No need to apologise elaine, whenever you put. zebras, wild caught, brazil, money all in one sentence you are going to get a mix of reactions. I enjoy hearing everyones opinions on this topic and I would like to think that everyone on here has the same common advice and goal for you. If it doesnt so...

I am guessing that the spawn batch is down to age and experience of parents I think. Over the last few years I have had 1-2 eggs up to 8-9. Then after an 11 month baron period I have had two clutches of 15 eggs! I also suffer from high loss rates but have been working on several things this time rou...

I think it is difficult to ever say one subject has been fully covered and therefore go and look for answers elsewhere. I have been lucky over the last 5 years to have these fish and successfully got them to breed. However I like many other people are interested to improve the techniques I use, get ...

I aquired my first zebras over 7 years ago after standing in awe for over an hour in one of my LFS. I was fortunate at the time to then aquire several more, but had no intention to breed. What these fish have now done to me is to motivate me towards my final goal. Move house, build a small fish room...

Thanks Hamish, I think that they have may rediscovered the opposite sex last nite as my alfa male in back blocking his favourite cave and I cannot account for all the females. I dear say by the end of the week I will know whether it is another hoax or the real deal. Thanks for the tip though I will ...

I have a strange problem at the moment, my males and females seem to have fallen out of love with each other!! since they began to spawn two years ago the longest it has been between spawns is 8 weeks, but to date I had 9 fry on new years day and nothing since? Has anyone else has similar experience...

Hi All, I know it has been a while since I last posted but I have had other priorities to sort (1 Year Old Son!!!). We ll after what can only be described as a disasterous year in 2006 keeping from alive I thought I would pass on a few things I have now found out. Firstly my first loss about the sam...

I have had the same problem as dave has mentioned and I can only think that it is a bacterial infection or territorial dispute hence I was asking the question as to whether there is any limit to keeping fry together. Why is it though tha it is the older fish as apposed to the young fry if it was bac...

Be careful in associating deaths of fry with what you might and might not have done. You have to understand that you will not keep all fry alive, losses will occur in under 6 months, after six moths, etc. I have used different methods, moved fry away from parents when they have concumed the yolk sac...

Do private breeders drive down the price of fish? Take examples of many other species? Have independant breeders managed to bring prices down? i am not saying I know the answers but I have found over the years that if there is a large demand the far east usually begins to get invovled in reproductio...

The confusion comes due to the scientific name of the blue eyed panaque. Originally stated as panaque suttoni several years ago, it was then agreed thatat both a male and female where the descoverers of this fish so the name was altered to panaque suttonorum. As Rob pointed out, the true name fro th...

Just following on from the shinning torch into cave and the results we get from doing this. The last spawn I had I let the male deal with it until eviction day or the day the fry got bold and decided to venture out. However at the weekend I removed this present spawns eggs, nine in total, first for ...

The fact that these fish are so expensive will ultimately drive their price down. Few shops will buy them off any breeder at the right price, why because most fish shops look to make a minimum of double what they paid for. So hyperthetically you sold your fish for £100, the fish shops would want to ...

Thanks Rob I have ordered some of the zm discus small and large so will give you some feedback over the next few months, I must admit I do loose the odd fish through bloating now and again, just put it down to the natural fact that we cannot expect every fish to be heaalthy and survive \\\thanks again

Hi Rob,

Have you got the details on the food that you get from ZM?

I have been on their website and not sure which oneyou use.

Is it the ZM 400 or just the discus granules small?