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I'm so jealous!!! Amazing!

Are you wanting to put the corys together or 2 groups of 4? They'd be find all together in a 40l, or in a group of 4 in a 20l if it had a big footprint. Babies could be raised in a small 10l or something if you move them as they grow. If I was doing it, I'd have 4 shallow 20l tanks (maybe 10cm deep), put 4 adults in two of them, and put new babies in 10l grow out tanks, as they grow move them up to the bigger tanks. No idea about killies sorry.

Depends how many fish you want in a tank. I have 11l breeders that I use for guppies.

Is it bad for them? Does it make black cats look grey?

Ohhh!!! I want a pygmy platypus!

I got mine from spotlight for about $6/m. It was 2m wide, and pretty thick.

I have no ideas sorry, I'd be doing what you're doing. Hope it gets better!

I've got puffers - stop feeding them bloodworms!!!!! They're really fatty and don't have that much nutritional value. Like TM said, like sweets to kids. When feeding them snails, they should be the size of their eye. They really need crunchy food, otherwise their teeth will grow too long and stop them eating. Bigger snails aren't so good because they often just suck the snail out, they don't eat the shell. Crabs are a good food, not that much meat on them, but they can crunch away at them. Frozen shrimp are good too, just defrost them and pop them in. They love mealworms once they get the hang of it, and I also feed mine feeder fish occasionally so they can get their veges (feed the feeders on veges for a few days) How old are your puffers? You should be feeding babies 5-6 days a week, and adults 3-4 days a week.

I've got floating plants but no oil scum. As long as they're not going to hurt anything, I'll just leave them. Thanks everyone.

Oh ok, thanks!! So is overfeeding an issue here?

What are they? How do they get there? They're not going to infest my whole house are they?

On the top of my FW tank I have tiny tiny jumpy bugs. They are about the size of a pin head, browny coloured. They look like the can kinda swim or walk on top of the water and jump too. The fish don't seem to be eating them. ID? How can I get rid of them? Are they bad?

I've got one of the eheim pick ups and they're really good. I have it in a 11l tank, but would happily use it up to about 50 or 60l. I think mine cost about $40 from Animates, I think $80 not on sale.

Hey guys, You should have received the name and address of the person you are sending your book to. Don't forget to give them your return address, and make sure you return the book once you've read it. If you have any problems, let me know. Enjoy!

It's an awesome game. My ex used to play professional paintball (yes, apparently there are people who enjoy being hit with hard lumps of paint) but always wanted to get into airsoft. There are heaps of clubs around, why not google the rules etc, and see what's near you?

Sounds like they need conditioning. The eggs have lots of nutrients, and they eat them because they're lacking. Same happened to my bronze when they had been in the same tank spawning all time time for about 6 months. I didn't catch whether yours were a new group or older; the age could be a factor also. I'd seperate them to let them condition then try again.

Yay!!! Welcome abord guys!!! This is gonna be awesome!

See above - we are returning them, so are you keen now?

Warmer temps help hatch the eggs a bit quicker, but 24-28 is fine. Boys tend to have a hump in their heads, while girls tend to have wider bellies and straighter head profiles. However, it takes most people quite a while to learn how to sex angels. To know for sure, you have to watch them laying. A sure female lays eggs, and a sure male is the only other angel in a tank with fry. Watch out, because sometimes 2 females will act like a pair and lay eggs together

Oh snap, you got me while I was writing the post!

Use the search bar at the top or google cycling fish tanks. Basically, what you've done is dump fish into a tank that has no bacteria in it. The bacteria is important as it helps break down ammonia (fish wastes) which is poisonous into nitrite. Nitrate is still toxic to fish. The bacteria then break down the nitrite into nitrate, which is much less toxic, and can be tolerated in slightly higher quantities. Ideally, you want to keep all of these levels as close as you can to zero. A nitrite reading of 100ppm is really high. I'm honestly surprised the fish survived. I consider mine way too high if they get to 20ppm. So, to get this good bacteria into your tank, you need to add a filter and water. The bacteria will already be in the water. Now, they need something to feed on. We know they break down ammonia, so they need a source of ammonia to begin the cycle and start to multiply. You can either cycle a tank without fish or with fish (search fishless cycling, or cycling). Once the levels of all 3 chemicals are under control (all stable and as close as they can be to 0), then you're ok to begin to add fish slowly. Obviously, you've skipped this step, so now you need a plan to begin to bring the levels under control. First, water changes are good. They will take out the excess nitrites and ammonia. You should be doing a minimum of 30% every day until the levels are stable. Second, you need to stop cleaning the filter wool. This is where the bacteria live, so every time you clean it, you're killing off heaps of the bacteria, basically starting the cycle from the beginning. You should only need to clean the filter when the flow starts to reduce, and even then, in a tank with no gravel (bacteria can live happily in the gravel too), you should take bits of the filter out at a time to clean, leaving time in between each to allow the bacteria to repopulate. So, keep up the water changes, and leave the filter alone for a bit. It's good to see you've reduced feeding, believe me, it's pretty hard to stave a fish, so less feeding for now = less pollutants in the water. Also, I think you've got quite a few goldfish in the tank. They're pretty messy eaters, and create lots of waste. I'm sure that other people with more experience with goldfish will be able to help out here. I hope that helps, let us know how you get on with the water changes.

Anyone else for the book exchange?? Come on guys!!!

You know their age doesn't mean they get dropsy right?

Your tank sounds like it is still cycling. Did you cycle it before you added fish? By cleaning the filter out, you've removed most of the good bacteria, causing ammonia, nitrate and nitrite spikes. Most of the things you have mentioned could easily be caused by the tank not cycling. Can you let us know the size of the tank, stocking levels, filtration and what you did to cycle the tank so we can help you better?

Pretty much the easiest fish to care for. They're very forgiving with pH range, temp and can live in really gross water. Like most though, I advocate actually taking good care of them!