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id have to agree with ron ... but plant the back half really thick and create a community around the discus ... my personal favourate would be the rose discus at the moment, check out my welcome/intro to my tank post and ull see what i mean by the planted tank cherri O Lewis

Not sure if im correct or not but dont they have a fish like that at the jansens in botney in there display tank? looks similar to the sketch above, but i could be wrong Cherri O

I may have a over crowding problem too (see list below) but ive got a ehiem 2213 and a fluval 104 (i think) the fluval doesnt put very much water through it (stuff all really) but im hesitent to clean it out because the excess bacterial may be the only thing keeping the tank going id have to agree with the others on the filteration bit, i neglect my tank a quite a bit and just wondering when its gonna kick me in the ass cos it looks good, ive only filtered out the gravel once in the 6months ive had the tank but everything seems to be going well. so on the final note ... if your seriously concerned, buy another filter, get it settled in and add a few more fish (i take no resposibilty for dead fish) :evil: cherri O Lewis

haha even evil knows your a beginner paddy

yea its kinda like pats weakness, ask him anythin 4 times and he has 2 tell you :P unless hes asleep then u cant stop him talking

ohhhh yeaaaa people think im a breeder now if anyone does want any brichardi babies ive got a few now (less then 1cm tho) so will be ready in a while i have 2 of the fish above but the brichardi started breeding and got anal, the other one was more of a blue while this one that saffas got was the yellow, cost me around $20 each i think but probably got a better deal ... ahhhhh back in the days when i could get cheap cheap stuff from the pet store ay paddy

Im a breeder??? wow what did i tell you about putting other non-cichlids with it

i told u 2put a pic up on the forum and people who actually have knowledge will help u

Does anyone know of any fresh water puffers avalible in NZ that will go in a community tank? ive heard lots about them being very bad fin nipers cheers in advance Lewis

Hey Paddy Gotta say you should try breeding those fish of yours that look like theyve got pine-cone bodies ... pitty they die soon after you discovered this new breed of guppy. Better luck with those ones with the kewl white spots all over there bodies Cherri O

a while ago i brought 2 red turk discus at about 35-45mm since then ones started to grow and is approx twice the mass of the smaller one ... now heres the problem THE BIG ONE IS CONTINUALY CHASING THE LITTLE ONE, this forces the little one to hide at the back during feeding times and ive now seen a few small nips taken out of the little ones tail the larger one mostly swims around with is black stripes suppressed while the little guy always has his black vertical stripes showing the tank is well planted so there are hiding spots whats the best way to get around this as i think if it stays like this it could be the little guys dimise in the future cheers for all comments coming Lewis

hopfully heres a couple of pics of my 4ft tank any comments welcome sorry the latest picture if dark, camera is on the blitz Will get photos up of my 3ft brickardi tank up soonish cherri O Lewis

Hey all, good 2 see you all here helping eachother out Im all new to this forum stuff so ill just give a little squizz of the tanks and fish ive got (sorry for any spelling mistakes) 1st tank 4ft x 450x450 (250-300L ish) 2 red turc discus 12 or so glass catfish 10 lemon tetras 10 neon tetras 1 gold spot / gold nugget (which ever the cheaper one is) pleco 1 kuli loach 5 peppered cory 1 male hi fin swordtail (great looking) 1 female swordtail Heaps of guppies (will be for sale) 2nd tank 3ft 350x400 1 Yellow Rainbow cichlid (lives i a breeding net because of fear for life so is looking for a new home) 2 Brickardi Cichlids HEAPS OF FRY (will also be for sale soon, so if u live in auckland and want come cheap give me a buzz) So that pritty much what ive got at the moment, ive also been able to breed blue rams but got out of them as they tend not 2 like my guppy tails much Cherri O Looking forward to hearing from you all Lewis