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I have done this with a few tanks and have removable dividers for 2-3 tanks that I take in and out, I use the same theory, glass cut smaller with hose around the edges.. To keep the glass up I use extra spare suction cups on either side at the top and some rocks at the bottom, most of them have a gap at the bottom for water flow with gravel over it. It can be hard to get the divisions to stand up and I haven't found a very easy way to do it.. It is never very good for very young fry as they get through any hole, I have sealed dividers into one tank and cut off the corners putting flyscreen on either side to allow water flow but not let fish through. I still have to grow up the fry until they're big enough they don't get sucked through in guppy traps first though.. Filtration/heating is easy if you get an external filer or powerhead and use it to suck water out one end division and pump it back in the other end, the water has to flow through and get heated/filtered.. Good luck it is very handy when it works, just be very careful when doing water changes and cleaning because disasters are very easy to happen.. Oh also make the dividers high enough that a bigger fish doesn't jump them and eat the little ones

I have no idea on the dat's, but have had this problem before with fish.. I have had a few tanks when I can stick the most confident fish in it and they will hide and not do well. I think it has to do with the location of the tank rather than water quality or anything else.. Have you moved the tank? Is it somewhere were people walk past often (my worst tank was right by the fishroom door and the fish got a fright everytime the door opened). Is the tank in some sort of sunlight that sometimes seems to freak them out as well.. Is it just the 2 fish in there? Maybe they're being skittish and need some dithers (probably hard with dats I know) alot of big fish need them..

They can be kept together I see it all the time, most petshops will have their africans in with convicts or something like that.. Your tank is probably big enough and the africans fast enough to keep out of the way. Quite a few people pick up aficans and add them to their mixed tanks and most of them setup a dedicated african tank and seperate out the others, the fish seem to do better and are happier..

Personally I wouldn't move her, if she is just chilling out in the tank then leave her alone, if she's getting beaten up or a hard time then take her out. Only move her to strip her or to place her in the tank she is going to spit in moving her too often is alot of stress and might cause her to spit early. All you need to do is to remove her or strip her babies into something that has no holes in it. You can make something small as an ice cream container, bucket, vege bin etc etc etc to stick the babies in in your tank until you can setup your other tank.. Just remember to cover it (have it floating upto the glass tank lids) and do water changes on it to keep the water sweet.

They would probably prefer a higher ph but if they're happy then don't mess with it, it will probably be more hassle than its worth and you might end up with fluctuations which will be worse.. They should all live happily and breed at 7.2.. She should hold for 3weeks+ if you dont strip her, guppy trap or anything floating in the tank is not a good idea. If that comp see's them he will try anything to eat them including sucking them through holes or netting or jumping in... Probably best if you want to keep any to put her in her own tank to spit or strip her after 2 and a half weeks if any get spat into your tank they will likely get eaten by the fryeri or comp..

Agree'd with Ianab.. Just choose one group of anything (unless you plan to add more than like 10 of each) they are all small and wont create much mess. You have a big tank with a filter that has already had some sort of cycle (although most of its bacteria will have died off if it had no fish in there to produce waste to feed it) so you probably wont detect any ammonia.. Feed lightly and watch your readings just in case but I don't think you will have any problems with it. Obviously leave things for a few weeks and build up slowly keep up with water changes etc and it will be sweet.

Your tank might have some problems down the line.. If 2 of your 3 angels turn out to be a pair then the 3rd angel and all other fish will get a hard time and your tank is relatively small for a pair of angels and other fish.. Also I believe that red tailed sharks can get bigish and quite aggressive.. Rams should be ok with your mix the only problem they might cause is they might scrap with the angels but you should be ok with this..

You probably wont even need a male most females will have already been kept with one and already be pregnant Good luck, lots of plants if you want to keep them with the mother..

Good work on the yellow's I remember what you've got now.. lol Sorry been a bit out of touch lately.. Your peacocks are all random females, but the males should be trying to spawn with them, are the fryeri (known for being troublesome during spawning) or the eye biter more dominant than the peacock males? Maybe the cobalts need to mature a bit more? I have found the females had to be a good 5cm's plus for them to start breeding and holding successfully..

