[Cloudy patches on Clown Loaches]

used melafix and seemed to clear it up over a few days, but now have moved and the cloudy patches are back. It looks like its from laying about on the bottom of the tank but not sure. it dosent seem to be bothering them though, just dosent look very nice. I will try the Mellafix again

[Cloudy patches on Clown Loaches]

Hi i have just noticed that my 3 clown loaches have cloudy white patches on then (covering most of thier sides) looks like rubbing but it is on all three of them. otherwise they are ok.

Is this some disease?

[Moving]

Hi all,

Im about to move from the Bay of Plenty to Marlborough. a removal company will be moving the house hold stuff and actual tank.

I was planing on putting the fish in a chilli bin with water from the tank and taking the canister filter and heater with me.

it will be about 8 hours traveling in the car plus the ferry ride. we may stop over night somewhere and if so i will put the filter and heater into the chilli bin and do a small part water change.

likewise when we get down south it will be a few days to a week before the tank is set up again so i will do the same with water changes ever couple of days as the chilli bin is only about 10-15 litres and they are used to a 180 litre tank.

Are the fish likely to survive, the trip and /or living in a chilli bin?

Is this the best way to do it? :bounce:

fish are:

3 x clown loaches.

1 x red tail black shark,

1x silver shark

some ciclids (sp) 2 x adults and some (aprox 4) small ones.

1 x small plec

1x small bristlenose

1 x small chinese algae eater

[Lowest amount of Clown Loaches in a tank?]

i use a small "cup" hook like people use to hold up curtains ad screwed the thread into a small fishinf sinker and just push the hook through whatever it is that i am feeding, cucumber, zuchini apple whatever

[Gravel Vac on Planted Tank]

Hi all,

Is it ok not to do gravel vacs on a planted tank as this would disturb plants, would the plants use the "detritus" as compost?

Another thought was to use a under gravel filter plates hooked up tho an external canister to draw water through the gravel and "suck out all the crap" into the filter, would this work?

[Low cost Co2 System]

What sort of price are you expecting the setup to be?

[me spotted gar]

Try MAF = Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Ministry of Fisheriers looks after fishing these days ie MoF

[Low cost Co2 System]

Yip, I would buy ne at the right price and if service and replacement parts were eaisily available, would probably pay around $100

["wild plants"]

Hi

Does anyone know if there any "Wild" plants found in N.Z. lakes and waterways that will survive in tropical aquariums?

[Flashing]

Did a h2o change last nite and all is good.

ta for the info everyone

[Flashing]

Eheim canister filter.

i have only done pH test though.

will try a water change, i think this may be the problem

[Flashing]

Water, Driftwood and I "fed" the tank each night with some flake food.

[Flashing]

The tank has been set up for 3 weeks and the fish have been in since Saturday.

I might do a water change tonight.

they arn't doing it all the time just now and then

[Flashing]

Hi, Ive just set up a new 180 liter tank. so far it is stcked with 2 Platys, 4 neons 1 Red tailed Black Shark and 1 Bristile nose. all fish are very small

the Black shark and one of the Platys have been flashing off the gravel substrate and drift wood.

Is theis a problem? i.e. Disease related or just scratching?