Nymox

Ok so I was looking at one of my fish against the glass today and noticed something wriggling around the the gravel, about 1cm down, an closer inspection with a torch I found 3 more. Any attempt to get them out of the gravel results in them getting lost even more so, I even saw one in the tube from the ugf, but I couldnt get it into the net, as soon as I touch anything the currents created by my movements send them off to no where. If they are fry, could be cory or bolivians, what can i do to try and get them out if I see them again? What will happen if I leave them? Im imagining there are alot more in this situation but not against the glass so i cant see. I think this one is a loss, might pay to get that other tank sorted out asap, with a different kind of filter if this is sucking them down into the gravel, it has been turned down very very low but its still enough to suck them in..poor lil guys

Theres nothing there, sad but I guess its what happens some times. My male is chasing the female around alot now, I guess he wants to try again? How long will it take her to hold again?

Happy Birthday!! Many best wishes and very nice job on the cake!

lovely fish, those Tropheus wow, I want tropheusnow lmao

BTW how to pronounce?!?!?!?!?!?!? Sick-lids? Chick-lids? And there is a fish mention in the fresh water episode, dorada or something, anyone know what this is?

Spoiler Fresh water epi, 850 cichlids alone all from 1 ancestor! amazing stuff. Beautiful fish

the patch on the rock that was so very visable has gone, all pecked off, no other fish in the tank but the bolivian ram pair. What made them decide to eat their own eggs?

ARRGGGHH! they're eatin them! They got heaps of foods! unless its hatching time and they hiding them, just seems like a food fest though, both taking turns at picking the eggs to bits. I cants see no fry floating around no where, I can see them swallowing what they peck off the rock they laid on Im sad must be something I did wrong.

guppies can breed with swordtails tho right? so it would jst be a xbreed? and you select the traits you like?

animal education should be a topic at primary school

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Id love to see your tank in real life, it looks amazing.!.!.

Wow live food makes a huge difference, I got a culture of daph off livingart last night, and today theres millions more. But also some mosquito larvae, I net those up asap as I dont want the terrors biting my Nan over the summer, My fish just love them, seems to make a world of difference, like brings out the most hidden personalities. These rams are such sweet fish and dedicated parents, I did a water change and they stood by their eggs no matter what. I was so impressed, humans could learn something, that unconditional love, supposed instict, Its incredible. Live food though, hehe its funny almost, I think Ill try to keep my fsh on as much live food as possible now, seems to be not just good for the body but for the mind too.

My corys have been doing spawning behavior since day 1, though Ive never seen a single egg. Perhaps they just like to role play or something.

WOW so beautiful well done indeed many congraduations! I only hope to achieve something so great myself one day.

LOL, Mark you crack me up, please take some Guppies they're free! BTW anyone, if you acually want guppies hes got some real beauties there, I mean I dont know from a long time breeder and fish expert point of view, but I know a happy healthy animal when i see one, ALL of these 400 + guppies are healthy and whats more they all look very very happy. 1000000 points to livingart just for being the man, the #1 man.

HOLY SWEET FLYING FUNGUS! Nice pics, very nice fish, lucky man!

Very nice, lucky you!

