Recent content by Steves57

Quality and availability of fish has definitely gone down. Plants really difficult. The Asian fish farms mustn't be able to cope with demand.

Brexit must be the stupidest act of self harm a government has ever inflicted on its people. Hopefully we will one day return as the prodical son and be welcomed back into our European family where we belong. Friendship should not know boundaries.

Where are you located?

Mexicana is the parental species for the cave mollies and sulpuriana for open water species that live in streams with high sulphur dioxide content. Always on look out for livebearers if you are in UK and have for Salle/exchange.

Yes, although not blind they use lateral line sensors to find food and mates, also have adaptions to acidic waters in their bone structures and very high tolerances for high sulphur dioxide and low oxygen.

When I drove, pre shrimp days, I used to go to many lfs bit don't anymore. There was a fish farm fairly close that always had fish at the best prices locally but I think it closed just as shrimp were coming onto the market so at that time expensive. So not really in position to comment more...

Poecilia mexicana for the cave mollies which survive acidic waters and high levels of sulphur dioxide in the 2 caves they exist in but a normal form exists just outside the caves in normal atmosphere. Then although not a cave Molly there is Poecilia sulpuriana which I'd also be interested in...

Yes there is that and always the risk that buying distantly you will be disappointed with what you receive but lfs were charging £1.50 for babies that stand a good chance of being eaten and you don't know how well they will colour up. Maidenhead are charging £3.50 for little better. On eBay...

The ancestral davidii is clear or brownish and only rarely shows any other colour - it has taken lots of line breeding to get to the bright red cherry shrimp and davidii in yellows and blues. If you have any other colour of shrimp in with your cherries you are likely to get throwbacks. If you...

Maidenhead aquatics are expensive and small - twice or 3x what you'd pay on eBay.

Temperature way too high I would have thought even for your plec. Get below 72 if possible.

In my well planted temperate tank swordtails do not bother adult cherry, tiger or Amani shrimp. In my well planted temperate tank swordtails do not bother adult cherry, tiger or amano shrimp. Can't say that I see young shrimp or berried females but they are probably there and surviving. Water...

Has anyone ever had and maintained cave mollies?

Thanks I'd be really grateful - I doubt I've got anything of interest to send you in exchange. I should have soon fry of a good orange hi fin maculata, I have youngsters from a good orange lyretail helleri, I may have some montezumae but no collection details when they arrived ( given after...

I'm I'm in Manchester (UK) and would be interested to obtain fry or young from these if you ever have spares.