In The Netherlands not many people know these products, either. That is: not many keepers of aquariumfish. But in "the world of" people keeping Koi (p...

In the forum section about P. ornaticauda, Martin wrote: Man muss berücksichtigen, dass Karen easy-life verwendet. Gemahlenes Zeolith, welches Stic...

Man muss berücksichtigen, dass Karen easy-life verwendet. [..] I've written a reply about easylife in the section Krankheiten und Fehler. About ...

It could be a parasite indeed. I remember that - years ago - I had a Pterophyllum scalare whith a white worm-like "thing" on its pectoral fin. I treat...

About 'ungeklärte Todesfälle' and about the death of so many P. tweediei males. The tweediei males, it may be possible that their deaths can be exp...

Photos of 2 Parosphromenus species, bred by Bernd Büssler : These fish (above) might be the real P. harveyi. The fish below resembles P. a...

That are a lot of eggs indeed! For P. quindecim not unusual I think, but compared to most other Paro species, it's a lot. Circa 20 Daphnia 2x per w...

[..] dass sich auch das Männchen um die Versorgung der Eier in der Höhle bemüht, wenn es wieder erwacht ist. Ich vermute, dass dies auch bei Karen so ...

Okay, I understand what you mean now. I've never seen this happening, but I'm not sure if it's 'abnormal'. It takes very close observation to be able ...

That is all fully normal and usual, except for this : >In den Pausen zwischen den Umschlingungen nehmen die Tiere diese Blasen auf.< , I'...

Eigentlich mache ich Wasserwechsel wenn ich das Gefühl habe, dass sich zu viel zersetzendes Material am Bodengrund bildet, und wenn die Scheiben anfa...

Finally, I have some P. ornaticauda young. They're already quite large, I think they're at least circa 6 weeks old. I have 3 (small) tanks with P. ...

I can offer the following Parosphromenus species currently: P. linkei P. filamentosus (juv.) P. paludicola (juv.) P. quindecim (1 male, several ...

Altes, vorzugsweise Regenwasser, wie es etwa Karen beschreibt, ist sicher ein Schlüssel. Ich selbst hatte sehr gute Erfolge bei Betta persephone mit 3...

I also say it's almost certainly a female. Karen