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Very clamped up fins. What is the Ph? And follow the instructions on the med's. Shell

Hi, If it was me, I would give them a waterchange,seen as lots of food been going in to tempt them. Make sure tank is right temp as jags tend to sulk if tank is to cool. Don't feed them except for putting in some feeders.And just leave them be for awhile. And don't feed them twice a day. It doesn't hurt to even miss aday here and there. And unless you know for sure that your fish has internal worms etc you shouldn't treat them. If they haven't got a problem you soon will have.as treatments screw with the water. Have you checked for babies? Mine used to not move much when they had babies,did attack my hand when I got to close. Anyways just an opinion. But give it a go, it's not going to hurt them.Waterchange(that way if there is ammonia levels they will drop.Some live feeders won't pollute water,not like uneaten food will. Don't feed them anything else. Chill for a week and see if the feeders dissappear. Shell

Hi Herefishiefishie, Will look up that site today. Thanks so much for the info.Will PM ya later today about the ones at 100 each. Hi Ryanjury, Good to hear about Bob, I'll try and get hold of Gavin see if he can send me some pic's of the guy's. It is funny seeing all the little guys on the forum, I feel like a grandma/great grandma possibly great great grandma :slfg: So good seeing them. To all the fronnie owners out there, keep up the good work,keep those update pic's going. Glad to hear you can get all the variants :bounce: Just save heaps,they are worth it, and a wholesaler won't say no when ya flash the bucks in front of him,he will bring them in. If I ever come back to NZ(home) I will be ordering :happy1: Shelley

Hi guys, I had Maf arrive on my door in nz, They said that as they were adults by then and I had already distributed babies Nz wide they were safe as houses, as for bringing in new ones well!!!!! So all you fronnie lovers show off those fronnie pics. Hi herefishiefishie, What is the going rate for moba's that you can get? I can get them for $250 each, thats off a Aquarium shop here in Bundy. shelley

hi guy's, The two imports in were burundi, I bought the first lot of a guy or what he had left, some had died. I then got some brought in. Nothing ever came in a kigoma, just burundi/frontosa. Yes I had one that had seven bars (male) and the other male (big boy bob) six bars. Big boy did all the breeding, unless the other fella was sneaky. Anyway burundi frontosa . I bought some overhere, burundi 6 one of them has seven bars, so i bought 5 seven bars kigoma, two seperate tanks now. there is quite a difference colour wise and wether it just be the extra stripe but the 7 bars look more slender not so stocky.But in saying that my eyesight is not as good as it used to be. Getting some Moba's, buying 2 at a time exspensive, should have them next week. At least the difference will be well clear, quite a mask they have and the colour :bounce: :bounce: Its only taken almost 5 years, can't wait I'll be in fishie heaven I reckon. when i got the first lot, the kids reckoned i didn't stop smiling for weeks. One of my daughters caught me talking to them, saying goodnight. She thinks i'm quite mad. Anyways better go got to do some gardening. Shelley

Hi, Does anyone know how Redwood Aquatic's and Bob are doing. Shelley

Our computor cooked cos of the heat i guess, craig went overboard got this big flash bugger that i don't know how to use properly, Neither do the Aussie's.I will have to wait for craig to fix me up downloading the cool pix's i have dog's and fish. Spend alot of time watching fish in the wild rather than keeping them.BUT will get the fronts i desire.Everything takes time for once fish our last prioity. Anyway I don't suggest keeping any fish with frontosa's if you want them to breed successfully. If you just want a tank with fronts and heaps other fish, but no eggs(fronts they are sookes won't stick up for eggs)then have a cool looking tangi tank. If ya wanna breed them and enjoy them bigtime, just have front's! And baby them, enteract with them as much as possible have your hand in the tank heaps. Don't feed everyday day, try every second or third day, they will come out and feed out of your hand. And they won't starve in between times. Hope this is of help. shell

Hi Guys long time no talk! It shell here, don't stress about your fronts just enjoy an gain their trust. They do perfer their light to be slightly more melow. Don't panic! Handfeed as much as possible. You lucky buggers I so miss that. I have a very tame marine tank and two breeding bullterriers now. Fronts to come! shell

Hi nimbo freak, My fronts held early too, but can't remember exactly, it was along time ago They didn't hold properly till they were around 4yrs and as they got older their mouthfuls got bigger.In the early days I think they were just practising, abit like discus takes time to get it right. Don't strip eggs until each girl has successfully held(fulterm) no matter how tempted you are :lol: as they won't hold at all after that. I did strip a couple of my girls but only after yrs of them doing the natural thing.And they would still hold after that naturally. You never know thou she might surprise ya. shell

congrad's :lol: Awesome pic's, hope she holds for ya. shell

Hi guy's, This is beardie dudes mum, Just to let you know: I HAVE my reptile licence.(and have had for months)as i keep beardies too and plan on getting a diamond python. You only need one per household,so kerryn won't be getting his till he is eighteen of which he has just been told,he is not a happy chappy . Your permit last 5yrs at a cost of $55.00. cheers shell

http://beardeddragon.ffrq.com/post75.html#75 this link leads to sexing part of the website. there is some good bearded dragon help at this site here. Kerryn

hello i am son of this accountsowner and the proper temp for a bearded dragon should be around 80-95 degrees F Kerryn

hello i am actually the son of the person who mde this account and i own 2 bearded dragons and mine is a bit smaller that that if you know how to tell there sex you should be able to tell i will post some pics or put you throu a link to show you. but boys have to femoral pores at base of there tails and females have just 1 in the middle of base. but for me to do that i would have to know ow to post a pic could someone please tell me? thanks Kerryn

