What was the dosing you used? Late, I know. I don't seem to get the notifications from here anymore. I'll have to look into it. Anyway, I used the dosage of about 1 "unit" on an insulin syringe per gallon of water. A "unit" on a diabetic syringe is the same as 1/100th of a mL/cc or 10 microliters ...

How many, and do you have a minimum size? I have them breeding like crazy. I actually just accidentally killed a bunch of fry, not realizing they were still in the tank (they had gone under a rock that was almost totally flat) and didn't add dechlorinator right away from a water change as I was ...

Okay, back to the subject. The wholesaler sent the correct fish and all six that I ordered. They have more left too, in case anyone else is looking. They are only 2" so they'll have plenty of growing to do before they can breed. Although now I have hybrids taking up the tank I intended to put them ...

Bek, how accurate is your wish list in your signature? Still looking for C. Pantanalensis?

At first the sales person said he was frustrated because "if they ran out..." they should have contacted him instead of just grabbing from another row. But it sounds like they did NOT run out. The packing team just grabbed the wrong fish altogether. I'm guessing someone ignored the "location" of the ...

I am so mad tonight. The order arrived via Southwest Airlines this morning at 9:30. But Ye Olde Vice President was visiting the area, so ALL cargo was "held in place" until about 6pm. So I had to wait about 10 hours until I could pick them up. They were all alive, but I waited a long time to find ...

No, I haven't, but thanks for giving direct references. I will look up their names now!

Synodontis Angelicus. Yep. I plan to try breeding them. Yes, I know that probably involves hormones. I don't even have them yet - my supplier got some pure ones in (non-hybrid) and they're offering them up, although for a really high price. Now a few years ago I found out about Ovaprim and did a ...

I guess I got way too technical in the actual medications I used here. Not many fish people are well-versed in chemical medications as well. But for an update, I started using the cephalexin and haven't had anything else die so far. I did buy black german rams earlier this week and had one of those ...

The first half of this post is for anyone experiencing the same problems. I know the first rule about any disease, is to take the fish to a veterinarian to get it diagnosed so you can treat it PROPERLY. But none of the veterinarians around me deal with fish. I even asked a couple of them to just ...

They're all over the place. I see a TON of them when I visit the L-numbers catalog.

We conclude that in order to fight this illegal trade, tougher laws against smugglers, agreements with neighboring countries to combat trafficking, formal environmental education programs for riverine populations, and further scientific studies of smuggled species are necessary. [/quote] Part of ...

It is very common practice to strip daddy of his eggs or fry and put them in a tumbler - especially for L046. But how many of you do NOT do this? How many of you leave the eggs and fry with daddy and let him raise them? I've tried to let the males raise fry naturally for as long as I've owned fish ...

So I've ended up with THREE L397 spawns so far! A couple of days after I found the first one, I found another male with eggs. So I moved him to that fry rearing tank. Those have since hatched, and I found a THIRD one trapping. Once the female was done and I confirmed eggs, I moved that one as well ...

There is no way I can get a picture of the babies right now. Daddy has them locked up pretty tight in that cave! I only barely got the flashlight at the right angle to show me a ton of tiny eyeballs staring back at me! But here's his butt hanging out, lol! 20210926_175808.jpg It looks like their ...

Too bad you aren't interested in L024. I'd do a trade with ya if you were!

Where do you upload images here? When I choose "add image" it just opens a window for a URL.

Got a lot of typing here, but hopefully I can give you a better idea of what you're dealing with, and what to do. First of all, a study was done at the University of Florida regarding fish diseases. I have the paper that was written about it which goes into great detail (and can email it if you PM ...

So that just goes right back to the original problem. Everyone uses it for different things, and that makes it confusing, and pretty much useless to use F designators!

It is always applied to crosses, although the crosses can start with two wild-caught parents of the same species This is actually one I don't agree with in any form. There is no way to know if the wild-caught parents are from the same lineage or not. Not all fish are migratory, meaning they will ...

By the way, do you know of a good hosting site for photos that does NOT replace them with their logo these days?

I really haven't pinpointed exactly what gets them to breed. I do weekly water changes, usually more than 50% - I leave it barely covering the fish, and then fill it all the way back up. I don't have time to vacuum the gravel on all of them, so I just to big water changes to keep the nitrates low ...

bekateen wrote: ↑08 Sep 2021, 19:53

FYI, maybe it's my internet provider's security settings, but I find nothing (no website) if I use their username plecocrazy and dot com.

Is there a different URL?

Cheers, Eric

Look again. I edited that post. I have no idea how the hell that happened!

I've bred other animals, and they use the F-numbers too. But for everything out there *except* fish, the F numbers are used to designate out-crossing to another breed. With fish, it seems people are using them to designate *their* breeding success. I've seen it on eBay, here, Facebook, etc. On eBay ...

Damn, I got L024 and 5" long
So very similar though!

I have a few of these available. I do have one breeding pair available for $125. Male is currently in breeding color but will almost certainly lose it during transit (they usually do). I also have a couple of grown single males available for $45 each. And then I have some fry (*maybe* an inch long ...

Edited because: I somehow put this on the wrong post....

What exactly do you mean by F1?

How big is she now? Also, do the odontodes on her "gill plates" look long?

But I wouldn't be so quick to chastise those who believed in the ban happening. It wasn't revealed that the ban on these species would not be enforced until April 27th. 3 days before the collection ban was to go into effect. That is true. But to state an upcoming ban as a straight fact, and use it ...