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Without even asking what else is in the tank I'd comment on the water change regime. As far as I'm aware Gourami's aren't fast water dwellers in the wild so lots of filtration and massive changes in their environment, as 90% water changes will be are going to be big shocks. Tell your mate to do two bucket loads of water change every week. His whole tank will be a far more stable and consistent environment. Things like the dwarf chocolates aren't the easiest fish to keep. best of luck

Whats the filtration like in your tank- these guys come out tiny and are easily sucked up, perhaps turn any internalfiter off or even relocate dad and tube to fry tank with bubbler, if they're in a community ( keeping tube submerged during process) - Well done , they were just waiting for the right sort of cave eh?

Mate Based on your geographic location I'd say the only Hemi's you should be interested in are of the Valiant variety. :lol:

Nxt time I get the camera out- just letting them hide and grow, cheers!

"Whatever" Hypan Boy

http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/bn-caves-vt32946.html

Nicuraguan. they seem to want to change genus/species titles every couple of years. Blue Dempsey- not natuaral I know but from CA origins

Sure and will do, been waiting for a sunny day so you'll have to give me a beer! - Can we agree that L066 is King Tiger, and L333 is different with no known common name- hence 'L333 King Tiger' is a problematic designation and could cause confusion or even hybridisation issues down the track. if we do have both species in NZ, then lets ensure it stays that way.

Nice mate! Never can have too many eh! For those unaware this fish is now banned from export out of Brazil, so this is significant. But you do continue too worry me with the title- as we have discussed. L066 is 'King Tiger and there is no doubt that the adults you got from 'babyfish' were those. http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/sp ... ies_id=174 L333- close but different, the size and head shape key indicators. http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/sp ... es_id=1024 This is what you ID'd your fish as? Taking nothing away from the breeding effort, the fact that these will be glorious fish no matter, but a it would be good to clarify for the future as there isn't actually a L333 king Tiger. This is the same in principal as the GBA cross BN discussion that was on another thread. I still want some but. hah

I make a lot of my own. depending on the diet I blend bought ingredients and freeze. $ 1o worth of product will give me trays of the stuff For my vege plecs I throw the 'Trunk' or stalk part of broccoli or cauliflower. It takes a long time compared to courgette to get mushy so can feed them for a few days. Cichlids like Uaru will peck away as well.

There are a few breeding them now- try a 'WTB ' request in the private trade and exchange.

No the mbuna- your mix is good

Yep.

and they would be competing for the same territories, so could get messy

Most Plecs live in colonies. Granted, in the wild they have the option of escaping aggression. Unfortunately the same rules apply to the very expensive fancy plecs as well. "you've got to fight for the right to party" One cave- you are setting up a breeding situation not a holiday park. You can have lots of hidey holes with a jumble of wood and rock. Your dominant male will take over the cave- he probably will but not necessarily be the biggest. yes expect some scrapping between the males at this point- the greatest chance of fatality is if dominant male traps a younger male in the cave. Once this is sorted extract the other males, and just leave the cave ,but I leave a little stack over and around cave for females as they will loiter around there then. With one cave you can probably sort all this out in a day-then start your seasoning programme. I use tiny little eheim pumps ( 200-300 ltr/hr) to blow across face of my bamboo or ceramic cave -about 15cm I guess from cave, and not into cave. I do this for aeration. With the tail out the male is actualy guiding a liitle current into the cave, and then fanning with fins.

This the same fish as the one on the left in the 2nd shot. She like the male have even changed colouring since these, because of breeding obviously but also I suspect as they are still maturing.

Put them all together Cam. If then you can then determine subordinate males take them out. Remember breeding is a numbers game.

I assuming your tank is 3ft ish so I think 2-3 bns and 3-4 cory would be ok, or look t something like dwarf chain loaches which stay small and are good snail eaters

The size of the BN or GBA is determined by their age, a full size male will eventually get to about 15cm. Get 2-3 young ones- they are more effective cleaners when young. In a way not the worst thing that could happen with GAE- they are problematic with tankmates when bigger. I would still go Animates for the refund though. You could happily add to your neons or go for another small schooler, small rainbows perhaps. The bottom has room for cory's and a group of Khulis. You could even go a pair of small cichlids-rams, apistos, maybe even keyholes or maybe sajica, and leave the gourami numbers as they are

The repair could take too long. Buy a new pump. At the end of the day I would rather return to a bill for a new pump than dead fish. repair the old one for a spare. Discus- if you aren't fimilar with medicating just continue your small water change-daily if you can. Agree with melafix for the Oscar- they sould be OK.

Seems to be the case with mine

No doubt abot that! Anyone been to New Orleans lately?- love that Creole! ( more than US Govt obviously) Whats the chance of a drowning in the water polo between Russia & Georgia? Was it just me but did that Belarussian skuller have a monstache. Is john Macbeth legally blind, his commentary borders on farsical- or is it just dementia.

Thats why my new favourite season is Summer.

Man you were frightening me- I was sure the nxt line was going to be "blowing in the wind"