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I am wondering how many fry are some of you getting from a spawn of Para/Cyprochromis spp. ? I am finding an average spawn of about 6 and the mortality rate is high. Anyone else out there spawning these, and what size of spawns are you getting? Cheers, :beer:

Thanks RD, lots of good advice. Punman what type of tropheus are you breeding? I have a 6' 125 I am looking to use for some nice Trophs. I actually managed to breed a single pair of Tropheus moorii "Green Murago" in a 55g with mixed Tangs about a year ago. Must of been a big fluke. They came from a big group and the male eliminated all the others except this one female. They spawned several times to my surprise, but he eventually killed her when I moved things in the tank. Good luck with Trophs Brad. They look great in a big colony. You can watch them for hours. Cheers :beer:

Lots of floating plants can work well too if you have Africans that enjoy "landscaping". They seem to pretty much ignore what isn't rooted down, as long as they aren't herbivorous, Cheers :beer:

If you are planning on breeding pairs then two different species of Aulonacara is not good. The females look too similar and the possibility of crossbreeding is never good. If you are planning to breed then why not 1 male and 3 females of one peacock, should work out a lot better. Just my two cents. Cheers :beer:

$5 bag of play sand from a home center works great for my plants and Tangs. Cheap like borsch and sterilized too! :beer:

Ditto Not only perfect for the plants but cichlids too! :beer: Cheers

The fry are born in small quantities and I believe this species has published brood records of less than 10 fry, but need to check the CAC BAP records to be sure. Any published reference to brood size of Skiffia lermae should be okay to verify if the CAS doesn't state it clearly in thier BAP. Cheers :beer:

A friend has a large 7 stripe in a 75gal. He lives happily off the endless supply of Lamp. beuschri up to 2". He has killed off all other fronts that were raised with him, male or female. :beer:

You could try to cut down on the volume of water change. 25-30%/week is good enough. I lost a tank to chlorine burn from doing a large water change not too long ago. Same symptoms you describe after a big change of sulking on the bottom of the tank, breathing heavily, eventually killed them. Worst time seems to be in the spring when we have a lot of run off, or after heavy rains. Hope this helps. Cheers :beer:

A product out there called Chemiclean Red Slime Remover, it is directed at salt tanks but it works well for freash water tanks too. It does not affect the fish or plants and kills all the BGA in a few days. If the main cause of the BGA is not dealt with by water changes, gravel cleaning, reducing tank load, etc. it will return in several weeks. Cheers :beer:

Cyps and Enantiopus mix well. I have a breeding group of both sharing a 50 gallon. Both species seem more timid than many Tanganyikans. The cyps wouldn't spawn with other fish in the tank like Lamps, even shell dwellers bug them a bit too much. Make sure you have the tank covered 100%, I have had the melanogenys jump right out when spooked. :beer:

Any fry available? :beer: Cheers

Good idea. Like peacocks, the females are hard to tell apart if you don't know them really well and the will interbreed which is the last thing you want. What species are you keeping? Cheers :beer:

What are you using as a distribution system to the tank. Just an open air hose or do you throttle it with a valve to control the amount of CO2 released? Could one bottle serve several tanks?

:drool: Amazing :beer: Cheers

It was great. Alot of good quality fish and plants. Not as big as last fall but the variety of rare fish and plants that went through was impressive. :beer: Cheers

The air or pump draws water through the sponge which acts as media to hold the bacteria for biological filtration. Not so different then a HOB filter pumping water through a sponge. I have an entire fishroom with tanks from 5 to 125 gallons all running off air. It is a fraction of the cost of setting up power filters and buying an F5s, sump pumps, etc, for all my tanks. Not to mention the monthly running cost is a lot less with one air pump instead of a power filter for each tank. The only draw backs I find on this system is you have to keep an eye on the flow rate of air through the different filters. Sometimes a filter may get a clog from a build up of gunk in the base of the air tube (most common on one particular brand that looks like a Hydro sponge knock off, Hydro sponges don't suffer from this issue by design). Also as one sponge builds up in mulm it makes for more resistance to water flow through the sponge. This willl cause the sponge filter to stop working as efficiently and cause the air pressure on another filter to increase (path of least resistance). In addition a sponge filter operated with an air stone tends to have some inherent problems with the stones becoming clogged up and stop working over time. Especailly the blue air stones more then the red. I would go with either Hydro sponges or the tetra sponge. Both of these designs have worked well and had few problems when compaired to all the other sponge filters I have encountered. There are no dumb questions, but we do have an aweful lot of very silly emoticons -ham- Cheers :beer:

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I'll be there soon. What is the new store like? Bigger? More tanks? Cheers :beer:

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It's what got me hooked. Cheers :beer:

They love frozen adult brine and homemade shrimp mix. The S. multies like it enough to start spawning, yum :drool: . Cheers :beer:

RD, please expand on this. Are people spawning discus in regular Calgary water without changing pH, etc? Just asking as the Discus bug keeps nipping and I have a nice tank ready to go. I just don't think I want to put myself through the stress of monitoring and adjusting water parameters everyday and always being concerned for the fish, much more so then keeping the Africans which seem to thrive in Calgary water. :beer: Cheers

Probably not, they are different enough that it shouldn't be an issue. Just make sure you keep him well fed, they are called eyebiters for a reason, yummmm. Cheers :beer:

Check the vents if you are not sure. Males seem to have a larger or equal sized front vent, females larger rear vent. This won't really apply if they aren't mature. If you have a copy of "Enjoying Cichlids" by Ad Konnings check out page 52. Cheers :beer: