kleinr

Two days after removing the female I had a close look and found some fry hiding amongst the leaves. Unfortunately I was not prepared and did not have any food for them. After 3 weeks only 4 have survived

I have a pair of Moonlight Gourami that I am trying to bread. I have bread Gold, Honey Dwarf and Blues. They all go through the same process of blowing a bubble nest in which to keep the eggs. The Moonlight male is doing things a little different in that he has shredded the Indian Fern I floated on the surface for the bubble nest and created a sort of birds nest from it. He has not blow any bubbles into the nest. His current behaviour indicates he is guarding the eggs as he is constantly grooming the nest and keeping the female cowering in the corner behind the sponge filter. I have removed the female and gave her a good look over. Her tail fin is a little tattered which is common in the females after spawning. Has any one else experienced the same nesting characteristics? I guess the only way to know for sure if there are any eggs is to wait and see if any fry appear.

Thanks every one for your comments and suggestions. I have a wonderfully clear tank now. I removed the driftwood from the tank and replaced the water. I placed the wood into a 60liter plastic bin, filled it with warm water and left it to soak for 48 hours. I replaced the warm water 2 more times leaving it to soak for 24 hours each time and on the last water change it was clear so I placed the driftwood into the tank. The drift wood has been in the tank for 3 days and there is no leaching

Tea colour seems a better description of what it looks like. I purchased the sand from Hollywood Fish Farm. The bag has SDL Stones on it and labled as Brightwater. They are a dark grey and brown colour. If it is the driftwood leaching (also purchased from Hollywood Fish Farm) what can I do about clearing it. Besides removing it that is. I do have apicture but not sure how to add it to the post.

Hi, I have recently purchased a custom made tank 1800mmx500mmx500mm that holds between 400 and 450 liters. I have purchased 2 300watt heaters, 2 large bags of brightwater stones and 2 large pieces of briftwood. I have completed building the stand this weekend so was keen to get the aquarium setup. I have not yet purchased the filter for this aquarium mainly because I was not sure what I needed for this size but I did have a Fluval4 and a Hailea BL1000. I decided to use these and get started. There are no fish in the aquarium yet but the plan is to move the fish from my three smaller display tanks into this one so I can use the smaller ones for breading. I washed the sand untill the water draining from it was clear and then I washed the driftwood. Once in the aquarium I slowly filled it and then added the heaters and filters. For the first 4 hours the water was clear and then over night it went a brown cloudy colour. Now to the questions. Could this be from the driftwood? What filter do I need for this size aquarium?