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The DOA did not apply if shipping was delayed; the insurance does. Not sure if you were aware of that or not.

I'll echo what others said, which is not something you agree with. Their selection is literally second to none and their pricing is, in my opinion, extremely fair. They do a phenomenal job packaging their fish (I did not have a DOA when I ordered 6 fish in the middle of winter) and shipping is...

Thanks, @Colin_T ! One fry escaped me for a couple of days - and mom/dad did an excellent job. I don't think I've ever seen a fish fry follow it's mom so closely. I suspect she's going to lay again today, so I am undecided if I will pull them or not. I have been so busy lately, but I would...

Update: I've got about 20 or so fry from them. They became free-swimming a week ago. I removed them (want to protect my investment incase they eat their fry and then "bite it") immediately and set them up in a 20g with the tank temp at 84F to help accelerate growth. I am feeding them BBS 2-3x a...

My Cockatoo Apistogramma have probably had at least 14 batches of fry in the past 11 months. Some I pull, some I don't. They don't need any encouragement.

The glimmer of hope, from that hot-mess of a situation. Today I found a single, 1/2 long Golden Ram Fry swimming around the aquarium. It somehow survived the poisoning (?), being moved to a new tank, Ich and then the ich medication that killed everything -> we have a survivor! I am moving it...

Not for growing our Ram Cichlids. It is too high for most fish, you are correct.

Yes, they have been through a lot. It's worth noting that the temp is not a factor in their stress. Stress can definitely kill and is, to my belief, the reason that they developed ich. As I am sure you know, ich is in all fishtanks but typically only appears when there is a stressful event...

I don't use sprays near my tanks.

A very sad update. The API Ich medication did nothing at all. I dosed appropriately and do not run carbon in the tanks - the ich only got worse, not better. (meds were not expired) Last night, I ran carbon in the tank for a few hours to pull out any residual medication w/ a water change. I...

I typically do a 30% water change. I disagree here. The research I've done argues, pretty clearly, that salt dehydrates parasites and bacteria on the fish. So it should, in effect, help kill the white spot that is currently on the fish, while the medication should be killing the white spot in...

Hey Colin. I was thinking that it was mucous, but it affected every fish on the tip of the fins and I was unsure how likely it is that all of them would have mucous in the same place. I have some insulation that I'm going to put on the backs and sides of the tanks; just haven't gotten around...

Nothing was added in the past year. There is a smidge of driftwood and a few cichlid caves.

Update: Well, all of the remaining fry are doing very well in the 30g. I lost a few within 2 hours adding them, but they were the ones that looked the worst. I'm still unsure why all of the affected fry had white/opaque coloring on the tips of their fins, but that is resolving currently. My...

Definitely large enough. It’s definitely up to the female so just make sure they have a couple small caves to choose from and let nature take it’s course.

@Lajos_Detari I appreciate your perspective. I would counter that 87 is not too high - I am connected to several highly experienced breeders who breed Rams (all 4 color varieties) and they raise the fry at 87 and a former Mod on this forum, "Tolak" used to breed high-end Angelfish by the 1000s...

It is a very stable 7.2. I have never noticed a fluctuation in pH, but I'm sure there is some variation. Every tanks pH naturally fluctuates minutely. I keep an eye on the TDS of my tanks as that indicates high kH and gH and my fish are sensitive to hard water (hence the RO filter). I keep...

87F is very warm, yes. This is the temperature commonly used by fish breeders to grow out many cichlids including Rams, Angelfish, Discus etc. Ram Cichlids live in an environment where the temp is commonly 82-85F so you can see that 87 is not much of a difference. When I had the cockatoos...

It's in our spare bedroom in the basement - it's just full of fishtanks and nothing else so I don't think that would be a culprit.

It's in my basement and gets minimal sunlight through an egress window. Basement is a constant 67 degrees. It is a very old, used tank. Possible that there is a contaminant but as you said, it should affect everything...

Yup! It's fairly new and the digital thermometer has it at 87, which is what I set it to.

Very nice! I have found Jewels to be excellent parents. My breeding pair turned ruby red when they bred - they were gorgeous! Keep the pics coming!

So, I'm starting to think that my fish tank is killing my fish (I know, sounds like I don't know anything and am the culprit) so I wanted to post this here and get input from others. About a year ago, I set up a 10g tank and after cycling it, placed a beautiful, healthy pair of cockatoo...

It's okay. Bristle nose normally don't even get this big (in my experience) so this is one huge fish!

She's in a 30g which should be suitable - this is her maximum size.

So I have 7 tanks running at the moment, bristlenose plecos in almost all tanks. A friend gave me two of his due to not having enough room. A small, albino male and then this HUGE female. I’m calling her “big momma”. She’s about 5 -5.5 inches long! Check her out!

In the Garden State.

Sad to see her go - but I myself have been on weeks, sometimes months, sometimes years hiatus. It has nothing to do with answering young/newbies questions (I myself am 28 and started participating on this forum when I was... 16?). It is entirely dictated by my life stage. Currently I have more...

They look a little young to sex confidently but my gut right now would say they are both female. What are your water parameters and temperature?

https://www.brown.edu/news/2017-07-31/guppies

Can you reference a study that shows this? I would be curious to read it.

Thought I'd show some pics of my 3 week old Golden Ram fry.

https://www.ifga.org/ They have a lot of resources. Also this website: http://www.showguppies.com/record-keeping.html

Got some Golden Ram fry and Cockatoo Apistogramma for sale. PM for pricing if serious. I am not shipping at the moment due to weather.

I've got the pH at 7.2 with a TDS of 60ppm so I should be good on that front. Got any recommendations for encouraging spawning? Regular Kribs would spawn out of water if they could. I will start feeding live daphnia and frozen foods next week. I also realized that I forgot to include my video...