alanmin4304

That is why it is called reverse osmosis.

The weather is getting cooler. Are you sure they are not starting to brumate?

Convicts might be easier but you can sell 1000 neons but not convicts. 1000 neons @ $1 each is still $1000. I used to breed 50000 fish a year and most were sold to wholesalers at less than a dollar each.

If you want to breed them I promise you they will not eat them if you remove them and raise them in another tank.

Handy if you can keep that 180 degree swivel head under control and away from that delicate flesh between the thumb and forefinger. Index under the beak helps.

Not your problem---it is ours.

Don't forget that the glosso is right at the bottom of the tank where there is the least amount of light.

It grows emersed realy easily like a pot plant but you would not want all that potting mix in your tank. Most plants need very good light to convert from emersed to submersed

I also think they are unrelated to the deaths but are mites or thrips.

I know of people that have bred them with neons. They don't cross but the neons breeding encourage the cardinals. Another way is to use a little acriflavine (too much causes temporary sterility) rather than meth blue and pretreat the water with peat rather than put peat in the tank then spawn them over a net as they have non adhesive eggs. Neon eggs are not light sensitive but the fry are. Cardinal eggs and fry are sensitive to light. Another myth is that cardinals produce only a few eggs---in fact they produce a lot and frequently if breeding is managed properly. You will never get rich breeding fish but you will always sell neons and cardinals (bearing in mind that neons have been on trademe for $1.50). I know people down here who have bred thousands of both in ordinary Christchurch tap water pretreated with peat. The water here is about 45ppm hardness expressed as calcium carbonate. If you make the water too acid you can cause diseases in the fish. The main thing is to start breeding them young and continue to condition and breed them. Most people think you want large mature fish full of roe---not so. You can spawn neons every 4 days and a little longer for cardinals.

What are the signs that you see?

You would be lucky to get a heap of plants that were all happy in an aquarium because thay all will prefer slightly different conditions. High light and soft acidic water. You will have high light and acid water from the CO2. What is your water hardness like?

How do you intend to breed your Cardinals?

Thanks, I have not kept that.

Snail rid is copper sulphate and the snails are generally more sensitive to copper than the fish. However, some fish are sensitive to copper also.

Curious. What is the green plant in the foreground? Looks like it is converting from emersed.

It is not realy a true aquatic so will be struggling.

Builders use mm and dressmakers use cm. Go Bob the builder.

Great stuff.

You need to be careful with the foods you give and there is a list of foods and their contents with the bearded dragon caresheat. The fat soluble vitamins (A, D, E & K) are not excreted as readily as the water soluble ones so can cause poisoning if fed in excess. Carrot is high in A & E. Also foods high in oxalates block calcium absorption as does excessive feeding of phoshates and this can lead to MDD. Good luck, you have gone to a lot of trouble and I am sure it will pay off.

My unerstanding is that Air NZ don't like the idea but security are OK with it particularly if you can open the box and show them the contents. I have never risked it with fish, frogs or lizards so don't realy know.

Don't forget the fry will grow and if you overcrowd them too much you will lose the lot.

The best excuse ever to get another tank.

Also known as willow leaf I think. Temple plant is stricta

Sold as Hygrophila angustifolia which I think is actually salicifolia. More common than stricta because it is easier to grow emersed (doesn't go so rank and flower as prolifically).