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yup he still kicking it

Hi Bunnyrabbit :welcome:

I use the liquid rock that comes out of the well. Most fish adapt to it , including the fish we ship in from S.A

" knock offs " are junk. If a company is unwilling to design, develop and test their own products but instead steals someone else's work, what makes you think they won't skimp on the quality ?

Just crumble up some NLS flake and your good to go.

You could try starving them for a couple weeks, I have a few fat female vics that will not breed either and my theory is that the eggs are no good in their bellies ( calcified or something like that ). By starving them I'm thinking the females will absorb the eggs back as food, maybe feed tiny amounts of daphnia to keep the metabolism pumping and their plumbing working. Once they are skinny you could recondition them into spawning shape to get fresh eggs. No scientific back up here, just my theory ha ha.

I also don't recommend separating the sexes for very long with Victorians as the dominant female will turn into a male rather quickly.

If that's the best male they have ...they are already screwed. He looks way past breeding age.

Oh yeah ! Pic or it didn't happen

yup I'm scoring huge amounts of fairy shrimp ... never seen it so thick with em before.

Easiest solution is to take them out and vent em.

Here you go......

http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/C.R.C.,_c._296/page-60.html

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If the ponds are ice free up there you could try adding some pond water ... that would fatten em up in a hurry

Yup I'm been trying to repair :cry: the generator...... lucky the power came back on

It's all in the intial planning, I've only ever seen one store with a 100% independent drip system for its freshwater side, aquarium central. Where zero water is shared. We are fortunate enough at the store to be able to quarantine new fish off and treat them, without it spreading to other tanks, but not every store is going to be that lucky. And sometimes even our best suppliers send us fish that we have to take months treating. Though I will agree, we try our damn hardest to not sell sick fish, and treat them with the proper medications, as should our friendly competitors. Or anyone selling animals for that matter.

Though on that same note, quarantine should always be done of an animal taken home, just because a store treats a sickness and it looks clear, doesn't mean the stress of taking things home won't make things rear their ugly heads. Fish diseases can hide for ages before showing any signs. If a fish looks healthy for two weeks, with no signs of infection, it seems reasonable to put it on sale, which things may pop up after taking them home, which how can we blame anyone for that?

I think it needs to be a combo between store and keeper. The store to carry proper meds, and try to not sell sick fish ( stores make more selling you fish than meds, as dry good margins are terrible), and the keeper to quarantine before adding to main system.

Agreed

Do you have any more pics of those 201's? Are they for sale? I don't see those listed on Harold's page...

My wife is tugging on my shirt saying " I want the inspector!!!"

They are listed here http://albertaaquatica.com/index.php?showtopic=38883

I will try to get more pics this weekend

Few more pics

L-32 wild bristlenose

L- 106

Were labled as L-255 but look like some type of L-235

Same as above but with some L- 140's in the pic

And a pic of the Atabapo reds getting a little color back

I would try to get some of the smaller species of brightly colored sunfishes

Here are a few pics of some fresh arrivals

L-239 Blue panaques

L-340 mega clown plecos

Altum angels

L-128 Blue phantoms ... these are giants some almost 8"

Crenicichla lububris atabapo red ... came in at 8 - 13" ... lost there color overnight but were very red when they arrived

L-201 inspectors ... adult size ready to breed

Hoplias aimara - wolf fish...... this guy wasn't in the tank 5 minutes and was already flaring his gills at me and attacking my finger

I'm going to use a prescription antibiotic on the Altums this time, It kept all the Manacapuru's alive and has been working well on all the pleco's, discus, apisto's etc. since we started using it. The last few shipments of Altums all ended badly so this will be the last kick at the can with them if it doesn't go better.

What PH are you keeping yours at? Are you on a well? Or cutting water with RO water?

Not sure what the ph is right now last time I tested it about 2 years ago it was 6.8. I,m on a well.

Gorgeous angels by the way. The Manas are a lot more forgiving than the Altums and a lot less aggressive. Amazing angels with the color and size! Wish I could get some one day soon.

I found these Manacapuru's to be very aggressive. I'm expecting 25 Altums tomorrow , hopefully if things go well I can make a comparison. Heiko Bleher has proclaimed in the last issue of Amazonas magazine that the smallest of all angels the Manacapuru"s should be classified as pterophyllum eimekei . This has not gone unnoticed by IBAMA and if it is excepted, the Manacapurus will no longer be exported.

It will be interesting to see how they fare in the higher ph long term. I have heard that a high ph is what burns their fins. Why this only applies to Altums and some of the other rarer angels is a mystery to me. I have 8 large Amapa river angels that came in the same shipment and they have no problems with their fins. Here are a few more pics of the Manacapuru angels.

What temperature are you keeping them in Jay ?

I would suggest Fairdeal

Did you check out ken's prices ?

http://www.kensfish.com/moreinfo/seachem-safe.html

Cheap easy stand for a 90 is 8 cinder blocks ( 2 in each corner stood on the ends... one on top of the other ) and a 18" x 48" piece of plywood. You can get 2 pieces of plywood and put a shelf in the middle between the cinder blocks if you want. The blocks can be easily painted any colour if you don't like the grey.If you are really tight with cash you could use the two 18 x 30 pieces of particle board from the crappy stand instead of buying plywood.