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Hello, my male Apisto agazizii was hiding so I pulled him out and found his vent looking like this. Anyone have any idea what’s going on? Up until today he has been out swimming and eating fine. Only other tank mates are 2 females and a group of choprae danios

Thanks for the advice. I’ll try it.

It’s hard to tell honestly. I think these groups, there are 3 of them have only recently gotten one round of expel p and one round or paracleanse. No prazi pro

Hey all, So for like the last year, I have tried 3 different Xiohpphorus species with 5 or 6 different varieties. Every single strain, the females slowly get skinnier, don’t drop fry, then they get clamped fins and die. I have treated with Expel P which seems to perk them up for a couple of weeks then they start going down again. I have used Paracleanse, Prazi Pro, and Ich-X at different times but my female Xiphophorus just don’t do well. The males seem to be fine. All of my Guppies, cichlids, and BN Plecos seem fine. Any idea? My water is Chicago tap. Hard water. I keep my parameters managed fine.

She isn’t anywhere close to ready to deliver. She will get much more plumb before them. You probably have a couple of weeks.

Anyone do this regularly? How do you do it. I don’t have the time to consistently feed live food right now but want to breed. Trying to spawn my Apistos, Enigmatichromis, Rosy Barbs but Not getting any spawns atm. I think they need a better more regular conditioning regimen.

I placed mine like 3 days before I got the text. Now I gotta wait

From what I understand care and breeding is about the same for all of them. Pick a paint job you like and go crazy

If it were me, I would be nothobronchius killifish. Super fun in a small space.

I love my blood parrot. His name is blimpy. He is a very active healthy fish. Personable, wiggly, and dopy looking. He has a huge personality. He has no issues eating whatever I put in the tank. He will eat blood worms, pellets, flakes. They would eat a baby platy if it fit in Their mouth which would be no issue for my adult blood parrot. Not sure on a juvenile.

I take as much time as possible. I keep multiple tanks, SO unless I need the tank urgently, I will have fish in their own tank for quite a while before mixing them in. If I’m in a hurry, I do 2-3 weeks with meds. Fish really need to be treated gently when they first come in to the system.

Python is still the best. I haven’t used the knock offs honestly, but the python hose quality and connections are awesome.

Ya it’s not really about space for me. I have space for fry. I am selectively breeding and need to cull fish with traits I do t want passed on. Some fish, like the guppies, I can sell at the LFS but some of the higher end fish, I don’t want to sell because I don’t want those genetics out there until I am satisfied with the fish I am working with. I have ways of controlling population, I more want a fish that will eat the subadults I let grow out to see the traits they are exhibiting and don’t make the cut.

I don’t own any Africans other than the Turkana Jewel Male. He is pretty tame since his mate died. They were little butts when they were in breeding form but he is real chill now. I was thinking of an Oscar. If I get the right one I think it would be amazing. But also, Oscars can go full murderfish on a tank if they want to do it will take me a bit more courage to pull that trigger. anyone have experience with Leaf fish? I could probabaly keep one of those in a 29gallon or 20 Long.

Nope. Their mouths aren’t big enough. They will pick off new bones but mostly just harass and torcher the guppies. I want something that’s going to gulp.

The tanks have Angels, Zebra loaches, sailfin pleco, hemichromis exsul, polar parrot cichlids, blood parrot, and a full sized red tail shark

I also can spare a 29 for a single fish but the 40 and 75 have other fish in them

There are plenty of fish that will eat small fish and leave there relatively robust tank mates that won’t fit in their mouth alone.

I would be concerned that a FH would go full murderfish on the fish I have in the tank already.

I’m doing a lot of breeding I want to be pretty selective about my broodstock and what Inlet out in the public. I was looking for ideas on a big mouthed fish that can fit in a 29 gallon and can eat full grown guppies or platies. I have other fish I am breeding as well but full grown guppies or platies is a good size gauge. I could also do this fish in a 40 breeder or 75 gallon, but they need to get along with other fish in that case.

My point was I. Order to do it correctly and so it will look good you will have to scrape off all the existing silicone and Reseal it. Seems like a lot of work for a brand new tank.

If you are debating sealing a brand new tank, take it back and ask for a refund. You should not have to reseal a brand new tank. Sealing the outside will do nothing for leak protection. You would need to scrape off all the old silicone and re-caulk to provide a seal that would do anything but look bad. Not worth it IMO

Hilarious. It’s funny because before I even read the post I was like “yes….she is pregnant” female guppies always be carrying if they are sexually mature. Honestly they have almost made me believe in immaculately conception fish style.

Reporting back here. I did salt and Ich-X for 4 treatments, and she started to improve a bit but really really slowly. I think it was honestly all the water changes that come with Ich-X treatment that helped her out here. I then switched tachtics and dosed the kanaplex. 4 days later she is doing amazing. The growths have almost all gone, the fins are still a little tattered but noticeably better, and she is swimming around better than I have seen her since I got her. I don’t think she is fully over it yet and I will need to eat her her carefully and maybe do another dose of kanaplex, but, she is feeling so much better that she dropped fry yesterday. They are soooo tiny. I have seen 2 at least so I’m hoping they are stout enough to endure the antibiotics. If not at least I know this pair will breed and mom is on the mend! Very happy with this.

You can also just keep doing what you are doing and use a water clarifier. I accidentally bought some instead of water conditioner and it works. It has the small particles clump together and often sink to the bottom where you can siphon them if desired.