livingart

in the great scheme of exporting fish nz is but a mote in gods eye and i know of exporters overseas who have said once the fish is on the plane it can't be sent back true first generation of xbreds will not breed true 100%, i have had line bred 2nd generation breed true 100%, then throw variants in the next generation so with the peacocks from wellington did the seller chuck them together and you are waiting until they become adults to sort them out?

or pomme frites integrity 1. Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code. 2. The state of being unimpaired; soundness. 3. The quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness. some have it, some don't well said navarre this forum basically acts as a breeding register of sorts with a lot of ethical breeders present your average buyer on TM just wants a pretty fish, there is the odd young passionate person who wants to start breeding hopefully they find their way onto here

once a clown always a clown once a knight is enough

what sort of terrarium are you purchasing? they can be kept together if your enclosure is big enough

no dames get curtsyed

sorry found the video button on the camera and then found you tube not many brackish tanks around so thought i would share a short video

yes vinson, this maybe the way the diversity in lake malawi came about originally and why so many can interbreed freely

the image size is relevant as well

let the tank settle for awhile before adding new fish if your water was low it means that any bad stuff in the water was more concentrated you've heard of an apple a day keeps the doctor away well weekly water changes can keep the dead fish away

getting given a name when you purchase fish can be unreliable a lot of fish are caught by native people with no scientific background, who label a fish with the area it was caught from this can then become the fishes name from then on

put me in a dress and call me sir livingart

this is the crux of the matter, if you are a "serious breeder" then you need to ensure the fish you are passing on are correctly named and pure fish come in misnamed by the exporter, importer or lfs and then are passed on with this name the beauty of the fnzas is there are some serious breeders involved who do just that and these forums allow discussion on any problem fish I.D. as to african cichlids scientific studies have shown that a rocky outcropping can have a variant of a species on it when 50 metres or less away another variant will be present even 2 sides of the same outcropping can contain 2 or more variants

i like my wild strains too, a comment was passed a while back about "why are all discus now orange" because it is the "in" colour

a discussion on another WTB thread on here had started discussing the genealogy of fish so thought i would start a thread for thoughts on strains of fish and identification my thoughts from there sadly a few years back the record keeping for imported fish was not the best but a lot of fish came through misidentified by mistake or deliberately to avoid import restrictions there are the odd sets of fish around that have been kept in a contained breeding program amd so have remained pure the only way to know for sure they are pure is to breed for a few generations and produce all true to type offspring

1 discus and don't worry about the wc's this sort

no sump yet kiwi, too scared to drill the tank, 75cm deep, 90 wide 2 canister filters, pomice, noodles, bio balls and coarse sponges, filter wool in one 20% water change every 2nd or third day, straight from hose :oops:

yes that is the only thing that worries me about the gouramis i have heard some horror stories

the bigger gourami is a bossy piece of business, if he tries to hassle the big aro it curls up then whips it with its tail

javan rhinoceros?

have you measured the ph? some substrates can affect ph

and there aint nothing like me in drag

don't muck around go a minimum of 1,000l and keep some real monsters don't know what it is about big fish but they have some personality

too late i have already been damned maybe edit the post to damn you livingart cause a dame i am not

if it has a mouth don't listen to anything it has to say they are sneaky those majanos

The only reliable predators are large angels (Blueface, Majestic, and Emperors)