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  2. Help Livingart Wildlife Park (Tauranga)-DREAMS DO COME TRUE!

    in The Off Topic Fishroom

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    We will be keeping up the work for funding etc to help do up the park and help get things sorted to help out as much as we can. Not a lot we can do from here as such, which is hard to deal with when we know so much needs to be done, but will be running Auctions and getting a Trademe Charity going for the long term. Will be keeping up the Living Arts Bebo Page (please do support that!) And will be trying to sort out working bees etc. Main works done here by us all, but so much more we want to achieve for the Park also. Mystic & our wee family intend to stay close and continue our help for Mark & Caroline, even from as far as Wellington, because we still believe that this Dream was worth saving, and these fantastic people deserve our continuous help.

    So come on people, distance shouldnt make you help any less! If we can do it, anyone can!

    Please do keep up all that great work people, look what has been achieved by sticking together and helping out as much as we all could. I know there are some fantastic people out there, some that have given more than others, but every litlle bit counts aye. There are also some very caring and loving people that can and will put their minds to it and give their all to help someone else, and believe in someone elses Dreams, and make those Dreams come true or to help carry on the Dream of 2 wonderful people that would give anything to help another person, and to help Animals in need, and all you people that have done this for them, have really touched Mystic & I very much, as well as Mark & Caroline.

    Keep up that great support all! :bow:

    We are always here for you Mark & Caroline. :bow:

    (Our first mission is over .......................................... )

    Lucid, Mystic & The Boys

  5. Help Livingart Wildlife Park (Tauranga)-DREAMS DO COME TRUE!

    in The Off Topic Fishroom

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    Wednesday September 17, 2008.

    The Park's future is still undecided, but is looking better as each D Day deadline finishes with a lifeline being thrown to Mark and Caroline five minutes before the crunch. Now the bank and the finance company are working with Living Art to try and secure a future for the Park that will see all parties happy. A decision is hoped to be reached by the end of next week. Updates will continue to be posted on the What’s New page on the Living Art website.

  6. Lionheads - aggressive towards GBAs?

    in Cichlids

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    We have found that Lumpheads\Lionheads\Buffaloheads are not peaceful towards anything that dwells on the bottom especially if they are pairing up or breeding.

    We have had medium Lumpheads kill full sized Cories and Bn's as they do not like anything near their territory. They will harass them to death.

    Once paired up or if you have aggresive males (especially if you have other males with them) they seem to kill anything that comes close to them or their territory. (ie: Danios, Gourami, Bn's, Cories anything really even other males or other females once paired up)

    HTH

    (Just our experience with keeping them for years and breeding them also)

    Lucid

  19. Fish ID????

    in Catfish

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    Yup, Port Hoplo Catfish. They like to be in groups or they get a bit lonely. Sort of like Clown Loaches.

    Yes they are bubblenesters. Normally boys have bright orange on pectoral fins and fins are thicker than the females pec. fins. Also, Males breast plate is bigger than females, females have a wider gap. Also go orange\pink\purple underneath when breeding.

    Loves a planted tank with space to swim at the front of the tank (very active) and places to rest and sleep.

    Loves flake foods and bloodworms, and our group loved shrimp and prawns.

    HTH

    Lucid

  22. Whats wrong with my guppy?

    in Diseases

    Posted

    I've isolated her, put the temp down, and put an air stone in her container.

    And i'm about to put some salt in.

    Would meth blue or white spot cure help at all?

    We tried all that and it held it off, but didnt cure it at all.

    Low temp holds it off ok.

    We lost any fish that had this disease though. :(

    Lucid

  24. Whats wrong with my guppy?

    in Diseases

    Posted

    Make sure its away from your other fish.

    Make sure you dont transfer the disease. (Though your other fish mainly Livebearers, will proberly already have it)

    Most of the time they dont survive, but dosent mean you cant try if you want.

    Most remedies dont seem to work though.

    But you can try:

    Treatment: First, slowly lower the temperature in the tank to 75 or 76 to slow the course of the disease. Also, since columnaris thrives in low oxygen conditions, the addition of an airstone or lowering the water level to create more splash from the filter will also help.

    The most effective treatment for columnaris if the fish is still eating is medicated food containing oxytetracycline. Aquatronics makes such a food, as does Zeigler. Often, however, the fish is not eating by the time symptoms are noticed. Antibiotics in the water would be the next treatment option. Erythromycin (Maracyn), nitrofurazone, nifurpirinol, acriflavine, chloramphenicol or tetracycline can be used to treat the columnaris itself. However, a fish infected with columnaris often falls prey to a secondary infection which is resistant to both of these. Therefore, a combination of Maracyn and Maracyn Two or tetracycling and kanamycin is recommended. CONTINUE TREATMENT FOR A MINIMUM OF 10 DAYS.

    Lucid

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