Search results

I see. It's unfortunate. Thank you so much for all your help!

By the way, genetically speaking, do you happen to know if there is any info on whether hifin in lyretail swords is the same gene as in cauliflower (non-lyretail) ones? What should one expect to happen genetically if such lyretail female (image attached) is bred to a cauliflower male? Thanks so...

Thank you so much, this info is very helpful! Is there a visual way to know if fish is ocular albino or ocular lutino?

Thank you! I don't breed for profit, but love to see fry in my tank, and I usually rehome, for free the unwanted ones to local hobbyists while keeping the best looking ones for myself (I only have one display tank). That is why health is a priority for me. For some reason, my gut feeling is that...

Do you happen to know any breeder of those in the U.S.? Particularly interested in normal-eye ones as my five lyretail sword ladies are all red-eyed, and there is very limited info on whether red-eye to red-eye might result in poor eyesight or blindness (logically, it might, right)?

Thank you!

Thank you! I guess, unless I win a lottery, Dan's prices are a bit out of my range. Plus, not looking for to tuxedo at all (to the point, wouldn't take one in for free... nothing wrong with them, just a personal preference). As for the other one, expensive + the fin looks too large for...

I am in Arizona. Looking for hifin (or cauliflower, but not large enough to affect effortless swimming ability) swordtails (would be happy with hifin juveniles). Only interested in bright red or ruby red color, with no white or black marking anywhere (sword included). My preference is...

Sadly, the unwell oto passed.

Thank you! I do have Fritz Expel-P on hand, but decided to start with PraziPro as it doesn't look like wasting disease visually and whichever parasite might be responsible (if any) is a gamble. So, I started with that. Fingers crossed it works, and things turn around. Very happy to hear that LED...

Thank you so much!

Is it ok to have the lights on while treating with Hirari PraziPro (praziquantel)? I am quarantining (new fish QT) four otocinclus, and preventatively treating them with PraziPro (three of them look good, but one does look skinny with sucked in belly, so fingers crossed that this helps). I would...

Thank you so much, Gary! The above mentioned seller said that he'd consider doing 2-day shipping in mid-May (since until then he said the temp is still too cold in NY), but would NOT guarantee the fish (which of course is a deal breaker for such expensive fish). But now, reading what you said, I...

Thank you so much, Gary! A truly valuable perspective! I do like the fact that the seller actually demands to pick up the fish from UPS location. Even when I order plants to be shipped, I always ask to put "Hold for pick up" note on my package as without it my local USPS office refuses to hold...

Thank you so so much! If it's ok, I would like to share something. I've been "drooling" over these hifin ruby red swords (that do look FANTASTIC!) for a while, but they are in NY and I am in AZ, and the seller is very inflexible and wants $85 for overnight shipping for 6 juveniles (so, I guess...

Thank you so much! I did temp acclimate for ~20 min by floating the bags as they were cold to touch, but the bags were not opened until the very moment of fish transfer (d/t CO2-pH-ammonia). It's good to know that it is not necessary. Is it a myth than that fish can go into shock and die if the...

I thought I'd update everyone. The "girls" are long done with QT and are doing well. Thank you everyone for your help!

Light experts, please advise: I have a 40 gallon breeder tank (36"x18", photos attached) that I recently started injecting with CO2 (only ~1.5 drops per second, not enough to turn the checker properly green, but I am OK with that). My question is about the following: Since I now have to dose...

Good point, Ichthys! Thank you so much!

GaryE and Ichthys, do you guys happen to know if there is such a thing as fish probiotics (good gut bacteria) to add to food (to restore their GI after the antibiotics that they received)?

Thank you, GaryE! So sorry some fish was lost! Although getting plants shipped to me was not a new experience to me, it was my very first time (and I've been in the hobby--on and off and in two different countries, first Russia then the U.S. since 1992) having fish shipped to me. I was worried...

Thank you, Ichthys! I was NOT sure whether it was a fin rot. So, I posted in a couple of fish groups with videos. I really REALLY was hoping to avoid antibiotics. I truly hate antibiotics for all species: be it humans, dogs or fish, and am the last person to take them lightly. Plus, I work in...

Thank you so much, GaryE! It am EXTREMELY relieved to hear that hexamita is not an issue with fish imported from Asia! And would be very happy not to treat with metro, as I do not take antibiotics lightly at all (particularly since new research links metronidazole to malignancies). I did sadly...

On a separate note, is it true that most Asian imports harbor heximata protists and must be treated w/ Metro x3 weeks? Someone mentioned this in a fish group, and it stuck in my mind. Now I am worried whether I should preventatively medicate the two with either Seachem Focus + Seachem MetroPlex...

Thank you so much! My display tanks are VERY heavily planted--I jokingly call myself plantoholic anonymous. However, every single time I use any plants--even something as simple as water lettuce or hornwort in QT tank, I come to regret it. Currently, the water in QT tanks has aquarium salt (1...

I recently placed two orders (on eBay) for lyretail swordtail females: 4 females from a breeder in TX and two females from a physical small fish store in CA (with good yelp reviews) that imports these swordtails from Asia. Both shipments arrived on the same day (1/4/24). As they are from...

Please HELP! Need advice about potential fin rot ASAP. I opened a new post about here it https://www.fishforums.net/threads/fin-rot-or-bite-new-fish-quarantine.491601/#post-4307403

Ichthys, thank you! When you say bactericide, do you mean something like increasing the salinity of the water or doing potassium permanganate baths?

PLEASE ADVISE: New fish quarantine, the fish arrived via mail (2-day shipping) on 1/4/2024. Fin rot or bite? Should I be starting KanaPlex (or perhaps, KanaPlex and MetroPlex together, since they are said to work well together synergistically, thus becoming a more broad spectrum antibiotic)? Or...

Update on my red-eyed lyretail swordtail "girls". Day 2 of quarantine. Arrived yesterday (1/4/2024) via mail from two different eBay sellers. Thus far, everyone is alive and well, eating bloodworms with great appetite. Dosed PraziPro last night, and the water has a standard (1 tbsp per 5 gal)...

Thank you so much, Colin and TwoTankAmin! Yes, I will not drip acclimate; will just float the closed bags for about 30 min and then transfer into the QT tank d/t CO2-pH-ammonia in the shipping bags. I am still grappling with a question on whether I should add aquarium salt (the standard 1 tbsp...

One last question, if I may: What should I expect as far as the shape that shipped fish usually arrive in? Will they likely look very stressed out with clamped fins and everything? Or do they normally look pretty ok? Thanks so much again!

Thank you, Gary! I was just thinking that a standard 1 tbsp per 5 gal is likely to be beneficial (at least, usually) to livebearers. Or is it not the case? Thanks again!