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IF you check the for sale area of this forum you will see that @cinnebuns is selling some home raised panda.

Pseudohemiodon aff. apithanos

Couple of new pictures: And the transition of my 10: (old picture) to: (today): I did not run out and buy pearl weed - the tank has had pearl weed in it for 3 years BUT my last mystery snail died (or last one in that aquarium) and the pearl weed took off like a weed and in doing so it drowned out the hornworth (which is sitll in the tank). Sooner or later i'll fish out a mystery snail and add it to the aquarium and well we shall see what happens then !

That is also a possibility that they choose to let another company rebrand it. There is another company with a new line of canister filter can't remember the name but was looking at them last week - oh yea hygger has a whole set of new canister filters. Question is are the hygger the same as jbl ?

Normal for the species; melon swords grow taller.

Could also be Corydoras haraldschultzi; i'm not sure of the actual detail to distinguish between them as it sometime comes down to number of spines et all. Also different regions might have different patterns. Having said that the lower body does appear to be closer to elegans. It is not unusual if they are wild caught to be misidentified or labelled.

It is a fair question but usually it is a corporate decision not a technical decision. It isn't free to sell a product in another country so the company has to make decision between cost of expansion vs profits. It can also be they are testing the waters as one say. I presume it is a new product so perhaps they want to see market reaction. There have been companies that refuse to expand to certain regions due to cost and others that remove their product from certain region (eheim left usa approx 6 years ago) because they find it is not cost effective. Remember that certain region also has regulations around certain products or class of products that might induce additional design or process expense so it is not simple as finding dealers in a region even if you choose to let the dealer handle warranty support and restrict contact to email. Also markets are different - for example perhaps fluval is sufficiently inexpensive in usa they can't price their products to be competitive. Not stating this is the case just giving an example.

I can't comment on jbl products but if you really want one you can get one even in usa.

I've used zoo med filter - i think the 30 (they have two models); they are fairly inexpensive and it seem to work well the past 4 years. It also has a nice quick release for easy cleaning. Yea i just checked (amazon has great purchase history); it was the 30.

One nice smaller central american fish is the rainbow cichild; another very attractive fish is the elliot. There are a lot of nice fishes in central america (not all cichild); they just don't get any press. I'd start by testing the hardness of your tap water and then pick what is appropriate; it is a pia to constantly change tap water chemistry though people do it all the time. Also you might have some personal interest so you might have a natural love for a specific type or species of fish. Also just be aware that from time to time aquariums to spring a leak so try to put your new aquarium in a location where a leak won't cause $20,000 of damage.

You said it is not going well but it looks pretty decent to may novice eye.

Breeder box is small; did you feed them food they would eat (live bbs is best bet); did you remove all uneaten food so that no ammonia would build up from decaying food - anyway i'm not sure how large this breeder box is and what you did but i can say that frys are very delicate and sensitive to water quality et all. When it comes to breeding borelli coconut huts sometime works but sometime the female prefer other areas. Anyway she should breed again and you will have another try. Good luck.

Just because she is yellow doesn't mean she has frys; if you want to breed borelli i'd recommend a 20 long with just the borelli and maybe a few dithers like pencil fishes or ember tetra. Frozen baby daphnia might be small enough as various small dry food; the issue is the first couple of weeks the frys will respond better to moving food hence live food tends to work better.

coconut shell has no value here; small piece of driftwood or cholla; floating plants (hornworth, pearlweed, frogbit, ...). For the first week or so the best option for the frys are live baby brine shrimp - the movement helps trigger 'eat me' reflex. After that fine food but use that turkey-blaster to suck out uneaten food. Putting them with the mom is fine but she is probably scared out of her wits so she has told the frys to hide.

i never mentioned cichild (though most fishes in lake mawai are such); i only mentioned areas where fishes that like hardwater frequently originate.