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Sorry for your loss :( It's a good wake up call for me, because I use sand in a lot of my tanks and would have thought that 'she'll be right' too if I needed some in another tank. jn - when the sand compresses the bad bacteria builds up, so when its stirred up it can release some nasty business.

You could pay in $70 Molly's :lol:

I used a 30L tank, had a bunch of indian fern etc in it, nothing flash and a sponge filter, put the platty in and all went well. I've had to stop doing this as I now have over 100 plattys which are reaching maturity now. Some pretty ones in there tho. But yeah if you've got stuff like indian fern floating on the surface, and lots of planted stuff like java moss etc then you should get them increasing in numbers easily. Main reason I moved my females was because the tank has angels, kribs etc in it and they love platty patties.

Your local pet store (where you got the Jebo 501) will be able to supply the replacement cartridges. They come in packs of 3 and from memory are around $7-9 for a pack. I recommend cleaning the old one in a bucket using tank water and continuing use, because otherwise you'll be throwing out all your beneficial bacteria and making the tank cycle again. If your water is starting to look or smell bad, you'll need to do 20-30% water changes until it clears.

Yep. Flourish is a trace elements fertiliser (good product, good price) Flourish Excel is a carbon supplement Flourish Iron is an iron supplement

Biggest thing is to make sure you have driftwood in the tank, they eat wood as part of their diet, and it can cause problems if its not available. They like their caves, and if they're at breeding size and male/female, then give the male a cave with only one entrance. They love sliced courgette, just gotta use something to weight it down, like a plant anchor, or a teaspoon. I haven't fed mine courgette or cucumber in ages though, just the occasional algae tab and let them find their own food - like algae on the glass or wood Great choice of fish, enjoy

Awesome, you were one of the two cars haha, I dont think we're going at the moment.

I only know of two cars going from welly, and both are going to the full conference, so the kribs probably wouldn't make it.

That is an AquaOne, just with a different name on it. Same as the Aquis filters but with UV. You can get the AquaOne Aquis 2400, same thing but without the small UV (not really useful unless you have a green water problem), cost is around $260 on trademe at the moment. I heard it comes with a surface skimmer free as well. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Pe ... 520746.htm Also available is the slightly smaller Aquis 2200 for $225.

Aww nuts!! How are the kribs going?

When I first saw that pic I went 'eww' but really not that bad, I fed our Oscar a dead neon that was missing an eye yesterday, so dont know what I'm ewwing about. Anyway I'm only putting in my 2 cents becase nobody else has posted, as I haven't kept goldfish for a long time. I'd say for some reason your fish was down, lots of possible causes for that, and some nasty parasite (like gill flukes) has taken advantage. That'd explain the heavy laboured breathing, and the black areas. Thats the only scenario I came up with. Hopefully some more fish keepers will have more info to help you. Sorry for your loss

I was reading this http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/Fertilizer/pmdd-tim.html and found it quite useful for that kind of information. Basically according to them you dose it to the point that your Iron test shows good results, you also check nitrates and if the nitrates are too high then you lower the amount of KNO3 (Potassium Nitrate) you put in the mix. I'm going to need to do this as well, my planted tank is lacking a the nutrient side of things and it's really showing

Thats awesome! Congrats I had a similar experience a few weeks ago, had setup a breeding tank for some danios, about a week later I noticed she was thin, so I removed the parents and went looking for eggs. Not only were their eggs, but there was week old free swimmers!

Don't use pH up or down. They are temporary measures, and the constant pH swings in your tank will cause much more harm. If your pH is between 6.5 and 7.5 then there is normally no reason for adjusting it (unless you keep African Cichlids, in which case 8ish is better). Sometimes breeding discus etc like the softer water, which can be made using reverse osmosis, collecting rainwater, or a little bit of peat in the filter. For most cases, its best just to get your fish used to your tap water, so there is no stress during water changes and you're not reliant on buying bottles of chemicals.

haha Spilling Co-Ordinator The Spilling Co-Ordinator will be responsible for certifying all spills. The literage and date must be signed off, and evidence of the spill certified by the co-ordinator. Results will then be sent to the National Spilling Co-Ordinator for processing, points go towards spilling pins, 50L 100L 250L 500L and 1000L.

The two with big tummies will be girls, the others will be boys They'll stay like that until spawning time, and they wont spawn until the time is right. Much unlike the livebearer that will just drop every 6 weeks. I haven't bred Glowlight's before, but I found my Neon Tetras would spawn on my java moss whenever cold rainwater was added to the tank.

Mincie - Read Warren's post entitled 'Red Danios'. That is the ruling until it can be proven otherwise (not heresay/likelyhood). So at the moment, there are no GE Fish in New Zealand. This topic is discussing opinions on the possibility of GE Fish in the future. Good reading too Sorry for the interrupt

I'd at least tip boiling hot water on it. Since it came from a freshwater lake, its possible it has some freshwater nasties stuck on it. Unlikely if its dried out, but better safe than sorry. If its small enough you'll want to boil it anyway, get those tannins out if it has any (makes the water go brownish)

Yeah but the thread got deleted. Ok my point of view, is that its a bad idea that shouldn't be encouraged, but.. I'm willing to let it slide a little. For example a few unique fish coming out is fantastic and strongly benefits the hobby (popularity), but too many and it'll destroy the hobby, filling pet stores with unnatural bright coloured infertile fish. There are uses for GE, but the biggest problem is people flooding markets or getting carried away. Its also very dangerous when dealing with species released in to the wild, for example for food, because that can have major effects on the eco-system. I'm not against GE itself, I just dont trust my fellow man to say enough is enough. I guess that really puts me on the fence a bit, but oh well.

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I feel your pain, I had to move 50 or so Kribs last week

You said brown, so thats tannins from the bogwood. Leave it alone! You can remove the wood, or boil it etc but dont do anything to the water. If the water looks a light green from a distance, then yes "green water". If it looks both then the problem isn't big enough to be a problem, so just wait it out. The little flecks are possibly air bubbles. I'd suspect this is likely due to the quantity of chemicals you are adding. You can test this by shutting down all your filters and any air stones you have for 5 minutes. If the flecks have disappeared then this is your problem. The benefical bacteria will build up in your new filter by itself as your tank will seed it, cycle may speed the process up but is really unnecessary. If you're concerned, run both filters at the same time for a week or so.

Would a minnow trap be of use? and what would you put in it? Seeing as the traps are only $20ish, might be a good way to get some of the bigger specimens further out in to the swamp. or would this be considered going over the top?

lol you win

poor house