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Good luck with them

Poste haste will take fish but not reptiles

They will also do that when they have become overcrowded or the media is getting contaminated with too much waste, in which case it is time to start another culture.

Grindals are easy. The hard thing around here is stopping the whiteworms from cooking in the summer---cooked mine this year and no fish so haven't restarted them. Blackworms are easier than both.

Dandelions may not lok as romantic as some other plants but they are good food for beardies. Many plants are toxic to beardies or at least will limit the absorbtion of calcium because of the other things present. Have a look at the beatiful dragons site---there are a lot of vegetables listed and colour coded for suitability. Just because your beardie loves to eat them or you like the look of them does not mean that they are good for it.

They need to be kept cool. Heat is not good for them as is too much moisture. Grindals love both.

If I was in your situation I would take the whole tank apart, clean the galss and reglue it completely. RTV has a limited life and if it is leaking it is likely that the glue has deteriorated and may not be holding the tank together as it should. A properly made tank should not leak even without the fillet on the inside.

NZKA is trying hard to self destruct and there will be no records of who is breeding what so you will be just as lucky with pot luck on here. Paul jones on trademe has a good selection of killies

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Copied from a previous post & edited: When you add chlorine to water you get hypochlorous acid which reacts with nitrogen compounds like ammonia,urea and the amines (in all proteins) and forms monochloramine. When you add more chlorine you get dichloramine and even more you get trichloramine. All these (and other reactions) form part of the "chlorine demand" in the water. You cannot get free available chlorine until this "chlorine demand" is satisfied. Therefore when the reaction is pushed towards trichloramine there will be virtually no monochloramine present. In some states in the US they treat the water with monochloramine (made by reacting chlorine with ammonia) because chlorine will react with other impurities in the water and form some compounds that are not so nice (such as acetone) where as monochloramine will not. Monochloramine is not as effective in treating water as chlorine which is used in NZ but is still a strong oxidising agent. When people complain that the chlorine in a swimming pool is too strong and it is burning their eyes the problem usually is that the free available chlorine has been used up by contaminants in the water (such as urea) and this has pushed the chloramines back towards the monochloramine and this is what is burning their eyes. The problem is fixed by adding more chlorine. When you allow water to stand or aerate it to get rid of the chlorine the chloramines all move back to monochloramine and this will react with your fish the same as an under chlorinated swimming pool will with your eyes. Chlorine and all chloramines can be converted to more harmless chemicals with the addition of sodium thiosulphate which is the active ingredient you are buying from the petshop with dechlorinating products. Drinking water will contain various impurites that add to the chlorine demand and will form chloramines and other compounds. Ammonia is a bi product of the reaction when adding thiosulphate to chlorinated water. Chlorine only is used to sanitize water supplies in NZ and when you add chlorine you will always get chloramines unless you use distilled water. _________________ Alan NZKA 56

Many moons ago when I had one and the pet shops sold live tubifex I fed that and they did very well. The truth is they were actually lumbriculis (blackworms) and we used to get our own out of the river. Now many people are culturing them and I would suggest you do the same. whiteworms on occasion also.

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Nice depth of yellow. From a female breeding first time---might have to keep them all.

Greywacke river sand for adults and astroturf for young.

Welcome back

Yes,the middle one has now shed and is looking better.

Got it this time I hope. The two on the left are the twins and the other is a sibling hatched the same day.

I have taken a pic and loaded it to photobucket but with their new improvements I am unable to put it on here.

I use ceramic heaters and UV lights.

Looking good.

Fecundity is such a nice word. Will have to see what they develop in to.

Replace the front of the tank is the only real answer I think.

They were both OK, just a little smaller than usual. I will try to get a pic of the three to compare size (once they get a few days older).