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Big shake ups .

That policy has made The Great TFF Forum the shining beacon of hope in internet land that it is .

I’d love to see the mods going fisticuffs . There hasn’t been any real excitement around here since Colin went back to Mars .

I thought you were all experts on every fish . But seriously , I’ve been looking the Fish Species Index over and it looks like it worked pretty good at the time . Most are 15 to 20 years old but read fairly accurate to me . My only complaints are that the species origin point is vague on some of...

Then we are getting close to taking off and revitalizing and rejuvenating The TFF Fish Species Index . No matter who gets invited to post I like the idea that the moderators will edit , fact check and approve posts to The Fish Species Index before they appear . Everything is in place to do this...

Awesome !

Nothing to do today . Did my run this morning and it was beautiful outside . Sunday morning has very little traffic early so the air smelled clean and I saw a few rabbits . Looking over my stock of Aplocheilus lineatus Golden Wonder Killifish and thinking about collecting some eggs as my stock...

@Ceez Holy Wow ! Those industrial shelves look bombproof . That is definitely the way to go for the price . You could put a Volkswagen on those !

@GaryE And one last one . I hate to bug you but you did ask us to look at this . The Glass Catfish came up for discussion on the forum recently and also , I noticed the “read this before you post “ thingy . Apparently there is already some format and procedures in place as well as an editing...

A better class of people that you know would be giving you the low down .

@GaryE Here’s one that recently came up for discussion on the forum but I know nothing about . What if anything would you change ?

@GaryE I just took a look at this because it’s a fish I know and all the info seemed right . Seemed like a good format too . The only information I slightly disagreed with was the description of the sexes and their differences . I think females are as big or sometimes bigger than the males and...

Yes , that is what is needed , a set format . Basic information about water parameters , suggested aquarium size , adult size of fish , origin of the species - stuff like that and of course a good picture of both sexes . The moderators should have the power to edit and the posters should...

Excellent ! I hope those eggs are fertile and that they hatch out into a Norman’s Lampeye horde .

Interesting . I’ve never seen that ever in 59 years of fish keeping . Just learned something new .

I like the ideas that @Coryking proposed . My thought was that members would post about fish that they currently have and have been successful with . They would post their experiences and what aquarium and conditions that fish was kept in and maybe something from a credible source that can be...

That is exactly right . Everyone today thinks they’re an authority on whatever subject but very few are . We also have the gullible and naive among us who don’t have sufficient experience to sort the wheat from the chaff themselves . I think the moderators we have here could do a good job and I...

I was wondering to myself why The Great TFF Forum doesn’t have something like the Seriously Fish website that would give all the skinny on any particular aquarium fish . Well , turns out it does and I am now wondering why I never noticed it before . It’s the Fish Species Index which anybody can...

It is my understanding that all Glass Catfish are wild caught and therefore unaccustomed to frozen and prepared fish food . I would say that an aquarist that wants to keep these interesting fish should be prepared to offer live foods exclusively .

I like that green color . I like it a lot . Not a lot of truly green fish out there .

And that’s exactly what will happen . Bettas are hunters . It’s what they do .

Did laundry today , cleaned the toilet - not that it needed it - went for my run and now I’ll feed the fish . This low key , stress free retired life is alright . I love going out for my run in the morning and watching the people in their cars going to work . Poor devils .

You know . . . . undertaker might not be a bad job . The customers never give you any trouble .

I like that . I’ve known lots of guys and women that worked at the local fish and aquarium stores over the years and all of them were hobbyists themselves . They all knew their hobby and their business . A few at PetsMart weren’t dummies either and sometimes you’d ask a question and they’d say “...

It’s in the family of cichlids the Firemouth cichlid , Thorichthys meeki , comes from .

That’s a great article and the pictures are great too . A fish I may never have but reading about them is fun . Call me an armchair aquarist . LOL !

Tell them why the Ramshorn is good Gary . This bit of information was a real eye opener to me and it’s been awhile since the tale was told .

I stand corrected but now I’ve heard everything . In the floaters with few adults , Okay I’ll buy that . Who’d a thunk it .

So get your mind tuned to Aspidoras , Gastrodermus , Hoplisoma , Brochis and Scleromystax . The fish formerly known as Corydoras sterbai is now called Hoplisoma sterbai .

Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine reported that the entire Corydoras group of fish has undergone a massive revision in scientific names . “ This is the largest shake-up in scientific names among aquarium fishes since Kullander’s revisions of the genus Cichlasoma in the early 1980s - changes that...

That’s a shame that happened but it’s happened to everybody at one time or another so don’t feel like The Lone Ranger . Study the fish and study the aquarium they’re in and if anything at all looks funny and gives you doubt then pass on it . Don’t blame your local pet shop either . These things...

So he isn’t crazy about Asian suckers . Not the worst thing you could say about a guy .

Those are nice big females . Big old “pounders” , that’s what you want .

I keep hearing this but I really don’t believe that anybody could feed enough live mosquito larvae that some would make it to the flying stage after being in an aquarium and then turn on you . Nope , don’t believe it for a minute .

@WhistlingBadger better start carrying a .22 pistol with bird shot loads with you on those trail runs .

@Rocky998 I haven’t heard anything about your Peacock Gudgeons in a long time . Do you still keep them ? Do you have any new fry ?

That must have been a nice surprise for you . Until this TFH article I didn’t even know there was such a thing as a freshwater pipefish . I read the article and breeding is almost exactly like seahorses . European breeders , according to the author , have been having success for some time but...

Welcome to the group . There are several very serious and knowledgeable livebearer keepers here who are more than willing to help out by sharing their years of experience .

That Red High Fin is a nice looking Platy . Something about that high dorsal fin takes away the “pudgy” look of a Platy and gives it a more elegant look . Different in a nice way .

Sounds like a prison movie .