Adrienne

it has possibly had a stroke - yes, I am being absolutely serious. It does happen.

Good to hear. I think you will find though, that while the fighting has settled down it will be an ongoing issues. Angel fish need large tall tanks with plenty of visual barriers placed throughout them.

I have congo fern but I do wish it looked like that -mine is pretty dead really!

http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-storie ... son-crash/ I feel particularly sad not only for the family and friends of the motorcyclist but also for those who witnessed it and hope Grant and the others can cope. Look after him Caryl, he is a vey good man. My husband is currently touring the South Island on his motorcycle and every day when I come home from work I am thankful to see his posts on facebook showing he has reached his next destination. As a motorcyclist myself I appreciate how vulnerable we can be and how easy it can be to lose control on bends on roads not normally travelled. It only takes a moments inattention, a piece of loose gravel, wet road or bad roadside surface for a bike to drift.

Fastways also charge the earth. Cost me $46 overnight Auckland - Wanganui a couple of years ago. Given it was the day NZ Couriers told me no to sending the fish through them any more even though I had pre purchased tickets I had no choice but to pay. Incredibly rude staff there at that time as well.

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NZ Couriers do not and will not ship out of Auckland. They will however deliver fish sent to Auckland from other parts of the country. If you intend to use them I would suggest you phone them first to see if they will do it in your area. Up here Post Haste or Fastways are the two options that I have used.

You may find that if you do keep only females one will change sex. from the net (this is bound to cause discussion :lol: ) Platys don't change sex, but there are two times in their lives when they can confuse their owners in this regard. All platys are born looking female - if you have a look at some newly born fry, all of them will have the triangular anal fin of the female. As they get to about 1/3 adult size, some of them will start to show that they are males by developing the gonopodium (male-shaped anal fin.) If the tank is overcrowded or they are underfed, this might be delayed until they are almost full-sized. This is more noticeable with mollies and swordtails than with platys; sometimes these fish can appear female until they are over a year old, if they are in the same tank as a dominant male. When separated from the dominant male, they suddenly develop male characteristics. The other time when they can get confusing is very old females. Sometimes an old female will stop producing fry and may even develop a gonopodium. She has not actually changed sex; she is now sterile and will not show male sexual behavior or father fry. This happens to some females but not others, and again is more common in swordtails. (The last paragraph is what happened with one of my gold lyretail mollie breeders)

Thanks Michael, its a little hard without fishroom names on the info from clubs.

Alan you are a member of NZKA.

I changed mine, I meant 4 and I like the pointy rock. Thats what drew me to that scape.

Alan, do you know who Stimpy is? I am sure Wok will respond any way but I wanted to check that Stimpy had been captitated.

I am thinking that if furan 2 has been used, the treatment completed fully, as in the instructions and it has failed to work, that the damage may be permanent. Normally if the eye is popping and cloudy and the damage has been done by fighting it will resolve itself without intervention within a couple of days, if the tank water is pristine. Meth blue can also be used to assist. After several days has gone by with no improvement the chances are that it has turned bacterial. Furan 2 is the strongest, non prescription bacterial medicine available to fish keepers that I am aware of.

Who is Stimpy? NZKA supplied no fishroom names so my data base does not compute!

http://www.fnzas.org.nz/?page_id=25

http://www.fnzas.org.nz/?page_id=2379 This work has been done by a very very small but extremely dedicated group of FNZAS members. A huge thank you needs to be given to those who have worked so hard and given up much personal time to provide us and others with a quality data base. From me - 'Thank you so much'

both work on fungus,depending on the type. http://www.apifishcare.com/Products/Pro ... oductID=56 http://www.apifishcare.com/products/pro ... oductID=57 However goldfish respond better to pimafix.

I know you have not asked for opinions but you are getting mind anyway. I like 4. Good to see you found rocks that you like.

Yes all males, I think you are going to stuggle with all them in the tank.

The best piece of advice I can give is "be patient" and "slow but steady will win the race". Good luck

Did you add live rock? I am assuming so but in case you did not and do not know, each time you add rock that is 'dead' your cycling process will be put back.

The one you posted a pic of is a male, can you post pics of the others? Females show less colour than males but also the dorsal fin of a male tapers to a point, on females it is more rounded.

I think that is a really good suggestion - plenty of mozzies, daphnia around at this time of the year. You can probably get hold of white worm and microworm cultures. Perhaps try a minimalist tank atm - in other words as little as possible in there. No plants or rocks, even perhaps any substrate and you may be able to narrow it down. What exactly are you feeding, how much and how often?

It definitely looks like fighting to me, particularly the mouth which will have been caused by them liplocking. Gourami are very much like betta in that two males in the same tank can cause issues once they are mature. Why do you think you have only males, it could be that there is a female in the tank which could be adding to the issue.

http://freshaquarium.about.com/od/water ... phates.htm you have probably read this