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Wow, that was a conversation killer! No one has posted to this forum in 2 days! We all seem to be paralyzed by our lack of knowledge... so let me be the first to say I have no idea!

chefkeith wrote:Nice scarface reference

Thank you.

Thanks, Diana! That was my first guess, too - because of the (repeating pattern of a) gray shade between 2 black strips. But the markings are so large and bold, I wasn't sure. For scale, the fish is 4" long, maybe a touch over.

Was sold to me as a YoYo, but I'm unsure about ID. What do you think?

I had the same problem a while back. I got a surface skimmer for my filter intake. It was less than ten bucks I think. 'Did the trick.

Dario, I think. I love my clowns but they are less showy. I also really like my sewellia lineolata - I got a male and 2 females last month and they are looking really nice - I'm really hoping for fry!!!

Hi, love2fish - welcome to LOL! Clowns don't breed in captivity and they are difficult to sex. There's a TON of info on this site - just go to loaches.com and use the search engine. You'll definitely want to check out your little guys' profiles on the species index. There are also a lot of interesti...

Most online vendors make it so difficult to access any information on shipping before placing an order that I thought I'd just ask for recommendations. I am looking for a good source for aquarium supplies (if they have other pet stuff too that's an added perk) that ships with the postal service. Any...

Wow, great work! Maybe these photos could be added to this article(http://www.loaches.com/articles/breeding-sewellia), to preserve them for other hobbyists? I have had 2 females and a male for just a few weeks. Any tips on inducing spawning or saving eggs/raising fry?

I removed the parents so they wouldn't eat the fry (from what I read, it seemed likely that they would). I'm not sure what kind of daphnia I have but they're not the big ones. They are smaller than brine shrimp. It sounds like yours are maturing nicely! Hopefully they'll get busy soon!

The fry are (still) infintesimal... clear, skinny, 3mm long at best. My girlfriend wondered if the daphnia could eat them.

Wow, congrats!

Sorry about your BN fry... the peacocks do seem to like live food! My peacock eggs hatched well and the fry are all tucked away in a large mass of java moss, but also in the tank are week-old BN fry, daphnia and snails. They are so small and grow so slowly...

Then that probably isn't it, lol.

Jim - dunno if you keep any hygro(phila corymbosa), but I know that will knock back val.