im not too up on apistos myself but if your talking degrees could your GH be the prob? 16 is pretty high, i keep my wilds and rams at around 5.

other than that my guess would be that hes bought it something funny, you didnt quarentine him first aye?

good luck and i hope they pull thru

the discus breeders in asia amaze me, they can do 3-4 water changes a day whenever they please cause they have the warm, dechlorinated water on tap, lucky people! the discus breeder i got mine off does up to 80% twice daily on some of his grow out tanks :shock: hes got the powerhead and aging ...

i also agree with night feeding. i have an oscar who makes sure nothing goes into the tank without passing him and his teeth first :lol: he wont eat the veggies but will still pull them off their rock so they float again. i turn the room and tank lights out, wait about ten minutes then drop the food ...

it will move down to 28 (i know its not a major change lol)or so in a few months, once the discus are all over 12cm or so but i can always add another filter if need be, perhaps have the canisters spray bar on the bottom 1/3 of the tank, and have a smaller internal moving the top around/vice versa?

i hear ya on that one :lol: the breeder i got mine off was doing 60% water changes once a day on the tanks mine came from, and 80% twice daily on some of his baby grow out tanks, those were faily stocked but i guess its just a habit as he used to live in singapore (i think) and did it as often as he ...

cause the discus arent fully grown (ranging from 8-11cm) they will be getting enough water changes (i was just guessing on the 1-2 thing, it could possibly be every 3-4 days :lol: ) so that the nitrate is always below 10ppm, im wanting to get them as big as possible. when the tank is up and running ...

eek, i found this while googling :shock: http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3494&view=previous i definatly cannot house a fish this big, i know it will take a fair few years but i really shouldnt buy a fish i will have to re-home cause i wont be able to do it lol, ill get far too ...

(p.s. I wish every fish keeper did their research as thoroughly as you before purchasing a new fish.) :lol: i frequent alot of forums and moderate a few and alot of people jump in two feet first and end up in big trouble, either dead fish or doing a million water changes (i do daily anyway but most ...

thanks for your reply candice :) the ph is around 6.8, gh and kh at around 4-5 degrees. i can get it lower easily as our tap water is 6.4, 1 degree kh and gh (i have shell grit in my filters to buffer everything). the tank will be filtered via a 1200lph canister (probably doing around the 1000lph ...

hello all, i passed on that large L90 a while back as i didnt feel i could house it properly at its current size, nor did i know much about them. i am now getting a BB for my discus tank, it will be 90Lx40Wx60H. this tank is going to get 50% water changes every 1-2 days so the pleco will need to be ...

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im now stuck between the L90 and the L204, this is the last time they will be imported into our country (first time also haha) and i love the look of both of them... guess ive got a decision to make im off to try and dig up all the info i can on both now

thanks oscar300!! guessed it wouldnt be the 18cm he thought it would be :? im assuming it will grow to the average 40cm like the other L90 (the one that looks sort of like a royal)? they are around 6-8cm without tail at the moment, whats the average growth per month/s like on these guys? i could ...

hello guys, i was just wondering if this is a L090? http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=57929338 the seller has stated it is and i am wanting to purchase a smaller plec, say 20cm that would be happy living in a BB discus tank (with wood and a java fern, anubias etc on it). i was wanting ...

shuush SM, your getting me overly excited lol!! :lol: im running 3000lph on my 360L for my oscar cause theyre internals and they need around that so filtration wont be a prob, if i get some spare cash i might just chuck a external on it too and ditch the smaller internal (1000lph). i have a very ...

ok, so ive been doing some more googling and all the papas i see have white tails heres a link from the site of the person that imports them http://www.newzealanddiscus.com/photos.htm

looks exactly the same but with longer, curlier filaments and is much bigger now

more wood wouldnt be a problem, got a few large pieces soaking in the spare 4x2x2 in the garage. i am far from up on my wood types, theyre just different colour browns and both quite soft. if this fish wasnt eating would it be hard to get it to start again? would want to remove the common (read they ...

hello guys :D after recently having a browse through a importers shed full of fish i came across this papa panaque, now ive always love panaques and this beast stole my heart. it was approximatly 25/30cm long excluding tail, rather wide and had very curly filaments on his tail :lol: this was ...

thankyou racoll, and i see your point. i also agree that you do make the tone for written words but it seemed a bit blunt thats all. i make a effort in all of my 'helping posts' to unclude lots of smiley, humour etc etc just so people feel more welcome/not like were 'yelling' at them for doing ...

i was unimpressed because i got absolutly nailed! forums are for people to ask for advice not to get jumped on! im one of the major posters on that site and on another and even though we get dorks coming through sometimes that do things insanely wrong we correct them as nicely as possible, it didnt ...

moved her out to my water change bin (40L/10gal), got the right amount of epsom salts and am also doing a double dose of furan2, i was advised to do this by some catfish experts. she seems to be more comfortable, not coming up for air and i still think shes got some life in her yet!

yip, already planned to do epsom salts, just waiting for them to arrive since we have none (using friends). have a look at this link http://www.theoscarspot.com/smf/index.php/topic,7455.0.html its some pics i took of her but cant seem to load them onto here. her eyes also look like theyre starting ...

much more 'betta' i think, never seen a budgie go mental haha. he backs up a abit and starts flaring his gills, mouth wide open, does a little fin quiver too and goes all pale. its funny to watch but it cant be the good for his stress levels so i cover it up when i notice him doing it lol

sorry... i just want to help my pleco! i will be reading that article now and will be looking for more things like it on this site

thankyou very much for your quick replie, i had heard these plecos prefer meat to vegies as they get older... she never used to touch the zhuchinni i put in :( the beefheart contains beefheart,chicken hearts, ox liver, shrimp, garlic and shelled peas. heres the link to the base recipie http://www ...

the reccomended size for one adult oscar is at least 55gal (as said by http://www.theoscarspot.com), and thats with room for a small bottom feeder. personally i think 55gal is a bit small for them, i prefer 75gal for a small plec and a oscar. dont forget you need at least 10x filtration per hour ...

hello all, signed up here because you people are the best catfish people on the net and i need some urgent help!! just today when doing a water change on my 360L (housing a oscar, small sev, bicolour and the plec) i noticed how extremly large she was :shock: now im talking her whole torso is swollen ...