JazzyJeff

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or mesonauta festivus. Has anyone had any experience with these fish. I am wanting to know if they are plant friendly? I have seen them featured in one of the TAKASHI AMANO works of art so thought they would be ok with plants. I had a conversation with someone today who said he thought that his was eating at his sword plants. :dunno: Anyone kept these in a planted setup before?

I have been exposed to dogs of all ages in my working career and in my sport (agility) for 15 or so years. I have seen many Dachsunds and Papilion's - very few had health issues. My mum & auntie both had a mini long hair daccy's all thru my childhood - both lived to a ripe old age. Only prob mum's had was a broke it leg when it fell from the parcel shelf of the car in a car accident. As for hip probs and luxating patella's, I have seen very few in smaller breeds in proportion to numbers of dogs I have seen. Mostly the probs I have seen have been bad teeth, overweight, under/overshot jaws or umbilical hernia . If you have seen someone with this cross perhaps you could talk to them? How old was the dog? Who bred it? Blah blah blah. What ever you do you are taking a risk, weather it be pure bred or a cross... at the end of the day, If you want to own a dog, insure it and make sure you are willing to spend money on it. Everyone will offer you advice - take what you need from those that do - put value in the advice from those that are quailifed... Vets for health & Nutrition, Trainers for training, groomers for grooming. Owning a dog is a luxury and carries many benefits and it is very true, the more you put in (time & care) the more you get out. IMO :lol:

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I'll give it a go & let ya kno... thanks

Thanks Adrienne, I might give that a try - I have discus in my 200l tanks and the plants don't do as well as my 100l tank (prob the T8 vs T5 lighting to blame) I see your Discus don't appear any worse for wear so am going to copy your regime :thup: Would I be right in thinking that when I do a 50% water change I am to put in half a teaspoon? It would be very cool if you can post progress pics?

Beaut tank!! Please - Can you tell me why you are using epsom salts at each water change? and at what dose rate? Thanks

Once it is obvious that a discus has had it's growth stunted, can you kick start it's growth again or is it permanently damaged?

... whats a good number of angels to have in a 200 - 400l tank?

Great Tip!! :bounce: Thanks Jen

Got it at Animal Antics (Mt Maunganui) Not sure if it is imported or not

Got myself a new discus to join my bunch... I am loving the intense colours! hmmm... guess I should have cleaned the glass!! :facepalm:

Thanks for all the replies - I checked what I originally bought (I was nerdy enuff to write them down at the start - not quite nerdy enuff to record where I planted them) I planted crytp - undulatus, walkeri, petchii, wendtii, & balansae. Now it is all growing fantastically & I am enjoying it way more than pruning stem plants all the time - I now intend to plant the rest of my tanks with crypts and the odd sword - just might have to pot luck it all.

Thanks P44

Please can someone i/d the following crypt - I want to get more of these but need to know what sort it is to do so... I THINK it may be Wendtii ?? scuse the bad photography!

The tank is too small - swap the fish for a heater and go tropical. Something like platy's or neons or guppy's would be easier. I have one of those tanks and LOVE it! Plants grow really well, maintenance is low, fish are healthy. I use the carbon cartridge that you described and change it every 2-3 months, I have read in several reliable sources that carbon does not 'dump' the toxins back into the water when full it just simply stops functioning. I do 30% water changes every week - ten days depending on how much time I have. Don't give up on fish keeping it can being trying at times but worth it.

I have an AquaOne 1200 - I find it really good. One of the big things you have to watch is that the O-Ring is on the top basket is on the basket and not on the top of the canister as it always ends up there each time you open it up. As for getting it started - I have got it down to a fine art! I make sure the canister is filled to the top (in the bath as there is some water displacement when you put on the lid) Turn taps to OFF but do not attach to canister just yet. Submerge in tank water till all air is out. Hook up to the U-Bends a then attach to canister -the pipes should be filled with water. If some air has managed to get in pipes then top up with a jug with spout) Turn pump on then open taps. HTH

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OMG! the commitment!! You are a legend Nymox!! These guys def went to the right home!

Very nice! Lil bit Jealous!

I use JBL BioCleanA I find it really good - Non hazardous to fish/dissolves limescale/cleans the glass

Yup - done that - I too thought that would be enough but it doesn't appear to be!

It's a 200l tank that is quite deep - I had a ring in the corner that was hidden before but I have just replaced the gravel and re-vamped the tank - I was going to leave the airstone out but have found all the rasboras/rummies are gobbing at the top and the bristlenose catfish are reverse dive bombing the surface on a regular basis! I have placed a new airstone in there for now and they have stopped BUT this airstone looks stooopid. I have a canister filter running on this and it also contains discus

aarrrrrrrgh! I need to put an airstone in my tank but every type and everywhere I put it, it looks naff!! Anyone got some pictures of some cool & well placed airstones? I'm looking for some inspiration. Thanks in advance

Blue Turqs & Snakeskin - got my eyes out for something red or orange to go with or swap