si_sphinx

I like to make my female drop them herself as its more natural and hopefully increases the chances of the fry not spitting their eggs too early when they are mature enough to breed

How big is she. I was lucky as mine have spawned at a young age, quite small, and never spat out the eggs. maybe another go at it and she should hopefully hold them the full term. Mine typically hold for 40 days at 25degs or around 30 at 28degs and release free swimming fry. If she has just dropped eggs then it has probably been less than 2 weeks so should be fine to put back in the tank, if your worried about her then feed her up for a week before putting her back in. HTH

lol only 5cm off :lol: you cold also find a second hand desk, table or plant stand and line it with MDF, save you have to completly making one. but im guessing your after something specific that looks like what you want, thus making my comment useless :oops: oh well.

Exactly i just reckon it looks good and want it in my tank.

Ive tried exactly that and the air comes out of the holes, sticking to the side of the airline and expands with more air until it comes off the same size as normal airstones. Fine sponges don't work either

Yea ive herd of the wooden ones too and also heard that they get a fungus type thing that grows on it in fresh water.

Im on the hunt for an aquarium bubbler that produces fine bubbles in a freshwater tank. Ive got normal air stones that have huge bubbles. Ive tried what is called a professional aquarium mist air stone that turned out to be the same as a normal air stone. And ive tried flexiable bubble walls that give off smaller bubbles but still leak big bubbles out of weak points. Im wanting a super fine bubble mist in my tank. like you would sometimes see in a marine aquarium. it is the salt water that makes the bubbles in a marine setup so fine but i obviously cant add that much salt to my tanks Is there any bubblers that produce the super fine mist im after and where can i get one from??? Ceramic airstones?

Looks like hes just hit puberty :lol:

Hey Angela, good to see you joined

it shows mollies in the cave episode. Sailfin mollies & cave mollies.

I love nature docos, and i haven't seen these ones before so im gonna download the lot. just a little over 7GB

when i went to oz the lorikeets loved to land on you and attacked you if you didnt share your lunch at the picnic tables or didn't share your drink, they seemed to love the malibu and lemonade :lol: but they were very friendly when food wasn't involved

none of my females have egg spots, and out of all my males only one has them. Also both males and females have black on their anal fins :roll: i can only tell the difference in some of them when they are holding.

Thats strange, i would of expected her fins to be all closed as well. :-?

Good idea spoon these are my new ideas/brainwaves :lol: im now saving up for an 8 ft tank and will be getting it made as soon as i have made the stand. So this new tank will have a rocky background also but possibly no plants. so i will try go for spoons idea and do the eroded thing and see how it turns out. if not then i can only try try again

Ive had one before. Didn't get to see it much, always dug under the gravel.

HEY! this is a family site. PG thank you very much :lol: :lol: :roll:

I found it in a big pile of drift wood stuck against a bridges foundations. Sawed the top off it and fits perfect. ive been looking for the bottom half of a tree, roots and all, for ages. roots weren't as long and big as i wanted but it will do until i find the right piece.

And lots of photos of the fish :lol:

Any advice to make this look more like nature...?

love the algae P44 very cool 8) ive added some more rocks the the tank and played around with different substrates together to try make the look even more natural.

My has the same thing but i think it makes the tank look a lot more natural and i have algae grazing cichlids in mine also so i like to have it there for when they need a snack :lol: Only thing is i wish it was a green algae as that would look more natural. Does anyone know if it is different sorts of lights that make different algae grow...? i want mine to grow green

That would be awesome if you could, even better if you could share some on :lol: to me :lol: 8)

Thanks guys, Sam you should get some poly and give it a go, create something great. Can't wait for the moss to grow in, i hope it will look a bit more natural.