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I have a friend who is a professional photographer and specializes in raising and photographing tropical fish. You never see a poor photograph of one of his fish. However, to get that one outstanding photograph he might take 50 photo. So the secret to great photos is taking numerous photos (great equipment and lighting also helps).
Looking at the fin I would be more apt to believe it to be fin damage at an early age rather than a mutation. I would attempt to breed the male and see if it is truly a mutation … or not. The worst that could happen might be that you have to destroy some fish or insure that they no longer reproduce. Both males have beautiful coloring.
Helene — I will checkout the camera, you may be right. However, it may be the operator 😉 Ted I think she is using a Canon
Helene — some great shots with your new camera. I take it your water does not have peat in it as your water does not appear to be brown. My water is so dark the photos are very difficult to see the colors.
The American Labyrinth Fish Association (ALFA) pre-ordered a significant number of this booklet for our North American hobbyists. We still have a few copies of this fantastic and informative booklet on the “Paro” species that have not been spoken for. If you live in North America and wish to purchase a copy please send me a private mail from the button on the left side of the page and I will provide you ordering information.
Ok – I started this nonsense. Let me see if I can end this discussion and have everybody happy 🙂
The device shown below is described as a Turbo-Torch / Flashlight….Ryan —
I have been watching the trade here in the U.S. for almost 2 years now and I have not seen any of the quindecim offered here in North America.Dr Charlie Drewes at the University of Iowa is a noted authority on blackworms. He has instructions on his website on maintaining and breeding the worms. Here is the link http://www.eeob.iastate.edu/faculty/DrewesC/htdocs/LVCULT.htm . None of our LFS sell live food, but our local fish club purchases a monthly supply of the California Blackworm. Individuals can purchase the worms in pound or half pound bags at the meeting each month. I know of few people who bother to raise then when they are available on a regular basis. If you care for them and change water each day and keep them refrigerated thay will last at least a month without going bad. Momma doesn’t not permit live creatures in HER refrigerator so one must keep a small cooler unit in the fishroom. Refrigeration is a must for maintaining these live foods in my very warm part of the U.S.
This whole topic can get very contentious or confusing very quickly. First of all you limit your discussions here to FW. SW adds a whole different set of parameters I have always been told that working in FW a conductivity meter is the way to go. In converting TDS readings to conductivity some sources suggest multiplying the TDS reading by .63. Other sources suggest using a factor of .50. I have always used the .50 factor and have not had any issues (the calculation can also be done in your head).
Stefanie — some nice photos particularly the last one. A bit of clarification if you would … you state bambus cane in your comments,is that the same as bamboo cane? Perhaps this is just a translation issue? I have not seen comments about using bambus previously on the forum. We have considerable amounts of bamboo that grow locally.
The latin name for Black worms or California Black Worms as we sometimes refer to them is Lumbriculus variegatus. This species of worm live in shallow water marshes, ponds, and swamps, feeding on microorganisms and organic material. They live throughout North America and Europe from what I understood. We bring them in from California in large quantity and sell them by the pound or half pound to club members. I was told very early on that I could not feed them to the Parosphromenus species so I have never considered attempting to do so.
I was with the owner of the shop in Portland Oregon last weekend and he confirmed he had Parosphromenus opallios in his tanks as well as several other species of Paros. He also confirmed they were coming from Patrick in Singapore.
let me make sure I understand what you are saying … Do you purchase empty tea bags or do you remove the tea and replace it with peat? I don’t believe I have ever seen empty tea bags for sale over here.
Water coming out of my R/O unit reads about 18 uS for connectivity. I mix in dechlorinated tap water to raise the reading to about 35 uS. All my test tanks are 6 gal and I have set up one tank with a box filter filled with Coco peat and I add three medium sized almond leave to the floor of the tank. I am currently deciding if I will add sand or a fine gravel to the floor of the tanks. I have found 2″ clay flower pots which I have cut in half to make caves to place on the floor of the tank. I am currently searching for several plasic film canisters from serveral of my camera friend which will act as floating caves. I will use live plants mainly Java Moss and Java fern. There will be a large fish auction locally in a month or so and I will attempt to acquire several Crypts to include in the tanks. Most of this is all trial and error at this point. I really would like to find something to place the peat in rather it being loose in the box filter – it tends to get messy as the peat comes out of the filter box.
