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hi stella good to see there is someone on the spot also good to know the brief salt dip works, thanks for info mudfish can damage all fins by pushing completely into fine gravel. the streams on our property were once full of untreated rimu sawdust and runoff from this still filters through to waterways during wet weather, mind you though they are springfed as well. there are amazing populations of galaxiids in waterways. sawdust is from old rimu mill on property and is between 50 and eighty years old ( so basically a peat substrate, but the water running in streams is springfed so very clean,) thats why i raised the question of filtration on the system sorry i can't be of more help as have only had one problem with a very large giant that had fin rot, i suspected dirty water and temp too hot from being in tank inside so i increased filtration and did a 50 percent waterchange 3 times every 4 days, fish was clear of problems in 14 days returned to stream when cleared up good luck with the muddies

mud fish little buggers are prone to diving into the substrate, so might be getting injuries to fins from gravel etc wouldn't use salt myself, just in case, i might be wrong though

i had mudfish some years back used mud from habitat on bottom and put sump filter on syystem to keep water clean haven't used peat before though

is this in new tank you set up with peat ? if so how long have they been in there before fin rot shown what is ph level was it same as water they came out of do you have filter on syystem have they damaged fins during netting or move is substrate hard or sharp

she has spawned ran with white and a golden male some eggs are white, some are white with dark, some are dark wait and see now i suppose she looks a bit slimmer now :lol:

thanks firenzenz bigger fish do look darker are both imports from different sources ? if so some from each line would be a good thing the solid blue ones look nice on the overseas sites

Good arguements on both sides of hybrid or mutation seem to be 2 sizes for sale in the lfs, is that from 2 different importers, any one know ? maternal mitochondrial dna has been done to prove as dempsey on the mothers side, http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/p ... ?blogid=97 has anyone come across any mention of paternal dna testing on these? these seem to support it being a dempsey colour morph at least on the mothers side

next time you see her, tell her you've been talking to the animal handler from witherspoon & smythe circus

tuis and fishing a great combination repto always guarantees a hookup

hi fishy is that run by a lady, caroline, who used to do film work?

seems funny you don't know you need a lisence to have a zoo do you do any fishing ?

fish are like humans henward and take a while to establish their order in the tank took the beaten up aro i bought a month to settle down, then the jardini a week to come right after his move across country generally speaking they are agressive fish being predators, but individual fish may have different levels of agression splash out and get a 1,000 litre plus tank so you can keep more big fish, you still might have compatability issues though

our one eats anything that disturbs the top of the water, or anything i hold in my fingers he still waits for the aro to feed first

a friend has just had an application approved for palms to be put on the list, took nine months from start to finish paperwork and referencing was the longest part of the process

also were the bodies damaged, if so how ? when it happens it is usually only very large clowns that will attack other fish other fish will also nibble on a fish after it dies

Hi Stella how is the nudfish setup going ? any updates, cheers mark

Ti point, spot on dennis

always ready for a young mouse or cockroach

i put the poly under the lid to raise the top clear of the water level, no escapes

needed some new breeding traps so made them out of icecream container, plastic insect screen from M10 , polystyrene and silicon glue base top polystyrene in tank

the reptile park has had some of their torts for many, many years some donated and some purchased

timber can take a good knock too

if the eggs are fertile destroying them raises some ethical issues leaving them alone means nature will take its course what to do tongue in cheek

Caryl, keep them coming :lol: :lol:

timber is cheaper and you can build yourself, bit of family bonding