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The reason it is that price is that there is very little about.

The "cuba" came from Singapore and the others are on that site that if mentioned brings about excommunication, from time to time. I am hoping to have some less common Echinodorus sp on that (whisper) site over the next few months. E.G uruguayensis, red special, red rubin, ozelot, leopard, cordifolius, marble queen, barthii, martii, etc. And with any luck horizontalis maybe next year. Some of these plants may be available from me and Amazonian by puting a bid on the tank for auction.

Source of Income---thats what I need.

I used to breed nothos on sand in water with a bit of peat from boiling in a bag, or a tea bag, or straight from the tap. Do what works for you ---we need more eggs.

I paid $50 for an Echinodorus uruguayensis when in Auckland and then bought a couple more from the same person for $18 each a few weeks later. About the same for Bolbitis heudelotti. Plantman paid a lot more for Ludwigia inclinata var. verticilatta "cuba"

A vet that is into fish---you could have lots of friends.

Powerglow and growlux are lights designed for plant growth and have high red, blue and UV output.

Eichornia crassipes can be worth up to $200,000. The upside is that you may get free board and lodging for a while as well.

I found they got too wet in plastic containers so I keep them in wooden boxes lined with plastic to keep the media (spent potting mix) off the wood. If you use a bit of glass it helps retain the moisture but it also brings the worms to the surface so you can scoop up pure worms. I keep them in different places because they sometimes get suicidal during our hot norwesters.

I use luncheon. You only want to feed enough for them to eat in 2 days then feed again when all gone. If it goes mouldy they don't eat it anyway so they are not multiplying. Now the weather is cooler my colonies (2 large and 3 small are starting to multiply well and I have figured out that by washing them in water the large ones go o the bottom first and you can tip the small ones off the top and feed them to babies. A lot less hassle that trying to keep grindals going.

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I haven't discussed it but if it was me I would be seperating the sexes to take pressure of if I knew they were hard to keep alive. He said he just lost one every few days for no obvious reason until they all carked. It would cost a packet to get them tested and they don't always get it right. When I imported goldfish they told me that some very healthy fish had Tb and wouldn't believe the ones that were dying actually had it. Someone stuffed the labels I think.

I discussed velvet with him and he was aware of it and their sensitivity to chelated copper, copper and malachite. He said he would treat with acraflavine but was sure that velvet was not the problem. Acraflavine can cause temporary sterility. I am not sure what the problem is. I think it may depend on where they originate from because I think part of the problem with imported guppies is that they are kept in ponds close to the sea where there is sea water ingress and we put them into fresh water. The temperatures in Asia are often a bit much for killies I think and that was why I was hoping to get some in from Germany. Might have to give that idea a bit of a push. Importing is getting harder and I think the number of importers is going to decrease rapidly.

She is probably confused with polyurathane where they often dilute the first few coats. I have a cabinet made from mdf where I sealed the inside joints with marine epoxy and got it sprayed inside and out with two pot car paint and it has been OK. I like the finish oils give but they don't last under those conditions.

I do a bit of wood turning and an oil finish looks great as it will bring out the colours in the wood but it will not be resistant enough to withstand the moisture round an aquarium. You will need to put a good finish to stand up. I have not used marine varnish but it should waterproof it well or there would be a lot of sinking boats out there.

The two importers I have been speaking to including "my people" have brought in nothos before and always lost them so were not keen. If you can get them to then good luck. As you say there are some good ones about.

Don't know exactly---label reads Erythromycin E.S. TA 400mg (PAC). Quite what that is doctorspeak for I am not sure.

I used to breed coriies in a bare tank. Condition them well until the female is bulging with roe. Do a cold water change to drop the temperature and they will generally spawn next morning, then you remove the parents. I used them as cleaners instead of snails to have in a tank with other non bottom feeding fry. They do well on the food the others don't get to.

I have used it at 400mg/100litres without troubles but alsO at that conc and lost fish (suspect it killed off the filter). I have a bit at present and am trying SAT. I have not had a problem at the regime I suggested but prefer not to use antibiotics. Will report on if SAT works.

I am pretty sure I had cynolobias about 30 years ago. Not much colour but fancy fins as I recall. One of the problems with fish like this is that no one wants to buy them so people lose interest in breeding them. Having said that, does anyone have walkeri? --they are a nice looking fish I had then also.

I kept trout for a couple of years in a gold fish pond and they hardly grew at all. Went fom about 15mm to 50mm. Got them back to the Waimakariri before the Maf boys came to inspect the place for importing (gave away the white clouds in the other pond as well). They do well in the trout farm by the Waimakariri because the river is running through the bottom of the pond.

All you need is a vacuum bagger.

I had that floating algae in one of my tanks a few months back but it seems to have gone away. I dosed it with the normal rate of Flourish Excel for a couple of weeks.

I use JBL. Put it under the sand.

Most aquarium plants will grow in sand but you will need to add micronutrient for them to feed on.