Hi, yes i have been getting the same problem for a few weeks.

I just had the same thing happen about 5 days ago, although i didn't see caving or trapping they just did it overnight. They spawned then kicked them out. They looked viable golden eggs but overnight in the Ziss tumbler they turned milky pastel yellow and later in the day were mouldy. Being it was ...

Thanks a lot to Eric, Shane and Jools. I appreciate your help everytime. I'm very happy with the outcome and think it is F. Vittata. There is 2 belly plates each side of a centre dividing line. Looking at the belly of the F. marielinae i see the big difference in the 3 plates going across. Thanks ...

This is most likely F. vittata. When identifying Farlowella it is always best to start with F. vittata as default starting ID as, at least in the U.S., this species represents about 90% of imports. F. vittata are collected in the Colombian llanos in massive numbers for the trade. That said, if my ...

Hi Eric, I think this is the best i can get, decent shots and very clear. I'm leaning towards the belly looking like (a) or (b) in the artists drawings. And also (f) on the side on picture, they seem to be the closest. Not very sure if that would or could be correct. I wonder what you think. If ...

Yes i was counting the belly plates. But wow this is hard, the more i look into it the more confused i get. I have some more better photos out of the water i will upload. When i think i have made some progress i am then not sure again. Possibly its going to be easier once it's grown up a bit more ...

Yes now I understand that a bit more. Mine has 6 rows top to bottom with 2 each side. Not 3, so I take it that the scutes are side by side. So mine had 12 little plates (section things). Sorry I’m not so good with all the names of the exact body parts. I’m better with plecos. If it was what I tho ...

Sorry so many pics, just thought maybe easier if i add all of them.

Thanks, Macrae

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Now the photos are coming up sideways. I'm using a phone for pics that's probably why.

Hi,

Ok so i have a fair few photos, i think the more the better.
I see the dark patch under the nose that you talked about.
Also i got some nice pics and angles of the new fish.

Thanks guys

Ok thanks, i will get onto pics of that tomorrow.

Macrae

Hi Jools, Thanks for the reply, and yes when i looked into my other one on here that was the one i thought it was. So in my species kept list i added it as that, possibly i was right. And yes haha, we are upside down compared to you. Here is some stored pics of the supposed Sturisoma nigrirostrum ...

Hi Eric, thanks again for reply. But wow, now thats a write up with so much info. Bit overwhelming and now i'm even more confused haha. So yes i for sure need more and better pics of every angle possible. I think i will give him a few days to settle in. He is currently in a QT and i'm worming as a ...

Ahhh bloody hell, sorry the pics uploaded upside down.
I will just get some good ones tomorrow.
However i'm thinking its a Farlowella Nattereri ??
Possibly but maybe i'm wrong.

Thanks

Hi, Just wondering what is the scientific name of this whiptail. Just so I know exact one on this site. There is so many that are similar. I’m in Australia so I’m sure there is a limited amount that it could be as we only get a few types. I got it today so these are the only pics I have so far, will ...

Yes nice size and i also think brought up well. I feed a variety of repashy types, zucchini, protein pellets and hikari carnivores. I think i might start using blood worms aswell. And yes i have heard of them breeding for up to 8 yrs. So good chance to get them to keep going.

For me it looks like two females but they doesnt look gravid, that buffels me.. Hi, Yes not gravid at all, I think these could be old fish. They came from my friend that also got from his friend. I picked them up cheap so didn’t say no. But now hoping they aren’t to old as being 14cm they could be. ...

I know females will cave, but that is not the same thing as claiming a cave. that is a territorial and very male thing to do. Females will shelter or hide in caves, but they will not claim one. My trick re sexing is always to buy groups. I figure if I get between 7 and 15 I will for sure have both ...

Hi Jools,

Thanks for the input, that's good news to me. I am going to my friends tonight and he has some nice extra males, so i will grab one to add in and see how it goes.

Macrae

Hi mate, thanks for the response. They actually both cave (but many of my other L-numbers females cave always and leave to either get trapped by males or eat), also why i think both male. But if both female i will be very happy as males here in Australia are easy to get and cheap, females are never ...

Hi, Been a while since i posted. I'm seeing if anyone can help me sex these L333. Both are big at 14cm, i thought i had a pair but starting to think maybe both male. But one has more pectoral fin odontodes and a bit more on it's tail than the other. And the vent seems to be a little different in ...

Thanks Viktor for the in depth replies, information and time you spent trying to help.
It's much appreciated, I will work out what i will do and keep you all up to date on my progress with it.

Macrae

Also would a one time bath of PP be enough or would i have to do it 3 times like the above video. In community tank i have a black ghost knife fish, i think that may not be good in PP but not sure.

With the hydrogen peroxide is there a correct dose amount to make the PP stop working. When i did my 7 min baths at 1gm per 10 litres i just took the fish out after. ***There is not and cannot be because no one can predict how much PP is consumed and how much left after a treatment is deemed to be ...

It works for plecos as well. The info happened to be on that site was all. It is considered a pond med but it still works in tanks :-p Barbie used it to cure zebras. I will say that fish meds are easy to get in the states. I have a med box with anti-biotics, anti-parasitic meds, anti-fungal meds ...

Yes using paraguard would be so much easier i think. Being 5ml per 40litres for my 1900 litres in tanks i would need about 240ml every day. Unless i halved my levels of water during treatment. On the paraguard bottle it says treat daily aswell. How long do you think it takes to clear something like ...

@TwoTankAmin, Yes, that's Barbie's story. The Seachem Paraguard is supposedly (according to Seachem) an effective but safer alternative to Proform C because it uses a formaldehyde alternative (an ambiguous proprietary blend of non-formaldehyde aldehydes). Cheers, Eric Yes using paraguard would be ...

I have never been tempted to mess with PP. I do know Barbie solved a zebra fry die-off years back using Proform C. The problem was similar. Spawning adults OK but the fry all dying. If I recall they discovered the cause of the deaths in a University lab and it was oodinium aka velvet. Have a read ...

I have been using PP rather routinely over a decade to kill off external parasites, bacteria, and viruses. It is also used by some fish importers receiving fish collected from the wild. 3x baths of 15 min of dark purple solution in a 1 foot wide tank. The exact % can vary. You can google it and you ...