nancyr

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I too breed albino bristlenose plecos and have been successful so far. I do not remove them from their tank, as soon as i see them emerging i feed Micro Golden Pearls, Indian Almond Leaves are always in the tank, daily small wedge of zucchini always in the tank, ground up flakes and algae wafers. There is a sponge filter, and lots of plants in the tank and water change weekly. I breed in 40g. 15g. 25g. and 10g. tanks. In these tanks I also breed red nose guppies successfully. Temp is around 78. Nancy

You can use Alder cones, they lower PH and supposedly have anti fungal properties and Alder trees grow in Alberta. Do a search in 'inverts' for indian almond leaves and you will come up with some information, also where you can harvest them. Nancy

they resemble hydra, caused by overfeeding, (is this even possible on this tank, are there other fish aside from T. Mary), I searched the database in Emergencies and somewhere it said that 3 spot gourami fry and mystery snails eat hydra, maybe someone more knowledgeable can chime in. Maybe T. Mary should be in a quarantine tank, and do another massive w/c on this one. I would take out the extra filter that you are using to seed this tank, maybe something came in on this, they also come in on plants, rinse all your plants even under the leaves. I'm not a fan of meds at all - I would go the massive w/c route every other day and withhold food. I also read that if you cut a hydra in half trying to scrape it off the glass then you could end up with 2 hydra, but perhaps that isn't true. don't use your net on any other tank, let it dry out that usually kills everything. sorry i'm not much help, good luck. Nancy

I have a 120 SA tank filled with different Severums, angels and my favourite L# plecos. They are all peacefully co-existing. Though I must say not as exotic as Discus. (nor as fussy with water conditions either. Nancy

they will eat from the side of the glass, plus if you are feeding the parents zucchini or pellets the fry will eat that. I breed them all the time and never make any effort to feed them different. However if they are in a community tank they could become sushi for the others

same here, I clicked on FunkSolid's link and it took a while to disentangle myself from that, but it happens on and off for me as well.

did he call it a Haplochromis - it looks like one of the many Electric Blue, Sciaenochromis fryeri from Lake Malawi or maybe a ahli (instead of fryeri) - look up on Cichlid Profiles for lots of pictures - or lots of really knowledgeable people on this site will wade in for sure.

oh oh, I have been using petroleum jelly for decades. what disaster will happen?

it's fixed! THANK YOU TANKER

50 w. will do it, I got one from walmart - they are ideal if you don't need them for shrimp, 5" in length, but preset at 78 which is too high for your shrimp I believe. it might be worth a trip to WM to see if they have some that are not preset, I think I paid around $13 a few years back.

Welcome - good time to join, you will find information about the Calgary Aquarium Society big auction in October, keep an eye out, it isn't to be missed if there are fish and plants you would like to have. Nancy

Gold's will also make you up a steel stand, very reasonably.

I am experimenting breeding CRS SSS grade in Calgary tap water. I had a 50% loss but managed to breed and successfully bring up 10 so far, hopefully if I can get these 10 to breed then I am on the way. There is absolutely no issue breeding any of the cherries in Calgary tap water. I know Franco keeps all his exotic shrimp in Calgary tap water, and they breed, so it can be done. Just takes patience I guess (and $).

Welcome! - your clowns will do wonderfully well in your 60g once it is cycled. You will find a wealth of knowledge on these sites, plus wonderful prices. Consider joining the Calgary Aquarium Society as well, there are monthly auctions of fish and plants at very very reasonable prices and informative lectures. Nancy