Pretty sure as long as they are a compatible pair they will be ok in a smaller tank.. I don't know if they're on the list or not I think David R has checked? http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/a_calvus.php Alto comp's are around I know of a few people who have pairs, haven't heard of any babies floating around, but it is only a matter of time.. They will still probably be quite expensive as they are very very slow growing/maturing.. http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/a ... siceps.php

Actually that is most likely the cause

It shouldn't be doing that, the flow should be constant.. About the only thing I can think of is somehow some media in the wrong place restricting flow? Try take it apart again and make sure its all together correctly..

A few questions first.. What fish do you have? How old are they? How many fish do you have in the tank? How big is the tank? Do you have males and females in there?

lol Fair enough then.. In a year or so you will have thousands of them

Pretty sure this site (or if you give one of the phone numbers a call and ask them) should help.. http://www.insolvency.govt.nz/

That is part of the parcel of driving you have to follow at a distance that it is safe for you to stop in.. If your driving a big heavy 4x4 you need to know its a big heavy 4x4 and adjust your following distance so you can safely stop, you also have to add extra to take into account your reaction time etc..

Im sure you can work out a way, is there anyway the seller will ship them? lol Don't you already have a heap of these anyway from the babies out of wetpets tank?

Glad to hear all is now well with the discus I think the unwritten sort of rule that is thrown around is 40L per adult discus, obviously if they're smaller you can get away with more but you will have to do more water changes to keep waste down. Also you would have to upgrade to a tank larger than 200L once they grow up a bit or thin out numbers, I think 8-9 would be too many for a 200L tank once they start getting bigger..

Glad to hear all is now well with the discus I think the unwritten sort of rule that is thrown around is 40L per adult discus, obviously if they're smaller you can get away with more but you will have to do more water changes to keep waste down. Also you would have to upgrade to a tank larger than 200L once they grow up a bit or thin out numbers, I think 8-9 would be too many for a 200L tank once they start getting bigger..

They should be ok with the lionheads.. I can stick them in at around 3-4cm's long into my tank with fully grown lionheads kadango's and stuff like that. The lionheads might initially chase them around a bit but the gba's are good at hiding so can hide and the lionheads shouldn't be able to fit them in their mouth's so should give up on it.. If your worried about it then just wait until they've grown a bit with the cories and try them again, maybe introduce them at night so they can settle and find hiding places. I wouldn't stick them with the angels until they are big enough not to fit in the angels mouths angels are great at eating things...

Whats your budget and what is the stocking level like? I have an FX5 on an extremely overcrowded 5ft tank and only clean it every 2-3months it is awesome and I would recommend it to anyone, but they're not that cheap. 2 filters is good, have one as a redundancy in case the other falls over, can also alternate cleans etc.. You could get 2 jebo 819's or cf1200's quite cheaply that would do the job and they're good filters. It really depends on your budget and what you like there are plenty of ways to do it and you can spend $300 to over $1000 on a top of the line eheim.. IMO a UV probably isn't needed, if your having huge problems with algae or disease they can be good to be used occasionally to help clear it up. But finding the cause of disease/algae works better in the long run. Generally in a well setup and balanced tank you will have no need for UV.

Try and have a bit of a read of other threads before posting, I found this just below your thread you started.. http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/what-f ... 21609.html Hope its of some help sounds like it might be..

If an african cichlid (esp something like a demasoni) is hanging around the top of the tank it is usually a sign of them having the crap beaten out of them.. For some reason they hang up the top of the tank rather than going to the bottom and hiding in all the lovely caves you provide. Of course there can be a million other reasons why he is up there.. Are its fins ripped or torn or does it have any wounds? Are their any other fish (probably male demasoni) going and having a few cheap hits on him or chasing him around? If he has been beaten you you need to remove him and stick him somewhere save to recover with some salt in the water and maybe some meth blue on his wounds.. The tricky part happens when you want to stick him back in the tank..

The extra height will be good for adding volume to your tank ie more water.. But it wont allow anymore fish to be kept because you don't increase the surface area or the footprint... Yes you can add more air to the tank to overcome a smaller surface area but it gets nasty if a pump fails or a power cut.. You could probably keep a few more if you went higher and built up the back with heaps of rocks right up to the surface for hiding places, but its not really ideal width or length is best..

Someone linked this ages ago and I saved it it might be of some help.. http://www.caudata.org/daphnia/