Recent content by franckd

My breeding couple has literally killed every other Angels but one, in the tank.

From personal experience, neon tetras will be dead very, very soon in a non cycled tank. And as a personal opinion, I will never cycle a tank with fish inside.

Once a week. But... My LFS here never have much choice. Yesterday I went to one of them, and most of its tanks were empty...

Thank you so much. Levamisole is good to deworm fishes. I will always deworm new fishes. Always. My experience was too painful.

I will add that with Camallanus Cotti, when you see the worms popping out of the anus of the fish, it is almost too late: even if you treat with a good product, worms will die, but chances they won't be expelled from the fish. They will rote inside the fish and the fish will die rom...

Thanks. Remi was my favorite ram. I had him when he was so tiny... Anyway, I knew he died from Camallanus Cotti. The red worms were popping out from his anus... All the fishes (and more) in my picture died, and they were all contaminated by the worms. It broke my heart. I remove all the...

My friends don't get why I am all for natural. My fishes, my tanks, everything is about natural as much a possible : real plants, always, roots, driftwood, dead leaves, real sand or gravel... My only "sin" is that I own (and love) my electric blue acaras : they're man made. But to be 100%...

I agree when you say that breeders respond to a demand. But they can count me out : no way I will buy a short body/balloon fish... But I can see people here craving for the short body type. It pains me. One seller I know told me the same : he buys balloon fishes to breeders because people want...

Rémi, my beloved Bolivian ram (yes, I really cared for him) had white poop. He was doing fine, was active, was eating, ... Then months laters he died from Camallanus Cotti (internal parasite) and I had no treatment for that, as in the country where I live there's not much drugs for fishes. I...

Some "industrial" parts of this hobby are quite ugly. I know I should be open minded, but the other issue, imo, is breeders pushing the short body/balloon morph in some fishes. Not only I think it's not natural, but it's ugly imo. And worst: it's bad for the fishes themselves. Some have more...

Thanks you !! Your French is pretty fine! Just this part "un ca" that Ian not sure to understand in the context.

I am afraid it's the same thing almost everywhere : employees don't know that much about fishes. Here, I have only one real expert seller, who is genuinely passionated. (Thanks for the nice words!)

Thank you! It's really nice, and I am happy my English didn't give you a headache lol

First, sorry for my poor English. Let me share with you 2 true experiences I had with neon tetras. I know this will sound crazy, but I am genuinely sharing them, because maybe it will help in the future. I bought 100 neons tetras. Yes I know, It sounds insane, but I did. But when you have a...

Unfortunately, we always learn with mistakes, even when we do our best. 5 years in the hobby, I unfortunately learned a lot. But I never do the same mistake twice, and I always document as much as I can. So all I can say is that you obviously can feel sad when you think about the fishes you...