[yim11]

Most vets suggest decapitation but I freeze mine. Bag em up and put into freezer, remove and discard on trash day.

HTHs,
-jim

[yim11]

You are correct glenn – the rhingobius duospilus was exactly what I was looking at – Thank You Very Much! They remind of the desert gobys I kept for a while.

I wanted to ask if you don’t mind, how well are your Assassin snails controlling your MTS population? I’m trying the same thing in my 29g CPD tank (gravel substrate) but it’s taking longer to get them under control than it did in my 55g discus tank (sand substrate), even with more Assassins.

Great pics as always! Thanks glenn,
-jim

[yim11]

I use snails as my clean up crew. Happened by accident really. I let a pod of apple/mystery snails hatch, then a malaysian trumpet snail explosion…next thing you know it’s all snails. Since I got serious about breeding my CPDs I’ve eliminated most of the snails but still keep a decent population for clean up work.

I know they can eat eggs also (not usually fry), but they do it MUCH slower than a cory or pleco.

HTHs,
-jim

PS – if anyone wants yellow apple snails or MTS let me know – I’ve got PLENTY~ :lol:

[yim11]

Amazing pictures! Thank you very much for posting them!

In the 15th image (from the top of post), is that some type of fresh water goby poking his head up in the bottom of the image?

Thanks,
-jim

[yim11]

I understand perfectly – Thank you very much for the information!

[yim11]

GREAT looking tank – reminds me of some of the Amazon river biotopes I’ve seen.

Can you describe the material on the sides and background please? Looks very natural!

Thanks,
-jim

[yim11]

I euthanize by putting the fish in a small zip lock bag with some tank water then put into freezer. Discard on trash day.

HTHs,
-jim

[yim11]

Sounds likes a brush or red algae. Does it look like this:

http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/Algae/brush-algae.jpg

If so, then this is actually a red algae (genus Audouinella, other names: Acrochaetium, Rhodochorton, Chantransia). Try soaking the wood or equipment in a 25% bleach solution, then scrub to remove the dead algae. A riskier method is treatment with copper.

Here is a good article that discusses it in depth:

http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/Algae/red-algae.html

HTHs,
-jim

[yim11]

Mine were real skittish the first few days I had them. Once they got used the routines they don’t hide anymore.

HTHs,
-jim

[yim11]

Aquabid has lots of them – some of the sellers ship or are in Canada.

http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?foodl

Hope that helps,
-jim

[yim11]

Thanks for the reply! It is a bit quiet around here lately…

I do want to bred them, and have determined I have nice mix of males and females. I do have a grow out tank for fry in case I ever see any, but usually I pull the fry out of the main tank and from what I’ve read here usually the opposite is the case – parents are put into a breeding tank then removed for the eggs to hatch. So hopefully it will work out for me. Plenty of moss and plants for them to utilize!

Thanks again,
-jim

[yim11]

I haven’t had mine long, but currently I’m feeding an assortment of flake, tetra bits, frozen brine shrimp, and shrimp pellets.

They really enjoy the flake and brine shrimp, rest is kind of hit and miss so far.

I’m going to try some frozen blood worms after reading this thread…

HTHs,
-jim

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