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Awesome! Thanks

How is your other stuff getting there? If its going direct (no depot etc) you could just pack the fish. Or if you can get someone to set up a tank in Hamilton, easiest way is to courier them overnight, thats how they get to the pet stores etc Depending on the quantity and type of fish I might be able to help with that.

How do you do the gelatine :? We've never got ours to quite work.

Yeah I thought excess nutrient, and I've added some stem plants to help suck it up, but then my swords are now bringing up yellow leaves? Also noticed some of my stem plants have curved their leaves up

Oh and I have been fighting the thread algae problem for about 2 months now at least. Also thought of taking some of the tubes out, but dont wanna

This thread algae problem is driving me insane. So, another user said AlgaeFix (PondCare/Aq.Pharm) worked for this thread algae, so I went and got another bottle, made sure it was the right one, sweet as. Dosed it and all my fish (within 5 minutes) go to the surface, except the anabantoids who take a gulp and dive back under, even the GBAs were preferring to take a gulp from above. I added an air stone and they're ok, also water changes worked and so did moving them to another tank. So some questions, how does this product work? why is it depleating my oxygen levels (when I have plants pearling, and a spray bar disturbing the surface, using an air pump/stone solves the problem)? Will this product work at all with this grey/green thread algae? Will it make it more edible? (as my fish seem to be eating more and more of it now) Should I move all the fish in to alternative accomodation and hardcore double dose the algae fix? Fish that I have seen eating this grey/greenish thread algae, after algaefix, are: 6 Clown Loaches, 1 also has a thing for duckweed 5 teenage GBAs 1 young SAE Pair of adult Kribs Some of my angelfish But still it wont go away, I disconnected the CO2 for two days, and now my amazon swords have a layer, thankfully not thick enough to stop them pearling when I put the CO2 back on, but still. I'm also getting a lot of green spot algae on all sides, which needs scraping off every 2 weeks or so. At the front of the tank there is also small patches of this other algae which looks kind of bright nuclear green. 30% water changes weekly, and the water is crystal clear, filtration is a 1200LPH Jebo, and 7AM-9PM the CO2 filter runs which does 400L/hr. I've put in some duckweed again to help as I'd rather duckweed than thread algae if I have the choice. Its only this tank that has the problem, none of my other tanks have any form of algae problem other than brown algae (which is fine with me because fish eat it). Also my marble sword is throwing up yellow leaves, rest of the plants are fine though. Any ideas?? thoughts? opinions?

haha we got a female for our male betta, got all excited when we introduced them 'what will he do' we thought, put her in and he didn't do anything :evil: she's a lot more aggressive than he is, and he does these really weak displays. Sounds like you've got some wimps there! or perhaps they've had their cold swim and are just relaxing in the spa?? Being the scientific accurate guy I am, I just shove the hose in there, and the fish normally play in the cold water, I like spraying it so they get the air bubbles too, our oscars think air bubbles are the best thing since oxheart, funny watching a huge fish trying to move a 10kg boulder to get closer to the bubbles hah Only heater problem we have is a green severum who tries to beat them up, he pulls them off then slams them against the glass, the other day I caught him spitting stones at one :-? :roll:

Yeah I agree with what Zoban has said. For mine I used either a maternity tank or an area for the fry to hide (e.g. java moss etc). Now I have too many so I dont bother haha

Thats awesome Nice work!

Oh sorry, reason I said that was your last post gave me the impression you thought unplugging heaters would help lower tank temperature. If you're doing it as a safety thing thats all good. Good to clear up though, dont want people unplugging heaters waiting for the tank temp to drop

You should never unplug your tank heaters like that. They have thermostats which turn them on when they're needed. If they're set at 26C and the tank is 30C they will not turn on. Unplugging your heater will not lower your tank tempertature at all if its warmer than its set temp. It's just unnessecarily risking your fish because if it does get too cold, there is nothing to kick in and warm the tank.

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What does reduce nitrates in freshwater aquaria are water changes and/or plants.

It takes awhile :-?

Yeah our big tank is getting crowded quickly as well

Each unfrozen item you add to the freezer raises the temp, which means the compressor runs longer, which uses more power. Its not a huge amount, but you can't say it doesn't cost you more, because it does. I'd expect the fan to cost about the same (probably all of 2 cents) as a solution for when the temp gets too high. Power usage is based on kW/hr not how much stuff is plugged in lol Just depends which is more convinent for you. If I was home regularly, I'd go ice, if nobody was home during the day, I'd use a fan. If I actually could afford it, I'd get a chiller 8) None of my fish mind 30C tho so I'v enever had to.

Thats a good price on the CF2400 Dasher, and you'll find it flows a LOT more water than a Fluval 404. Only heard good things so far. Plan on getting two myself.

She looks suspiciously like batman :-?

If you want to. Just means it takes water from the top instead of the bottom. Handy in larger tanks if you get a build up of crud on the top. You'll work out what you prefer by using it. Weither the water has salt in it or not is irrelevant. Protein skimmers are completely different, their only similarity is the word 'skimmer', and they certainly don't come free with a cannister filter :lol: :lol: rather pricey for a good one, and no they aren't useful on freshwater setups.

:lol: you weren't to know It's amazing how almost every internet resource i find says they're a 'placid' fish, some even said 'shy' :roll: Even the single female isn't shy or placid. If anyone has smaller tanks (2ft and under) for sale soon let me know, looks like I'll be buying some in 3 weeks time. btw guys I mentioned at the meeting the pearl danios, well got about 20 or so free-swimmers now. Might be more, but thats all I can see.

I need a fishroom :-? (Yeah I'd heard about your poor plec, I got them shortly after they were evicted haha, sincere condolences about the plec )

They've had tanks to their own in the past (3ft), we put them in there because we realised they'd be too hard to breed and we needed the tanks for other fish (even our pair of gold sevs dont have their own tank ). Yeah I was thinking they're wanting to spawn too, just wondering how to provoke it. They've been doing this agro thing for about two days now, and their papilla/optivistor (spelling) aren't showing yet Dont have any live food here big enough, have been feeding them frozen blood worms, and they get leftover cichlid pellets etc Got baby brine shrimp but thats for my kribensis/pearl danio fry.

If the tank was only just setup, then there wont be much good bacteria to worry about. I'd completely drain it, start again. Most tanks cycle fine without ever going cloudy, and I'd rather lose a day of cycling than have my fish swimming in nasty water filled with ammonia and bacteria. Just my two cents, if you think I'm wrong please correct me, hate giving bad advice, its just what I'd do. In an established tank it may be worth the wait, but if it isn't established, then there is nothing to lose.

Thanks for the good wishes, but definately nothing there, if you distract them with food they'll ignore the filter pipe for a while. These guys aren't too bad as long as nobody goes in their corner, with the exception of the 3rd wheel (another female festive), who must remain invisiable if she is not to be chased.

Or more specifically Mesonauta festivum Does anyone have any experience with breeding these guys? All I could find on the internets was that spawning the Festive was difficult due to difficulties in inducing the pair to spawn. Reason I'm asking, besides wanting more Festives, is that I have a pair that are causing a weee bit of trouble. Basically the male (~5-6inches) will bite, on the face, our adult oscars, that fish has the biggest cojones I've ever seen! But anyway, he's guarding his territory. Closer to home the female is starring at the filter inlet, I put my finger near it (outside of the water) and she repetatively jumped out of the aquarium and bit my hand until I moved. Protecting eggs you'd think. But I can'ty see any. If they're going to take over half of our 650L aquarium, there had better be eggs!! Any ideas on how to induce a spawn? NB: papilla etc not showing.