I need some help with food choices for wood chewing plecos...
I have a repashy formula that has diet with wood chewers in mind
but looking for other foods brands anyone would recommend ..
thanks

how old/large are your whiptails? assuming they are wild caught, is it possible that it just developed a fungus, not related to any fish being aggressive?, certainly you have enough room, and my opinion is that the ph is not a factor..... in fact probably good for them. I had one of mine die ...

Jeff Rapps, Tangled up in cichlids had them...not sure if there are any left..
not cheap!
I saw someone posting on aquabid for something like $90 for young (2"?) fish....

check freshwater exotics... they have good quality fish at reasonable prices fyi.... if you live in the va area, The James River Aquarium Society meets in Richmond, 4th wed each month, and the Potomac valley aquarium society hosts meetings on the first saturday each month. both clubs have mini ...

Shane:
thanks a bunch.... very happy to have figured out another fish....
i hate when I don't know what I have sometimes.. not to mention, being told what i have
is different from what I bought them as....
anyhow, much appreciated.
david

do you still have subadults? are they sexable?
thanks

Hi there: I have a couple whiptails and came home to two of them getting busy in a clay tube... They kicked the green eggs all over so I siphoned up what i could and put them in a fry keeper, treated with m.blue and waited... most fungused, and i had almost given up, but glad to say a few hatched ...

I have an influx of hydra in two tanks, one that has dwarf ancistris young, (huacamayo) and in my Red Lizard fry tank.. and have found some planaria in my Leopard Frog breeding tank.. Is Goat wormer safe for all three instances??? the dosage rate I have is .10 ml per 10 gallons... will it harm ...

they must be priceless...............

Always nice to see another happy zebra breeding.
congratulations!!!

Maybe a variant of L400????

What about, using the same hardware store scenario.....having them cut some clear plexiglass , similar dimensions as your glass cage, but much lighter, won't break and although will scratch, if you slip a piece of newsprint between sheets and slip the whole thing into a large zip lock bag it will ...

Gosh.....
40+!!
I have caves purchased from most convention type vendors, a local guy made some for me and I probably have an additional 2 dozen home made slate caves.
I also purchased about 50' of various diameter bamboo, that I will be cutting up various lengths to give my fish options.

Ok guys.... so I took your two ideas and put a comparison together of the three fish..... My opinion, is that looking at the unidentified fish's body shape (noting that it is unclear the age of the 3 pictures) is more similar to agassizii than ambiacus, but he still looks a tad longer in body than ...

also, is the fact that the patching is larger than what I have noticed on agassizii that have been pictured?

Erik, I'm not sure about that.... they are not young fish.....
at least not babies....
david

I was at a Local Fish Store a few weeks ago... the sales person told me he had some nice julii's in stock, but
when I looked at them I was pretty sure they were not.
I have not been able to identify them so far...
any ideas???
for reference, they are about 4cm.
thanks
david

Yeah!
I sent a pm, but have not heard anything??????
david

Larry: after looking over the stats on both, filamentosus and llanero, i would agree.... I need to take a few more detailed photos, of mouth and dorsal and such... the other (which i don't think is very common, was stibaros, but not sure about coloring... thanks so much for the direction... ps ...

These were purchased as farlowella filamentosa??????
not sure, I searched but wasn't able to figure it out...
any ideas...
sorry the pic isn't great, I may need to post a few more in better detail.

Jim:
I am very happy for you!!!
I know it is a relief to see things going well.....
must be the cave....


David..

Hello: I have been fortunate enough to have my zebras finally breeding, and rather than pulling fry out of the cave, I have left the second batch in with dad... the first batch was small, and I was able to pull 3 babies from the cave. I have them in a frykeeper in the main tank, so filtered from the ...

Thanks Jmho.....
I concur and thought that, but wanted to see what others thought.

you never know what the wholesalers send as labeled....
but I was surprised my LFS didn't realize it...
bottom line for the stores, is as long as they can sell them they don't really worry about it.

Hello: A LFS sold these as pygmy cories from Rio Negro??????? I know these are not pygmeus, but not sure if they are an aspidoras species or young of something larger.... I have two pics here and hope they identify enough, but if I need to take more pics I can try.... thanks in advance for your help ...

I did look at the check this first thread, but I am not sure....
this fish seems to be lower profile, ie.. flatter than those on the cf thread.... also much finer spotting but I know that can be varients... i appreciate your input..
thanks

Hello: I have a group of small ancistrus, that I got as babies at a local auction, and threw them in a tank and forgot about them .... well male was guarding eggs this morning and now I would like to make sure about iding them. hope these pics are suitable.. the length on the male is about 3" (the ...

can a mod. please move this posting to the what is it category....
I apparently missed that when I was posting this inquiry
thanks


Done!

I went the grow out route with my zebras.... I think I had them almost two years before my first babies. and only was able to keep three babies alive to 3 months. when you consider how much I have in the parents, It is a small consolation, but as everyone has told you.... no one sells females. there ...

here are two more pics.. not sure why they didn't go in the first one...

Ok.... I have 4 of these whiptails and would like them identified if possible... I am thinking I have all females too.... but maybe once I get them identified, maybe I can find some others and hopefully get some males as well.... I have added some pics.. If I need to take more of specific areas on ...