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About 100-125 each in 3 125g tanks. About 60-75 each in 2 75g tanks About 30-40 each in 2 40g tanks All together between 480-500+ gallons each week, all waste watering Gardens.

I change 90-100% weekly, unless I am traveling. Would not have it any other way, and fish growing, thriving and breeding are my rewards.

No, that is not juvenile color. Flagtail prochis ((Semaprochilodus) do not loose color with age. The second picture is not a Semaprochilodus, but another Curimatid (close relative), sush as Prochilodus or Curimata.

If you post pictures of the specimen(s) you refer to, we can suggest what species they may be, and you can refer to them in more precise terms. Although there are about 15 spp of Metynnis, many fewer are in the hobby and we can narrow it down upon seeing decent photos. Cheers!

We have been over this before…. No such thing as “common silver dollars” to refer to a single species of fish. At least 3 different species of Metynnis silver dollars are commonly in the hobby (excluding tigers which are fasciatus, and spotted which are most often either lippincotianus or...

A great loss indeed. Of course there is also Melanotaenia bleheri and a few others.

Some stores and breeding facilities in acuaculture settings maintain batts where they keep nets and other tools that go from one tank then another. I don’t know how effective the practice is, but it is intended to minimize cross contamination.

Thanks!!’ Not familiar with it. I will check it out.

Gorgeous. Do you know where in Colombia is that river? Is it in western Colombia? (Cauca or Magdalena Basins?)

Schomburgki are not Metynnis, but Myleus/Myloplus. Further, they are now 3 species, including M. aulon, M. saulon, and M. Schomburgki. In aquarium parlance this translates into wide bar red hooks, wide bar blue hooks, and thin bars. This is since the diversity of the “Schomburgki” barred...

You asked …. This is a small portion of the collection.

There are several species of “spotted” silver dollars (4-5) in the genus Metynnis (a genus comprising circa 14 species). The only two of those that are common in the hobby are maculatus and lippincotianus, with lippincotianus being far more common, at least in the USA, and in recent years...

I collect historic bricks (bricks with brand names or other writings on them) and have a sizable collection.

Very sorry to hear. I am glad that it was not worse, also it sound very serious. Speedy recovery and certainly it will be good to carry the spray. Are the dogs owners aware of what took place?

In a tank that has been running unchanged for about 6 years, featuring originally 10 Colombian tetras, 4 clown loaches, and 4 Corys (leopardus), some reproduction has occurred. The adult Colombian tetras are older adults, close to the end of their lives, and there are only 5 left, but since the...