera and keep my eye on four kids. The very large tank which housed the Pseudodoras is being refurbished and some fish are temporarily cramped. Very nice S ...

For the past two years my wife's been self-employed as a childminder, kids shouting and running about like there's no tomorrow-my fish don't show any signs of stress; me on the other hand.......

This was the subject of my first post on this forum-I've almost given up hope.

On the link above images 3 & 4 look similar. Possible stress colour?