Re: fish deaths

["Chris Jewell" <chris@jewell68.freeserve.co.uk>]

Come to mention it, I have been tryiong to hunt down some local cichlids
people and society's. I've been living away for a few years, and when I
return all my local societies have gone pop! I cant get any high qulaity
dwarfs from stores in my local area ( atleast you have the likes of BAS),
and I always have an eye for the unusual.

You wouldnt know where I could get microworm and white worm starter cultures
from my nay chance would you Pete? I've drawn a complete blank from stores,
people and even out the back of a magazines?

Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: Liptrot, Pete <pete.liptrot@bolton.gov.uk>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 3:26 PM
Subject: RE: fish deaths


> >I'm in Northeren England ( Teesside Area).
>
> Ah good, another  Northerner (but from the Eastern side). That means you
> will instantly be a highly skilled and thoughtful aquarist....
> You do have some very knowledgable dwarf cihlid enthusiasts in your area,
if
> you are not yet a member of your local society it could be a really
> worthwhile move.
>
> >At the moment, I'm not sure these deaths were related to >internal worms
>
> I agree, having read all your post (I picked up your query from someone
> else's reply).
> I'd check that your Nitrate test isn't out of date, as they can become
> highly inaccurate over a pretty short period of time.
> If the fish were larger I'd think that maybe you'd been sold old fish that
> were at the end of their lives, but that doesn't fit with the details of
the
> fish you give.
> Do you feed live tubifex? Depending on source this can carry all sorts of
> evil plagues that 'do in' Apistos.
> It is puzzling, you definitely seem to know what you are doing and I'd be
> happy to put most Apistos apart from the real blackwater obligates into
your
> tanks.
> There are a couple of other minor things, if they are ingesting relatively
> big chunks of cooked chicken they may be unable to digest this which could
> give them big problems, make sure that any frozen foods you buy have never
> been defrosted while in transit (most important, particularly with
bloodworm
> and artemia), and bear in mind that, depending on species, Rainbows and
> Apistos generally require different conditions, so if you are compromising
> to accomodate both it could be better to decide on one or the other.
Bigger
> Melanotaenia will probably be too boisterous for Apistos anyway.
> As has been mentioned, the Bolivian Rams and Kribs in particular should be
> thriving in your tanks.
> Bear with it, everyone I think sometimes has these frustrating episodes
that
> are difficult to pin down.
> Pete.
>
>
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