QUOTE: "My first thought though, was are you sure they are really L338? Without knowing they were caught in the Rio Puraqequara, it might be hard to get a proper ID." Well... No, I guess I'm not ABSOLUTELY certain. I purchased them from a seller in Florida, who went out of business after some very ...

Hello everyone, I'm hoping that someone may shed some light on my situation. I have a trio of L338's, and they are approximately two years old. When I looked in the Cat-eLog information, it stated that breeding was "unreported", so that is part of the reason that I have these questions. Also, when I ...

Hey guys! I just discovered this post, and I think I have something to report, that is going to add to this discussion. Several weeks ago, I had (2) males and several female ancistrus in a 65-gallon tank, while I was doing some rearranging of tanks. ALL of those ancistrus/bushynose were gold with ...

Hey Larry... Funny you should mention it. I had a recent experience with one of those lights. I needed to pull a beautiful display/planting of Najas Guadalupensis out by the roots the other day, because I was going to use that tank for a different purpose. The plant was so pretty that I hated to ...

Wow gentlemen -- what a great discussion! I just returned home from the Great State of Arkansas, and I'm eager to study your responses. I want to thank all of you, again, for these weighty and thoughtful responses. I get all excited reading these, and take in the information like a thirsty sponge ...

First, many thanks, you guys, for those suggestions. I had been hoping that there would be a few options for me. I have to admit, I'm pretty excited to try another species. I read your responses carefully, then used the P.C. site to look up all of the L-numbers that were mentioned in your responses ...

Also depends on what you can get hold of. No point getting your heart set on something, only to find out it is unobtainable. Do a few tours of your local shops, and make a list of available species you might like to breed. We can then tell you which is your best bet. :D Hi, Your suggestion seems ...

Hello Everyone! A little more than one year ago, I began breeding Ancistrus, (Albino L144). That has been going well. I've also been raising breeding groups of the longfin variety and a calico variety, and those are close to breeding age/size. Now I would like to pursue keeping and breeding of a ...

Thank you for the input! I did go and look at your photos. Whoa, baby! You have some VERY nice photos, there! Makes me want to set up another large tank in the living room. Hmmm... but when will it be enough???

THANK YOU for the ideas, guys! I'll try this/these out, at my first opportunity. (Which I hope will be very SOON.)

I'm looking forward to some improvement, in my fishy photos.

Hi Mats! Hmmm... very interesting there, and THANK YOU for that idea. I certainly did not think of using a camera flash unit. But since it's a strobe-type light, how do you "trigger" it, to get the light at the moment you need it? Do you have an "extension cable" for that purpose? (I'm rather new to ...

Hey guys! From time to time I remove a fish from its aquarium, then place it in a small container, so I can take a photograph. The container is either glass or plexiglass, and is basically a very small aquarium. For those of you who are adept at photography, I'd like to ask for your input regarding ...

......from my experience, a cory spawning session lasts a few hours, it's ok to retrieve the eggs during the spawning session if you're afraid they will be eaten. They'll get scared for a few minutes but will resume spawning. I do this with my pandas because they are vigorous egg eaters! ......each ...

Thanks :D Hows your wee babe coming on? I have more eggs,so hopefully more fry to come...... Hey! Thanks for the great photos, and for the encouraging news about the new spawn. It sounds as though you have a good thing going there. :thumbsup: My lone fry looks similar to yours, except a bit bigger ...

MatsP wrote:JBL Novo Pleco XL [1] is what all my Ancistrus are fed. They get a few other things (not really FOR them, but they are greedy eaters).......

......but I don't get Sera around here...... Mats

And I can't get JBL around HERE!

I mostly trade in fish for the Sera food at LFSs. The fish seem to notice the catfish chips more than other wafer-type foods. If not, I order from Drs Foster & Smith. It's a relatively new line for them. Ken's Food is also good: the Veggie sticks and flakes are made from real vegetables; earthworm ...

hi there i buy most of my tabs from sera. in the petshop or at fish-selling-sessions... i use: * sera O-nip® FD-mix * sera Plankton Tabs * sera viformo * sera Spirulina Tabs and catfish chips (with a high wood content) http://www.sera.de/index.php?id=256 and of course Discus granulat http://www. ...

I buy mine here: http://www.fosterandsmithaquatics.com/fish-supplies/aquarium-fish-food/ps/c/3578/7927?s=ts&r=871 if you click on the name of the food then on more info it lists ingrediants. Hi! The Sera food that I HAVE purchased thus far, was purchased here, and they do list the ingredients, so I ...

Dave Rinaldo wrote:Seen this one?
http://www.seraessentials.com/index.cfm

I had NOT. Thank you, Dave. I don't see ingredient lists, but I DID see many products that I didn't know about. I'll return there. Cheers!

Hi guys! I wonder if someone can point me in the right direction. I have taken a recent interest in Sera's fish foods, and would like to experiment with them. However, I have never seen a manufacturer, or a product line (of ANY TYPE) that is as difficult to check out, locate, study, and purchase ...

Have a read up on my topic http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=29511 -theres a good write up on pygmys breeding by apistomaster :thumbsup: Hey there, corycrazy! Great job on the spawning. :wink: Thank you for the pointer. I'll go read it straight away! With regard to any ...

Hello everyone, About one month ago, I made my first post on this forum. In that post, I asked for information to help me determine if my (24) C. Pygmaeus were sexually mature. (At that time, and still today -- I believed that they were not full grown, but thought that they might be "mature".) I ...

Hello gentlemen, As always, thank you for your valuable input. I have a few thoughts regarding what you've offered: ......I don't see much that makes it better than any other heater... ...An aquarium heater is a pretty simple device. They all do pretty much the same thing...... Mats Fundamentally, I ...

Ladies and gentlemen:

I hope you aren't weary of heater discussions.
A new contender has come to my attention.

Do any of you have experience with the Hagen Fluval "M" heaters?

Likes?

Dislikes?

Thank you.

......you can find all sorts of inconsistencies on the internet (and if you have enough "proper written" literature, you will probably find some there - the difference is that most of the time, you don't own more than at most three or four books about the same subject, so you never see it as much ...

Just another thought on this, in response to certain of the comments... I suppose that most of us have known at least one aquarist who has had trouble keeping certain livebearers. So inasmuch as that is the case, there is an element of "challenge" there, to keep them alive and healthy. But when I ...

Thank you very much, everyone, for your replies! I appreciate that kind of practical and useful feedback, and you've helped me. Next -- I feel a HUGE rant coming on! :rant: The continual barrage of contradictions that I encounter in pursuing this wet hobby are enough to make me lose my mind. :rant ...

Hello out there... I am considering the purchase of several Jager aquarium heaters at this time. (I *think* the name has changed, from Ebo-Jager...) With regard to submersing them, the manufacturer states that these heaters should only be submersed to the "high water mark", as indicated on the ...

Hi Darrel,

Thank you for the details, and the unique idea. I plan to give your method a try.