[Aulonocara I.D. help please]

if you dont know then it is just Aulanocara sp

if youdont know you dont know

simple

with less and less imports the better we are about keeping what we have what we have the better

[Veges for plecos]

they also sink if you put them on a skewer or teaspoon and attach that with fishing line to the top of your tank

[Sump down pipes]

what Ira said

[canister or sump]

yeah I have workd my sumps as a minimum of 10% of the tank.

but if it is bigger say as big as you can fit in your stand you can have all your "workings" at one end and use teh rest to hold other things like fry or plants.

The benifit is you have a bigger water volume so more stable chemistry and you are kind of running 2 tansk in one

Also makes water changes much easier

HTH

[Some of my Aulonocara - Updated 5/8/2013]

Goldheads aroun 100mm now

some with mask some without..depends on mood

have just recovered them from my old office so they are in need of TLC...a work in progress as filter had carked it and had only been getting a feed or 2 a week

all still alive tho so back into a conditioning program

will post pics next time I have camera in room

Black fins and red fins are also a work in progress and I would dearly love more of them as I lost so many in the last lot of quakes.....actually the December quake was the worst for me....didnt loose too many tanks only 4 or 5 but lost a lot of fish as fault was on my back door

so time to start looking for more fish...lol

[canister or sump]

where are you beets

sump sump sump

But on my 700 l I run a sump and a canister...go figure

[Some of my Aulonocara - Updated 5/8/2013]

[can my male apisto aggazzi cross with my female cockatoo]

long answer short

Yup

[Some of my Aulonocara - Updated 5/8/2013]

good article.....un rcon...can you please please please put up pics of teh eurekas and other stuff

pretty please?

Nav

[King Tiger Pleco]

Hi

I have 6 in a hundy with heaps of cover

no issues

Nav

[Some of my Aulonocara - Updated 5/8/2013]

[Some of my Aulonocara - Updated 5/8/2013]

meh

lol

actually

:nfs:

[Royal Whiptail spawn]

How old are they now?

week 3 is crunch week

good luck with them

they are fantasic wee fellows and there should be more about

[Barclaya longifolia en mass]

I would be more than happy to take some of both of yoru hands mate

well done

[Photos]

Nice Shingle backs

[Albino D Compressiceps- Malawi Eyebiter]

Just like the albino pictures you have posted rcon...still waiting

[More fishy-fish fishy fotos + ID required]

:nfs: rcon

[what type of royal is this?]

I have had my "Royal" for 15 years and got him at about 10 cm. He is now nearly 35-40 cm...previous owner had hime for about 2 years prori to me I guess.

never fed him specifically but there you go

HTH

Nav

[Royal Whiptail spawn]

That can work or a credit style card?

anything firm thin and flexable

if you miss this lot start conditioning your fry area now...I cant stress being prepaired for these guys enough as they will graze excessively but are lazy feeders...if that makes sense...they are great fish and we need to get these guys out there as amazing in a tank

Nav...oh and happy to help

[More fishy-fish fishy fotos + ID required]

if you dont know ...you dont know.

Aulanocara sp yellow

[Royal Whiptail spawn]

My experience is that dad wont help and that they hatch about day 7-8

you wont syphon them so easily as they like the folks are long and stiff so they break

also eggs are sticky little things so try a low water level for sure but best I found was scraping them with a razor blade not a baster or pipette

they are VERY lazy eaters and will NOT move to food so food needs to go to them

spirilena (sp) is fine but can be toxic in high quanties so I have found very dirty glass to be best bet.

you can brush and bake egg yold on to rocks ( thanks Geoff for this advice)

My guys go in a small well cycled tank with good filtration and HEAPS of food

HTH

[More fishy-fish fishy fotos + ID required]

Aulanocara sp yellow...???

[Royal Whiptail spawn]

So dependig on how old those eggs are they dont look fertile

easy to spawn...my pair go every month or so.

fry are free swimming after about 5-7 days and survive on egg sack for another day or so

after that is where things turn a variety of shapes but mostly pear

I would suggest that once you see that the eggs are fertile that you use a razor blade etc to scrape them off the glass and into a tumbler. I usually place the tumbler in a very well aged tank

This tank has a good layer of mulm on the bottom and a simple sponge filter on low whilst tumbling

once the eggs hatch I turn tumbler off and crank up the sponge

they fry are VERY lazy and you suffer a lot of loss

most google searchs suggest that between 2-4 weeks is the critical time and I have to agree

Good luck with yours and happy to help if you need it

Nav

[Gourami]

and remove the adults once spawned

[Most Commonly kept reptiles]

well I cant remember to be honest might have been chinese water dragons...or banded somethings

when all those iggies where in containment at AZG there were deffinately 2 types of animal in the enclosure one was a green iggie and the other the same only different...had bands...wish I could find my fotos...sorry for the vagueness but I am getting old

but then there have also been frilled lizards, lace monitors and 3 types of shingle backs here but who knows where they are now