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 decorated syno |
| Posted by Fish_Tank - 10-28-04 21:17 - 2 comments |
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Decorated Syno
Scientific Name:Synodontis decorus
Family: Mochokidae
Sub Family:Mochocinae
Origin: Zaire, Africa
pH: 6.5 - 7.5
Temperature: 22 - 27ºC
Other Water Parameters: They are a hardy fish that can adapt to many water conditions
Max Size:Around 10-12"
Sexing: This info is from Planetcatfish
First lay the fish in your hand with its head toward your palm and the tail toward your fingers. Hold the dorsal spine between your middle and ring finger so the fish is belly up and you won't get stuck (Which by the way, hurts like crazy!). The genital pore is in a small furrow of tissue (in healthy fish) and will be obstructed by the pelvic fins. Pull down on the tail gently to arch the fishes spine and the pelvic fins will stand and the fu ...read more |
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| Mosquito FIsh |
| Posted by Plecostomus - 09-4-04 15:29 - 0 comments |
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*above pics submited by Plecostomus
Scientific Name: Gambusia affinis.
Common Name: Mosquito Fish, Gambusia
Synonyms: Gambusia affinis katruelis, Heterandria affinis, Gambusia affinis affinis, Zygonectes patruelis, Heterandria patruelis, Gambusia patruelis, Zygonectes gracilis, Gambusia gracilis, Gambusia humilis, Haplochilus melanops, Zygonectes brachypterus, Fundulus inurus, Zygonectes inurus
Etymology: Mosquito Spanish mosquito, diminutive of mosca, Latin musca, a fly + fish Middle English fish, fisk, Old English fisc, compare: Old Frisian fisk, fisc, Old Norse fiskr, German, fisch, Dutch visch, ...read more |
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| Jaguar Catfish |
| Posted by CatBrat - 07-20-04 05:13 - 4 comments |
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Common Name: Jaguar Catfish
Scientific Name: Liosomadoras oncinus
Family: Auchenipteridae
Origin: South America: from Guyana and eastern Brazil to Peru and Bolivia.
Temperature: 20 - 24*C
Max size: 25cm (10")
Sexing: These pictures are from ScotCat:
Feeding: They don't seem to be fussy about food. They will take flake, frozen food (such as bloodworms and brineshrimp), live food, sinking pellets and most other foods.
Furniture: Needs a cav ...read more |
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| Metae Spawning |
| Posted by indigogirl - 07-17-04 08:37 - 2 comments |
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[SIZE=1][COLOR=blue]
I had my first successful spawing of Corydoras Metae about a month ago. I will describe the circumstances under which they spawned for anyone else out there with hopes of breeding these neat little corys. In my opinion they are easier to spawn than corydoras aeneus(bronze cory), though not as prolific.
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Tank Size - 10 gallons
PH - 7.6
GH - 10
KH -6
The tank was half full of well aged water and topped off with new water of a lower ph. I then added what I hoped was a breeding pair to the tank. I estimate them to be 18+ months old, I had purchaced them about a year ago. The female is stockier and more triangular than the male. Both fish had been conditioned 2 weeks prior before spawing, fed lots of frozen bloodworms and brine shrimp. The tank bottom was graveled with sm-med size natural gravel; there was one small plant, a small terra cotta pot(on its side) and a little hornwort floating ...read more |
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| False Asian Bumblebee catfish |
| Posted by catfish_dude - 07-16-04 06:05 - 0 comments |
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Name: False Asian Bumblebee Catfish
Scientific Name: Pseudomystus stenomus
Family: Bagridae
pH: 6.0-8.0 Not critical
Origin: Java, Borneo, Sumatra, Southern Thailand, Malay Peninsula.
Temperature: 23’-26’C
Max size: 5-6 inches
Sexing: Males are more slender
Breeding: Not reported
Feeding: Pellets, bloodworms, ect. Not fussy eaters.
Compatibility: The false asian bumblebee is compatible with most fish that are over 2 inches. There are mildly territorial towards each other, and lookalikes (asian bumblebee catfish, black lancers, ect), but it is possible to keep more than one in a large tank.
