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hey mr skz, i was talkin about the third pic down, the 1 with the dorsal fin up, and black at the start of it. the femal also goes very yellow like that when ready 2 spawn or when lookin after babies. but as u say time will tell ay as ive had some that were bought as females an a week later theyre well an truly males. pm me with ur email addy and ill send u some pics to compare if ya want

your suspected male cockatoo looks like a female 2 me, male usually has dorsal fin that sticks right up at front like a mohawk, as soon as i work out how 2 put a pic of some of mine i will. still what a bargain ay? cockatoos round here are usually $35-40 each!

hey aaron, im also in tga(papamoa)welcome 2 the forums are u selling your corys? theres not that much selection round here, all i see is bronze and peppered. if u are please pm me cheers, duncan

hey caper, i used to have this problem with my hang on filter as well- i ended up replacing most of the media with ceramic noodles and just 1 coarse sponge. this used to do the damage as nothingelse would. u just have to do it gradually to keep bacteria levels up u could trylifting your sponges etc up a little bit to allow water to flow underneath- this is a temporary measure though wouldnt really bother unless u think its gonna overflow! i have since got rid of that filter and bought an external canister- got sick of fiddling with it anyway, good luck

thanks alan i have a via aqua external filter do i take all media out and wash? cheers

hey everyone, got home tonight to find that my son had turned off my tank some time this morning :evil: anyone got any advice as im sure it hasnt done the filter bacteria much good- i reckon it was probably off 4 7-8 hours would appreciate all ya input cheers, duncan

hey skate, i would also suggest finding a new fish shop? some places will just sell u any thing and every thing they can.when i started out i was sold a clown knife and told yea it will be fine in a 60l comunity tank... every day i woke up to 1 or 2 less fish - wasnt really choosy either, ate guppies, neons, even a small tiger barb!! maybe someone else from gizzy could tell u where to get some advice instead of sheel b right?

hey sharn, cheers for the offer have a 200l community tank in the lounge with 4 juve discus, a bay female cockatoo, a hungry hoplo cat, and a few cardinals&neons. theother tanks only 40l and got a few leftovers from previous setups,swordtails, rasboras. BUT,last night i alsoset up an 80l in the garage for my older cockatoos as they looked like having another go at breeding :roll: catch ya later, duncan

cheers evil, will keep that in mind

hi eveyone, have just joined so thought id better introduce myself: live in papamoa, tauraga, currently have 2 tanks(2 more empty ones in the garage tho!!) and have already learned heaps off these forums, and im sure will continue to do so cheers, duncan