KrazyGeoff

Hi, Remove any carbon or such like from the fluval, and replace with bio chem zorb, or another product that does not leak whatever it has removed from the water, back into the water, once it is "full", if that made sense. Sounds more like an algae bloom. I get the same simptoms sometimes after feeding Zucchini. I can feed massive amounts of food and no problems. One bit of Zucchuini and "cloudy city" the next day. How often are water changes being done? and how heavy is the fish stocking? Remember that the zucchini (once it hits the water) is really just decaying plant material, so I would also suspect that there may be some decomposing plants in the tank somewhere that are not helping. As to the fluval slowing down, I have experienced something similar on occasion. What I found was the round part (with the holes in it that leads back to the out hose) in the cover that sits on top of the media trays was actually getting blocked by material in the top media tray. Turning the filter off to investigate, would show nothing because as soon as the filter was turned off, the material that was causing the blockage would settle back into the tray.

I tend to agree with Mr Pleco Josh. Female Female Male Male Give them another 12 months and see what happens. The females tend to like caves also. Cheers

Well .............................. They were not the viagra that I hoped them to be Jump onto the site and look at the postage before getting too excited....

http://www.kensfish.com/kenssticks.html I imported a fair bit a while back. The postage will kill you (Postage was about 2.5 x the value of the product as they are quite heavy), but the exchange rate is better now. They come really well labeled, and I even had a dialogue with MAF. Basically there is nothing in them that will prevent them coming through the border. Even better if you know someone coming from the USA then they can bring them in for you.

I always thought that one would feed them neons to condition them for breeding.

Just add water and wait, seems to do the trick. you gotta keep changing the water as well. I think I used a 35mm pipe.

Hi Josh, Good luck with the L140 project. Cheers Geoff

Hilarious :happy2: :happy2:

Hollywood Albany had some today. Not usre about Mt Roskill. Cheers

At least 20hrs a week maintenance

The workout probably did them good :lol: :lol: Give them a 30% water change tomorrow and see what happens?

Hilarious Female facing out is a good thing. What I have noticed is that if the male has a female in the cave, rather than another male, then if you shine a torch in there he will flair his cheek odontodes.

Nice work P44

Just about wet my pants.

.... Now I need to find the article..... http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/breeding/Berg_Clown_Loaches.html in the last section on breeding Cheers

Just my two cents but I think you mean HIS face......... Not sure where I read it but I read somewhere that the ends of the tail fin of the male are "curved" (for want of a better word) and the females are straight, that is the line from the base of the tail fin to the tip of the tail fin is straight. The tip of the tail on the fish in this picture curves to be parallel with the vertical line of the fish. Some of mine have those spots also. Geoff

I thought I had seen something like that on K Rd http://www.ironbank.co.nz/video-gallery/

It would be awefully bad taste if whomever wins it is not legit!

(Not sure if this is the correct forum but...) This has to be the craziest trade me auction I have ever seen, a real test of market forces. What are these guys really worth, and what is someone prepared to pay? A brave HFF tests the talk vs. action theory. This may even be newspaper worthy.

I use these guys: Jurassic Stone 76 Ellice Road, Glenfield They will also cut slate to size if you want. The depth of your pocket may be a factor. Cheers

Many many many years ago, one of my previous cats was taking a bit too much interest in my flatmates goldfish bowl, I told her she needed to put some mesh or something on top of the tank. "Your cat is too stupid to catch my fish" she told me. The next day she came home to find that her goldfish had become a dorsal fin. "Your cat has eatin my fish" she yelled at me. "Not my cat," I replied, "He's too stupid!" Today all my tanks that the cats can get to unsupervised have lids.

Most likely around Xmas they will be big enough. Cheers

I guess I have spent long enough on the "fringe" Common name: bristlenose pleco Scientific Name: Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus L number: N/A Male: Y Female: Y Successfully bred Y/N Yes Common name: Longfin bristlenose pleco Scientific Name: Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus L number: N/A Male: Y Female: Y Successfully bred Y/N Yes Common name: GBA - Ancistrus sp. (L144) Scientific Name: Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus L number: N/A Male: Y Female: Y Successfully bred Y/N Yes Common name: Medusa Pleco, Ancistrus ranunculus Scientific Name: Ancistrus ranunculus L number: L034 Male: Y Female: Y Successfully bred Y/N No Common name: Blue fin Panaque Scientific Name: Baryancistrus beggini L number: L239 Male: Y Female: Y Successfully bred Y/N Yes Common name: Big White Spot Pleco, LDA33 Scientific Name: Baryancistrus sp. L number: LDA33, L142 Male: Y Female: Y Successfully bred Y/N No Common name: Queen Arabesque Pleco Scientific Name: Hypancistrus sp. L number: L260 Male: Y Female: Successfully bred Y/N No Common name: Clown Pleco, Pretty Peckoltia Scientific Name: Panaque maccus L number: L104, L162, LDA02 Male: Y Female: Y Successfully bred Y/N Yes Common name: Tiger Pleco Scientific Name: Panaque sp. L number: L002, L074 Male: Y Female: Y Successfully bred Y/N Yes Common name: Flash Pleco, Peru striped Panaque Scientific Name: Panaque sp. L number: L204 Male: Y Female: Y Successfully bred Y/N No Common name: Big banded tiger pleco Scientific Name: Peckoltia sp. L number: L140, LDA61, LDA62 Male: Y Female: Y Successfully bred Y/N Yes

Today I watched one "come out of its egg" which was something I had not observed before. First the head lifts off the egg, and then the tail lifts off and starts wagging like a P.Maccus.... It was really quite something and only took a couple of seconds. They start out as grey and blue(ish) striped fry This one is about 20mm long and you can just see the light blue stripe appearing along the edge of the dorsal and tail fin. At about 25mm they will change colour to a dark blue with the light edge on the dorsal and tail fin. I was trying to get a picture of one of the older ones when I observed the egg activity. There should be some avaliable about christmas, but there have been people who have "taken care of me" and I will need to take care of them first. Cheers

They are a very cute fish