When I used to breed danios and other such egg layers, I covered the bare tank bottom with a layer of marbles. The eggs faal between them where...
I am breeding guppies since 1961. I make up my own fish food by mixing original Pronutro, not the flavoured kinds, with flakes or other bought...
I had a friend who had some or other carnivorous eel, that would only eat live fish. In summer I would put my guppies into the fish pond, where...
Hi, I do not think you have to worry about inbreeding. I have a strain of guppies from my first pair I received in 1961 with my first aquarium. In...
I am not an expert on cichlids in general, but have bred a few different kinds. I would say that most them, including angels, are schooling when...
Hi Dirk You are right about the wealth of experience! I have often helped others with advice and then they come with all these rules and...
I would like to add an interesting observation on the hereditary of the sword factor in guppies. My brother gave me a pair of bottom sword guppies...
One goes through cycles of interest! I started off with a pair of sword guppies in a tank given as a birthday present when I was in std 1 and I...
Hi Prof Bellstedt Do you seperate your babies from their parents? I read somewhere years ago that livebearers give of something in their urine...
Re your remark about the nose test Khalid. I have always kept Malaysian livebearer snails in my community tank and in my livebearer tank. They act...
Gambusia definitely will not hybridize with guppies. They look similar, but are not closely enough related. In fact, if I remember correctly, the...
Congratulations Khalid! I have also found that the more water changes you do, the better for your fish. Apparently the adults give off a chemical,...
With the normal feeding they should become just about normal size. Fish are different to mammals in that they grow according to their environment,...
All commercial sword and platties are hybrids. In the wild you do not get red forms, only some platties with red spots. When these were crossed...
Angels are one of those fish which some people find incredibly easy to breed, while others have problems. Most strains of angels these days cannot...
I keep my heater switched off during summer months in my guppy tank. I have the descendants of the first pair of guppies I got as a birthday...
Hi there I had an interesting reply from somebody in Malawi, when I posted my inquiry for microworm. Apparently nematodes (microworm) can be found...
Hi boebie! At the moment not much, I have just two 1m aquarium with guppies, some catfish, kuhlis and redtailed sharks. The guppies are kind of...
Hi Trevor I used microworm years ago, but sometime or other stopped. I am trying to get a new culture, I even asked my children to source me some...
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