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Yep, I'd drain it and do it right - not the sort of thing that you want to do a bodgy job on.

Thanks Afrikan

Sounds good to me

Contact Mike from Mikes Pleco's - he breeds them by the bucketload and has come up with some special spirilina/agar recipes http://mikesaquatics.co.nz/shopcontent. ... andFeeding

Perhaps it can be split?

Yep, but lets hope it is part of a wider shift in understanding - maybe they are just realising that they have to do something.

Eh?

Och-ayee!

No prob.

I assume you are referring to me with that last little comment - and the answer is fairly simple - they were freely available at the time, and I wasn't interested in gearing up to breed plecs, especially when the vast majority of fish keepers did and still do grizzle about having to actually pay a reasonable price for captive bred stock. That situation might change now that wild caught fish aren't available - hopefully people who want the plecs will actually be willing to pay the costs of maintaining breeding programmes by paying the breeders a reasonable price for their stock and efforts. Maybe you should contact the guy I sold the parents to and see how his efforts are going (he is reasonably successful with his plec breeding efforts), or else stop whinging and get on with breeding some yourself, if you can.

Most retailers should be able to order you one - if all else fails, try the place you got your RSM from

Ahh...

I'm willing to live without a few nice plecos in my tank if it means the natural population is safe.

Why?

I can't see tha it would matter as far as sterilisation goes - it is part of a closed loop - but it may get blocked if it is before your cannisters mechanical filtration.

No, but you can get a relative called a 'pacu' - which are sometimes sold as red bellied piranhas.

Just be aware that they eat less algae as they become bigger, so it won't solve the problem permanently.

Good on them. The environment should come first, plus it might encourage captive breeding programmes if the value of those fishes goes up as they become scarce on the market. Plus I have the ones I want already.

All of a sudden supporting your local shop doesn't sound so bad, eh?

So I have to resurrect this thread. When is the next shipment arriving guys? Its been flip'n ages since we had new stock in Christchurch.

EErrr.. No. Not for quarantine etc. They have very specific requirements as far as disinfection and waste containment go, so I'd get in touch with them and find out what the latest requirements are.

I wonder what it would be like if the Predator did this to you:

We'd need to know what sort of fish this is and preferably a pic, but in all probability it is just a case of natural attrition. Fish don't live forever, and some just give up the ghost despite being in good conditions. I wouldn't bother with the tonic salt if it is the only sick fish in the tank.

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My big male died after getting a large apple snail shell stuck in his gut. It must have tasted good at the time, I guess.