Recent content by Nigalius

I am happy to say that my Geo wrigglers have now become free swimming. Yesterday morning I looked into the tank and saw a few free swimming fish but not many at all and I feared the worst that many had been eaten. Several times during the morning I looked but could never see too many fry so I...

Hi... Here are 2 new photos. The first is the male and the second is the male and female... Hope you like them. Sorry that the female is a bit out of focus in the second photo, I had my DOF too short and I was focusing on the male fish. Cheers Nigel <:{{{><

I have been keeping a close eye on the eggs of my Geo's so you can imagine my sadness when I looked and found many of the eggs missing. I thought, here we go, they have been eaten and I will end up with no fry at all. But upon closer inspection I saw the female gently taking the eggs off the...

Hi, I have been noticing over the last couple of days some hectic shifting of substrate in my Brasiliensis tank and I now have found out why, they have spawned. I just happened to look in the tank and there were the eggs with 'mum' looking after them. I am sure it happened late this afternoon so...

Hi... Can anyone tell me if Tropheus are known Jumpers. I have put a luminaire on my Trroph tank and that tank has a high collar at the top so the water level is some 3 inches from the very top of the tank. I have not heard of Trophs jumping but does anyone know if they do? Cheers Nigel <:{{{><

Hi Youngfisher... That pic is too blurry to get any kind of id. The chances are that it is a cichlid, I would say 75%. What kind of camera did you use to take the pic? I just looked at the EXIF and see that you used your phone, an Erricsson 880i. They are not bad little cameras on those phones...

Hi, Re my spawn of the Tropheus Duboisi, I have now posted this photo as I think it is the fish that spawned. Can anyone tell if it is a holding fish. I am not sure because it is one of the bigger fish and I would have thought the bigger ones were the males and I presume males don't hold? Also...

Hi, I am after some info if anyone can help. I was lucky enough to see a pair of my Duboisi spawn. I had just come into the room and noticed what was happening. I dont know how long it had been going on for but I stood there for a good 10 minutes before they stopped. I also saw a good few eggs...

Hi... I am gonna take that advice and change the feeding habits from twice a day to once a day. I will also buy another 2 clown loach, making a total of 3 and of course I will be continuing with the manual method. As of now, the total removed comes to 511, I wont be beaten. I am also going to...

Well. the count is now 382 I will have another go later on. Crazychris, you are still winning though, :lol: I would say that in all, my count has taken 90 mins of my time. If I get many more I could make myself a small stew... :lol: I will definitely go to the lfs though for a couple of...

Hi... Yea Shelagh, (not putting 'fishface' after your name), :) but I bet your in Ireland, lol... I used my hands to get them out but you could always use some flat tweezers if you don't wanna touch them. Tenohfive, There were only about 10 on the glass, all the rest were on the rocks. I...

Hi...One of the bugs of keeping fish is the infestation of snails. I have tried many treatments with only very limited success. I have been working away for quite a while and only got back pretty recently and noticed that the snails in my tropheus tank were beginning to take over. I looked at my...

Hi Hensonc... I just noticed you are in Scotland, what part are you in? I often stay with friends in Aberdeen and was there about 4 weeks ago. But this time I went to Fort William first. Its a great place to take photos. Of course, I had to go up Ben Nevis, but that cable car... ooohhhhh man, I...

Hi, glad you like the pics, I like to take them and share when I get some that are not too bad. Yes, Hensonc, I think the latter is closer to the mark. I do have a reasonable camera, with a lens that cost almost as much as the camera itself and an external flash unit. My Camera is a Cannon...

Glad you like the photos, Yes Saz326, It was a bad case of whitespot but was easy to treat, I picked the pieces off, they were like flakes... :lol: :lol: :lol: Cheers Nigel <:{{{><