phoenix44

i always mean things in the nicest possible way. if i watched everything i said id be a mute! but yes i sincerely appologise to any one who has taken offense.

I did not! :oops: i was once not very long ago a parasite my self.

if it helps... just got told the the Eheim 2214 i think it was is on special for $199 (saving $200) at animates.

still want some ludwigia? pm me your address i shall be chopping some of the jungle in the tank tomorrow. Only thing is that you must promise to grow it well lol. and pass it on to other ppl when you have too much.

*nods* they are parasites. eat from inside you, and are a pain to get out :lol: they feed off you! (financially too!).

click and copy the "img" code and paste that here. PS - that is one FAT hungus fish !

im stealing a quote from another member on this forum and am using it in a context that is appropriate: Your fish is broken :lol:

its true... if people know how hard kids can really be (i compare them to vampires) i reckon 50% of parents would reconsider until they are more able or ready. then again im biased - i don't like kds - im scared of babies. :oops:

try using leaves instead... ludwigia and indian fern are good plants for this. also it is best to breed them in a tank with no water current - although breeding can be done in tanks with a current. if he is having trouble holding the nest together, and it sounds like he is - a little help can't hurt... then again if you have no filter in the tank disregard this entire post minus the plants bit and chuck a wet fish at me. :roll:

at the risk of being v unpopular - i reckon you should get the fish and when it gets too big you can get rid of it. how else are you to learn about keeping different species. Ps - you can keep aros with discus etc... i have without any problems. if the aro grows up with them they will not be food but any new fish will be fair game. i wish "to be" parents could rent rent kids to see the hell they are really in store for, lol.

aww... cuddles lol

I can solve your problem. All i need is the discus being picked on.

it took me about 10 days of non stop worrying and regular medication. clownloaches are amazingly strong at that size. they can starve for weeks so fingers crossed yours pull through. do you find little (tiny) flaky bits floating in the water? especially once the furan has gone in and you do your first water change? I turned all filtration off - just left an internal filter i use to oxygenate the water and create a flow over the heater.

No. not to my knowledge. Not in NZ any how. pity though

couldn't agree more! :bounce:

re the eyes thing... refer my topic in the diseases section.... v v long posts... completely baffling people. in the end i used salt, acriflavine, quinine, meth green and furan to control sheer devastation and walked out with 3 CL deaths and almost everything else dying. if it weren't for those meds nothing would have survived. let me know if you see similarities between the symptoms. I'd keep that salt in the tank, but when you do water changes which you will have to do a lot of- add only a tiny amount of salt thus reducing the salinity.

HFF in albany and the animates in glenfield had some really nice ones ages ago. almost bought them but they wouldn't have worked well in my tank at that time.

lol.. i love that thought too... i miss having peacock bass...and alligator gars. you do get the odd shovelnose... depends on how much $$$$ you are willing to part with though. many were imported under a different name as juvies and still are being imported(from what i hear of course; i would never encourage selling illegal fish :oops: )

don't forget the shovel nose catfish!

i too add salt as an estimate measure. just as much as i feel is right. even with meds i always start off underdosing and then up the meds until i think its right. most of these measurements 1 drop per L etc have been formulated by the companies making the medicines - maked me somewhat doubt the validity of their claims. i prefer to go on that gut instinct and all that i was taught as a kid. commercially i use a mixture of medicines that i have formulated - and when time is of the essence i can get rid of the worst cases of white spot in 3days which i thought was pretty good. but then again i wouldn't recommend that to any one as they are not my fish. my flatties tank got white spot so bad that the fish were literally weighed down by it and in 3 days it was all gone cause of this medication mixture. didn't lose a single fish, and never have for all the time ive mixed that stuff.... so there are other methods - just either not that common or just not "acceptable" by everyone out there. there is more than one way to cure the same disease.

fluvals occasionally pop up in that price range. they too are very good. so good infact that i recently choose to get another 405 over a similar spec eheim. the eheim was more expensive but im sure would have operated exactly the same. both come with an excellent warranty.

after a lot of reading on the hydrogen peroxide topic... it seems that it too can be used to get rid of it. you need a v small amount. the tank will be covered in small oxygen bubbles.

I see it now its a black widow tetra. AKA black skirt tetra.

i get a red block and an error.

i just assumed stock standard tank dimensions that are available from the pet shops. :lol: Mc Fish is what are the exact dimensions of the tank?