I enjoyed this alot, very informative and interesting series. Season 1, Episode 1: From Pole to Pole "Planet Earth" travels around the Earth, finding where the sun always shines and where it's rarely seen. Next, they find where water is abundant and where it's scarce. Season 1, Episode 2: Mountains. Mountains are the most prominent products of the immense forces which shape the living planet: tectonic drift, volcanic activity and erosion by wind, water, frost and precipitation. We see how wildlife adapts to the harsh, often extreme conditions in various types of mountain ranges, such as Gelada baboons on a suddenly volcano-pushed Ethiopian peek, pumas in the Andes, grizzly bears in the Rockies, snow leopards in the Himalaya. Season 1, Episode 3: Fresh Water. Although merely 3% of water on earth, fresh water plays an important part in the planet's weather and erosion. It is immensely important for all non-marine wildlife, which drinks fresh water and swims, procreates, hunts in it. Its concentrations, such as rivers, lakes and swamps, abound in aquatic and other species, often adapted to 'wet' life. Season 1, Episode 4: Caves The Earth's large, deep calcareous caves are virtually inaccessible and therefore barely explored - requiring expert diving where flooded. Some of its wildlife is as strange and specific as in the deep, darkest part of the ocean, whether physically adapted -notably to the dark. Nevertheless, some caves(did) play an important part in native cultures, even as sources of fresh water for some Mayan cities. Season 1, Episode 5: Deserts. A large and growing part of earth's land mass is covered in desert - each one widely varied in composition and dryness. Wildlife species have adapted in different ways to these different arid lands especially to get and conserve water. Some are physically desert-models, like camels, others just changed their diet and behavior. Most live mainly at night, when it's cooler. The largest desert is northern Africa's Sahara, US size and extremely sandy, the result of grinding erosion of mountains. Short moist moments or periods are taken intense advantage off, leading to such extravaganzas as the locust swarm. Season 1, Episode 6: Ice Worlds. The polar caps have the most extreme seasonal contrasts, growing and melting vast ice masses, so wildlife adapts by annual migrations. The majority of Antartica is a vast barren permafrost. Only 3% of the coast and peninsular peaks are where life migrates to in the spring, for a short fertile summer, attracted by rich supplies of krill and fish. Only the Emperor penguin males breed 4 months in winter 100 miles inland. The Arctic has a more complete fauna which migrates back North from the continent. Here, the Polar bear is threatened because global warming defrosts its seal hunt platform ice too fast. Season 1, Episode 7: Great Plains. A quarter of the earth's land mass, from arctic to tropical, are open plains consisting of lowland as well as highland plateaus. Here grows virtually indestructible, fast-growing grasses of all sizes that feed the planet's largest herbivore populations, the preys to solitary and social carnivores. Spectacular elements of the seasonal cycle of life can include mass migrations, monsoons, drought and great fires. Season 1, Episode 8: Jungles. On 3% of the Earth's surface, the rain forest is the habitat for half our animal species, even 80% of insects. So its wildlife is most competitive, like the birds of paradise's mating, and specialized with unique relationships of predation, parasitism etc. For plants, the quest for light is key to stratification, paralleled by interacting animals eating fruits, leaves and other animals. Even the jungle cacophony is stratified. On the soil, recycling specialist like fungi restart the cycle of life. In Central Africa even herds of elephants specialize in following self-made forest paths. Season 1, Episode 9: Shallow Seas. Shallow seas cover only 8% of earth's surface, but contain the richest, most varied maritime life: from plankton and coral (literally vital for the very existence of reefs) to birds and from various invertebrates to mammals like seals, dolphins and whales and from sea snakes to countless fish species. Their ecological interaction is greatly varied and complex, often with nearby land to, even with deserts.Season 1, Episode 10: Seasonal Forests. Trees are earth's largest organisms and are also one of the planet's oldest inhabitants. Seasonal forests (unlike tropical rain-forest) the largest land habitats. A third of all trees grow in the endless taiga of the Arctic north. Northern America has forests that include California's sequoia's, the earth's largest trees. There and elsewhere, their vast production of photosynthesis and shade presides over a seasonal cycle of life and involves countless plant and animal species. Season 1, Episode 11: Ocean Deep. Open ocean, a vast biotope covering two thirds of the planet, some shallow, some as deep as the mountain ranges are high. The ocean has an immense, precariously complex food chain, varying from microscopic animals, like krill, to whales, which ironically feed mainly on the former. Most species swim or float in it, many coming up for air, while other dive in from land or air, often to feed, but also to procreate on the coast, where some species come to lay their eggs. Even the shore is covered with life, largely based on organic matter, such as corpses. Watch Here Part 2 in Episode 3: Fresh Water with the above link is missing, the below link is for the entire episode in a single part. Watch Episode 3: Fresh Water Here Hope you enjoy it, if its going slow pause and give it a little time to buffer. Probably wont work for non broadband users

Haha thanks Zev, Ill have recoverd from the rams better then too, gives livingart time to recover from me as well.

OMG your kidding me! Im glad I didnt read the story....

I dont think people who do things like this think anything like the rest of us. They have either had the wrong sort of contact or not enough with animals, they dont seem to realise how fine the line is between instinct an emotion, and see animals more as objects rather then entities. I mean fish people know this better then many, so see those same jaws that suck up food in a second, gently catch tiny weeny fry and move them back into safety, its really quite something, makes you think we're not all that different really.

If im careful not to vac near the eggs would a water change be ok? Ive put a bit of food in the past 2 days that they havnt been interested in so I think its best to vac that out before it goes too yucky. Should I make sure the replacement water is at exactly the same tempreture (usually I just get it close through touch testing) and pH? I found quarter a novotab is the best food for them right now, it sits there in plain site, they pick at it in between shifts, wont touch nothing else. Anyways if its ok to do a water change let me know, and any precautions, thanks again people, my fishies all say thanks too.

Well it couldnt be Sergio and Marco anymore since sergio laid eggs, Ive renamed to Eva. Eva and Marco the bolivian rams. Excellent parents too im so proud.

Yeah I have to agree, Humans suck! well a good portion of them anyway. Wrap them in industrial duct tape and dump them in a bin, but thats the kind of behavior that probably made them the way they are. Cruelty and violence will never solve anything.