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got photo's but having trouble with image shack-will try again in morning

just got in from work and spent half an hour waiting to get a good look at her eye-to me it seems that theres a wound just behind the eye causing swelling(?) or damage to the eye itself. there's nothing sharp in the tank (that I can think of), so I'll guess theres been un usually high level of aggro. tanks reasonably well planted but could use more cover,plenty of caves and drift wood in tank there is: pair of golden dwarf cichlids(female has the bad eye) pair of panduro(probably caused it) 2 BN's 10 neons and 6 golden pencil's any suggestions for possible treatment? she's eating normally but is otherwise pretty listless and hiding in the plants at the back. will try get and post a photo

hard to tell if it is cloudy as cant get a close enough look ... fish is very stressed at the moment tho ...

thanks for your advice ... will have to name it wink now!!!

i think (sid is the expert) its a golden cichlid ... sorry cant do a photo not than techanalogical ... sorry I am not much help ... sid is at work and asked if I could find out anything ...

Hi there, Michelle (Sid's wife here). Our golden female appears to have something wrong with her eye ... its has swollen up really badly and sticks out from the side of her face. We are not sure if she has been beaten up or is sick ... any advice would be appreciated.

just got in from work and checked- the eggs are gone , I'm thinking thet somthing (mum?) ate them. hope the spawn and I have better luck soon

Hi all, I'm looking to add some floating plants to my tank in order to make things more comfortable for fish in the upper levels of my tank-I'm planning to get Hatchet fish and possibly Keyhole Chichlids at some point. Can any one give me some pointers as I've no idea what would be suitable or whats available cheers sid

thanks -I'll be getting some then

how do people rate micro worm for fry and fish? http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Pe ... 652838.htm

thanks -I'll do as you suggest-have to find some filter sponge or the like to put over the filter intake would cut up tights be fine enough?

Hi all After looking in the local shops and asking about I finally managed to pick up a young male Panduro to go with my female last weekend at Jensons(Glenfield) after visiting the inlaws. He went strait into the tank as I don't have a quarantine tank at the mo(will be set up this week) and was completely ignored by the female and actually seemed to spend most of his time with my pair of Golden dwarf's(Nannacara anomala) over the last couple of days I've noticed that a couple of my Neon's have had their tails chewed although I'd seen no aggro (will fins/tails grow back ok? -fish seem to swim ok ) well I've just discovered why...... the two Panduro are chasing everything away from one of the flower pot caves at the front of the tank-I can just get a look in using a torch and theres about 12+ red eggs in there with the female keeping a constant watch and the male patroling outside what now ---I cant remove the flower pot to another tank without half stripping the tank assuming the fry hatch what would be the best way to remove them? should i remove them at all?(theres plenty of cover in the tank) sorry for blathering -this is the first time i've had fish breed (guppies dont count) and I'm pretty exited :bounce:

cheers -thought they may -wasn't sure though. best try to keep to other types then

hi all I've a female panduro(unfortunatly lost the other when moving tank -Any one seen or have males?)I'm planning to put other dwarf Cichlids in as well-is there a risk of cross breeding between types of apisto's? I've seen lots on here about Africans and some other types cross breeding but verry little about SA Dwarfs particually Apisto's . Any advice would be great . Cheers

thanks guys- just checked the tanks nitrates(10 ppm now) amonia(0) and ph may transfer some fish over tonight

Hi again folks. just wondering what's concidered an aceptable nitrate level my tank (set up 3 weeks ago)has a resonable number of plants (which I want to grow) and I'll be transfering My fish (panduro ,pencils and bn's)when the filters cycled theres 10 neons in there at the moment and I'm only feeding very small amounts once per day during cycling Nitrates are reading very high(to my mind) 20 ppm before todays 40-50% water change Alge's growing like mad on my driftwood and my plants especially the ambula are growing like mad. What should I be aiming for to get a good balance for plants and fish

http://www.aquariumlife.net/heatcalc.asp use this link -if i got my convertion 's (volume+temp) 2x300w should be more than enough. Cant coment on reena heaters-heard of them but thats it

in the end i bought 1kilo of bio ring - figured this was the best course rather than use somthing i'm not sure about. thanks for the help though -much apreciated

saw some in Jansons Botany a month or two back-couple of different vaiations too if I'm remembering right

not realy sure where to post this- I'm getting ready to set up my new tank (270 liter sun sun ) I've got everything ready to go (bar new plants) I scavenged some drift wood from the river and have had it soaking for the last week and a half after pressure washing it -should i treat it in any way to kill off any nasty's-its too big to boil(about 60+ cm long) -it's lost most of it's buoyancy,but not all -any ideas how i could hurry the process up tanks in advance Sid

not realy sure where to post this- so i've posted in diy too I'm getting ready to set up my new tank (270 liter sun sun ) I've got everything ready to go (bar new plants) I scavenged some drift wood from the river and have had it soaking for the last week and a half after pressure washing it -should i treat it in any way to kill off any nasty's-its too big to boil(about 60+ cm long) -it's lost most of it's buoyancy,but not all -any ideas how i could hurry the process up tanks in advance Sid

all nz plugs(moulded) fitted on mine-no adapters needed

just bought a 270 liter sunsun tank off trade me light/filter assembly's plastic not ally-so no corrosion problems which people have commented on I'm impressed-quality isn't the best but for the money I'd say it's a good deal

hi all, just got my new tank but havent got enough filter media(bio ring/noodles) what free or cheap materials do people out there use?(just spent all my money on the tank :-? ) I was thinking of possibly using broken up brick or pieces of teracotta flower pot-would there be any problems with this after giving it a good clean(boiling) cheers

have been calling round electricians as i need an other plug socket fitting- Ive just had an over the phone quote of $550+, I'm almost tempted to do it myself