Adrienne

Whats your price for this please?

Barrie sold up and sold the lot to one person, who then split them up and they were never heard of again. Try sending Caserole a pm as he is most definitely still around and interested in killies.

Given they are a threatened species I'd be leaving them too. Try googling Stella McQueen and see if you can find something she or Bob McDowall have written on Giant Kokopu. Stella is sometimes on this forum.

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Personally I would wait and see how the gourami copes with the rainbows zipping around the tank. In theory if the gourami hang out among your plants and stay right at the surface they should be okay. Would the seller of the group be willing to wait a while?

Selling my Aqua One 4ft double light unit. Tidy but not perfect unit, perspex cover has cracked (as they all do) and there is a small black piece broken off the side of the black plastic at one end. One tube due for replacement in around 3 months, the other has maybe had one months useage. See link for specs http://www.hollywoodfishfarm.co.nz/detail/view/aqua-one-reflector-fluroglow-t8-40w-48-inch-double/m/931/ Pick up only Epsom Auckland. $35 Listing here till the weekend then it will go on trade me.

ah haha. Sorry about that. Just keep an eye on the nitrates. You could rinse out one filter sponge at a time in old tank water when you water change and see if that helps. Otherwise if you are worried something like nitrazorb will work however it requires regular replacement.

Sanding and re-varnish of cabinet and hood done

Plecs are waste machines. Two weekly water changes are not a lot - I do weekly and always have. The only way you can reduce your nitrates is to water change - after all nitrate is the end product of a cycled system and needs to be kept flushed out.

They have very small throats compared to their mouth size so micro pellets work well. Mine ate everything going. Just purchase a food that is higher in vege matter but keep the size of the pellets small. I've attached the article I wrote for one of our Aquarium World magazines on Rainbowfish. It doesn't go into the specifics of feeding but its a reasonable comparison of species found in NZ. The only other thing is don't fill up your tank with plants - leave them swimming space. RAINBOW FISH Proof read.pdf

Now on Trade Me. Any enquiries please ask there.

Yes any container large enough for them. Plastic warehouse bins are also good. You will need some sort of filtration in there but you could use whatever filter you used in the 25 litre and do regular water changes.

I get my corals for my marine tank from there but not my fish. Not sure how new you actually are to fish keeping but all fish, purchased from any source (private or retail), should be quarantined in a separate tank for one month before adding them to your aquarium.

Selling my 2ft Aqua One Singe light unit in excellent (as new) condition. This would have had 6 weeks use maximum so the tube has a huge amount of life left in it. See link for specs on it. http://www.hollywoodfishfarm.co.nz/detail/view/aqua-one-reflector-fluroglow-t8-18w-24-inch-single/m/931/ $30 ono. Offered on here for a few days only. Picture is of the unit for sale Pick up only Epsom, Auckland

I would expect you to notice some colouring in your tank within 7 - 10 days of adding them. When selecting look for ones with a hint of colour already. They are more likely to be males but they will show colouring earlier in a private tank than a shop setting (assuming they are coming from a shop).

Any fish with 'barb' in its name can cause issues in a tank. I'd go for a group of at least six dwarfs. Rainbows are stunning fish - even dwarf rainbows, once in your home tank will develop colouring far above what you see in a shop situation. Remember to give any tank with rainbows in some open swimming spaces as they do love to zoom along the tank. They will happily adjust to the pH of your tank. I had boesmani, reds, blues, dwarfs etc and they were fine in lower pH. If you do find you have a pair of them and want them to spawn then would be the time to raise the pH to the optimum level.

Just keep an eye on the levels.

Looks great

If its easy to get out give it a good rub. I suspect that if you leave it and it doesn't go away you will end up with algae growing on it (which you may or may not want)

That is correct.

Selling my beautiful breeding angelfish, see here http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=974693426 Any questions etc please go through TM. I will not ship so please don't ask. SOLD

Selling my FX5 filter - see here http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=974615269 Any questions, discussion etc to go through the auction. I will not ship.

I was under the impression that the plants available in NZ are all locally grown?