Recent content by Alejandro

It's not right to call it not right because it is right at least for some frogs. Those acts are beneficial to some participants. Having multiple males releasing in the water means some eggs will have different fathers a potential benefit to the female, and the second male who would have no...

All this talk of traveling for fish reminded me long ago I drove 2500km each way into arid Australia to collect triops eggs. Alejandro knows where I keep the samples and has asked me many times to hatch some. Today we got one box out and set it up to see if they will still hatch - the date of...

It's quite common for two or more males to mate with one female frog.... another way they are the opposite of humans.

Alejandro's favourites are polypterus, butterfly fish, knife fish, lungfish, arowana, all weird shaped catfish, eels and other oddballs. The more unusual and primitive the better as long as it doesn't look like a "normal" fish and isn't colourful.

The best laid plans .......ah I agree with all above. But you try getting Alejadro out of a store once he finds a fish he wants. That said he is very picky and won't get anything that's not healthy and active - and we only go to the best stores and even then he's often telling the staff things...

If we ask human questions of animals it makes little sense. What is sleep? Do you need to have your eyes closed? Do you need to dream? Clearly fish don't sleep by our definition any more than they do math by our definition - but in reality they do both. They do both however without even knowing...

If it helps convince the Mrs, you can dig a hole and lower it into the ground then bury it - just have a small door and stairs like a bunker. It will also save costs because the ground adds insulation. They also stack like lego - so once you have one you can easily get a second without taking...

You dont need to sell it but you could buy one - from us. Here's one we made for someone else. The duct tape holds foam and cardboard wedged into gaps to stop glass sliding against metal and also absorbs some vibration - yes holds the tank together if a panel breaks - but we only ever lost one...

Not fish exactly but plenty of tanks full of water, rocks and plants - it's easy you just use a crane to lift the shipping container all the tanks are in onto a truck drive to the new location and get a crane to unload it. ...oh remember to bolt the shelving through the walls and duct tape glass...

Alejandro is feeding crickets (special treat) to his temperate reef tank. Also gave them to his mudskippers, axolotl, scorpions, lizards and frogs - but they usually get them.

My suggestions to solve jlaquatics concerns were effectively self policing without software changes. So they might also evade the issues mimo91088 raised. All that would be needed is another line or two in the rules - depending on which ones you want to do. E.g. "entries open until 15th of...

Alejandro is doing his water tests today

If the persons responsible wanted to or thought it would be helpful they could implement rules like no voting until a set date eg 15th of month on an honor system - since votes are visible people would be reminded by others if they vote early. This would solve the early pic wins problem listed...

Alejandro won't name any fish he just uses the names they came with - like "sea sweep" , "stargaazer" , "cowfish" etc... He's planning to make an exception when he discovers a new fish species - then he'll give it a name. He always talks about names and how he would look at all the parts and...

Ok that's great if they are behaving well. Maybe you will never know why you had the problem - if it doesn't return it's not really an issue that you didn't find the cause. Good luck - glad they are calling and appear well.