geoff

For rare cichlids in the Wild all of the victorians are probably at the top of the list as many are endangered. It is also tough to get your hands on wild vic's but Patrick seems to have a nice collection of vics.

that is a beautiful area of ontario. top notch. they are definatley more diverse aswell. good luck :thumbs:

had that same problem and ended up catching my inspector pleco (Carniverous) eating a fish while still alive.

well thanks for all the help guys i`ll try it out and see what happens

Hey, i found a small rack of deer antlers and i looked at them and thought the would make a cool structure in an aquarium. my question is do you think the antlers would bring in any sort of disease or effect the chemistry of the water. if they wouldn't what do you suggest for cleaning? Thanks :smokey:

what i do is get boiling hot water and drop the worms is they die quick and then i can cut them up. all my fish love them

it first matters how big they are are because it takes a long time to get them to sexual maturity but for the shell they need to be big enough for the female but small enough to keep the larger male out. it helps if you get a bunch and once the female makes a prefrence remove some of the extras. i have had my female comp. using a shell like this but hers is larger: http://xahlee.org/xamsi_calku/blabi2/blabi2.html

have had multiple bn in my all male tank without any problems. YOu need to make sufficient hiding places that the pleco will fit in and the haps not. also it's not the fish picking out the eyes. when they become stresed their eyes will sink it to their head so i'm guessing this is what happened to the one that jumped out. good luck though

Brevis-Lamprologus Brevis 'Mtoto" F1 First batch of fry 1 week ago Yellow Comp.- Altolamprologus Commpreciseps 'Kagongo' F1 Growing out a trio Blue neon Peacock-Aulonocara Stuartgranti 'Chiwindi' F1 growing out a trio Northern Peacock- Aulonocara ethelwynnae Wild Pair Just about ready to breed

i tie a piece of cloth to a piece of fishing line and wash the line down the tube until it pokes out of the other side then just pull the cloth through

i've had fish spit some of their eggs and they've never picked them up and they won't survive without the tumbling thats usually done by the mother

you'll be rewarded for growing out that maisoni. they are really beautiful

pearl?

it might just be them stretching getting in a little warm up

the dark one looks like a melanochromis johanni

they look a little bit like polystigma but you'll have to wait till they grow out more

they are alot less agressive than occies the only have like a six inch territory and their happy with that. What about something like dwarf rainbows?

anyone?

I've had them before and i always found them twitchy and spastic.

They are some sort of female hap or peacock. it's almost impossisble to tell what species. I personally wouldn't put them with mbuna

I just got my self 5 lamprolgus brevis "m'toto" in a 20g tank and i'm wondering what i can put in with them as top water fish. i would prefer if i could get some sort of tang. does anyone have any ideas. Also the shellies will either be a pair or two i haven't decided yet.

She won't say. Whatever that means

I'm a enjoy the ability to have your little bit of nature in your home. Also the diffrent personalities of the fish are interesting. whether the fish are digging, chasing each other, breeding or just interacting with you. I also have a very attention hungry fish. My venustus Ghandi watches me all day and when it get's close to feeding time he'll smack the top off the water with his lips till i come and feed him. unfortunatley his behaviour become addictive to all the other fish.

Well last year my sister purchased a betta from big als and just loved him. Later she found out that she had been accepted into York university in Toronto. We didn't know what to do with him as there was no room for him at home so we decided to bring him to Toronto. The little guy survived 6 days in a small plastic container on the console of the minivan. He survived a spill, bumpy roads, and weird feeding times but manged to make to toronto in one piece. Now, my sister is coming back here for christmas and the betta is coming along too. This time by plane. Unfortunatley the fish has it's own flight so it will be picked up tomorrow. This time he will stay here in edmonton in his own 10gal tank. I thought i should share the story of the travelling betta. It's pretty amazing how tough these little fish are and luckily for him he will be able to live peacfully for the rest of his life. Geoff