lmsmith

They've recently changed the rules on bankruptcy; it's basically off your record in 2 (or 4??) years. During that period you can't run your own business, and there's a few other things. Some jobs (eg, some government jobs) will not employ people who have been declared bankrupt, and it makes it hard to get loans, like hire purchase, car loans, and, depending of the situation, also bank loans for home purchase. When you are released from bankruptcy, your debt is wiped (except fines and court ordered payments). However, it still has implications for future loan ability. When you are declared bankrupt, you have to forfit all your assets, except up to $1000 cash, and a vehicle up to (I think) $5,000. Any assets you may incur while being bankrupt are subject to approval from your case manager. You are not allowed to leave NZ for any reason without permission from your case manager, so I suspect it will not be as easy as she things to get out of the situation. In saying that, bankruptcy can be beneficial in some situations, but is a reasonably paper-heavy thing to declare (to prevent everyone from doing it, I guess). I suggest she get quality advice from lawyer (she'll probably need one anyway during the process). Community Law offices would be able to offer her a lot more information, as well as IRD. Please don't rely on any of this information being correct, as I haven't dealt with bankruptcy law in a while, and the law has recently changed.

They seem to be fine - I've had about the same hatch rate when I've moved them to when I haven't. Obviously, you don't want to have them hanging around out of the water for ages, but a minute or two while you transfer them is fine. You'll want to be careful when moving them, as they are really sticky, and will stick to your hands or whatever you use. I use a clean credit card to get them out.

A small tank or container with an airstone is fine. You may find that they fungus - from what I've been told, they are sensitive to light. Adding methblue helps. They're really cool to watch hatch, some of mine hatched today.

Most fish love microworms, and even if he doesn't eat them, something else in the tank will.

I just got 6 of the cutest GBAs ever - about 2cm (thanks Phill!), and was going to put 3 in a tank with some breeding corys, and the other 3 in with my 14 small (5-6cm) lionheads. I put 1 in with the lionheads, and one of the lions tried to bite him. I took it out, and put them all in with my corys. I wonder if the biting was just because they always get fed live food and anything that moves is food? I thought lionheads were supposed to be peaceful towards bottom dwellers? Is it just that the GBAs are so small and new, or are they going to try to eat everything smaller than them that moves? Also, how big do you think I should wait for them to get before I put them in my community tank with some very aggressive angels?

It'll be fine when they're small, and by the time they grow up, you'll love them so much that you'll get more tanks!

Have you tried giving him live food? That quite often gets their interest. If you haven't seen him poo, maybe he's constipated. I'd try some mashed peas. Anything at this stage has got to be worth trying.

Try feeding something different, like shrimp pellets, or live food. I've found microworms great for fish who won't eat; they're high in protein, and live in the tank for a while to let them have a go. Good luck!

I have eheim pumps, and I can vouch for how quiet they are. They can be pretty expensive, but sometimes places like animates have them under half price (the mark up makes me sick! :evil:). If the noise doesn't bother you, Silent Flo's are good, I have a couple of them too. They have good grunt.

I feed my cory babies microworms and decaps brine shrimp. As with any fry, keep the tank nice and clean - remove all the dead fry. I've found keeping the temp higher makes them grow faster. Good luck raising them!

Yep, you were right. I got home tonight and they had eaten half of them. The rest of them have turned white, so I wonder if they are both females. They are both determinedly guarding the eggs, and when the other isn't looking, they'll take a bite at them.

I run Eheims, and I love them. On my highly overstocked guppy tank, I have 2 2215s, and the water is always crystal clear. It is also good because when I set up a new tank, I can cycle the new filter on the new tank with a up and running filter, and this really helps the cycle time. In saying that, if you run another sort of filter, go with whatever you have already, it's much easier to run lots of the same so you can just go on auto pilot for cleaning time, and if you ever have to instruct someone else, you know how it works like the back of your hand.

You should get some puffers - they're really cute, not many people have them and for most, you don't need a permit. And they swim like hummingbirds...

thanks for your comments guys. As of this morning, the pair were still defending their eggs, and had efficiently herded everyone else in the tank to the opposite corner. I'll take a look at them tonight, and determine how long I should leave them in there. I'm impressed that there don't seem to be many unfertilised eggs, maybe only 8-10 out of several hundred. I realized why they spawned; about a week ago, I turned the heater up to 27, and then the day before they spawned, I did a big water change. The water is soft, and the pH is around 6.

Thanks for that. The research I've been doing says that they tend to eat the eggs/young on their first few spawns, so I think I'll move the eggs by themselves. I'll feed them decapsulated brineshrimp eggs, microworms, and, if I can hatch them in time, BBS. I'll leave the eggs in the tank overnight, and see if they eat the eggs. They seem be to doing a really good job fanning the eggs at the moment. I'm suprised how small the eggs are - they're even smaller than cory eggs, so I can only imagine how small the fry will be!

My angelfish in my community tank just laid eggs on my filter inlet. They are in a tank with fish that will eat the babies. I was not trying to breed them, and they are not the same coloration or anything, but I would like to attempt to raise them, so I know what I'm doing in future. They are both tending to the eggs at the moment. I was thinking that I would move the eggs on the inlet pipe to another tank, and move the parents with them. Any quick advice on what I should do or how to raise the fry would be great!

Keep up the water changes, but instead of doing a big one, do smaller (20%) every day or so. Leave the water to sit in a bucket overnight, or better yet, collect rainwater. Brookey's right, if you're going to be changing pH, do it slowly, and without chemicals if you can. Generally, shells are good at raising the pH. If that's not working though, try some baking soda. If you do a google search, you'll find out about the quantities. However, what your fish has sounds like stress to me. Is he getting good quality and variety of foods? If he is, test you KH, if your water is very soft, the fish may not like it. Also, soft water is more susceptible to pH changes, which can stress the fish.

Nice fish, I hope you get them to spawn for you. Fat glowlight too!

Exactly - you go from 1 end as far as you can go, then from the other end as far as you can go. You only need a cleaner 1/2 as long as the pipe.

My cats ate two of my goldfish They even took both of them to their bowls. I managed to save 1, but the other was definitely a gonner. I agree with everyone's suggestion - cover the tank. It will also help the water from evaporating.

My rams laid eggs last night - I saw them this morning. There only appeared to be about 60 of them. When I got home this afternoon, they were gone. I guess the parents had eaten them. Are the eggs sticky? They had laid the eggs on the bottom of the tank, and I couldn't see if they were sticky or not.

Do you know the nitrite results?

Thanks guys. The people I'm going to be living with aren't really big party people, and know better than to mess with my stuff (and I've always got the threat of putting any fish they kill in their beds! :evil: ). They're all pretty responsible, so I'm not worried about them doing anything stupid to the fish. Most of the tanks will be in a spare room anyway, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem. I was planning on getting a 1 or 2 yr lease anyway - I hate moving so much, and moving tanks is even worse!! Although, I'm not sure how I'm going to go moving over 1000 fish! Especially babies! It's so tempting to buy more tanks, get them set up in the new place, move the fish over, then move the old tanks to the new place - and get more fish!! :lol:

Thanks for you replies everyone. The tanks range from 50l breeders to 250l, and I think I'll just have to take everyone's advice and talk to the landlords. I will be flatting with other people who are all fine with me having tanks and paying more for power. I figure the few fish I sell can pay for extra power!

Cam - your ram is really pretty!! And what are the tails on those fighters called?