Andrew_W

Demason's Cichlid? http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_demasoni.php

Name: Andrew Age: 22 Occupation: Boat Builder. incl Americas Cup challengers NZL 84 and NZL 92 Car: E36 "M" BMW Hobbys: cars,fish, fishing and hunting Family: Younger sister, mum and dad, live in Sydney Location: Auckland

cheers for that

mean video. question, what makes a Cichlid a cichlid?

If you have a tank with just random sucker mouth catfish, will they eat each others eggs? or once they spawn are the eggs and fry pretty safe? cheers

once again I have only had gourami's since last Friday, but I'm sure that females look like a totally different fish...and apparently most people don't import females.

sorry to here about your fish. but what is hex? what causes it, and how do you prevent catching it? sounds bad so thought I better find out.

having owned a BN for 4days, i would say I'm an expect on the subject (yes that was sarcasm) But i believe the males have a wider head than the females (or so I am lead to believe).

are two males ok together if the have a lady friend each? And can one male have two breeding mates?

oh sweet, in green/blue?, and where would I find these? (in Aux)

lol thats what I thought thanks

http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_Parotocinclus_jumbo.php cheers

Cheers for the feedback, one of the females spent the night in the breeder net, she seemed to be fine, took her out during the day though. I also bought some dense floating grass today for the fry to hide. On the plant issue I couldn't get any fertilizer balls today, but I did some liquid stuff.

Cheers, thanks for the replies

couple of photos of mr. grumpy :lol:

I was under the impression that the fish didn't so much "fight" with each other, they more flared up and stressed each other to death. Do they actually physically fight each other?

Sorry not sure if this is the right section but... I just got home and all the lights where off, but the aquariums light was on, turning the glass of the tank into the mirror, and my male fighting fish was going psycho at its reflaction...is this bad for the fish?

Thanks, I'll look into getting fertilizer for crypt (thats the dead looking plant in the centre foreground?), could a lack of nutrients also account for one of the red plants growing faster than the other? OK, so its been a day and I still have one fry alive I added a small amount of gravel to the breeder net, with a plant and some lose float greenery, and if I can I'll try to get the mum in there to give birth. Which brings me to a new a question, what are the main indicators that she is about to give birth? Thanks for the comments and sugguestions. -Andrew-

Hey there, I'm new to the forum and the Aquarium game. Currently I have had my tank for almost 3 weeks, and have 2m 3f guppies and couple of fighters. Last night one of the guppies gave birth, and before I could get home from work with a breeding net, my fighters had eaten all but one of the fry, which I don't really mind...But I have a Gold/Yellow female which has a red tail (apparently rather rare?) and she should be giving birth anytime now, and these fry I would like to keep alive. So whats my best option. -put one of the fighters into the breeding net, and let the fry fight against the filter and other fish -put the female in the net, and let her give birth in the net, and risk her eating the fry -leave them as is, and catch the fry (which are so hard to find) and then put them in the net? also, how often and how much do I feed the fry? tank is 60L