Suggested Tankmates: Anything over 2 inches and is not really aggressive. Good tankmates include: Synos, clown barbs, spanner barbs, Firemouths, Blue Acaras, ect.
Furniture: Wood and rocks. They love heavily planted tanks.
Other: These ...read more |
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| African Wood Catfish |
| Posted by catfish_dude - 07-16-04 02:38 - 11 comments |
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ok its been a while since I have done an article, but here goes. OK most of you will have never heard of this catfish, let alone seen one, but i've researched them alot, and i think they are awesome so here I go. (I haven't seen one either BTW lol, but I really want one ![banana[1].gif](http://209.85.48.9/833/112/emo/banana[1].gif) )
Name: African Wood Catfish/ Ornate Bagridae
Scientific Name: Chrysichthys ornatus
Family: Bagridae
pH: 6.8-7.2 Not critical
Origin: Upper and middle Congo (West Africa)
Temperature: 23-27'C
Max size: 7-10''
Sexing:Unknown. Breeding is also unknown.
Feeding:Carnivorous. They love meaty foods, fish and earthworms. They will take carnivorous pellets grudgingly though.
Compatibility:Tankmates over 4'' are a must, otherwis ...read more |
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| How many cories? |
| Posted by Peach Fuzz - 04-13-04 00:45 - 12 comments |
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Cories are schooling fish. There are no ifs, ands, or buts about it. They are a schooling fish. It you want to get more specific, you might call them shoaling. Sure, they don't swim mid-water and turn in unison like tetras, but that doesn't make them any less of a schooler. They ARE a schooling fish. As many of you know, a school should consist of at least 6 fish. That means that a group of 3 cories isn't a school.
Some disagree. That is natural. If the world agreed on everything, there would be no debate, which would lead to it being a very boring place to live. The only problem with their disagreement is that, IME, they have nothing to back it up. They say "Well, my 2 cories do fine!" or "My cory is happy on his own." These unfortunate people probably haven't seen their cories in a group, happily schooling with their own species. If they did, they might realize that they were wrong. Who are they to judge if their cories are happy, ...read more |
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| Polka Dot Syno |
| Posted by CatBrat - 04-11-04 22:26 - 0 comments |
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Common Name: Polka Dot Syno
Scientific Name: Synodontis angelicus
Family: Mochokidae
Origin: Congo River System, Africa
pH: 6.5 - 7.5
Temperature: 23 - 27*C
Other Water Parameters: They are a hardy fish that can adapt to many water conditions
Max Size: Some reports of fish up to 300mm in captivity, but not normally past 160mm.
Sexing: This info is from Planet Catfish. First lay the fish in your hand with its head toward your palm and the tail toward your fingers. Hold the dorsal spine between your middle and ring finger so the fish is belly up and you won't get stuck (Which by the way, hurts like crazy!). The genital pore is in a small furrow of tissue (in healthy fish) and will be obstructed by the pelvic fins. Pull down on the tai ...read more |
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| Upside- down syno |
| Posted by catfish_dude - 04-9-04 05:26 - 0 comments |
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Name: Upside-Down Catfish
Scientific Name: Synodontis nigriventris
Family: Mochokidae
pH: 6.0- 7.5 -Not critical
Origin: Zaire
Temperature: 23’-27’ C
Max size: 10cm/ 4’’
Sexing: Females are larger. Females are also paler when they reach maturity.
Feeding: In their native habitat they feed on insect larvae at the water surface, so sinking pellets are not taken so readily by these catfish. Flake and daphnia (live, frozen or freeze-dried) are preferred.
Breeding: One of the few Synodontis to be bred in captivity, but still very difficult to breed. They lay their eggs in a PVC pipe or in a flowerpot.
A good breeding setup is to have pipework and clay flowerpots with a gravel substrate, plants and wood to make them feel comfortable.
Compatibility: An ideal catfish. Peaceful with both its own species and other tankmates. They will not bully or eat other tankmates. Keep a minimum of 4.
