CID in OZ

Sodium bicarbonate or baking soda raises ph Epsom salt will raise hardness Raise it slow and give the tank a 20% water change every 2nd day over a week to bring it back Use an alkaline substrate to buff the water to a workable 7.5-8.0ph Chris D

Try this site Aust. Catfish and Loach Forum http://ausfish.virtualave.net/ Friendly service to all posts :lol: Chris D 8)

Nice pics of the Surinamensis types Ira Pic posted on the 22nd June is Geophagus brachybranchus by the looks of it should develop a black throat and black cheek marks lavaphile delayed mooth brooder to 25cm Pic posted June is Geophagus altifrons ovaphile advanced mouthbreeder to 30 cm Great fish with lots of geovarients Check out South American Eartheaters book by Thomas Wiedner The best available book on Geophagines By the looks of your import list you can import pretty well any Geophagine (Geophagus, Satanoperca & Gymnogeophagus) *drools over keyboard* Chris D 8)

Hi All Unfortunately we are restricted in our import list also her in Oz but I like what your list will allow in cichlids and catfish But I think we have a more active black market in non allowable species that somehow just show up Chris D 8)

Hi Benny There is a good post on the Sydney Cichlid site with a link to pics regarding Cubans ATM http://www.sydneycichlid.com/ Lots of good people available there Chris D 8)

Thanks for the welcome As I said I keep things like Paratilapia polleni Satanoperca leucosticta (Jurapari) Geophagus steindachneri (Red Humps) Uaru Gymnogeophagus balzanii Altolamprologus calvus Altolamprologus compressiceps C.frontosa Burundi 6 bar and Kigoma 7 bar Cyprochromis leptosoma Malasa Aulonacara rostratum Aulonacara mamelela Aulonacara steveni Kande Is Fossorochromis rostratus Nimbochromis linni Steatocranus tinanti Thorichtys meeki (Firemouth) Syn multipunctatus Syn nigrita Ancistrus hoplogenys Ancistrus leucosticta Ancistrus sp Bristlenose Sturisoma aureum Andrew let us know when your coming over and we will try to help you [email protected] will get me Chris D

8) Hello all I felt I had to join in here after reading Bills comments on the VCS forum I have been keeping fish since I was a kid *the goldfish in the concrete laundry tub* it kept the tadpoles company that I brought home So 30 odd years later I keep mainly cichlids and catfish but Aust. natives pop up now and then Looking forward to some interesting posts :lol: Chris D 8)