Fruju

Anymore FTS? I am positive there are more members on here haha

The species I have is palmas buttekoferi I believe, I'm not sure palmas palmas is still a valid species. Mine is between 25-30cm. Delhezi's are my favourite, especially the ones with quality stripes.

And yes, can be kept in groups easily.

Which species? Doubt you'd find P. palmas palmas, but they along with delhezi and senegal would do best in at least 300L. Tall tanks aren't ideal, they prefer long and wide footprints. Some people keep them in less but I find they make use of a larger volume.

Wow, got a decent number growing out! These guys look fantastic. Glad to see people are breeding them.

I had some Peru scalare a few months ago, but sold them on. They are the only ones I am aware of. The rest haven't come in.

Mainly interested in taking on the datnoid, but you could easily find a buyer I'd say.

I'm not in a position to pay for them currently (could cover shipping costs), and ideally if someone closer to you could take them that would be great. But if you end up stuck for a new home for them I have large enough tanks and have kept both species before. Let me know how you get on.

I can provide a home for all. I am in Auckland though, so would need to be shipped. Pretty much works out at around ~$30 for a 30cm poly box with heat pack to be freighted around north island.

What are the dimensions of that tank? Looks unusual.

Hey everyone! Share your FTS (full tank shot), let's see what NZ'rs are keeping. I'll start. My tank is a 450L home to 3 species of polypterus, 1 convict cichlid, 1 red oscar, and 1 Cuban cichlid. Tank will eventually be a dedicated setup to a breeding pair of Cuban cichlids once I grow a suitable male to maturity. I recently re-scaped it by removing a large piece of wood, adding the twiggy bits and getting a greater size range of stones to make it more naturalistic. Keen to see other people's stuff!

Not special. Just large. That person overpaid big time though. Can buy a small one at the shop for $80.

To be honest you don't always have to expect to see an ammonia spike, especially in medium to large tanks or tanks with below average stocking earlier on. Using some established media in the filter is also a good way of avoiding ammonia spikes. Plants definitely have a good effect! Hard to quantify though.

No worries, cycling fish tanks is the toughest part of fishkeeping, the rest is easy...everything is relatively straightforward. Critical things are ammonia and nitrite, that will end your fish quickly. Some signs of ammonia/nitrite poisoning is clamped fins, loss of slime coat and gasping at the surface (ammonia inhibits oxygen transport across the gills).

Hi, welcome to the forum. I doubt you would have any nitrate readings after 7 weeks with that few fish in it, usually takes a bit longer for you to see any. More fish will of course increase the amount of nitrate that will be present in the system. Plants also extract nitrate, so you do have some removal there. You didn't mention water changes? Water changes are the best way to keep nitrates low and if you have been doing them since the tank has been set up then it's one more reason why you haven't seen nitrates. Nitrate isn't harmful in small amounts, I would consider anything over 20 ppm detrimental to fish health though. Nitrate can stunt growth and may lead to some health issues in fish, I think lateral line erosion (HLE) is caused by this. You should mainly be concerned with ammonia and nitrite, if those are zero then great. Nitrate is more of something to keep in check, but is unlikely to outright kill your fish swiftly. Your tank should be cycled in 7 weeks for sure, you can always use stresszyme and stability to supplement the bacteria. Having ceramic or other high surface area media is going to help bacteria establish. Keep doing water you're doing, keep checking the nitrogen levels, especially when adding new fish.

Is anyone keeping datnoids? There used to be a few of us on here that had them, but now it doesn't seem that way.

How long does that take? Sounds like a lot of labour

Any pics of the catfish? I was thinking about getting a group of banjo catfish, each time I'm about to get them I think about how I will pretty much never see them haha

How often do you do waterchanges and how do you collect the water?

Nice! I like the coarse spines along its flanks. Is this different to the pleco on tm with an asking price of $400? They look similar.

They are in a 450L.

Nice stocklist. Are you allowed to release them back into the wild?

Bit nippy compared to my delhezi and longfin senegal bichirs!

Here is one of my 'rare' fishes. It's a male Palmas buttekoferi approx. 30cm. He has quite a lot of yellow on him compared to the other bichirs we get here. Nice Cories guys.

In the future I'd like to keep carpets with some other native marines. What are some interesting husbandry tips you have picked up? What sex ratio do you have? What other species are in there? Is that a bluenose?