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I my experience the circling is often between two females and is usually broken up by the male, i have even seen other species males come and break them up........

Why does fish food cost so much? Is it really that difficult to make? Over the time I have been keeping fish (about 5 years) it seems to have increased by about $10.... Does anyone have good alternatives?

There is the Avon Bonsai Society in chch....great people and very helpful.... Also the VANZ nursery in Burnside, run by Bev and Alan Vanz. Their number is in the phone book.

contact tim at Inside oceans.... do a google search.... excellent work

interesting ....i too have an outbreak in one of my tanks, mainly affecting keyholes. Happened around the same time and I cant seem to shake it off...

screws with large washers worked very well for mine and then i put tape over these as well to make sure the poly was completely sealed. The person who advised me, recommended wrapping the poly with polythene on both sides like a parcel so that it was completely sealed. It works really well and was easy to handle....I just didnt make the insulated space big enough. It usually maintains a 20 - 23 degree temp most of the winter and often goes up to 30+ over summer...

good points ....thanks

I have a 300lt which doesnt have a middle cross bracing on the top. I saw on the buy and exchange threads, a tank with two metal clips with rods used for this bracing. Can anyone tell me whether the clips are siliconed to the glass? and any negatives in using the metal instead of glass......?

thanks to both....

has anyone used the hydrogen peroxide treatment? or has anyone found another way?

thanks for the advice

she has 10 small ones and approx 20 larger

a friend has been given quite a few baby discus (2 - 3 cm). Before moving them they were under the internal filter and on their sides, black in colour!! Since moving they (1 week ) they remain on their sides, black and breathing fast. The larger fish from the same batch (5 cm) are fine. Anyone have any suggestions?

possibly a zebra OB????

I'm moving 4 tanks (sizes and fish types are below)

Sorry but i cant seem to find the threads where this is spoken about.... Do i need to take tank water with me? What is the min amount? Does anyone in chch have barrels i could borrow? Many thanks

My firemouths dont get on with any of their tank mates.... corys large and small, bristlenose (now killed) and yellow fin tetras.... They are quite aggressive to anything that moves...

The fish in pic 1 has similar colouring and shape to a female Cynotilapia Afra for sale on trademe in chch....

I got a reasonable sized bag of fine black sand fron a Landscape place on Dyers RD for $16. It is a type of lime stone and dosent come up completely black but more of a dark battleship grey. They had different grades from fine to course. I ended up going for the medium grade and mixing some coral sand with it. The fish certainly love it and spend most of their time moving it around the tank. The problem was the time it took to wash. I did a couple of handfuls at a time and after 50 washes the water was still cloudy Oh well it was worth the effort.

Bigger discus are certainly easier to keep. Small ones are hard work. I have had both and wouldnt want to go to smaller again.... I have mine in with cardinals, emperor tetras, glowlights and Bolivian rams...

Hehe.... well they were trying to sell something with either EBV or EPV as a high density plastic

Cheers Ira... Do you know what EBV is then?

It is now my understanding that polyetheline is an inert rather dense plastic (similar to white bread boards) quite different from polystyrene....

high density polyetheline (sp?) perhaps?

Whats HDPE? And would poly be ok to use?