Adrienne

Thats great - if others know where you are based then they will know if its viable to want to join you at meetings. I reckon there will be a few fish keepers you way who would be keen to meet up with other like minded souls.

perhaps if you put your location in as well it may help as to me the Coromandel is pretty big

Give it a go. I would appreciate any excuse to visit the Coromandel

Poor Poor Caryl

I thought it was only for bruises but I am very likely to be wrong

There is nothing wrong with the pH. You will need to run an airline at night into the tank. That is the only way I can stop my discus doing the same thing. Even with having the CO2 turn off 2 hours before the lights go out my discus still come to the top for oxygen during the night.

Do you give him bones? If you do you will not stop him digging.

Thanks Josh but I am going to pass on purchasing any more fighters this year. Nice of you to offer though.

No I don't. Its probably very much my own fault.

Went out to my shed this morning to find 5 out of the 6 new males I purchased 11 - 16 days ago dead in their containers. The other male not looking too flash and 3 of the 4 females swimming in the same tank dead. Ammonia spike overnight? Don't know. Everything tests clear and I water changed yesterday afternoon. Noticed last evening two of the males looked a bit quiet. I haven't kept up my usual regime of water changes in the last two weeks but I haven't been totally slack. The worst thing about this is that these were the replacement males to the ones I lost in the break in to my shed. I was going to grow them up to use as breeders. Guess I will now be waiting for my young to grow up instead. Anyway I am now down to 8 tanks of fish instead of the usual 16. The positive side is that it won't take as long to feed them now.

sent you a pm

is it ever the first winter we were in auckland I had just started a job and all 3 kids got the mumps (1 at a time), then a few weeks later they all got the chicken pox (1 at a time). Brilliant, but it does get better honestly.

I would ask my daughter, she's Y13 but I don't think she could assist you. lol

Driftwood will also help lower the pH. How long has your tank been set up for?

Sorry to hear that. Perhaps next time net them down the other end of the tank. Honestly, it is the best way to kill it off. It takes mine 2 days if squirted straight on.

what do you mean - lost your fish? Did you squirt them directly?

works really well if you use a syringe and squirt it directly on to the algae.

I'll pm you Zev. I can give you any amount of information as my daughter is in charge of it.

My tank is 150x45x60 and I don't go through excessive amounts of excel. I used to run a sump and the plants still grew well.

so sorry Josh. Can anyone else give him a ride home after the meeting?

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She may have had a stroke (seriously) or it could just be old age. One of my female fighters was like that for about 9 months but she could with effort swim and always managed to eat. If the fish is not being picked on by other fish you could wait and see. Are you sure its not dropsy - if so she will look a bit like a pine cone from the outside. Alternatively you could float her inside an icecream container within the tank to see how she gets on. If you think she is in pain then it is up to you do decide what to do.

is she in a net? you may find she won't drop unless she is in a tank.

Congratulations

Well done. He's a nice looking fighter.