syno321

It's weitzmani.

That sounds about right

The only cost will be the Saturday evening banquet. There is no charge for anything else... except if you get carried away at the auction. Oh, WTH you only live once!

They have been breeding in my tanks for a while now. The pictures that probably best represent them would be pics #5, 16 & 19 on the PC species sheet. I would say that mine have more contrast between the base color and the pattern. The vermiculated pattern is quite attractive. Males top out at 3 inches, the females slightly smaller. The young are notoriously slow growers. I recently took 20 young that were pre-sold with me to England to the Catfish Study Group convention March 15-17. ( a topic that I will be discussing at the next A.C.E. meeting) Yes those were mine in the more recent A.C.E. auctions. PM me if you're interested in obtaining some.

That hump on the forehead indicates that "she's" a male.

Gymnogeophagus balzanii

Actually the Aquarium Club of Edmonton does not have mini auctions at their meetings.

Yes. They become free-swimming when they've used up all of their yolk sac. :rofl:

Are you connected with the local Juve club?

According to FCG she went around WEM on Sat. night looking for labels for her bags and could only find ones with headers that said either CRAP or BLAHBLAH. So as auctioneers we are duty bound to read the labels and it became a running joke at the auction that put FCG in the spotlight.

Yahoo! Congradulations! Does that justify adding another tank to the collection?

Chances are the wrigglers will not survive. If the eggs are laid in plaques (groups of 10+) they are probably the blacks. If laid singly or in twos then it's probably the duplicareus. Black's eggs are too fragile to scrape off with a razor blade and should not be moved, if you want fry you'll have to transfer all the fish out of that tank. The duplicareus eggs can be moved to a separate container with a little aeration, and, IME, a drop or two of methylene blue will stop fungusing of the good eggs

Sounds like your priorities are askew.

IME angelfish can't hurt a full grown Cory broadside. " Generally speaking Corydoras are fairly resilient to most ailments. However stress alone seems to kill more fish than anything else, and when under extreme stress, Corydoras can develop a condition known as "Red blotch disease". The first signs of this are reddish patches appearing on the sides of the body. This reddening is the skin beneath the scutes haemorrhaging. The possible cause of this condition seems to be a combination of stress and poor water conditions. Further research is needed to determine the exact cause. This condition probably causes more Cory deaths than any other condition or disease. It was almost untreatable until the organic treatment "Melafix" was developed by Aquarium Pharmaceuticals. Treatment is simple and the dosage is not critical, unlike many of the chemical compounds. A 75 % water change is recommended before adding a full dose of Melafix to the water. This treatment causes foaming at the surface; add a strong airstone to ensure the water remains fully oxygenated." This is a direct quote from Ian Fuller's book "Breeding Corydoradinae Catfish" second edition. Although I've never had to deal with this I thought it might help. I do not own shares in Melafix. :smokey: Good luck.

Bravo FCG!

How big are the angelfish? That will probably be the determining factor as to when you'll be able to put the fry into the community tank.

2000LX -Sounds like you're just the person any club would appreciate having in it's membership. I'm a dinosaur when it comes to technology, and I really think that any electronic ways of communicating is vastly inferior to person to person. I think that you would agree that the only true way to assess a club and it's membership is to meet the members and get involved. Some of my message was meant for others.

Please take note of all that is said in this thread. Whatever you get from association with people of like interests is directly reflective of what you give. People who volounteer in these organizations do so to contribute and their time is valued immensely. They are not reaping any benefit other than associating with people of like interests, making friends, learning, and helping that association they care about.

Yes there will be a banquet on Saturday night. Our auctions usually go until 16:00, but there may be more lots allowed for this auction than normal ones to off-set the cost of the convention. If you want to leave before the auction is over, for a small fee you can bump any lot(s) you want so that it is the next lot auctioned.

You can see photos of his fishhouse on his web-site.

Hybrids are a definite possibility, but are pretty rare.

We found the Interpol section redundant. We managed to get more information on Calgarians in some of the authoritative books by Audubon.

Mezmerizing! I could feel my blood pressure decrease by the minute! Thank you for posting that.

There are definitely issues with chickens, more specifically roosters and the noise they regularly make at the wrong time of day. I've never had anything to do with the humane society. Has anyone approached them ( like from a fish club ) with regards to their training and the validity of it?

Jay, those Marina Breeding/Holding pens that are being sold in the stores would be ideal for your situation right now. Buy the biggest ones and you'll have no problems raising the young for at least a couple of months in them before having to transfer them to a tank. You may have to jury-rig a piece of sponge in place of the slotted water exit gate, but that shouldn't be a problem.