thanks for the reply dude!

do you regulary clean the glass bottom to avoid bacteria build up or have you had no problems with this?

thanks,

andrew

For a few weeks till they are eating well.
Then they go in a 100 liter tank where they grow till 4 centimeters with other hypancistrus spec. babies.
This tank i do overfeed and do a daily 50% wc, this gives me very good survival rates and growth with all my hypancistrus.

hey john! any pics of ...

half dose of melafix and pimafix daily for a week, should clear it up.

good luck

hey dude,

i had the exact same problem, i gave mine 5 spawns to learn but he still ate the fry and or kicked them out too early and i lost all but 1....

anyway now i take the eggs off dad as soon as they have been laid, put them in an egg tumbler (i bought mine here: http://cgi.ebay.com/3-EGG ...

congratz... they look like an ok size to me.... adults anyway....

feed them up and enjoy!

il keep my eyes peeled for you joe... if all else fails my females are getting very fat so get your fingers crossed for me!!

lol well an even bigger congratz then!

perhaps its just the photo but the eggs look pale and milky...

well done buddy

those eggs look infertile to me but its still a very good sign! just a matter of time now buddy! keep it up

hi guys,

iv got 6 terracotta breeding tubes on ebay.

if anyones is interested they are here:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0216832258

thanks

LOL Stripy 69

the ban only effects certain fish species like channa (snakeheads)

pleco's are still fine thank god!!!!

plz post some pics of them

hi jamie,

i never knew that and il give it ago.

however, the tap water conditioner i use instantly neutralises all heavy metals...?

thanks

hi jamie,

well i mix some hot water from the tap in to bring the temp up to close to the tank temp. surley the amount of copper in the water is very minimal tho...?