malevolentsparkle

any size would work really, but most brakish fish are pretty big. a tank that size would be pretty restrictive. gobies and puffers would work. maybe orange chromides? mollies would be ok but you don't need brakish for them.

well it should probably be removed then? because they aren't wild caught anymore so they cost more? I don't follow your logic. anyway I paid around $6.50-$7 for mine,

mine must be the exception then "Cardinals are frequently available in many NZ retail petshops, usually priced from $5 – $10, and are virtually all from wild caught stock. They are not a cheap fish compared to, say, the neon tetra at $1.50 – $2.50 each." - http://www.fnzas.org.nz/index.php?PG=cardinal I had no problem with mine and i was speaking from my experience. always happy to be wrong

hmm wonder what happened to mine then?

In my experience whiptails don't eat plants, just algae and anything you give them (even flake!) I was planning on getting hachets untill i saw the price tag. I'm getting pencilfish instead $6.50 each cardinals are beautiful fish but as they are wild caught they can be a bit picky with food.

but whos tap water is 7? mine certainally isn't. so as long as your adding a pH buffer you might as well make it more like the fishes natural enviroment. cardinals for example are usually wild caught and so have spent most of their lives in lower than 7.

in some countries they farm Guinea pigs, but not for pets......

mixer taps are your friend there

ohhh look at the cute little vermin....

after having a fair few invaders of the snail persuasion in the past, I have noticed lately that the population is near to 0. the only major change I have made that I can think would make a difference is I have softened the water (I have a air driven filter with peat in it). the gH is around 80ppm. from what i know about snails and water chemistry it seems likely that the lower gH gives the snails less minerals to build there shells and so leaves them open to being eaten by my fish. sound plausible? does anyone with soft water have a problem with snails?

looks like p44s one. the Cw009 and C aeneus both look too skinny.

sweet as. that just means they grow a bit bigger. more catfish=good!

I just got home with 5 'green corys'. I had assumed that they were normal everyday corydoras but on closer research they only green cory that i can find is in fact Brochis splendens, and so not a cory at all. can anyone confirm this? is there an actual green corydora? I'm happy either way i just like having acurate identification of my fish cheers

with you there stella. I used to keep Kakariki's in an aviary, so much better than some exotic bird. that said most of the fish we keep are exotic. :lol:

dye to reduce visibility so the fish swim around less?

hell, it's a big tank. 5 archerfish, 10 scats, 10 monos, 10 orange chromides, 5 green chromides, 5 puffers, 10 gobies. that would be amazing! (sees imagination run off into the distance...)

wow those riperiums look awesome. I have one word. brackish. archerfish were born to be in a tank like that!

yup, lots of that kind of stuff. well its always good to shop around

welcome! just a tip, if you wanna save money stay away from animates. in my experience they're 20-30% more expensive than HFF. :lol:

what kinda plants you planning with geos and bichirs? sounds like a mission!

oh what, no plants? nice looking fish.

so about as big as mine. just big enough to let your dream...

could try some dwarf cichlids maybe? gouramis are fun too

yeah ok bit unfair to single out doc in this disscusion. let me rephrase: the whole NZ govt enviroment/biosecuritity system is very good at finding exceptions when theres money involved. just look at the whole game fish (eg trout) system.

doc seems very good at finding exceptions when theres money involved....