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I would board them if i was you. Like you said, you have a long drive to buy new in Ont. and if some of those fish are hard to get unless you buy minnows. If you need a place to board, I could set up a temp tank for you and send them once you got settled. Derek

This is what I saw when I got home from work This is me cutting the barb off. Apparently my electric blue was looking for a snack. He must have thought the petricola was tasty looking. Petricolas have some pretty sharp barbs. He couldn't swallow it but he couldn't spit it either. I quickly netted Blue and started an "operation". I took some small scissors and started cutting barbs off to free the petricola. The tail was in the way so I cut that off too. After about 5 minutes I freed the petricola and Blue was able to swim off. he seem alright. His jaw seems to have came back to normal and he is swimming around. The amazing part was, after I got the petricola out, in half I will point out, he was still alive!! Knowing there was no chance for him, I was forced to kill him. Neat to see but scary at the same time. Derek

I am looking for some information on Astatotilapia burtoni cichlid. There is not a bunch on the net. About 2 years ago I bought 6 of them from the ACE auction. They are very slow growers and the male, as I found out, is very aggresive. I am down to a male about 2 1/2" and a female about 2". Due to some aggression I had the female separated from the male. Her tail was just a stump! She is doing fine now so today I put her back in with the male. I thought I was going to have to split them again as the male was all over the female. It turns out that they were not fighting but were actually breeding. She has a mouthful. Now I need some info on how to get these fry to survive. Anyone know who has/had these? I think someone one here has them. Any help is great. Thanks, Derek

I guess if the fish thinks he is safe in a "cave" the stress levels go down and spawning goes up. Or at least that my mind works!!! Great Idea. Let us know if they work Derek

Well this morning I saw a little round thing floating across the bare bottom tank. Definately an egg. If I had to guess, I would say she is holding dead eggs. But wait and see. Derek

I am feeding 1mm NLS to her and NLS Grow to the fry. the items in her mouth are yellowish white. And I thought I would test the food theory. So I have quite feeding her a few days ago. She still has something in her mouth. Derek

The other fry that are in the tank are about 2-3 weeks old and are a nice size. I do not believe she has picked up her other "babies". I definately looks like eggs in her mouth. She is always hiding and will not eat. whereas before, after she spit the first batch, she was out swimming and eating like a pig! I'm buffaloed.

So here is the situation. I had an electric yellow that was holding so I put her in a 15 gallon tank. After she spit the babies, I usually keep her there to recoup and get a few good meals before I transfer her back. The other day I was going to move her but to my surprise, she is holding again!! The only other tankmates are her babies, 5 babies (her 2nd time holding) and 2 albino bristlenose. How did she get prego again? Can a fish have both male and female? I don't think so. Or can a cichlid hold sperm to fertilize her own eggs?? Or is she holding non fertile eggs? Like I said, just a dumb question! Derek

I had 3 clown loaches and they love to wedge themselves in anything! Look in every hidey hole in the tank. I find that even my blue botia loaches like to hide. Most be a loach thing. Derek

With my red empess 2m/6f I have electric blues 2 m and 5 f and electric yellows. Derek

Thanks Rd. he is about 7 inches. That is my best picture of him and I have been trying to get one for 6 months. I have a bout 700 fish photos and this one worked. derek

A few synodontis petricola in my 50 gallon My Red Empress yawning The 90 gallon Derek

here is some pics Hopefully it helps. RD they have been like this for a month! Derek

I have two Red empress cichlids that look like their lips have dropped from their faces. The are fully extendended forward and have never settled back into place. It is starting to effect their eating and well of course the breeding. How can I get the lips back on their face???? I tried push and hold but did not work. Derek

In my opinion, I would not buy that place. I would set an aquarium store in Sherwood Park that dealt with only fish and fish related items. There is not a store here like this. But I would like to see a mixture of pleco, cichlids, tropicals and salt fish but also a selection in equipment would be nice. Good luck with your adventures.