Hi Friends,
I live in Vancouver, BC and I'm currently looking to devote a monster tank for either a pair of Caquetaia Umbrifera or Parachromis Dovii (whichever i can find available). I have a 220G that i intend to raise group of umbees or dovii in. My goal is to keep a pair so i will be...
if you're considering redoing the background, you might want to look at this guide
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?236032-Japes-guide-to-applying-vinyl-backgrounds
it's really well done to say the least
pleuro snakeheads are way more docile than giant SH and imo they're way nicer looking. I've seen a few monster communities with them.
if you're dying to keep SH with arows, the two best choices imo are channa marulodies and pleurophthalma
I have only owned wild caught silvers for fear of them getting DE and none of mine so far have gotten DE. seems like it's the captive breed arows that have this issue and the majority of captive silvers come from farms. So i would agree that it is inbreeding that is the primary factor for DE...