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lol Ira - its not always inaccurate. I often use it to find the original photographers of images if I think they have been used without permission.

Try doing this - put the original photo you took of the object on to your desk top. Open up google image search. Upload your photo on to it and see what it comes up with. Might help, might not.

Is anyone flying Auckland - Christchurch within the next two weeks who would carry a bag of fish for me? Thanks

I am of the understanding that unless you know what you are doing with LED lighting you can do more damage than good.

Looks like a CO2 bubble counter to me

I used to use an airline on my fighter fry when doing water changes. Painfully slow though.

Please be aware that the minimum amount of potassium nitrate stockers will sell is now a 25kg sack. They will no longer break this particular item down into 1kg bags as they have in the past.

What sort of temperature is your tank getting up to during the day. I found that while my younger bn tolerated my tank heating up during the summer my adults did not. How much evaporation goes on with your tank - as water evaporates the salt concentration rises. If you are concerned and have a lfs with marines or know a marine keeper near you ask them to test the salinity level in your water.

not this Cam? http://www.fishchannel.com/fish-health/ ... amita.aspx

I think this looks very very nice!

What sort of tank do you have? Carbon is not necessary in filters, its really only for removing medications. When it gets full - around 4-6 weeks it can release toxins back into the water. Depending on the type of tank you could replace your carbon with another media and save yourself some money. The stores are correct, messing around with the pH is worse than having it high or low. pH swings will do more damage. I would like to be more help but I can't

I was unable to get stargrass to convert to submersed in my tank so I prefer dwarf sag.

Water changes will keep the pH under control if you have removed the cause. Fish hiding or eating is not right. Could be sick or it simply could be the fact that there are not enough of them left for them to feel safe enough to come out. Personally I would phone the shop who sold you the stones and speak to them, tell them about your test. The shop may not be at fault, the stones could have been in contact with limestone or dust or there could be something mixed in that they were unaware of. Ask them what pH their tank water is at, they should know. It could be pH shock, the platties could just be a coincidence.

Welcome to the fish room

excellent - please post some pictures of your cabinet building progress and of your tank as you go along. We love photos

Very hard and very very expensive

There is nothing wrong with that tank but that price is on the high side for what you are likely to be able to negotiate in your local shop. For stocking it depends on what sort of tank you want (ie fish and plants - fish to be the main focus or plants to be the main focus and to certain extent the look of the tank depends on the type of the tank you need to buy ie some plants require high light which means you need to pay more for a tank with high lighting ability. If you read through the posts on here and look at the pics then do a sketch up of what you want your tank to look like you will be happier than taking other peoples suggestions. On the fnzas website (go to the home at the top left of this screen) you will find information about plants and their requirements. Joining your local club will give you way more ideas as well and you can get to see other peoples tanks. For final stocking you can get about 15 x 2.5cm (final sized) fish safely in a tank the size of the Korall you linked to. Research on google the requirements of each fish as far as pH, compatibility and full size.

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damp??????? :sage:

Hi Anthea, I don't believe you are doing anything 'wrong', it could be a mix of factors. The first rule of fishkeeping is 'if you don't know why, do a water change' so doing a good one as Ron advised is a good idea. It is possible that the danios have brought some sort of disease in to the tank with them, it does happen but not always. Ira may be right about shock causing it but I am wondering if it is the pH which is pretty high for the fish you have. Most shop tanks and established tanks have a lower pH than that. If the fish have come from tanks with lower pH then they will take a lot longer than twenty minutes to acclimatise to the new pH levels. Is 7.5 what the water in the taps is or do you have something in the tank keeping the pH high like a piece of coral rock, shells, or it could be rocks or substrate. Please do check your ammonia and nitrite tonight - sometimes a newish tank will 'spike' during the night meaning the fish die but during the day the tests are normal.

Both the angels and the gourami will need larger tanks eventually. Pearl Gourami get to 14cm in length and angels get to 14cm top to bottom. In the meantime you might be better to see if you can find the pearl gourami a new home or surrender her/him back to your local fish shop. If the angels are a pair and you want to breed them they will need their own tank, if they are a pair and breed in a community tank no other fish is likely to be unscathed. It pays to remember angels are cichlids.

Test your water late in the evening tonight (just before you go to bed) and see if the ammonia and nitrite is still at 0. When you waterchange your tank do you wash out your filters? If not, please do not but if you have been please let us know how you do it. How long did you have the danios for before the platys died?

I was pretty sure you were going to say that. I nearly asked if it was there. I've been there with my family. Having done quite a bit of widespread travelling in third world countries we have been to a few sanctuaries.

Forgot to add, the reason I say is keep the six best but only spawn the two best is because at times the females are useless breeders/not compatible with the male/the eggs are not fertile and then the female dies. Biggest tip - never ever let anyone talk you in to selling the ones you want to keep, even for mighty $.

Welcome back - where was the elephant sanctuary?