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Hi fishgeek/Andrew,
Hey, sorry to hear about the passing away of your fish. :(
Abt levamisole and metronidazole, it wasn't something I heard, but it was something I read in one of my fish pathology books, which did have a brief mention of this. If I'm not wrong, it should be a book by a...
Oh yes, I forgot to mention that I had a similar encounter as yours.
I treated my caca pair for possible nematodal/protozoal infestation, with exactly the same drug combo you used. I prolonged the treatment period for an extra day, and my fishes developed dropsy-like signs ie. erect sales and...
Hi fishgeek,
You may be right initially about your fish having some possible nematodal or protozoal infestation (hexamita, spironucleus, etc), and your choice of drugs like levamisole and metronidazole is alright.
From your description of a transient form of erect scales which went away...
Hi Randall,
Haha, yeah, the kind of Catch 22 situation that we often put ourselves in! :)
Well, I guess I learnt my lesson. Thus, once the borelli pair raise up their latest spawn, I'll just place them into my main 100 gal tank that has a caca pair and 100+ assorted predatory pencil...
Hi Andrew,
Thanks for sharing your experience with me. Yeah, my tank setup is almost as you've described yours : it is traversed by a huge piece of driftwood which had lots of java fern and anubias sp. tied to it, while 1/3 of the ground is covered with Ech. quadricostatus.The last time I had...
Hi all,
My borelli frys are barely 3 wks old, and now their parents are at it again!
They've just spawned again today, and the female is jealously guarding her new brood of eggs. When the frys go too close to her nest, she'd chase them away vigorously. So far, no harm seemed to have...
Hi Mike,
Well, the young borelli paired just answered my query in the best possible way that they can, by giving me a spawn! :D
They spawned late last night, and the female is jealously guarding the clutch of eggs, chasing the male away. Hopefully, she doesn't do him in, as did my female...
Hi all,
The reason why I'm asking this question, is that I've just acquired a new pair of Ap. borelli.
The male is about 3.5 cm, and looked physically developed: coloured up, long pointed dorsal and ventrals.
The female is only abt half the male's size, but is already apparent that it...
Hi Mike,
Thanks for your reply and advise!
Well, today has been the 6th day from the time that the eggs were supposedly laid. Yes, the female is in fact turning more orangy yellow right now. My tank temp. is abt 27-28 degrees celcius.
I'm just getting insecured, as the female's...
Hi all,
I had a pair of Ap. viejita in my 20 gal tank, that had spawned twice in a span of 10 days.
The first spawn was unsuccessful. The female gave up guarding the eggs after 3 days, returning back to her drab self.
However, a week after that, she spawned again. I couldn't see the...
I've put a pair of viejitas in the 2ft tank on Thursday afternoon and guess what, they spawned last evening!
This pair was given to me by a friend who gave up the hobby. He had never succeeded in spawning them the 4 mths he had them. They spent 2 weeks in my 4fter planted tank, till I decided...
Yeah, it's been a week from the probably spawning of my caca pairs, and finally, the female had emerged with a small batch of frys!
Well, they're not exactly that bold to make forays out into the open, but the frys were seen foraging amongst the tennellus carpet towards the back of the tank...
Pardon my ignorance, but how long does it take for the eggs to hatch into wrigglers, and then for the wrigglers to become free swimming frys?
So far, I've only seen the female coming out from where I think she spawned, when I started feeding the fishes (live daphnias) in the tank. She'd...
Hi all,
Yup, I think my cacatuoides pair finally spawned!
Yesterday, saw the female turning even more yellow than her usual self, and was seen chasing and enticing the male to follow her. Both were flaring at each other, and the female would turn to her side and show him the belly. She...