polgara

Welcome to the mad house. I am sure you will learn lots and get a good laugh along the way. :lol:

Baking soda................But you should do a water change. I was allways told 1/3 a week. Sometimes I am a bit lazy and it is every two weeks. But yes water changes are very important.

LOL live food from the garden doesn't cost me much, just time.

My Oscar always seems hungry, so I am always giving him something to eat, well four to five times a day. He has a nice round tummy, and has grown heaps since we have had him. How much is to much???

I have to say that yes some of mine have names. But not all, way to many guppies and platty's to remember all those names.

Hmmm I wish there had been a coal range in my lounge. Nice to see you back online Chris, hope the trip home was a good one.

oooooooooo where can I get a block of polystyrene???? I want to have a play makin something like that. I asked at para rubber, but they don't deal in that size. Idea please?? Thanx

Hi Brett, nice to meet you, and welcome to the mad house. Yep Chat each night at 9pm, come on in and say hi sometime soon.

hey paddy, I have never used salt with my Mollies, and they are fine, and yes they are in with my neons.

They are a little girl and a little boy. To start with I dumped them in the commuity tank, but they are now in a tank on there own, and I am slowly upin the PH. I will have to get hold of a cam so that I can take some pics of them. Thanks for your help again

Thank you so much. I know it was a impluse buy, as they were pretty. :oops:

Think you were right Peter. Dropsy.......first time I have seen it. She dyed yesterday. I am guess that there is not much you can do about this? WHat courses this?

I brought two yesterday from Tropical blues, but I can't find any information on the net about them. ANyone know of any???? Thanks Jude

Ok I have had platty's have babies before, but this one is weird. Mum is SOOOOO fat, and is draggin herself around the bottom of the tank. I am sure that if she does not have them soon she is goin to pop. Any ideas on how to get her to push them out???? Poor thing.

Such a awesome tank..........wish I could have mine lookin half as good. Well done.

Know what you mean Chris...............I to would love a bit, but is a way away.

Well I must say that all has gone well. We are all moved in and happy, only three fish deaths. 1 platty, 1 firemouth, and one little catfish. But we are almost though another week, and everyone else looks great. Infact when I had finished setting everyone up, hmmm I had one spare tank. Oh what to do with it.............lol.......I now have oscar the oscar. He is a sweetie. Good luck with your move Dark, hope it goes as well as mine.

Coolies Ash T .........I hope you have lots of fun settin it up. ANd you will get heaps of help here if you need it.

The hose was brand new, as the dog had chewed though the old one, and me in a hurry to heat the water in the 6 footer, used one tank load of hot water fillin from the washing machine taps though the new hose. BAD BAD BAD, all the chemical in the new hose came out into the tank, and wow did it stink. So yes that is why I had to empty it and refill. But today so far I have moved the jewels into the big tank, and the guppy tank is moved. Later tonight I hope to get the bigger fish from the commuitty tank into the 6 footer as well (hoping the jewels will behave) and move another smaller tank to get the others into. While doing all this I am also packing and unpacking other house stuff. SO it is a big job.

Well the time has come and we have started the big move. We got the 6 foot tank moved and into the new place, filled it with water though a garden hose. Hmmm well that didn't go down well, and I had to empty the tank again and fill it by bucket. It has now been filtering for 24 hours, and hopefully I will get some of the fish moved today. I am so sore already, and have found muscels in places that I didn't know I had them. But by Saturday I hope to be all moved in. Only 7 tanks to go. :-?

I have no clowns now, they are both dead, and it was all my fault.

One is dead, the other not looking to good. Treated with salt, think I killed them

today, christams day, I have white spot I think. The worst hit are my clowns, and I so don't want to loose them. I have treated with meth blue, but I am really worried as one is covered with spots. Is there anything else I can do???

Make that concrete floors please........lol..........I seen it as soon as I posted it, so no hard time about the spellin, I have enough stress at the moment.

Ok the time has come, we have to move house. The timing is really bad, but the landlord is moving back in, so I didn't get the time to look around to much. With christmas and new yrs, it has been a mad rush, but we have found somewhere to go, but I still didn't get my concert floors, oh well. Ok as you know I have 8 tanks to move, from small 2 foot tanks to the big 6 footer. This all has to be done over a 3 day period. ALL ADVISE WELCOME.......I think I am going to need it..........I really don't want to loose anything. Also Hamilton people, if ya got some spare time 2nd and 3rd Jan, you are most welcome to help And anyone that is holidaying in Hamilton, you are welcome too..............lol Thanks Heaps Jude Merry christmas everyone