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What are the electrolytes for??? And anyone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but stress zyme is not needed if the tank has cycled properly?? Do you have any other water test kits other than pH? Also, how big is the tank and what other fish do you have?

If it is in fact a Starfish fungi, apparently also known as a Stinkhorn Fungi it is possibly toxic and therefore not so edible. Also note that the brown spore slime smells like rotting meat or sewage.. therefore not so appetising either. According to an Australian site, there have been cases of dogs dying after consuming this particular fungus. This is what it looks like, un-mangled: Also comes in another somewhat amusing form, google stinkhorn fungi and you will see why

Cool, thanks for all your advice Stella! The lights in the tank I would say aren't very strong, they are on individual switches too so can have both on or only one on.. one would probably be enough perhaps. Off to find me a koura! Well not right now but later maybe. I'll start with the Otautau Stream which is just over the back of our house, then try the Aparima River. I've definitely seen them in the Dunsdale Stream years ago, but thats a bit of a drive from where we are.

Oh the tank is 62cm long, 38 wide, 53cm high The tank is ready to go, all cycled, has gravel and some larger rocks in it, could make some caves too. And thats good about the plants cos there is only one sorry looking plant in there at the moment, so doesn't worry me at all if it gets destroyed. The snails are just small brown ones, they made their way in on a plant purchased from LFS.. pond snails perhaps?? Do they have lighting requirements?? And I can just go down to my local river and have a look for one??

Thanks Stella, I had a quick look and had all questions previously asked answered. I now have the following questions: What about pH preferences? Will they eat snails? What will they do with plants? I also read that if you have more than one, one is going to be come dominant and harrass the other.. what if I had 3?? It'll have 2 friends to harrass?? I have a AR620 (approx 90 litres) just sitting around growing algae and its home to a million snails. Want to do something with it. Thought it might be suitable?

Cooool. I didn't know koura is actually a crayfish. I just figured it was a native freshwater fish. What sort of conditions would you need to have one.. tank size etc?? How big do they get? Can you have more than one in a tank?

So this may explain my recent explosion of BBA!

Yes I say its a Starfish Fungus. Had to google cos I didn't know the name of it.

Some kind of fungus? The colour reminds me of one I saw many years ago.

Thats what everyone says. I only pay my idiot tax once in a blue moon. Only ever got one refund.. of about $37. I'm never paying my idiot tax ever again. A woman in my office won $119. Not the first time she's won lotto either. The same woman was just spouting off last week about how she doesn't actually NEED to work because they have enough money. pffft.

I have a question for those that sell stuff on TM. Do you charge the postage as what it actually costs, or do you mark it up to cover the cost of going to the post office etc?? I have sold some stuff on TM but only charged the postage amount as what it was quoted. ie, it cost $5 in postage, I charge the buyer $5 for postage. I bought of TM the other day and was charged $5 postage, only to find when the package arrived that it in fact cost $4 postage to get to me. Where did my other $1 go??? I'm just wondering if the marking up of postage to cover other costs such as travel, time, etc is widely accepted?

I lost a whole $24. (thats how much my tickets cost me..)

hehe cool.. I like the second photo of the dragons, looks like they're standing at a bar waiting to order drinks

Oh I like Spongebob too!

Aww cute. I so want a lil Jack Russell.

Thats a tad hard to do when you live in a very established suburb. No streams or swimming holes for miles. We did however have fruit trees in our back yard... We had our share of outside activities too.. but still managed to watch A LOT of tv

I've never watched an episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force.. but it sounds interesting. Seen them take the piss out of it on Family Guy though. I love Family Guy. And The Simpsons will always be a favourite.

Aww thats a shame, wonder why he did that.. sorry for your loss. I found my male betta with a neon sticking out of his mouth just recently.. I was mortified! I think the tetra had died beforehand though and the betta just decided to take the opportunity to chow down on some neon. He didn't get very far though..

OMG I'd totally forgotten about Lucky Luke. how about.... OR OR I could go on forever

Why does MAF have to kill illegal stuff? Can they not just return to the country of origin?

Great photos. Close call with the shark though. You must have been swimming very fast to escape him :lol:

I back Murph, but will be happy with any Holden winning it.

I do. Just got back from lunch.. first thing I do is log on here hehehe 8)

So your tank is not 500 litres?? Its actually 38 litres? Please disregard ALL prior recommendations if it is infact a 38 litre tank. Its an AR380 isn't it....

We have 5 cats 1 dog about 20 or so fish I guess we could also count the neighbours dogs as they spend a lot of time in our yard, its mum and her puppy. Apparently mum has been knocked up again, this time by our dog so we might be getting a puppy. Hmmmmmm bull mastif/black lab/heading dog cross :-?