Listed on Aquabid, with picture:

http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/ ... 1182566959

It's "from Peru."

Gosh darn it! I had never heard of congo tetras until now, but having looked at pictures, they are suddenly a must-have!

I am reluctantly thinking that I may NOT have room for UDCs, congo tetras, AND glass catfish -- given that I want good-sized schools for each. What do you think?

Assuming a 120 ...

I am thinking of putting a large group of S. nigriventris in a 120 gallon tank. What else can I put with them? I was thinking of S. eupterus, if the groups would be compatible; but I am also toying with the idea of something colorful, or, something big.

I'm not dead set on a biotope tank but I'm ...

PC Hasselgreen wrote:I usually carry some disinfecting scottich mouthwater on trips, but if I were to use that for evry throw I might not get very many fish.

No, but you would be very, very happy with the fish you did catch!

I heard 3 weeks is enough for female to spawn again (if the feeding is good)...

That's what I expected... apparently Lady Longfin disagrees. There are no other suspects -- she was the only female Ancistrus of any sort in the tank.

Pity, since I was counting on her inability to spawn again right ...

Everything newbies are told about the ease of breeding the common bristlenose is true. When provided with a suitable cave (I thought I was just putting in some nice rocks, but a hole in the rock suits as a breeding cave), my male albino bristlenose has presented us with four broods to date.

Here's ...

Neon banjo. :-)


I'm falling off my chair thinking about this one!

It would actually be perfect for a tank with brightly colored smooth gravel and a forest of fake plants in neon colors. Don't forget the agate boulder, or perhaps some of the flashier plastic aquarium ornaments would suit this ...

rahendricks, what fish do you have in the planted tank?

I, too, am wondering if this would be a paradise for our bottom-loving catfish and loaches, or if they wouldn't stir things up too much.

Joist.

Air tubing can be at fault for a drained tank. When you set up again, use a check valve. AND a pump higher than the tank. In fact, I think I'm going to go move some air pumps of my own now!

And... sorry about the fish.

The whole episode reminds me somewhat of one of those monster movies where the monster is taken to the nearest big city of the time to be put on display. Sadly this one didn't wipe out half the city and return to the dark deep depths.

Fair enough if they were going to eat it, but they didn't need ...

IMNSHO it would be MUCH cooler to go SCUBA diving in that lake and handfeed and film those beasties instead of pester and exhaust them with hooks and all.

Looking at the wels, though, I wonder exactly what "handfeeding" would amount to with that species. As in, will the fish eat your hand? :lol ...

D'Oh! That's it! Told you my brane must be running slow if I couldn't find that on my own. Thanks, Mats!

The A. claro do fine for me at 78-80 degrees, moderate flow with good oxygenation and regular water changes. Your tap water there is very hard, isn't it? I wouldn't worry about it at first, but if you notice you're having low hatch rates, you might consider using RO water in a 1/2 and 1/2 mix ...

Thanks! Just what I was looking for!

Can you tell me a bit about the location, that might be useful in setting up a tank?

Catfish that will survive your winters (even with a pond deicer, which is a good idea and keeps the pond from totally freezing over) are not going to be algae eaters.

That doesn't mean that a couple of catfish couldn't be a neat addition to the pond; they just won't solve your algae problems. Koi ...

Yes, I know, "South America." Where exactly, does anyone know?

Mats, I'm happy that they're happy... :lol: :wink: :lol:

Here is the Scene of The Hanky-Panky:

http://home.kc.rr.com/menaime/spawningsite.jpg

and here is an extra-close-up of two of the (apparently scant, but possibly hiding) results:

http://home.kc.rr.com/menaime/twofry.jpg

So, how long ...

Those are EXCELLENT pictures!

Also... anybody know a good head-shrinker? 'Cause I was going to type How cute, That's Gorgeous, and other phrases which, when used in connection with banjo cats, surely indicate mental illness.

I've always planned to move my two (HOPEFULLY M and F, only time will tell) QAs into their own tank. Now that I'm actually setting up a small tank for the Ancistrus claro, I ought to start thinking about this, the neighboring tank.

I'd like to use a 20 or 25 gallon tank, floor space 12" X 24" (very ...

It looks as though I will be able to get a mail-order bride for Carlo the claro! Woo-hoo!!

So it's time to set up a species tank just for these little gems. I have been looking at 25 gallon tanks on special at the local PetCo; floor space about 12" X 24" (roughly 30cm X 60cm). I was thinking of ...

Thank you for the informatiomn I really like the Hypancistrus sp (L260) and (L333), but a boy who I know that has 3 hypancistrus zebra, told me that these fish are even more expensive than the zebra? I think he was talking about the L260.

This may depend on where you are. Here in the USA in ...

Congratulations. I know that feeling, it's great.

Well... yeah, I am kind of thrilled. :D But also humbled. I thought that when I had a pleco spawning to report, it would be because I'd carefully gotten everything exactly right. Well, I gave 'em lots of room and a rock. Mind you, I do have terra ...

Back at the end of April, I posted about "dwarf albino bristlenose?" because my male albino, not yet at the 5" mature size, had been foolin' around with a female and was hunkered in a cave fanning his fins.

I didn't expect it to work out, him being a teenaged dad and all. But we have itty bitty ...

I didn't think sailfins were usually that aggressive though. I still admire them but am a bit afraid to get another one just incase it's just as loopy as the last one. Is this common behaviour or did it just has psycho tendencies?

Sailfin=Gibby=P. gibbiceps?

If so, ONE of our sailfins is loco ...

just out of curiosity, how big are the bristles on your male?

Hard to say, since you get a different perspective in the close-up photos. Having said that, I don't think they are as long nor as thick as the photos I've seen of adults. He gets to be Mr. Big Bristles by comparison with his age-mates ...

So they do have a bit of growing yet to do, and they're not rushing things by attempting to spawn this early. I'll just leave them as they are then! Mr. Big Bristles does not seem to have left this time, though he does leave to eat...

Last year I picked up a group of albino bristlenoses, and they were either lablelled "dwarf" or someone made that claim (AS auction last April). I read up on bristlenoses here and thought I had common, garden variety albino bristlenose, Ancistrus sp. not really identified.

After a year, the largest ...

I have two L260s, currently in different community tanks, and one A. claro. I'm definitely eager to get some more A. claro!

When that happy day arrives, or perhaps before, here's my tentative plan. I'd like to set up a 50 U.S. gallon as a river tank, sponges and powerheads and large river rocks ...

Fancy goldfish tend to do better in warmer water, actually -- somewhere in the mid to high seventies, Fahrenheit. If the temperature is raised gradually, this tank can be kept at 78F. Startrbear will have less chance of bouyancy issues with the fancier goldies at this temperature, too.

I guess I'm the odd one out. We use pumps to drain and fill the tanks on water-change day. Have a big plastic storage tub that we put in the bathtub, mix the fill-water (from the tap) to the destination temperature. That's hubby's job, he can get it to within 2 degrees or less. Add dechlor and other ...