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I bought mine on ebay arrived next day with zero casualties I will try and find the link for you here you go:   http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130979574754?var=430189076467&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

I think I added a pinch of bicarb of soda too to buffer the ph and stop it crashing   @frothhelmet - do you use any aeration or heating on the bottles or just place them on the window sill? I'd be up for giving this a go - anything to minimise the mad scientist mess of tubes and bubbling vats of...

Thanks - yes really pleased waited a long time for triple reds to become available in my area :)

Don't want a filter as it will suck up the daphnia. Just a bare tank - about 80 degrees and set the airline so its producing only a couple of bubbles per second just to break the surface. To feed you just dissovle a pinch of yeast in water and mix into the tank just to turn the water slightly...

Daphnia are easy I use a 10 gallon tank all you need is a heater for the winter months and an airline giving a slow bubble to keep surface slightly agitated. You can feed on yeast / paprika mix - really easy

Thanks for all the info - I did as heavy a tank clean as I could with fry present and removed 99% of the hydra I'm not going to dose any meds with the fry I'm going to wait until this batch has grown out and then nuke the tank. Speaking to another apisto breeder I gather that when feeding almost...

A few photos of my first batch of Apistogramma Cacatuoides fry :)  

A few pics of my new arrivals      

Can anyone please shed some light on what these white creatures / things are growing on the glass and substrate of my grow out tank? I've seen them before when I was growing out Corydoras fry and I assume they are caused by overfeeding of a small 10 gallon tank? Any help appreciated - many thanks.