Matthew

If you are going to do it, and are worried about the risk use a UV steriliser, and run all your water through that. So long as the flow rate is slow enough it will kill most bugs. It also kills floating algae spores, so if you want to keep algae eaters there won't be a lot of food for them.

unless your home is setup like a public aquarium

adding to the different spellings the LFS has "gurami" on it's fish

BBS live around 6 hours in freshwater I believe.

The white little swimming things may be some form of rotifer, again no real concern other than aesthetic.

chris. The fry begin to develop longer fins and an attitude if they are male. However only one male will be dominant so if you leave all the fry together then there is minimal fighting (othr than pecking order) If you remove the dominant male then another male will step up to the responsibility and develop longer fins etc. All the fry are seperated by serious breeders quickly (from memory 4-6 weeks of age) and placed in seperate containers in order to allow fins to develop with no damage from "pecking order nipping". This prevents any scarring and leaves the keeper with "show quality fish" (provided the breeding stock is appropriate) Hope this helps

Alisha Auckland meeting is on second tuesday of the month at 1930 at green bay community centre. I'm happy to transport you if needed (you are west aren't you?), although I must check with my roster as to my availability for the meeting. If you are keen PM me your address.

It will be easy to see. What looks like a few fry actually turns out to be closer to a million (excuse the hyperbole) when they become free swimming. Congratulations on the successful spawn and good luck with raising the fry

If you posted that twice to make us jealous you needn't have. Just once was enough to make me wish i was in australia. (not for long though)

don't forget to cover the tank as well to keep the heat in.

Anyone from auckland interested let me know, as I would be willing to carpool. I don't mind driving. If numbers from auckland aren't great I would be willing to collect people from other places on the way.

I have a double 2 foot fluorescent over my three foot tank, and have added two 11W lightbulbs either side.

gutted. I paid $13 for mine. The bulbs are your typical household globe size.

for those interested I was able to get some energy saver light bulbs at mitre 10. These lightbulbs are 6500K so are 'daylight'

has anyone used this as a medium within a fish tank?

I should have added that you will probably get extras from that fish club. I am possibly interested

so long as it is not on the second tuesday of the month you won't steal anyone from the auckland fishkeepers assoc.

Ira. I think it has something to do with the increased water pressure as to why you need to lower the water level. Also as Pegasus was saying you need to keep the air above the water the same as the temperature of the water so that the labyrinth will develop. I found with my siamese fighters that the best tank for this was a one and a half foot by one foot by one foot (L*W*H) covered with glad wrap. For some reason they didn't like the two foot tank I used, even though the same measures were taken (Glad wrap over the tank). As far as bristlenoses and pearl gouramis in the same tank, The gourami eggs float, that would be the saving factor I would think.

Logan. bio balls are a type of biological filtration substrate. Bio balls have a large surface area in which bacteria can grow. The bacteria is what helps to keep the tank water safe. The bio balls provide a larger area for the bacteria, hence providing better water conditions for your tank.

Pegasus will help you out here (hopefully) if i am wrong. I believe he uses one female at a time, and when she seems uninterested in laying eggs he adds another. The pearl gouramis I had only liked to breed when there were large amounts of floating plants in the tank, and then the male did not make a bubble nest, foam may encourage him to bubble, the other thing is half a polystyrene cup. Enjoy

should be. Do the old vinegar test ( a drop of vinegar onto the rock and if it bubbles the rock is no good for aquariums).

I agree completely, however at the same time if I can get 10 it acts as a notch in the belt, plus increases the chances of there being both genders.

up to six fry. I am starting to think that I won't reach 10

just out of curiosity if you caught a snapper (27cm+) and decided that it would be dinner how would you 'euthanise' it?

possibly decaying organic matter. If this is your oscar tank how well do you clean your gravel? As you would be aware oscars love to eat and hence defaecate. Also they love to rearrange there tank. hence burying organic material into all sorts of positions in the tank. My advice would be to add some oyster grit to your filter, this will increase the hardness, and alkalinity plus work as a buffer to prevent pH drops in the future. The only issue is that the oscars may not like the pH that high (when i use it my tank goes to mid 7's) although I would add oyster grit if my pH was dropping rapidly enough for me to be concerned.