hi there, How old is the system? how many treatments have gone into main tank? why i ask is that in the photo of the mollie which you thought had velvet(previous post) your water was very cloudy,which is not a good sign. cloudy water is a good sign of toxic water ie ammonia, which will make fish itch.clamp fins etc.the damage done to the fish after a ammonia spike can still keep killing them for months. your problem might not have even been a desease or parasite, all the treating of the tank will kill the good bacteria in your filter making for a very unstable tank. this is just another senerio to look at if there is no visible signs of desease or parasite. you could just take out all fish and quareentine them and let the main tank settle for a few weeks( clean out filter). this is just my thoughts, i hope this is of some help. shell

darkening of colour is like justin said stress, check water quality,ph,alkalinity etc,poor water quality can lead to illness too. shell

hey ya guy's, i couldn't sex my adults properly until they where 4-5 yrs and started to breed.i thought i had 3 adult males.one turned out to be the best breeding female i had :lol: she was the smallest which i thought the stunty alpha male thingie. i also found that the females show the most aggression as the guy's really don't give a toss. so be very careful when swapping around fronty's when they are young. i got pretty good at trying to sex the little guy's, useing the technec of watching their behaviour,based on: what was going on in the adult tank for years.so far i think i done alright, any front site will tell you the only way to get a good ratio is to buy large numbers, as they mature to breeding age then remove access males. girls can have just as large ahead as the guy's,they can look identical. hope this is some help guy's, and keep up the pic's i love seeing the guy's grow you's are all doing a fantastic job

hi guy's, thanks justin :lol: will take ya up on that when time is right. amazing shoreline here i could stay down there for hours at low tide.well i do :lol: glen great to hear fronts doing great, they will love the six footer.background black or a real dark blue would look awesome. make the fronts and their rockwork and substrate stand out. shell

hi glen, bundy is warm :lol: the dogs are great well behaved little buggers. and i have a 4ft reef tank all thanks to local frags and fish. there are some awesome rock-pools at low tide just down the road. some of the corals are 3-4ft(brains),tank not big enough :lol: snorkeling is so cool,had a large rock cod give me a hell of a scare, i was feeding the little fish and shrimp, out of nowhere came large mouth with teeth,grabbed my squid and nearly my fingers i freaked and got out rather quick.tread-water was what my kids said :lol: no fronts yet hope yours are doing well. will send ya some pic's during the week of tank and dogs. shell

hi guy's, we have four beardie dragons, we feed them mealworms, we bought a 200gm of mealies$12.00 we put them in 4lt ice-cream container full of unprocessed bran from your super market $2.00, sliced carot and a sheet of newspaper,the mealworms do their cycle worm,beetle,grub and more mealies that was at xmas and they are still going strong more worms than they can eat. they eat lettuce as well(not ice-berg) they love that frilly red-green one. they love cockroaches as well. the beardies food container has gutload in it which the worms eat while waiting their fate that way the beardies get their added vitamins and calcium. hope this is of some help. shell

beautiful fish, i haven't come across any in bundaberg guy's in nz need to keep an eye out for them as they do come in occasionally,Last year i saw 4 at a shop in chch. that same shop brought in some brevis too, to my knowledge the guy that bought the brevis lost them. so keep your eyes open shell

awesome discus how's the fronts? shell

hi there, most african tanks get this algae,usually cause of the high ph,hardness of water etc. duboisi's love the stuff, and on the days that i didn't feed my fronts they trimmed it too. once a year i would take out rocks(dolomite) only half at a time, and scrub them,that then allows the rocks to leech those very important minerals into the water ie magnesium. only do half tank at time due to it will upset the whole setup if done in one hit.(waterchange 2-3wks apart). 6-8 hours lighting, get a timer. and get some duboisi's. shell

hi there, another reason why you should not use undergravel filtration is that when they breed your eggs will be infertile as the boy will dig his pit to the tray she will lay her eggs and his fertilizing will be pulled away also could damage her eggs. shell

hi guy's, you should feed them pinkies,almost new-borns. keep feeding furry mice will soon pollute your tank,as the aro can't digest it properly. most silvers usually go in one eye only,unless kept long-time in glass bottom tank.when working in the importing of these fish they would come in fine eyes straight as a dye,6wks in quareentine,glass bottom tanks and the fish always looking at himself in the reflection of bottom and their eye would start to drop. high protein fatty foods and too much of builds up fatty deposits behind the eyes. jardini's are prone for gill curl, cause is bad management of water. jardini and asians don't seem to be affected by drop-eye,prolly because they will feed at all levels in the water and above, silvers are almost always feeding from above surface,snatching insects etc from the air. i think the biggest challenge with these fish ie asain,jardini,silver,black is keeping their feeding to a min(as in the wild these fish might only feed 1-2 aweek)2-3 times aweek,keep a close eye on their water conditions eg 6.8-6.0 water soft,remove all rotting plant matter asap,these fish hate nitrates. they really are 1 fish per tank and no mates if ya wanna keep them 100% . i have owned two asains, a black,a jardini and 3 silvers all got to xL in size. out of the silvers my first and second got drop-eye,third time was lucky or should i say the fish was lucky. my jardini killed my black after living happy together for nearly two years. a mate has my asain of which thanks to internet cam i get to see him now and then, he is doing great,the other asain is back at redwoods hopefully doing well. shell