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I hope its not won buy a novice with deep pockets who wants a show fish (that is likely to spent most of its life hiding under a rock) Here's hoping that whoever wins it buys a group so they may possibly breed from them in the future.

Really? Have you seen this happen? Mine have never done that

Blue mystery snails dont eat your plants

Small loaches will not eat large snails but when the loaches get bigger it will be a different story. I have had a group of golf ball sized mystery snails in the same tank as a group of 8-10cm clown loaches for a quite a few months with no problems but it is just a matter of time before the situation changes

Mmmmm. I seriously worry about some you people sometimes

I have raised my tank temp to 30 and added about a dozen handfuls of rock salt to my tank. The clown loaches and skunk loaches are not bothered by it.

I don't usually keep a filter in my QT tank as it receives daily water changes

I sympathise with you Caryl. This week I have been fighting a massive whitespot infection in one of my 4 footers. I have no idea what caused it apart from perhaps my cold water changes are even colder now its winter. Surprisingly the only visible infection is on some of my fancy plecos and not on any of the clown loaches or other fish that share the tank

I would have mentioned spark plugs :lol:

Dont count your batches before they hatch BTW well done on the spawn and great pics once again

I no longer feed ox heart to any of my fish. I know that many people do use it with good results but I can only think of a few fish that digest mammal fats, proteins etc on a regular basis in the wild.

Stella, If you want to read up on hole in the head (HITH) and head and lateral line erosion (HLLE) then I can recomend this link. http://www.worldcichlids.com/diseases/Adamhith.html

I get mine from here http://www.brineshrimpdirect.com/c1/Bri ... gs-c2.html

My readings are 4dGH and 5dKH which sit in the 50-100ppm range and would be considered to be low/mid range levels. If you were measuring your KH for the formula that I mentioned yesterday you need to use the dkh value for the Kh not the ppm value

A rough guide to how many bubbles per minute you need is : (tank volume x KH) / 40 = BPM This is a rough guide only to get you started. There are many other variables that need to be taken into consideration

or you could send me your spare male

You could run far more than 30. I have a 40L/min compressor that is a smaller version of the one above. It is currently running 20 tanks and could run more.

I assume that you are talking about biological filtration only? Axokeeper may find this site informative http://www.aquariumpros.com/articles/bi ... ypes.shtml

And so do I But we both have a few years of experience up our sleeves. I am merely suggesting that axokeeper (who I assume is fairly new to fishkeeping) should try to keep as much media as possible in the filter.

The reasons why I have said "the more the merrier" is for the following reasons. 1) You may have a bare bottom tank. IE No gravel 2) You may replace all of your filter wool each week . 3) You may not be using a sponge filter. You need as much surface area as possible to cultivate a permanent colony of beneficial bacteria that wont be effected by water changes or filter cleanings

The more the merrier. Go for as many as you can fit in the filter without restricting the flow rate.

Nice work Jen. All it needs now is a fancy plec or two

+1. Save your money

I just thought that axolotl-danio may be interested in some of the properties of the chemical that he is experimenting with.

From engeneringtoolbox.com * Ammonia Molecular weight : 17.03 g/mol * Ammonia Melting point : -78oC * Ammonia Latent heat of fusion (1,013 bar, at triple point) : 331.37 kJ/kg * Ammonia Liquid Density (1.013 bar at boiling point) : 682 kg/m3 (250 K : 669 kg/m3) (300 K : 600 kg/m3) (400 K : 346 kg/m3) * Ammonia Liquid Specific Heat Capacity (cp) (250 K : 4.52 kJ/kg.K) (300 K : 4.75 kJ/kg.K) (400 K : 6.91 kJ/kg.K) * Ammonia Liquid/gas equivalent (1.013 bar and 15oC (59oF)) : 947 vol/vol * Ammonia Liquid Dynamic Viscosity (250K : 245 106 Ns/m2) (300K : 141 106 Ns/m2) (400K : 38 106 Ns/m2) * Ammonia Liquid Thermal Conductivity (250 K : 592 106 kW/m.K) (300 K : 477 106 kW/m.K) (400 K : 207 106 kW/m.K) * Ammonia Boiling point (1.013 bar) : -33.5oC * Ammonia Latent heat of vaporization (1.013 bar at boiling point) : 1371.2 kJ/kg * Ammonia Vapor pressure (at 21oC or 70oF) : 8.88 bar * Ammonia Critical point - Critical temperature : 132.4oC - Critical pressure : 112.8 bar * Ammonia Gas Density (1.013 bar at boiling point) : 0.86 kg/m3 * Ammonia Gas Density (1.013 bar and 15oC (59oF)) : 0.73 kg/m3 * Ammonia Gas Compressibility Factor (Z) (the ratio of the actual volume of the gas to the volume determined according to the perfect gas law) (1.013 bar and 15oC (59oF)) : 0.9929 * Ammonia Gas Specific Gravity (air = 1) (1.013 bar and 21oC (70oF)) : 0.597 * Ammonia Gas Specific volume (1.013 bar and 21oC (70oF)) : 1.411 m3/kg * Ammonia Gas Specific Heat Capacity at constant pressure (cp) (1.013 bar and 15oC (59oF)) : 0.037 kJ/(mol.K) * Ammonia Gas Specific Heat Capacity at constant volume (cv) (1.013 bar and 15oC (59oF)) : 0.028 kJ/(mol.K) * Ammonia Gas Ratio of Specific Heats (Gamma: cp/cv) (1.013 bar and 15oC (59oF)) : 1.309623 * Ammonia Gas Dynamic Viscosity (1.013 bar and 0oC (32oF)) : 0.000098 Poise * Ammonia Gas Thermal conductivity (1.013 bar and 0oC (32oF)) : 22.19 mW/(m.K) * Ammonia Gas Solubility in water (1.013 bar and 0oC (32oF)) : 862 vol/vol * Ammonia Gas Autoignition temperature : 630oC