BigBossPants

Redfins! I'm jealous, methinks I need to set up a 2nd native tank for all the ones you catch me on thursday They're looking very happy

The vids came out really well it was amazing to watch, probably not something Ill see again! Thanks so much mark for giving us the opportunity Hope the babies do well

Hmm maybe he could be the sole occupant of my big tank... Must... Resist...

Hey all, there is a fundraising quiz night for the chch earthquake coming up and I thought it would be fun to get a fish club team together for the night! Its at the Fly Over Tavern in Mt Maunganui on Tuesday the 28th of September at 6pm. $5 per person plus drinks. Once I get a team of 6 together I will book a table. Hope to get a few together, will be a great night for a great cause! Ps. My partner is the quizmaster

Mine would be the 650l tank, stand and cf1200 for $350. Even offered to paint it, deliver it and let me pay it off! Im absolutely stoked about it

Awww I really want to go but Ill be working someone videotape it for me lol

When you go to work and play with 60+ tanks, go home and play with your own tanks, go to bed and dream about tanks... And still dont have enough

No, good point. Im lucky enough to be allowed them at work. Big ups to you then

"These are MY eggs!" The eggs are the lighter coloured area behind him. Sorry if the pics dont come out too well, testing out uploading pics using my phone... Woke up this morning to find a female sitting in the plant with a bunch of eggs. Several more were scattered around the tank... Odd

Looks like I beat you josh, I have 16 in my face and ears

Lol am I the only one who doesnt know what josh looks like? Perhaps a pic is in order

The new batch have been going for just over a week and seem ok the parents dont seem that happy about the frequent small water changes though. The fry all hang out in a back corner, most of them clinging to the glass. They appear to be growing. How big do they need to be before they can handle rotifers?

Im getting my partner his first tank for his birthday very soon (which I will probably be maintaining lol) and he has made a rather ambitious list of the fish he wants. The tank is 4ft x 3ft x 2ft and holds 650l. The list is: Oscar, delhezi bichir, blue dempsey, featherfin syno, silver dollars (10), fire eel, gold severum. I would like odessa barbs. I need to cull the list... Which of these are the most compatible?

The sponge was in the filter for my axie tank, had been for many months. That idea seems likely. The liquifry contains 'derivatives of vegetable origin, eggs and egg derivatives, yeasts and preserved with EC additives.' says it will also stimulate infusoria. Cant afford salt mix so am using sea water collected at high tide from a clean beach away from boats. It sits in a sealed bucket with an airstone to circulate. Will look at getting rotifers, will they be small enough for them to eat when they are freshly hatched? I also have microworms but didnt have a chance to feed them. I had waited a week to put any salt in, thought they would cope better with alivuld size on them, might start the salt on day 3 or 4 this time. In your opinion would an increase of 0.002 daily be ok?

I'll be bringing some baking

Crans and upland bullies are non-diadromous, and some populations of commons.

Cheers for the suggestions tested the water today and it showed low levels of nitrite and a pH of 8. Im thinking there may have been an ammonia spike a few days ago and the high pH made it more toxic. The next batch have been laid on driftwood so that should address that. Bigger water changes combined with using parents water should hopefully keep any wastes at bay.

Damn, lost them got another lot about to hatch so will try again, this time I will do larger water changes with water from the parents tank and start increasing the salt sooner... Fingers crossed

I did the shark cage experience earlier this year, it was fun! The sharks didnt come that close, and even if they did there was no way they could get you. Worth doing, the scariest part was the tenorerature of the water lol

Aah I see thanks for that phoenix. Just checked the adult tank and Randy has another nest with eggs

I wonder how pet stores are allowed to sell them? Confusing. I have the fry in a 10-12l tank with a mature sponge filter, doing daily partial water changes. Feeding 3x daily. I have those little tanks that I borrowed from you mark, going to spread them over the 3 tanks as they grow

Day 2 and still alive lol. Feeding them on liquifry and green water. Question: if I manage to raise them, is it legal to sell them seeing as they are captive bred? Not to get ahead of myself or anything lol

Haha yeah a bit small yet, all I can really see are their eyes glowing. I will try and get pics but not sure if I can upload, using my mobile for the net atm. They are about 24 hours old now, I can still see their yolk sac if I look closely. Did a small water change using airline with an air stone as a strainer lol. Took a while but no sucked up babies! Yes I read the paper, maybe I skimmed past the part about salinity Ill have to read again. Did a bit of research on the lake tarawera population, apparently the upper tarawera river bullies are non diadromous, but the lower river ones are... I wonder if this applies to the ones in the lake also?

How exciting my bully eggs have hatched and I now have a swarm of 2mm fry in the breeding tank! They are so cute zipping around in their fish-cloud. I still have not decided how or whether to transfer them to salt, I think I will do half in fresh and half in salt and see what happens. Now to try and do a water change without sucking up the little guys! Daddy bully has been named Randy, as he is preparing for his 3rd batch of eggs lol.

I'll have a read thanks If they aren't a diadromous species, the salt will kill them yes? Still not 100% what species they are as dad looks very different to the others.