[The hardest fish to catch]

loaches are a right royal pain

Also Corys in a deep tank can be a nightmare :roll:

[What fish??]

Harlequin Rasboras?

Definitely my favourite small fish in a planted tank

[Fertiliser for initial set up]

daltons aquatic mix

it will be cheaper too

[what lessons have you learnt the hard way?]

angelfish will eat neons, when not if

watch the bucket you are filling up by siphon :roll:

[Ok, another thought]

1 and a half foot is probably around 45 cm.

Striatums are nice looking killies

[Angelfish and Black Widow Tetra compatible with my fish?]

Ive heard conflicting things about the compatability of angels and discus.

If it is only short term it may be alright

[planted tank 230L]

Well done on that tank. Its looking great. I love the red tips on the Ambulia which i had enough light to do that

Keep up the good work

[Row boat bugs?]

water boatmen? does that sound right?

[Does anyone in Wellington sell cichlids]

is there a certain type youre after?

that would help

[Mark's new 350L Tank (4-Foot) - Updated FTS - Page 4!]

lol David R

A good suggestion though :lol:

I did think it was overstocked

[Chilly]

I did the same but only for three days the fish just appeared a little washed out. THey were fine after a some food.

[what is my new loach?]

sorry double post

GOod luck with the fish

[what is my new loach?]

very nice fish.

would look cool in a group all shufflin along the bottom.

AS above they will tend to more active with some buddies

[The Move]

Sorry to hear about your losses SW

Hope the rest are happy and healthy

Good luck

[to visit in CHCH]

thanks for that JN

I think i'll visit Redwood and Organism

I think were gonna be really pushed for time

[to visit in CHCH]

Im heading to CHCH next weekend and have about half a day spare that the folks promised we can go to some LFS' so which are the best to visit. I have heard Organism and Redwood are good are there any others

Thanks

[what plants?]

polysperma is good for decent light

perhaps even rotala idica or roundifolia if you have decent light

Hairgrass is cosmoploitian according to aquahobby and i think that means worldwide

[Mark's 3foot Tank]

no you dont need air pumps for airation if your flow in the tank is decent.

A filters generally are set up to inlet from the bottom and outlet at the top and this is gennerally suffficient.

[This or that]

would love an apartment

Electric or gas stove top

[Mark's 3foot Tank]

use a proper glass cleaner on the glass. otherwise it leaves you with those marks

[Black Brush Algae!]

I think we commonly call it Black Beards algae.

I had a problem with it a few moths back I found Flourish excell really helped with it. It does dent your pocket though. This then planting more plants once the algae wouldnt demolish them helped a lot, You may not have room for more plants.

HTH

[Rotala comparison]

i thought this was wallichi

[Ruffled Amazon Sword Flower]

Thats one cool photo 8)

[When is the new Jansens Rotorua store opening?]

skip rotorua and go straight to Wellington. We need it the most

[Gunk]

some plastics leach stuff that does this i believe. my heater holder gets covered something to that description . It may just be this if the stuff is new