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  1. alanmin4304
    No one else seems to do it but I used to always spawn Nothos on sand then seive the sand out and store on peat. This way you know exactly how many eggs you have and therefore what your hatch rate is.
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    How nice.
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    Even permitted critters often have a minimum legal size.
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    South Bay is Kaikoura and Half Moon Bay is Stuart Island is it not? I got mine from South Bay.
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    I had 25 varieties of marine fish plus a few different anemones as well as some baby flounder found while catching tubifex worms. The commercial fish have a minimum size but many others don't. We got ours from mainly rock pools in Kaikoura because they are more used to being warmed up.
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    Don't know if you still can but you could by tabs from the Council for deworming your dog and they contain what you are after. They were used to treat for sheep measles.
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    I had them in a shed in Christchurch. Winter would probably be OK, but the nor-westers are the killer in summer.
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    When I was keeping cold water marines I made up a 12volt sump pump on a float with a short hose to get water from below the surface and pump it to 200 litre drums on a trailer. Ran it off the car battery. I am sure the salties would have developed even better ideas.
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    I find them very good. I set them up in 2 litre icecream containers with the sides roughened with sandpaper and keep them at different stages so there is always some available. Not as good as brine shrimp for food value but good as a backup and variation in food. I have four going at present.
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    Ronnie-- which is the barthi and how big do they grow? I bought a couple that had been grown emersed and I am getting them back to submersed and the new leaves seem massive.
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    Don't shake the bottle as the residue is even more toxic to fish.
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    Formalin is also used for viral diseases and flukes but it can be hard on fish. I got mine from the vet. It was super expensive from the chemist.
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    Looks great, I suppose you found the plants in an old tank out in the back yard.
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    The formula I have calls for 12mls of 35% formalin/100 litres and instructs to remove the fish. 6mls will kill hydra but not planaria and 12 may kill your fish.
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    Most plants you buy have been grown emersed and so that part of the plant remains pretty dormant. You should find that the new growth is not as susceptable to algae.
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    I am not suggesting your plants have anything to do with it other than they may die from large doses of copper sulphate along with your fish and that it will not kill planaria but formalin will but it might kill plants and or fish as well, and it will kill planaria. Planaria multiply quickly in tanks with excess food through overfeeding.
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    A massive dose of copper sulphate (like 10x normal) didn't kill planaria in my tank but fomaldehyde did. Took out all the plants and fish and wanted to clean up the media.
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    I would think the parents have black,gold and blusher (stripeless) genes. If you breed the stripeless (lighter coloured golds) you should get some whites.
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    Lookout for a kiwifruit
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    30 years ago when I was supplying plants to most of the pet shops in town the plants were all submersed. Someone realized they would grow quicker and cheaper emersed so they virtually all became emersed. I was talking to a friend the other day who supplies a lot of shops and the prices they get from the shops are the same or less than what I was getting 30 years ago. Like many things in life you gets what you pays for.
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    Thanks for the kind words. It has now come to the "geez it gets cold" time of year down here and I spent the last couple of days moving what I can fit (and what the boss will let me) from the unheated tiny wee glass house inside and rigging up lights in the hope of saving some plants to start again with in the spring. In tha next few weeks plants will likely get more scarce and will become more difficult to convert from cold emersed to warm submersed conditions.
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    The problem is that it usually has been grown emersed then spent some time submersed so it is betwix & between. If it has only been from cuttings and not submersed you can increase your chances by putting them into a glass of water in the sun until they grow roots then submerse them and they rot less often. Strong light helps also. Or you can buy them as submersed when available
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    If you are refering to the Alexandrine, it has been like that since it hatched, it was deformed.
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    Difformis means two forms. Many moons ago we all went to the pet shop and bought water wisteria and now we buy H. difformis---same thing. It is difficult to convert to submersed growth and often rots at the base of the stem.
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    That must be why they started dyeing fish
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