[Pleco Problem]

stomach looks fine (got a good look when he was upside down) used about 2L out of his tank, the rest from the tap.

just a note, i have never used any chemicals when adding water to my tanks, and have never had any losses. Gotta love that magic Wainui water

nothing new has been added to the tank in over 6 months. he lives with a black ghost knife (his best buddy) a clown knife, 3 convicts (which i'm trying to get rid of) and 2 buenos aires tetra.

[Pleco Problem]

i know this, but i have nothing else bigger than that available atm.

also just noticed, his eyes are looking sunken :-?

[Pleco Problem]

wandered past my tank this evening to find my 27cm Albino Pleco upside down. he was still breathing.

lifted tank lid and he stayed where he was. normally flees to other end of tank.

put net in tank, still did not move.

i ended up turning him over with the handle of the net. realised there was a problem as he never lets me get anywhere near him.

moved him into quarantine (28L tank is too small for him, but its temporary) with completely new water, air stone and small Elite filter. he is sitting on the bottom, has moved a couple of times, but only very slightly, and is occasionally rocking.

any ideas and is there anything else that i can do for him?

thanks

[hi me again lol got my test readings for my tanks help plz !]

if there is ammonia present, then the tank is cycling. this will turn into nitrItes which are more toxic than ammonia. after that they become nitrAtes, as the bacteria in your tank does its work.

i suggest small daily water changes until the ammonia and nitrItes have passed, and then weekly changes.

others may have a better idea on what will help

[Compatibility - Knifefish and Hatchet Fish?]

my BGK will eat anything that will fit in his enormous mouth! He is also best friends with my albino pleco, lol

[who's going to be broke this Xmas?]

because we sell toys, xmas is no trouble when it comes to the kids we just put some stock aside as they are not allowed to play with 'the stock' Have a few big K'Nex sets put aside

[November Aquarium World]

got mine today also. a little shocked to see myself in it :oops: :oops:

[BN wrigglers]

That's cuz they're mostly nocturnal

not in my tank! its only the adults the hide during the day. the babies are always out and about

[Guppies...silly question number 4:-)]

i am the only person that i know of that can officially say "I Ran Out Of Guppies!!!"

i looked in my tank one day and there were none left, lol. thanks to caesar, i am now starting to build up numbers again

[Jujus New Challenge]

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

priceless! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[BN wrigglers]

i have never moved my fry and get about 50 each time. quite often once the first lot are out and about, dad's back under the driftwood with another lot of eggs :roll: :lol:

the young ones end up all over the place and seem to be eating the algae of the stones, plants and glass.

also in their tank are guppies, swordtails and , over winter, WCMM.

[Do you do art? If so wanna share]

i couldn't paint, draw, build or sew to save myself!

though i could sing for my supper if need be

[hi my male is not making a bubble nest]

my male only built his nest as the pair were spawning, not before

[BN wrigglers]

also, be extra careful when doing a filter clean as the little sods like to hide in them. alway put it into a bucket before washing anything, and always check the water in the bucket before tipping it out

[My first...]

did a little weeding on the weekend and found the olive trees heavy with fruit and, the raspberries, strawberries, blueberries and apple tree are starting to fruit too

just waiting on the fejoas, citrus trees and grapevine to get big enough to produce as well

[BN wrigglers]

it has always taken mine about 5 days

congrats on the swarm

[Anyone know of a frog hunting spot?]

i don't know where to find them, but you can get whistling browns in wainui. my cat brought one home for me a few years ago, i saved it and put it in a tank. we had him for about a year before he died.

[WCMM ratio]

i have 35 WCMM living in a bath tub outside for summer. the only thing i do is the occasional water top up and drop in some flake once in a while. just realised today that there are no plants in there for them to spawn in, so will be getting some later this arvo.

last time i did this, i put 6 in and, come time to move them to there winter home, i pulled out 60.

also have my golden ones in a tank (full of daphnia) out on the front deck, so hopefully will get some good results.

[Fresh water mussels wanted]

How could they possibly survive the wanganui river unless it is somewhere WAY up river, lol

[Livebearer Show Photo's]

we had 3 tanks with fry in the end.

one of Billaneys Mollies, one of Kevins Swordtails and a Guppy (not sure who entered it)

[Bristlenose Catfish Eggs - What to do?]

no more than 1cm long. once they are eating normal foods, you should be able to let them loose in the tank with the parents (providing you have plants and hiding places so any other fish won't get at them)

[13 truly astonishing aquariums]

you wouldn't want to keep anything bigger that WCMM's in them.

love the labyrinth one. had the thought once of joining all the tanks up with clear tubing going around the walls and ceiling of the house

[Pond Bugs]

thanks people. time to go on a bug hunt and kill the little sods. that last thing i want is to lose my small supply of daphnia

[Pond Bugs]

i have a pond in the front yard which i have a supply of daphnia growing in. while cleaning out some slime yesterday i also found bloodworms, mossie larvae, a water boatman and damselfly larvae.

my question is, are boatmen and damselfly larvae any danger to small fish?

[mice]

if you do get a mouse or rat DO NOT feed them cheese or any type of meat.