livingart

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)

not a good host anenome

then you are left with a big pile of what the horse left behind

i am only too happy to supply information that will edify, confuse, baffle or astound you there should be nothing here to harm the ear, eye or nose of the most fastidious step right this way, put your money in the hat and take your chances with the beaurecratic system a great man once said "if you can't dazzle them with scientific fact then baffle them with bovine fecal matter"

yes, you need to take a birdcage with you to prove you can contain things jars and tin cans are not considered suitable containmaent facilities for air breathing animals using a sharp object to pierce holes in the lids of the jars/cans has previously been found to be an acceptable modification to bring them within the definition of a containment facility this was typed while firmly placing my tongue in cheek

it is called a containment facility licence

i think around 3 metres long, so i think the car is out thanks for the offer dimebag

nice pun ira

thanks cricketman, the miniature spaghetti tastes funny though

did you try it on your tongue and lips? where is your sense of adventure?, mine is tied to my sense of stupidity