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wow! i gather we can't get those here though? I think whiptails and rainbow fish are both fastwater fish? Mine definately look like they're built for it.

i had a problem with green water in one of my tanks, in the end i put a piece of that tank backing picture stuff on top for a few days, it filtered out enough light to stop the green water growing. Then filled the top with duckweed and i think its sorted

you could keep a betta in it, if it was heated somehow, but never a goldfish. And you'd have to do daily water changes to keep the betta happy. I hate seeing little tanks and bowls like this advertised for goldies, or unheated bettas. This auction gets me more though, i only hope someone buys them for their pond - http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... =237998655

i ordered one of those free samples of gravel off trademe, the "black grit" one, and its very nice. The price for the big bags is very good so i might get it for our next tank. Take a look

from what i've read it can genetic - most common or from a vitamin deficincy, as babies or while pregnant. Or more rarely from tb. I've had a couple with bent spines, the first one i didn't want to cull but all her babies had bent spines too, so now if any have the slightest bend i feed them to the big fish Can be hard to get rid of in a line of guppies, because often the fry look straight and fine until they grow up and go wonky.

i've got a couple of sponge filters made out of empty flake jars, they're a good size for my 1ft cube fry tanks. Pretty much the same design as darkfurs, except i stuck a suction cup into them so i can stick them in place, found they kept floating around otherwise

one of those seedling trays? The black plastic ones that have holes on the bottom, bigger than your tank so you could cut it to size. Then put some rock piles underneath to help hold it in place and hide the mechanics.

i just pop them in the angel tank

yes all fish out, not sure about the plecs but i'd take them out to make sure.

how old is he? have you added anything to the tank/forgotten to do a water change/sprayed fly spray or anything? Is the temperature right? hope he's ok

why didn't he just jump off again? Silly fishy

i'd be inclined to seperate it off with something, either do a whole poly background with some sticking out bits at the bottom to cover in gravel, or some good flat rock pieces to border the land. You wouldn't want to have it collapse into the water when cleaning. And take lots of pics! So i can copy you lol :bounce:

as for whether it would be better for the betta, i'm sure he'd enjoy all the things to swim around at least, and the warm humid air would probably be good for him. You could put fruit flies and things in there to make it more natural for him too

i love this one and have always wanted to try and replicate it. I think the easiest way would be to find a patch of private bush/swamp and collect mossy sticks, rocks etc, then let the plants grow from there. Maybe a background of polystyrine with cutout hollows of soil for things to grow into. We have so many native plants that have that cool prehistoric look, they'd be neat in a tank. You'd need a good fitting lid to keep it really humid and some plants might not like the heat, but i think lots would grow well. Pic from here, lots more close ups too - http://showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/2 ... =-1&id=142

you could always add some albino neons or something? They school with the normal ones but add another colour.

they could only be temporary though, the plants would outgrow it in days, and how would you get your fingers in to trim them? Very cool though

those are tiny! i think they'd be better classed as 50ml and under than 10L lol

microworms all the way i can send you a starter culture for free, unless someone local wants to donate you one. They're good right from the start because they are small enough for the new fry to eat, and they are free to keep growing. Then start feeding them newly hatched brine shrimp once they're a little bigger. If you think he might have eggs, leave the light on tonight so he doesn't loose them all into the gravel in the dark.

i was suprised that the angels hadn't found it and eaten it, its roughly the shape of a bloodworm and they are pigs. Maybe they got nipped

i was reading about that a while ago the males are like a little worm if i remember right? And they leech themselves onto the female and live off her, and fertilise her eggs. Such strange goings on

..unless you do have eggs already, in which case go with the above advice i found them darn near impossible to see, when they were right next to the glass i could just spot them with a magnifying glass, like grains of white sugar stuck to the underside of the bubbles. But i also lost them for hours at a time when dad moved them, so just cause you can't see them doesn't mean they're not there :bounce:

i'd be inclined to keep the females in the community tank, if they get along with each other, set up a little tank for the male by himself, and get a 2 foot tank to spawn them in. Then you can set them up properly to spawn in there, remove the female when she's done, put the male back in his house when he's done, and raise the spawn. In the community tank it they manage to hatch they'll all be eaten.

ditto i spend hours staring into the river and the swamp, sometimes with a magnifying glass, at all the tiny creatures who live there, but have no idea what most of them are. It fascinates me that such amazing diversity exists in little pockets of water, un-noticed by anyone.

and the site nick posted is great too, those two sites were the ones i found the best information on before spawning my pair. This article is a good overview - http://bettysplendens.com/articles/page ... icleid=722 Good luck

firstly you'll need a seperate tanks for the girls and male, and one for the fry. The male will probably kill the females after spawning if they're not removed, and he will eat his babies when they start to swim if he's not removed. There's a really good tutorial at http://www.bettatalk.com , but their site seems to be down this evening, try it in the morning. Its something you want to read up about first, there's a few things to learn and be prepared for.