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As you have had them for 6mths would indicate that they are atleast 9mths old, as most breeders will not sell them under 3mths old. This means that they are definatly old enough to start breeding. Nudging and shaking at each other is sign of breeding behaviour. If it is aggression them one fish will be chasing the other one arround the tank, and the one getting chased will tend to cower in the corners.

phoenix44 you forget to add "not eat fish"

The birds didnt want it, but after being told what to think, they are now ok with it. The pigeons were the challange, the chinese people have been controlled and told what to think and do for a long time

They should start up fish racing for us

The best place to get the fittings from is a farming supplier such as PGG Wrightsons. They sell tank fittings that come with the propper seals and any elbows you need. I found them cheaper and had a better selection than Bunnings.

You should feed them atleast twice a day with either tetra colour bits or JBL nova bits, both have been formulated for discus, beef heart is also another widely used food for discus. The water changes are not so much because of the waste, but because they give off hormones that stunt the growth of the other discus in the tank. If you dont do enough water changes then you will get one fish that is larger than the others. As for worming it is best to use Prazi and Aviverm, both are available from your vet. There are a few threads on here for dosing rates.

These behaviours are definatly a sign of spawning. As they are still young fish, they will probibly eat the first few batches of eggs.

We generally just use it in the water, that way we know that they are being treated properly. I tryed it once in the beef heart but as the greadier ones eat more, so they get more of the prazi than others. It didn't cause any problems, but you don't know if each fish has got the right dosage. Also some people say to mix the prazi with vodka. Dont, I have heard some bad things about this, or if you do then you drink the vodka, and give the fish the prazi. I use the end of a 6inch rolling pin to grind the tablets up in an egg cup, then when it is a fine powder I half fill the egg cup with tank water, mix then add to the tank.

The following link has the dosage rates for prazi as well as many other drugs http://www.fishkeepers.co.nz/forums/vie ... =15&t=2282 We have used it with our discus at 50mg per 25ltrs water and had no problems

Try using prazi for flukes. The following link has some usefull info. http://www.fishkeepers.co.nz/forums/vie ... =15&t=2282

You can quite often get glass cheap on trademe.

I wouldn't reccommend it unless you want cooked Axolotl. Discus need to be kept between 28-30 degrees. We keep our Axolotl's in cold water.

simplydiscus.com also has a good ID section.

Cab you tell me what is the name of the liquid is that you can get from the vet?

Thanks for the warning, I to have read that prazi desolves best using vodka, and thought about trying it, but each time I ended up drinking the vodka and disolving it in water. I think I read it on here that Hollywoods have a liquid wormer that has prazi in it, which would be great, because I to use the tabs.

This was listed previously on Trademe, but trademe removed it because they were making deals to sell the fish off individually. The prev listing was only for $1200

alanmin4304 the problem with my water was ammonia, it was s3xtcy that had a problem with low PH in there water.

s3xtcy you can ask your council where your water comes from, (you are obviously not on tank water). Thats what I did when I moved here and was also given the name of the company that does the independent water testing. With where you live, could the changes be due to changing geothermal conditions?

ammonia. Update: In our letter box today was a notice from the council advising that water in part of my street and side roads past a certain area will have water shut off on the 24th June for maintenance work. The start of the shut off area happens to be where a pumping station is. I don't know if this is coincidence or if they have found a possible problem. Ammonia levels for water coming into the house are now at undetectable levels on me test kit.

I heard from the council today, and they are doing an investigation into how it got into the water supply, and are concerned as there max limit is 1.5ppm.

The reason for such a big water change is they were being moved to a different tank for growing out. There was 95% new water that was the exact same temp and ph as there old tank. The other 5% was the water that they were transfered in between tanks, which was water from there old tank. Does that explain things a bit better.

On a serious note, you could have a second tank under it, or a water tank with a pump in it, so you just have to flick a switch to pump the water into it.

I know that there are always risks with fish, but with the right advice and prewarning about possible problems, then the risks can be reduced. If this threed saves someone elses fish, then it will make it worth while.

Yes my the PH on my grow out tanks is kept between 7.2 and 7.4. This threed seems to be getting off what it's intension was. That is to warn people that the water comming into your house is not always what you expect. I don't want other people to have the same problem with their fish. I have read advise where people say the fish are doing certain things, and most of the time the advise is to do water changes. Today for me that might have made things worse than they were. That is why I said, Dont trust your water. I used to use alot of chemicals in my water before doing water changes, then after reading on here and on international forums about unnecessary use of chemical, I stopped using them. Like I have said I tested PH and Chlorine, (and only treat when I have to), and as my holding tank is preheated before I use it, I check the temp. Who would expect to get ammonia in the water on town supply?

Sorry David but it has also been covered a lot about aging water to remove chlorine. What I did was a 95% change. As I was moving the fry from 1 tank to a different grow-out tank, the same way I have done a lot of times before. I made sure the ph and Temps were exactly the same and kept the fry in water at all times. After reading your response let me ask you, do you test your water for ammonia before adding it to your tank. I check PH, chlorine and the temp of water I'm adding but until now didn't expect ammonia in the water.