Suggested Tankmates: Any small to medium size ...read more |
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| Article Standard |
| Posted by Gomer - 04-5-04 11:57 - 0 comments |
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Articles posted in this forum, may be on any topic which can be related to the aquarium hobby. The articles should not be misleading, or contain false information. They can contain theories you have read about, or concieved on your own concerning aspects of the hobby which at times can be contraversial if you wish. They can be in any style you wish, if you want them to be in part form (like GaryRoland's articles on FishProfiles.com), or if you wish to write them formally in the form of a scientific report or the like.
If an article contains misleading information or false facts/statements they may be editted/deleted if they could be misleading to a new aquarist.
On the bright side, keep these great articles coming guys. 
-- Gomer < ...read more |
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| Fish and their ammonia... |
| Posted by Gomer - 03-26-04 02:38 - 0 comments |
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As I hope all of us know fish produce ammonia, and ammonia is a toxic substance and will kill our little finned friends quite quickly. But why do fish produce ammonia?
The answer is proteins, and the way ammonia behaves with water. Well most, if not all animals are structurally comprised of proteins, they are what hold us together, and give us this form. We produce a lot of proteins, and do produce excess proteins, and when cells die and break down we naturally gather a build up of waste proteins, which are broken down into their simpler components (amino acids) and used again, or sent to the liver to be turned into a waste product which can be excreted from our bodies easily. For us, this waste product is Urea. Urea is non-toxic, unless it is in quite high concentrations. This is great for us, as if we did produce ammonia like fish, we would need to get rid off all this nasty toxic ammonia before ...read more |
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| South American Bumbleebee catfish |
| Posted by catfish_dude - 03-25-04 08:25 - 0 comments |
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Name: South American Bumblebee Catfish
Scientific Name: Microglanis iheringi
pH 6.0 - 7.5 not important
Origin: Venezuela and Colombia
Temperature 22- 27'C
Size: 2"
Sexing: Unknown
Feeding: Omnivorous. This fish is not a fussy eater. Feed them Shrimp pellets and watch them try and eat it whole!
Breeding: very very very unlikely
Compatibility: Non aggressive fish. Is compatible with its own species and well as other fishes.
Suggested Tankmates: Virtually all community fish, although any small fry will be eaten.
Furniture: Dense plants such as Java fern or Amazon swords. They love getting into narrow cracks or holes in between rocks, slate or wood. They are a good digger so don't have too larger substrate.
Other: When released from the plastic bag that it was bought in, the fishes first act is to dive for the darkest and most hidden area of the aquarium. And here it will stay for all of its life, except ...read more |
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| Bacteria and their nitrate... |
| Posted by Gomer - 03-25-04 07:08 - 10 comments |
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Have you ever thought about the build up of nitrate in the aquarium? Well of course you have at some time, that is the main reason for doing partial water changes isn’t it? But water changes only dilute the concentration of nitrate though. Unless you do 100% water changes, the nitrate should always have the upper edge on the battle for tank maintenance and continue to increase no matter what, shouldn't it?
If you don’t understand what I am going on about, maybe this hypothetical situation will help.
Okay you have a 10 gallon tank, and your fully cycled tank produces 1ppm of nitrate per day, and every week you do a 20% water change. This means after one week your 10 gallon tank would have 7ppm of nitrate, and after you did the water change you would have 5.6 ppm (lets round this up to 6ppm just for ease). So after this 20% water change your tank has 6ppm, this isn’t much of a decreas ...read more |
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| The Environmental Impacts of Finding Nemo |
| Posted by Scary Person - 03-25-04 06:50 - 0 comments |
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'Nemo Effect': The Environmental Impacts of Finding Nemo
The children's movie Finding Nemo has made the clownfish a very popular pet; with clownfish in high demand, Asian fishermen are now using sodium cyanide to stun clownfish and many other fish on the reefs in order to catch them - this disrupts the ecosystem and causes a chain reaction that destroys much of the ocean that we depend on. The sodium cyanide kills the coral and about half of the fish, and all of the fish that do survive the trip to the pet store are already unhealthy before the customer purchases them. Efforts are being made to discourage the use of sodium cyanide in fishing practices. This problem, in whole, has been dubbed the “Nemo Effect.”
Many movies have made different pets popular in the past, some of which are Babe, Dr. Doolittle, and 101 Dalmatians. “Probably every [animal] shelter in the world cringes when a ...read more |
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