SamH

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I wonder if that would work? Perhaps it would just get soaked. I might use opaque plastic or a plastic place mat.

They're kind of expensive but good thaught. Might make a DIY tank background but not as bulky.

I love these stories. A while back some disease broke out in my tank so I moved the BN's into a tank I had just prepared for my new Betta. They decided that was a good time to breed so I left them in there. When the fry were big enough I cleared out the parents and caught about 10 fry, I was sure I got them all. I then vaccumed the tank and drained it till it was almost empty. Refilled it with cold tap water and started up the tank power again. To my surprise, the next morning when the water had cleared, there was a little baby Bristle Nose sucking on the glass. Shows how tough BN's are! Congrats on the fry, it's not too easy to breed barbs, is it? Be thankful that you got some free fish!

I have a small tank (45x25x25) used for breeding and rearing various fish. I've just re-done the silicone on it and it's been tested and it's leak free. I would like to try spawn my Betta's/Fighter's in it but the only problem in that the rear wall of the tank is a mirror. My male goes nuts when he sees his reflection and even after a small flare, he seems exhausted. What should I do? A. Leave it as is and see how it goes B. Cover it up with something C. Paint it D. Use another tank Please advise on how I would paint it or how I could cover it up. Thanks

I don't think he would have eaten it, perhaps caught it on some of the tank decor? Use a commercial Betta healing medicine or Idian Almond Leaves. You can get IAL on TradeMe. Good luck

Can we get these frogs? They look kinda cool.

Dang. Don't the Golden Bell frogs grow quite large? Perhaps I'll have to "find" some? Lols.

I've heard heaps about the African Dwarf (Hymenochirus boettgeri) and African Clawed (Xenopus laev)frogs on American websites and I was wondering if we have them here in NZL? I remeber seeing a few at the Napier aquarium.

Nice, but not as nice as some of the AGA aquascaping entries, especially the nano's. (http://showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/2009.cgi)

Nice. My BN's have only spawned twice. First time I didn't even know until I saw the little yolksacks with fry attached. Second time he made it a bit more obvious, sitting on the filter with a clutch of bright yellow eggs. Are you sure? Mine just hugged the filter and moved a little for the first two days but were out and about after that. Good luck.

Just one brand new, custom made tank.

If it wasn't for shipping then all we'd have would be natives.

It's funny how they put clownfish and goldfish in the same tank yet you're not supposed to put Betta's and Goldfish in the same tank and they're both freshwater. I thought clownfish were warm water and goldfish were cold?

Is $90 a good price for a tank measuring 850mm long x 500mm high x 250mm deep? Thanks

Nice ADodge!

Nice job I just re-did the silicone on my little tank 'cause it was about 100 and something years old and now it looks terrible. So much extra silicone but at least it should hold.

Once again, what colour is the water? Green water usually means algae. Use a UV sterilizer or cut back on lighting and feeding and do a large water change. Possible full tank black-out may be needed. Brown/Yellow/Tea Coloured water can mean that there are tannins in you water. These lower your pH and usually come from driftwood or peat in the filter White/Cloudy water is what I get whenever a start up a new tank. It's just the water before it's settled down.

Congrats. Try and use the Macro function on your camera a crank the ISO up to the max. I've found that setting your camera like this is really good for photographing fish.

I've seen them for sale at my LFS but didn't buy any. They are around but I'm sure you could make your own. Might take a bit of work a fine detailing but it can be done.

If someone invested $2000 intoa decent breeding pair the they could stand to make ALOT of money. If only I had the money lols

Nice job! Is it just me or is that tank yellow? Using peat?

If you're going to use a container (use it for the guppies) make sure it's safe. I had a big black rubbish bin from the Warehouse for keeping water in for my water changes and it smells a bit off. Used water from that for a while but now it's full of sand, don't trust it. Good luck

How deep does a tank for angelfish need to be? How deep is your angelfish tank? Thanks.