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  1. raymond82

    Selecting fish for breeding

    I currently have offspring from a mix of two separate lines of T. candidi. I would like to keep breeding them but I would also like to try to selectively breed the more colorful ones. There are clear differences in coloration of the fins among the fry I have, they are around 4 months old now...
  2. raymond82

    What was wrong with my fish?

    Today I had to euthanize a male A. eremnopyge that was really sick. It started around two weeks ago, when I noticed he couldn't close his mouth properly. Below his chin (not sure if that's the correct word for it) I could see two small pieces of skin sticking out. He seemed to be doing ok...
  3. raymond82

    Minimum size for grow out tank

    Hi, What would be the minimum size for a grow out tank for Apisto fry? Let's say the maximum amount of water changes I can do is one a day and the fry should stay in the grow out until they can be sexed (and sold).
  4. raymond82

    Mysteriously dying BBS

    Hi, Lately, I'm getting very bad yields from my BBS. I've been using the same method for quite a while now and all though some days have been good as usual, the last month has been quite bad in general. The main problem is that the artemia, once collected from the bottle, immediately sinks to...
  5. raymond82

    Shy Apistogramma gephyra

    I have a trio of wild caught A. gephyra who used to do quite well but lately became very timid. They used to breed almost continuously but lately I've seen eggs from time to time but no freeswimming fry. They don't show any obvious signs of disease, their fins are not clamped but they do show...
  6. raymond82

    Major causes of fry loss?

    All my apisto's spawn regularly but I'm a little bit unhappy with the amount of fry that actually makes it to juvenile stage. The latest T. candidi fry hatched, I saw two or three at the entrance of the cave 10 days after I first saw the eggs but the group never became free swimming and at some...
  7. raymond82

    Potential T. candidi trouble...

    I have a trio of T. candidi in a 60x30x30 aquarium, despite their reputation they are doing well and breeding continuously. Now the two females spawned within 48 hours of each other in two caves less than 20 cm away! Hopefully that won't cause too much trouble when they become free swimming...
  8. raymond82

    Freezing Tubifex

    Because of all the stories I've read about Tubifex I don't feed it to my fish, although the size would make it perfect for feeding a little bit older fry. If I would freeze the Tubifex and then feed it frozen, would it still be dangerous?
  9. raymond82

    Camallanus worms

    Hi, I'm recently finding random camallanus infections in some of my aquariums, where does it come from? I thought it came through copepods that come together with daphnia but I haven't fed daphnia for months exactly for that reason? Where else can the worms come from?
  10. raymond82

    Do hydra eat Apisto fry?

    Well the title says it all, I had two aquariums with quite some hydra but treated it now and most seems to be gone. However, I had Apisto fry in both aquariums and an unusually small amount of fry survived. I read that hydra can be a threat to fish fry, also to Apisto fry?
  11. raymond82

    Rapidly breathing Congochromis

    Hi, I had had two Congochromis females, one of them died recently and the other one now behaves similar to the one that died. She hides most of the time and she's breathing really rapidly. I tested for nitrite but it is not elevated (I had rapidly breathing fish in another tank and then...
  12. raymond82

    What do you think of this filter?

    Hi, A while ago I was in a creative mood and I build myself a filter. It's a cylinder with a volume of 0.85 liters and I filled it up with lavarock. In the middle I placed an airlift with a small tube, the opening of this tube is all the way in the bottom of the cylinder, such that the water...
  13. raymond82

    Iron for plants in low conductivity aquarium

    Hi, In a webshop I stumbled upon a nice looking plant, Mayaca fluviatilis. After ordering it I read that it's a very good indicator for lack of iron in the aquarium. Of course then I realized that in the pure RO aquarium there won't be much iron, so the plant probably won't do too well. Is it...
  14. raymond82

    Shy Congochromis

    Hi, I have two pairs of Congochromis sabinae, three of them are very outgoing and go around the tank with the three of them all the time. However, one female is hiding in a cave all the time, I haven't seen her out at all since I have them (which is two weeks now). She's fine in there, but...
  15. raymond82

    Fish that move weird

    Hi, In the end I couldn't resist buying the Congochromis sp. "Green Speckle". Some of the fish in the shop looked a bit weaker but I picked four that were looking healthy. Now that they are home and acclimatized, I'm a bit worried about their behavior. The keep their fins clamped and move...
  16. raymond82

    Storing Artemia cysts

    Hi, What is the best way to store Artemia cysts? Some websites say in the freezer, others say that in the fridge and again others say at room temperature...
  17. raymond82

    Skinny fish

    Hi all, Almost all of my wild caught A. eremnopyge (especially the females) appear very skinny. I feed them well but not much seems to change, is this a symptom of a particular disease? The pictures are not the best but hopefully it becomes clear. If necessary I can try to make more pictures.
  18. raymond82

    Nannostomus ID

    Can anyone tell me what species of Nannostomus this is? I bought it with four marginatus but it looks quite different from the rest...
  19. raymond82

    N. sp "green speckle" and C. compressiceps

    Hi, Yesterday I visited a fish shop and they had two cichlids that I was really impressed with: Crenicichla compressiceps and Nanochromis sp. "green speckle". Unfortunately I don't have space to house either of them but I still wanted to ask if anyone can tell me something about keeping and...
  20. raymond82

    Growing strong and healthy fish

    With more and more fry growing up, it also becomes more and more important to think of how to get rid of them. I have already found a couple of shops that are willing to take my juveniles, but of course I want to be able to offer them good quality fish. Today someone told me that getting young...
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