phoenix44

I "ID'd" yours based on a vague approximation and your terrible description of a fish that did not look like mine, but was a BN and was bought privately as spotted BN and not through a store as either spotted BN or Rios. First you said they were spottys, then starlights. Then I distinctly told you I won't be IDing them without a picture. It would be stupid to do so. So don't go saying that I ID'd them, because I wouldn't without a pic - a clear pic that is more than just a blur that could be any thing from a piece of wood to a dead fish. I said yours aren't rios if they do not look like the hundreds of other spottys around NZ or mine for that matter. I also said yours aren't starlights, because any one buying starlights would have bought them as starlights because there are only a few people here breeding starlights. They certainly have not been imported recently. I then directed you to my threads on here and on FK about the spotty bns and all the debate about that. Then I told you to search the PC threads that were started. If after all that you are uncertain of what you have - start your own thread on here / PC (don't expect much help on there if you don't know exactly what part of the river they were caught from) and ask for the answers you seek. That is if you actually seek answers and are not looking to justify an ID that is shaky at best. Did I ID your fish? No I did not. No more than I would have ID'd a panaque as being that "fish that eats wood".

Pretty vast area to be covering! :lol: Took us as a family about 4 solid months of sailing across the South American coast, and there is no way on earth we could have explored even 1% of the basin!

I see them all the time actually. Well as much as I would want to see them really. Don't like seeing fish all the time. I prefer it when I see the odd fish here and there with a few hiding here and there. Always a surprise to be had! I have sold a LOT of the plecos in the tank though. Compared to what I normally stock in there. Ah well. Can always get more later on. Apart from this one I have an empty tank with sand and a shell; awaiting shellies. Then there is the koura tank, the moss tank (just a tank with moss + water). Then the crypt tank which is a 68L nano with hundreds of crypts. Post is in the plants section. That is them. I just didn't want to start an all out war in this thread. :lol: The "Rios" were imported and sold as Spotted BN. Not even! I just take elements and plants from other tanks I like and do things in my own way. That way the tank does not fit in a square box and doesn't conform to any of the standard rules of a tank style or type. I just prefer it that way. I look at plants I like; track them down in NZ, source them and then away I go. I see tanks that I like on the net ALL THE TIME! But then I think about it and after considering how much work they are I prefer my own way of doing things. It's just easier. Plus I like having lots of fish in the tank, and too many planted tanks don't have a lot of fish. Always best to seek inspiration and put your own unique twist on things.

Yes. Why 19? Go 21. Also, how long is the tank - that's the main Q.

Do it! I think my ferts are working better than comprehensive did. The green spot has vanished even in areas that I never ever cleaned, and wanted it growing on like the RHS pane of glass. This is the catfish tank 10 sterbais 12 brochis splendis 6-8 L066 (can't remember if it's 6 or 8) 2 lancelotas 2 reds 3 'black' whiptails :an!gry 12+ spotty BN I'm sure there is more too... :nilly: Thanks 89.

:oops: Thanks! It's a 225L tank without the gravel, plants etc. Easily! This tank is a piece of cake to recreate once you have the lights and CO2 on a larger tank. Only problem I foresee is actually going out and buying so many different plants. Not all are stem plants so take ages to grow, and when they do you don't want to take them out. When I do large crops, the water level in the tank actually drops I want to do something like this in a tank of similar dimensions but much much wider, so I have more space to play with. All the equipment I have can stay the same, just a larger tank and I'd be thrilled. Maybe another light hood for good measure.

Lots of pics time. :happy2: This is the first time (I think) I have photographed my blue snakeskin discus. I think they are 4 months old now. Playing with ISO setting (ISO 100) Hungry, happy discus! Headstander- Cardinals! FTS-

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Got 4 more cardinals today. :happy1: Also added some E. amazonicus courtesy kipper. You know you're addicted to plants when you say yeah, it'll fit and then cram it into the tank somewhere. :lol: Fed the cardinals and discus hundreds of mossie larvae today. They look thrilled. I've also been rather inspired by carlos and siran's hydrocotyle on wood thing, so I've done something similar with my moss wood.

You don't want bleach, you want ammonia. Most bleaches use sodium hypochlorite as the active ingredient. The other non chlorine bleaches use oxygen to bleach. As Sam said, you can buy ammonia.

I went to Martha gold mine for the 6th form geo trip. I fell into a river that day. Middle of winter too. :tears: I wont ever forget that day ahahaha.I don't think any one will. We stayed in a resort in Waihi for the night. We played rugby on this massive giant air trampoline, balloon like thing and I took on some samoans and tongans. The little guy took me down in the end by grabbing me at the knees. Bigger you are, the harder you fall lol. I got heaps of bruises in the end. Then later that evening I was being an old man and fell asleep :lol: .(I was tired after my experience with the river and its slippery rocks). Everyone else escaped; got caught and got detentions :lol: Field trips FTW. Best fun ever.

She's a kid Ira.

Jeepers. It's nice and cool here. No sun either.

Thanks for the entries I have received so far. We are also after pics like this - Hydrocotyle L. Glandulosa

Prince

Awesome! It looks great! I would push those rocks further back personally, but the tank is looking so nice now that the plants have filled in.

That's alright. I watched as my cardinals ate all my discus babies. :tears:

bubbles!

Yes he is. It's not the seller I'm worried about. :lol:

I'm going to remember that auction. When they are sold in 6 months I'll be very interested to see what they are ID'd as. :lol: Amazon platinum discus. :nilly:

That really sucks. It does seem likely that the two incidents are related, but I cannot be certain. Do you have access to a UV sterilizer?

Do you get to do any science experiments?

Tauranga. Wellington would be brilliantly convenient!

Cool!