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Asian markets. Don't buy your food at the regular grocery store. There is a local chain near me in NJ called "H Mart." Case in point: I do a lot of offshore fishing. We use large whole squid for swordfish bait. In the bait store, they sell for $12 a piece. In the market I found the same squid...

Ahh man. I am sorry to hear about losing #5. I am glad to see the other 4 are doing well. My pair is producing every week now. I am waiting to move into my new home to actively raise another brood. When I do, you can have as many as you want. At the very least I insist you take one to replace...

This is the only time I've used it myself. It works as advertised for that purpose. However, like you found out, it collects quite a bit of excrement.

Thanks guys. I am going to take a trip to Petco today and see if they have the sale or anticipate it coming up.

I feel somewhat stupid posting this thread but.... I just recently found out I'm approved to close on my first home. One of the tanks I will need to move from my apartment is my 55 gallon All Glass with built in overflow. It houses my RH Tapajos breeding pair. Anyway, the tank is 15 years old...

What are you thinking about ordering? I can tell you their piranha, cichlid, and oddball stock is very solid. Their facilities are very nice. I've personally seen them packing fish up one time while there and they definitely do a good job (so it seemed).

I've purchased fish from them in-store. They have really good quality fish. I have a 3 year old ruby red sanchezi piranha from them thats done fantastic.

My only advice is they grow EXTREMELY fast. That 30 gallon tank won't last long.

Nothing. I've had 2 e-cats in my lifetime. I had one housed with 2 cichlids. It's been so long (I was probably 13 at the time) that I can't remember which ones. However, I remember they were constantly in fear of their lives. They would literally huddle in the farthest top corner of the tank...

I do a 25% water change nightly.

They seem to have picked up in rate of growth. All is well for now.

I'd say it's a really good chance but don't want to jinx myself lol. I have about 25 or so and they're eating like little pigs. Like I said, this would be my first batch. I would love to see them off to good homes once large enough.

I'll be following this. My all time favorite catfish. I would love to do as you are and breed the whiptail variety one day.

I've kept banjos for years although at the moment i don't have any. They will typically go unnoticed. Do you have sand for a substrate?

I have one or at least that's what it was listed as. I didn't think they were that rare. I got mine from Aquascape in NJ.

I am not far from you at all. Should these babies get to a decent size, I would consider parting with some for you. Won't be for a couple months though as they need to grow quite a bit. Don't want to jinx myself. That's one of the parents in my profile/avatar. I also just saw it seems like...

So *knock wood* I've only lost two fry since moving them to their nursery tank. I've been feeding them 2-3x a day on baby brine shrimp, cracking off small pieces of algae wafers for them to graze, and some daphnia. My question pertains to growth rates. They are still really small. Still under...

I have a breeding pair of RH's in a 55. They just produced another batch for me. This will HOPEFULLY be my first successful rearing. There are absolutely no problems maintaining them in a 55 as long as you: 1) Have sand substrate 2) Good filtration 3) Are not overcrowded I started with 5 to...

Awesome. Thanks for the input. I was thinking variety as well. The grazing is what I really would like to see. It seems like the BBS make their way into the sponge filter pretty quickly.

I have finally been able to get a batch of RH Tapajos fry out of my main tank. I have them setup in a 10 gallon tank with a sponge filter seeded with bacteria from the main tank. I have about 20-25 of them. They are now about 2-2.5 weeks old. They seem to be picking around the tank all day...