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I have not kept them but have seen them in action. They suck a lot of sand and blow a lot out the mouth and gills so I would think very fine sand of anny colour would be best. They will bury most of the shells.

It is not always possible to predict which plants will grow well under which type of light. Trial and error works well.

They have transfered a gene from a jellyfish and the colour shows up best under black light. Not my cup of tea but obviously there is a market for them.

I understand that there are still plenty of the GM ones about. Maf only destroyed the ones they new about.

The picture is of the GM ones

There were some red ones imported a while ago but were destroyed by Maf when discovered along with any other danios. They are genetically modified and therefore unwanted organisms.

I don't have either now but I grew them both emersed a while ago and the colour and form were quite different. Both need pretty good light and all the dramas I would suspect.

There are at least two types of L. glandulosa about I think. Not sure of the names though. The colours are similar to Alternanthera--one is red and the other more purple. I suspect the purple one is the one in the pic.

Always better to get a feed than give a feed.

Broms2 kindly took me there and it was a real eye opener for me and I learned heaps. Many thanks to all.

HTH, sodium hypochlorite is the base of most bleaches and releases 80% of its weight in chlorine. I think Janola is 4.2% HTH so is about 3.4% chlorine. You also need to allow for the chlorine demand because it is free available chlorine at 2ppm that you want. In other words, the more organics in the water, the more you will need to add. The only way to get it right realy is to get a chlorine testing kit (from swimming pool suppliers)

Well worth a visit if you are in to reptiles

Spring water can be hard (if coming through rock with a lot of calcium), Acid (if coming through peat or an old swamp area). It is as variable as any other water so a test should tell you what you are dealing with. Fruit salad down this way has a bit of rusty coloured content due to iron, grey from greywake and white from quartze but you may have white from carbonate. A test will show you what you are dealing with. The carbonate (if present) will not be very soluble unless the water from the spring is acid (which can be caused by dissolved CO2). Test--don't guess and good luck. Sounds like a good project.

Cardinals are not one of the easier tetras to breed so I would think most would be imported.

Very good pics

Everyone to their own. I have never artificially cycled a tank yet and have never had a problem.

Following a complaint to the SPCA they have a policy that they must be in a suitable plastic container which is best to be more rigid than an icecream container to avoid being crushed. If you tell the airline they may want to charge you heaps but if you don't tell them security don't usually worry.

I would have thought that you would get a lot more nitrate than required when you are only after ammonia. Why not just try patience and add your fish slowly--it allows the whole tank to create a proper balance.

The lep looks as though it might have spent too much time a the Wellington sevens.

Some pics of Hemianthus emersed Hemianthus micranthemoides Hemianthus umbrosum

Use fine sewing machine oil on the cutter wheel. I have built a 4 foot tank into 6 compartments from 10mm which is overkill because the divisions give a lot of support. It is not hard if you think about what you are doing. Draw the locating lines on the outside of the bottom and back and place a fine bead of glue on the inside of each line and away you go. Forget all this stuff about how much glue you need. You only need a thin bead to glue glass to glass and another very thin bead to form the finishing bead on each compartment. Too much glue looks ugly and does nothing to improve the tank. A thin layer of glue will also dry a lot quicker. Use Sellys acid cure that is labelled aquarium safe as it is safe and cheap. If making heaps of tanks and buying by the carton another brand might be better but one cartridge of Sellys will be way more than you need. Leave the nozel as fine as you can, it is a bit harder to squeeze out but worth the effort.

Petworld and Prowd Paws at Northlands are the reptile people if that is your thing.

Great pics but which hydrocotyle

Looks like mouth fungus which is actually a bacteria. Look up columnaris, mouth fungus or saddleback.

The answer to the question on how long they live with dropsy is about 3 seconds. I think it is cruel to keep a fish alive in that state when the chance of a cure is zero