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Agreed :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Hi all I noticed the other day, my almost pure yellow male was clamping its tail. Yesterday i found him dead in the tank. Today i notice that another male is clamping. there are three other males in the tank that seem to be ok. Does anyone have any ideas as to what is going on?????????

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If only i was a bit closer, you could have come seen my setups. Unfortunately the dates wouldnt work either as i will have just arrived home from Auckland with my new 4 foot tank for my Geos. Damnit, that means i wont be tagging along to see Stellas tanks

Are you not happy with the lighting? because the fish doesnt really need the light and is really only essential for plants to grow or for owners viewing pleasures. My advise is, if the current light are enough for you then leave them.

Thats what i did. remove as much as you can manually to help keeping it from spreading. It eventualy dies off.

And they start playing banjos

My home town Good ol wangavegas(Wanganui, for those other country"ers")

How often do you change the bulbs? Fluoro lights lose their intensity after a while. Do you add any ferts? Although long straggly growth is usually lack of light

Cheers for that vinson. thats cool

Hello and welcome

Or buy some very small chastity belts,lol Sorry couldnt help it :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

When the fry first hatch, they swim jerkily around the tank, when they swim correctly and can sit in the water without sinking they are ready for food, this is only a few hours after birth. The fry of the larger Rainbows will eat brine shrimp straight away, but the smaller ones need infusoria. The above paragraph borrowed from http://groups.msn.com/breedingtropicalf ... ishes.msnw

I suggest the same as mumzy stated. What are you going to do with your fry when they get older?? Id be keen on buying some :lol:

Remember: Only take what you need. Alot of NZ waterways are damaged or destroyed by introduced pests and development. We dont want to damage thm more than we have to. Not getting at anyone, just a genral reminder. :lol: :lol:

Water changes dont stunt the fish, lack of water changes can stunt them. The reason bb tanks are recommended for raising discus is that they are easier to keep clean. I raised my discus in a heavily planted tank without probs except the plants didnt really like it much.

I know its not hard to get, but what i mean is most people have bleach in their cupboard already. Buy some pp off HaNs!

Or be cheap and use bleach dip I mix appox 10 litres of water with two capfuls of PURE(non scented) bleach Dip for two minutes then rinse well in clean water with some water ager added. Pot' permanganate works better thou, but not as readily available.

:bounce: :bounce: Love it!!!! :bounce: :bounce:

The tank has been established for several months now. the only tank inhabitants are guppies and an otto. before the guppies it housed a pair of jewels and otto. there does seem to be large amounts of brown mulm type stuff that reapears even after regular vac. Still none the wiser!

And no comments on the state of the tank please!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

not very good pic but its the yellowy brown thing on the glass you can see around the tubes the lack of algae

My thoughts too last night, but much smaller and attaced to glass and a bit longer?????

Sorry, Should have mentioned I def not planaria I know what they are

Alright, here goes. Last night i was sitting watching some newly released guppy bubbas, I noticed something that ive never seen before. Now forgive me if you have trouble understanding what im on about. I searched google for hours last night and have yet to identify them. What i noticed in the tank on the glass(and after further looking, they are on most surfaces), these things that i thought might be snail poop. Um.... no snails live in that tank, thanks to previous tennant, jewel. as i was staring at them for ages trying to figure out what they were, i noticed that infact they seem to be tiny little cocoon like tubes. A small worm(looks more like a catapiller to me by the way it moves) lives inside each one. The worm thing doesnt leave the tube, But sticks its head out and i noticed hat its eating the algae around the entrance area. They obviously can sence movement or vibration as when anything moves, they retreat into their tunnel thing.(THESE TUNNEL THINGS ARE OPAQUE) Before anyone asks............. No my camera doesnt have macro setting, so cant take pics. Does anyone have a clue????????????? I also noticed that they prob wont be there too much longer as the guppies obviously like the taste of em