diver21

multimeter wont work. as i think there wont be enough voltage between the probes and the distance will vary alot between the probes so your readings (if you get one) will be ramdem

i think he means in the tank with the fry not in the shrimp hatchery

he told me that its a friend of his that breeds them and he sells them off

the one i sold recently was from this guy, looks the same, and was sold as white butterfly viewtopic.php?f=11&t=43478

gotta disagree with you sam and say its a female cherry barb. http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_cherry.php

he was in glendene

well shall we just make it sunday the 7th of feb

i saw the setup of the guy whos selling the fry on trademe, it was quite a large tank with only the male and female in there as the male was quite agressive and killed another, male IIRC. and the tank with the small fry in was also very large, i originally thought that that tank was empty.

i would go with a bottom drilled hole. reason being that it can make it easier to clean. aslong as the join between the pipe and the box was secure with a strong sealant then there would be no leaks. and have it so that the box drain pipe fits inside the racking drain pipe. and the pipe in the box will help to serve as cover for the fish

ive seen baby discus do this aswell, and the breeder said that its normal and had a theory about them pretending to be leaves to hive from predators

mind you i did see a tank that was divided up for bettas at spangelas place when i was last there, imagine a shallow tank with a hole drilled in each end, and the whole thing divided up for the fighters. think it was about 4x12 compartments. and there was a small gap at the bottom of each divider. and the idea was that you just hook a canister filter up to the holes and away you go. what do you mean by that p44?

and have also seen them for sale in a shop, well im very shure they where, the shop keeper recons that they where not, and that they where wild caught guppies from somewhere in nz.

the stands where part of a quranteen facility, but that would make me think of bare tanks with minimal scaping (havnt seen a quranteen facility before). and i dont thin that if it was a comersial or homemade job would matter too much as the thickness of the bottom payne is still 6mm, or the other tanks are laminated 3mm (2 sheets laminated together)

well you could use the fact that it has a ph of 11 to your advantage and full the barrel with tap water that you know the ph of, and leave the barrel to stand, and if the ph changes too high then you know that theres still traces of transwash in there.

is these readings just before the waterchange or after it?

3cm on all sides with 20mm thick poly. tank also has a strip of supporting glass running along the front and another on the back, strip is about 40mm wide. if that helps or not.

but then ive heard stories of some people in the states swearing black and blue that you should only support a tank by its edges, and not the center as that makes the base more prone to splitting

So i didnt know exactly what area to put my question in so i shoved it in here. i have a tank 1000x 400x 400 and its on a stand which only supports the tank around the edges. base is 6mm glass. and the poly is only on the edges, tank has a thin layer of gravel on the bottom, question is is i want to pile up some rocks in the tank to serve as hideing places for my convicts, and im worried that they maybe too heavy for the glass and that the points of the stones will cause pressure points on the glass and make bad things happen, realy bad things as theres another tank sitting under this. so what do i do, 1, add the stones as they will be fine? 2, use driftwood or some other ceramic and lightweight cover instead? 3, add some eggcrate or similar to the bottom of the rocks to spread the load? 4, do nothing

i wouldnt really worry about diseases aslong as the fish your putting in there are ones that your breed or ones that you have already quranteened. you could have the setup like this: where at the end of each green arrow is your drip emitter on the end of 4-6mm pipe (airhose size) instead of having a run of 15mm pipe above each row

you can get drip regulators from mitre10 and the like. and i would have it so that the drain from one row didnt flow into the one below. you could have it so that they sat in a run of guttering with a leafguard, similar to this one http://tcbettas.com/bunkhouse.html

whenever i visited 'pets alive' in pukekohe they always had some, unshure about if they ship though

well i just saw one of my black widow tetras running around with a fly in her mouth.... and ive seen one of my fighters jump to get one

why not? wouldnt the fish just be getting a good feed of cooked fly every so often?

you pefer to live in auckland than blenheim because the house in auckland has a concrete floor

the balansae looks great for the back. With the affinis how tall does it grow?