Afrikan

Congrats on your new batch of eggs 8)

I hope you were directing that at henward Cheesejawa and not moi :lol: Otherwise may have to put a straight jacket aside for you to :lol:

One would hope not.... Never fear... a straight jacket is near....

Ummmm yeap I would definately leave the loaches till tank is mature Caryl for Chainies, however, they would be awesome to go in later down the track Their interaction with one another is enough to catch anyones eye... love the idea of the barbs instead of guppies tho... it is actually nice to see a tank of barbs... Will be good when they let you upgrade to a larger tank. That way you have more option and room to play with :lol:

That is awesome Caryl Shame the lady there doesn't like animals of any kind, the hospice here in Hastings where my dad spent rather a bit of time before he passed on due to cancer, they had a resident cat who the patients loved having around the place, and a beautiful tank on display... this particular hospice has an amazing warm feeling about the place even tho it is a place of sadness and sickness... Good luck with the tank Hmmm suggestions.... I love dwarf chain loaches... about 3 would look neat 8)

Hmm care to elaborate a bit more on the band above Olly..

Seems there was a method to farmchicks madness after all :lol:

I got it Paul, thanks I have to send my subs in tho, that is a task for today :oops: :oops:

All I can say is the mass colour looks wicked ryan Nice to see a busy Malawi tank Oh with a few visitors

Wicked ryan Looks so different now compared to when we were there a couple of weeks back :lol: So well stocked now and I must say it still looks wicked as ever I can see a pair of Kribs in there... crikey :lol: :lol: I think I spotted an OB female holding too...??? Play spot the expecting female And the Red Emp boy gonna be a looker huh

Mine would be: Britney Spears The Offspring Foo Fighters (the guys voice irritates me intensely, not sure why :lol: ) Celine Dion Justin Timberlake

:lol: :lol: Classic AP... Yeah it can be frustrating henward when things are mislabelled wrong.. however the best thing to do would be to email them or leave a message if you can in a comments box or something and inform them.... that's if there are those options available.

Hmmm is it TM's responsibility tho if the trade has gone through and you have paid, I would have thought it was polices problem.. and maybe small claims court if the guy refuses to come to the party...?? I know TM can contact him over the matter but not sure if they can do anything legally against him.. That is something worth knowing incase others get stung over the same thing.. I really hope you get it sorted sooner rather than later danny, must be awful feeling :-?

Sorry to hear of your mishap dannybanks... good luck 8)

Would love to see a pic, to see if it matches up with our guy..... the spots are more of a metallic gold... different markings... to common plec that you often see in stores...

Well Wok, that ghastly name certainly isn't going to eventuate :lol: :lol: Casper... I still not sure yet, I have been constantly looking at her pic, and now I can see her with eyes open etc, I am going to go through the list of names and see what she best suits Thanks guys for the suggestions.... could always do with some more suggestions too, can never have too many to mull over... btw, I am not into cutesy wutesy names either :lol: :lol:

mitch.. I had a Leopard Spot pleco for 2 years and it was nowhere near as fast growing as Red Spots etc.... infact I have read somewhere that they don't grow as big, and that was a pleco enthusiast website, can't recall where that site was now... But our one certainly didn't grow fast at all and only got to below medium size really no matter how much food he consumed. I love the colouration of the Leopard Spots.

Oh and forgot to say before, rollergirl, glad to hear you are going into more africans again Dems, Yellows and a nice species of Peacock sound good 8) And re.. breeding Afs... I would never keep any fry that have been produced in a mixed display.... regardless of how sure I am that they have bred true, all mine get seperated off in single species tank, infact I don't have a Malawi display tank a anymore, all mine are in seperate breeding or holding tank of their own in shed... and some species in the back room. Mbuna will readily cross breed aswell, not just Peacocks 8)

Obviously you have the right balance in your tank smidey... often isn't the way in other tanks and some fish can hybridize rather easily and willingly... I have seen many a x mbuna or x hap etc at a LFS that a joe bloggs has taken in to sell....

I have never had problems with sinking sticks.... water quality has never suffered because of them... I don't use them now as we are using NLS mainly... but when we did use them, they were great... no more messyness than usual... 8) Sera Granugreen is good for the mbuna, that's what we had ours on for a while.... however I never made a habit of feeding Granumeat for East African Carnivores.. that was fed to Peacocks and Frontosa etc... not the mbuna.

Oh poor wee fellow, looks like he needs alot of TLC, a bit thin aye I hope he finds a home real soon.....

I think repto was just being helpful in regards to posting pics enzoom.. 8)

Wow another one who has Dimmu Borgir.. we have some of theirs 8) And Angel Of Death from Slayer takes me way back to teens.. 8) And re Rap/Hip Hop... I am not a fan... but I must say I love ol' Slim Shady/Eminem... love the music, and the guy is just too straight up to ever dislike :lol:

Oh sorry... I didn't even see your sig, duh :lol: Check out with your local store and see if they can get you another brand of algae grazing product, if they get Sera product in that is good stuff... well my mbuna have seemed to love it

Another series of books that I would love to give a whirl again is The Adrian Mole Diaries... :lol: Been years now since the Adrian Mole tales :lol: