phoenix44

well that's the last time i suck on the hose to do a water change

Don't try it. your water will get mucked up. go all white and terrible if it gets mixed around. or you could try it for the fun of it - spare the fish though.

Made in china :evil: I dont like em either. I have a 200W fluval you can borrow.

choc gouramis are really nice fish - look totally different to any others, and are particularly sensitive to water conditions.

wow that's a nice tank, with a lot of nice gravel! do you find it hard to keep clean? Is that a real clam shell? it looks great!

shipping can be risky sometimes, but if the fish are healthy they won't die on most occasions. I got heaps and heaps of fish off a member in AKL and all the fish were shipped down - not one died :bounce: on the other hand - a fair few fish die in transit for most pet shops.

ugh :lol:

I would always raise the temp, use salt and tonic (white spot cure). can't go wrong for basic treatments.

the whole point of that was to sell this magic water thing. marine fish live with freshies..... for some time at least. and heaps of people in asia mix goldfish etc in normal tropical tanks- mainly because of the predominantly tropical climates in those countries.

how have we reached the $800 mark? im assuming that's wholesale, but even then, the fish has to be on the wholesale supply list - which as of today it is not. but if its $800 wholesale, i shudder to think what it would cost retail.

the real non ornamental koi carp is really tasty. the colourful pond ones, not as good. goldfish is pretty bad.

yes they will. I for one have decided to re arrange tanks :lol:

I agree. 404 wont cut it. I have 2 405's on my 200L 4ft african tank. The 404's are horrendous to get started too, making them a major pain and hassle.

get a cannister filter. how many litres is the 5 ft tank?

yeh.. damsels can be little angry pit bulls. :lol: I want to win POTM too

oh, and that's really interesting substrate.. what is it?

its quiet?

yeh chuck the guppies in a box. what's the worst that could happen? ha ha. maybe ill see if i can find a temp tank for you, no guarantees though.

I like your damsel

how many guppies have you got?

sigh... that really sucks a lot. sorry to hear about the choc zebras as mentioned before any detectable ammonia is too much - just to be on the safe side. but if this ever happens again you can always use ammolock- that is if you know the ammonia is off the charts. It instantly detoxifies the ammonia present and then you can do WC's to fix the problem. just remember that something like that does not fix the problem, it just masks it. so your best option is to make sure there is no ammonia in the tank in the first place. safest bet is to have a qt tank that is cycled so you can chuck fish in there if needed.

poor MJ. He was a good dude. And will always be the king of pop. He will be missed.

must be big pumps :lol:

i assumed filter cause she said it was 18W :lol: who knows. i shall wait for the answer

ncea only came about in my 4th of 5th form i think.