Hi Bennie, I've bred P. sumatranus in a group succesfully. Probably the amount of young that survives (is not eaten) is lower compared to 1 pair only...

Very beautiful fish and photo, Anke! Karen

Hi Helene, I can not be sure, but I think these animals have a worm infection. A beginning infection can be treated with herbs, garlic/knoblauch es...

Hi Helene, You bought them as P. filamentosus, but they are certainly not P. filamentosus... I think Peter is right, they are a P. bintan-type, may...

Lieber Peter and dear others, Zeolith is only one of the many ingredients of EasyLife. The manufacturer of EasyLife doesn't want to make public wha...

Wer Jungfische möchte, sollte die Oodinium-Prophyllaxe nicht vergessen. Ich kann das nur ans Herz legen. Nachzulesen im Makropoden oder verkürzt auch ...

Und von den Wasserzusatzmitteln, die für das Normalaquarium in Übermengen angeboten werden, kann ich fürs Parobecken ebenfalls nur abraten. I have ...

Just when you think you found a clue, maybe not so... Two months ago I cleaned my 2 P. ornaticauda tanks (see my post dated May 9). Some of the P. or...

Hi Anke, Personally, I would choose options that do not stress the fish any more than necessary. I think this eye infection (it could be bacteria...

Thank you for this interesting link Thomas! I will read it thoroughly and then reply to the subject of 'Huminstoffe' later. I like to let you know ...

Well done Helene! I hope the juveniles will not be eaten and will grow up in good health. But if not, don't despare. As Peter already wrote, once you...

Martin, I do agree that quantity ("Menge") is an essential factor. Also, I agree that most likely, Parosphromenus can get this disease as a ...

I've been wondering... could the disease(s) as described by Martin on Feb. 22 also have to do with feeding yeast (Hefe) to the daphnia/moina, that we ...

They used one 'Höhle' only, as far as I've seen. Most of the time, both parents and their fry were in the film canister together, sometimes one of t...

I've had a P. sumatranus pair that cared for their brood together. See my message dd April 9, 2006 : http://www.igl-home.de/forum/phpBB...