phoenix44

random white spot question - do fish get white spot in the wild - and if they do, how do they recover?

look up black beard algae on google... does it look like that?

would be cool if we could wait for a few weeks as well cause i have university exams coming up =(

get it! they are really good pets man.... seriously get it! really really intelligent too...

well if you do get a magpie (i used to have 5 crows in india when i was a wee lille lad) come over and let it play with rusty!

ha ha no... lol.. i know of a few suppliers from work but that's it.... I've worked out that in NZ, its more complicated to do the stuff i used to plus the capital requirements are high; and fixed costs with electricity etc..... and as a third year at uni i should really focus on my studies instead of the more fun alternative - FISH! lol am very keen to start a pet shop chain though... have a business plan all set up.... one day some day... after my degree... watch out NZ! lol u need strong as glass for a tank that big remember that lol... that tank was toughened 16mm. with supports all the way through... nightmare to catch a fish that's for sure... lol.

yeah i used to get them for about $2 ea for babies at the size of a $2 coin ranging to the old 50c coin.... plus a 30% mortality compensation (so 30% more fish at no extra cost). my friend's dad was the fisheries minister so the paper work was well... erm.. handled.. and i was left to deal with the fish. got heaps of free fish too! lol the tank was one of the entrance walls to the house, in the second floor courtyard (sorta hard to explain so i won't lol)...

I'm keen too! like really really really uber super keen! :bounce:

crowded? lol it was a 12ft by 4ft by 3ft aquarium! i could fit in it happily.... lol filtration was running constantly, there were holes in the bottom of the tank via undergravel - gravity did most of it, and flow regulators (fancy way of saying taps lol) to ensure the water could be pumped back by the pumps at the rate that it was coming out by. filter was home made-ish - massive carbon pod thing attached to a swimming pool pump and a whole load of media and sand and stuff - total pain to clean but only needed cleaning once in 6 months or so- water changes (about 25% from under the undergravel) once every month, and filter was drained once every two weeks... there was heaps of gravel by the time it was complete - about 2inches of polished amethist crystal... purple stuff looked awesome - haven't seen it in NZ though. beef heart with the garlic thing is real good; i grated it and didn't blend it cause then it resembles bloodworms in the water, instead of crumbling to bits.... had a few bottom feeders - mainly cories.... tank held 300 discus in it at one stage - ranging from small $2 coin sized to full sized ones... sold them as they got bigger - its how i earned money as a kid, lol....

agree with livingart... cover the tank with news paper- u can make a small rip in a corner and use it as a peephole... they get really schitzo sometimes.... most of my old breeding pairs did the same thing in the breeding tanks since the tanks were smaller (100L) and had no gravel etc... just a few plants....

they will spit it out initially - mine used to do that too.. but when you give them no other alternative - they devour it! and the colours are crazy! see my old tank before i came to NZ (sorry about the terrible pics):

lol... "zoo boy" doesn't ring a bell ha ha...

Amy! use beef heart - that recipe that was discussed in the DIY section. Tetra colour bits are really good too... I sued to use this food called Aqori GloRED - its the best food i have ever used.... ever... got it from singapore... have a hunt around and see if you can get it. :bounce:

your son is a third year at massey living art? what's his name, I may know him! I'm a third year too at massey palmy.....

they will eat a dead neon more than happily! depends on how big the loaches are though- if the body doesn't turn up it is safe to presume that its been eaten, lol... i used to occasionally find neon skeletons in my tank as well...

i totally agree with david R. if you have a company or just send a lot of packages, then you should not make a loss on sending packages - even if the loss is not strictly in dollar terms. keeping money tied up in courier bags for example has an opportunity cost that cannot just be written off - so if you need to charge a premium for making up for that cost, well then it has to be done i guess. since i am not a regular seller on trademe, i just charge the same amount as the post office charges. but if i were to start an online business then i would definitely charge for the "extras" of sending something through the post.

did you sniff it to confirm if it smells like "sewage"? (P.S no unintended references intended). actually if it is poisonous maybe not such a good idea to sniff it. do you want it? how can i grow it if i want one?

oh no.... ugh... come on ppl its fungus!!! lol... dirty dirty....

hahahahhahahahahhahahaaaaa lol.... good stuff dixon! :lol:

yeah good ol bill... he got into trouble last year for covering a portion of concourse in cornflour and water . very messy.... lol

oh come on... chem was easy as pie! That and in between several attempts to blow the labs up... lol... had to do well right? ha ha Physics sucked... remember that evil lab demonstrator Andy? evil evil andy tried being nice to me after the year was over. :evil:

is it edible? i suppose you wouldn't want to try now would you? *evil grin* *I is eating your brain*

I take that the are ONLY cold water? No chance of acclimatising it to tropical? I want one, only so i can hand feed it. can they walk outside water?

wow can you hand feed it?

lol... can you imagine running around town, arms waving in the air with a giant polyp attached to your head? *vivid imagination*