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You can do whatever you like,lol On a serious note now. Jewels are very territorial fish. You may be ok if tank has plenty of hiding holes, but i think you will start to find dead or missing fish in your tank. Ive just rehomed two of mine as they were destroying their tank, ripping up plants and harassing other fish. HTH

It will only brown on the tips. Only in bright lighting, too The ludwigia looks neat when it really pink in colour. i see the micro sword (i think, it is) is starting to spread. Any full tank pics?

Nice pics Nothing wrong there The rotala is just spreading itself, it has enough light so no need to grow up, its growing out.

That firemouth has some nice colouring. Welcome to the site :lol: :lol:

PICS PICS, thats whats wrong.You need to post some pics

You are doing absolutely everything right! Wish my setup was as good. Red brown growth on plants is as stated above from the high lighting.

I love seafood, and fish. I hate preparing it. Dont mind catching it though, just the cleaning and cutting it up.

Ummm Ira, people dont eat cats here,lol

Welcome. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

What makes you think he is constipated? 3.5 years old is a mature fish, but not what id call senile though. Whats its behaviour like? is it very active, and is it dull in colouration? I have no idea, but am asking these questions to see if we can narrow it down.

Its Glosso Youll need good lighting and CO2 or flourish Excel if you want to make it grow like that. As stated in above threads, it is a NZ native and can be found aorund many lakes and sreams. That is Petes tank. He kindly gave me some cuttings a while ago.

What are you feeding? Tankmates? what temp is the tank at?

Yeah there are plenty of eels in that stream too. spent about ten mins chasing a biggish one. heaps of small ones hiding amoung the rocks, but could never find any while i had the net in hand.(murphys law) I am going to go back there some time this week at night with my spotlight and camera. the only trouble is access at night is a bit dodgy. You have to climb down a ten metre slip to the stream.

Im not embarrased one bit. I had read that red fins have a disinct diagonal pattern on their face, which i didnt see on these.So there was a small amount of doubt on my behalf too. But the red fins really were the deciding factor in my naming. Oh well, thats what the forum is perfect for.Learning!!!!!! Cheers for the info though. Keep it coming if you want. I never get bored of reading bout unusual fish. Especially when i own some :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I love reading the fish collecting diaries in the old '83-'95 Tropical Fish Hobbiest Magazines i aquired a while back. SO..... I done my own more simplified version,LOL Collecting Koura and Red Fin Bullies, 10 Kms north of Wanganui. My brother who always comes with me on my little jaunts into the wilderness. :lol: The stream is silt/papa rock/shellrock based. The flow varies greatly with rainfall as typical of streams in the Wanganui area. At a guess, 30-40% of the year in flood.Grasses around stream flattened by flowing waters. The Steel reinforcing in back gound is holding up an old part of state highway 4 (parapara road) At first glance the stream looks bare of life, but with some staring and rock moving, lots of life is present Cran's bullies!(As corrected by stella) Nets were placed downstream from a chosen rock, and the rock is gently lifted and the current alowed to sweep any debri or aquatic life into the net. . . The tank Quickly set up as trips was not really planned properly. 120 x 40 x40 with gravel, stones and driftwood Koura Cran's bullies!(As corrected by stella) Well thats all for now. Have added more rocks to accommodate the bullies.(gives them more hidey holes) To Be Continued.........(possibly)

This is my Glowlight breeding setup. Not successful as of yet though. Driftwood and Xmas moss, with peat added. This is my tempory holding tank for my two young Geo. Suri's and a lonely otto This is a tank that is going to be stripped this week, once i rehome the lone Jewel Cichlid. Damn Green water!!!! Bout to get three day blackout. Home to Two small angels, and two sterbei corys, and an otto The partners tank. Guppies, pristella tetras, and bronze corys Baby Guppies in holding net And the new tank Coldwater Native tank. Koura and bullies

My first tank is still going, but not at my house. I gave it to my brother so he could get some guppies for their 5 year old. I still go round and clean it occasionally. but have trained them how to do it properly. Its a 30 litre tall tank.

That looks awesome stella! thats kinda what i had in mind for my setup when i finally get around to it and find space. Im going to catch some of the red fin bullies that i found last weekend. Make sure you post a link when you upload the vid to you tube. I must stop in and visit you some day, seems as we almost neighbours,lol

Hey mitzy Is that the Go large plan? Thats the one im on. $49 per month unlimited download, No longer available so i will not give it up easily.

Silly me. You do

I love all your photos CatBrat! Keep em coming. Actually you should have an online gallery

LOL

Cheers HaNs

Quite true , but not for every one. Better to be safe than sorry. Just a word of caution.