Shannon

yep like pheonix said the bigger the cage the better. They are very social guys love company and attention. They are fairly easy to tame and train they love having a shower under your kitchen tap great little birds. Though I have found people feed them the wrong food they have a specific diet and can get a very upset stomach if not feed correctly. Theres usually plenty of lorries for sale on tm.

looks like a common bn to me, they do change colour a little.

yeah I would not be doing water changes on my tropical fish with cold water. What a way to shock a system coz I can tell you right now if my core body temp dropped by something like 6-10c I would be dead. Tropical fish need the warmth to survive and they are not like us that can make our own body warmth they rely on their surroundings and a drastic change like that is just insane for them especially captivity bred fish that havent grown up in the wild with flooding and monsoons etc.

see its not the cats livingart its the owners, if people de-sexed their damn cats the kitten population wouldnt be what it is, also keeping your cats inside from dusk til dawn helps stop the bird killing. There was a recent study on the effects cats have had on our birds and gecko's its findings where not expected. It seems that cats are actually not as bad as once thought as they are catching rats, mice and stoats. These animals will go into a birds nest and kill everything in it. They are far more ruthless killers. The cats are keeping their population down. Still cats are able to kill birds and will do people should be responsible cat owners.

*sigh* I dont understand some people.

I would wait until he stops looking so active as to me if they are behaving normally then they probably not in pain. Its not a catchy disease so no risk to anyone else. But as soon as hes not looking happy I would put him down.

YAY!!! Ive read all the threads and have had my fingers crossed for you guys. Im so pleased to hear its all worked out!

sounds like its now in your aquarium and I think all your fish will have it including the baby guppies. Sorry to say but I think your gonna have to cut your loses and start over again. Bummer. Yes the bn can get it.

yep the quick bash is the quickest way. Not nice to do the first time (and for me doesnt get easier) but its the kindest.

bugger, oh well not to much you can do about that. Sorry about your fish

dont squeeze him, I would personally separate him from the rest as he could have internal parasites that will definitely pollute the water and infect other fish. It could be a tumor but I cant tell from the pic, I would worm him personally. What is his feces look like, is he pooing? How quickly did this happen? what are all the other fish like? are they showing any signs of parasites? are they pooing? Is it a female? could it be egg bound?

what a fantastic looking tank you have!!! love the net idea too!!!

I dont think I would be using, I would use silicon for aquariums instead.

I think smidey is right, unless another demonsoni went a little cannibalistic and went on a killing spree. As they can be aggressive amongst themselves I dont imagine the yellows or peacock doing it (though its possible)

I take him out on day 3