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Does that mean i get to use my left hand And thats a nice big hunk of meat your missing off your hand

Err can't wait to get a pair of honey gourami for my tank :bounce: :bounce:

:lol: :lol: A random question but how big do they grow??

The heating in your house shouldn' be doing that and if the room is heating up it should mean that the heater turns off so it doesn't heat the tank up anymore than it needs to, the 4 degree temperature changes is definitely not good for any fish snd probably doing more damage to them if the temp were to drop below 20 deg (which it shouldn't if you have heating) I think it would be a good idea to invest in a new heater

The blue/black ones sound cool :bounce: :bounce: can't wait for pics :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Grats :bounce: :bounce: I :lol:ed at the bird poo bit Do you reckon a 45x45x45 exo terra terrarium would be alright for 2/3 Chines FBN (that's if im allowed to get some.....)

Found another couple on my mums computer :bounce: He/She is about 17cm long Some of the smaller one were from last year and some were from the guy off TM base in Tauranga (aquaculture I think :-? )

Well I've already got brine shrimp going for my bettas so that's easy enough It's kinda like a tank with the pond being a giant sump :lol: (that was with the good camera about two months ago, but my sisters got it at uni atm) I also thing the lemon one it the top right hand corner is the girl

What about an article in keeping hillstream loaches http://www.loaches.com/articles/hillstream-loaches-the-specialists-at-life-in-the-fast-lane (the aquarium picture is the same one im my book about loaces )

Your right about the species and that their fully tropical my brother went their when he went to snow camp a week ago and caught a WHOLE 4 PRAWNS!!!!!!! :lol: and they managed to eat them all at home without me noticing :evil:

If it doesn't work you could always stick loads of daphnia in there :D

Hope the blackout works I'm getting all this brown algae/hair algae in my newly setup tank it's really starting to annoy me as well :lol: Im going to have to try that mix

It could be a prawn... Macrobrachium Rosenbergi Giant River prawn/ Malaysian Prawn The same species that you catch at the Huka Prawn Park in Taupo http://www.hukaprawnpark.co.nz/

It could work......, although I wouldnt keep any fish in the tank to start with in cause the balls decintergrate and release all of the pmdd into the water , Cant help you with the clay though good luck with it though

Sounds like you had fun :lol:, i get a day off school tomorrow!! :bounce: then again on thursday!!!!!!!! :bounce: :bounce:

That a nice fish you got there :bounce:

Java moss/fern (unless you wanted native plants :-? theres some on here http://www.fnzas.org.nz/index.php?PG=NIWAPlant and some zelandia fern.....(I cant remeber the exact name)

I :lol: at it My dad has a money tree in with his, he seems to enjoy sitting on it I reckon you would be better off making your own or getting someone to make it for you

:lol: If you were to use a clay based substrate you would want some finer sand then gravel over top with your waterfall idea unless you want a brown tinged tank :lol: just the same idea as a layer of daltons underneath (which I think has some kind of clay in it)

It looks great Bummer im no good at sketch up though :evil: it annoys me too much

That Black male in the bottom right hand corner is very nice seeing as you somehow managed to get the father before me :evil:

All of the loaches from the balitoridae family (hill stream loaches) live in fastwater streams (around 3 meters per sec) and high O2 levels, Also many cyprinids (minnows,carp,barbs ect) (A very streamlined fish Sewellia lineolata) Hill stream loaches off wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillstream_loach

:bounce: YAY :bounce: Woke up this morning and noticed around 9ish that one lemon oranda is getting chase around by several other goldfish, went to have a look (in the rain) and the one that is getting chased is a female and many of the ones doing the chasing are male. So caught her and stuck her in a 45l bin with the pond water running though it and have found a nice big lemon male (with his pimples :lol:) and some branches of a tree(one with fine leaves, err I forgot the name...) Last year when they bred it was when the filter had been off for a few months and the pond had a nice green tinge to it, and when we finally realised they had bred it was when there were 2cm+ babies swimming around :roll: So what do I feed them?? and how long will they take to hatch when they lay eggs.... (any help appreciated ) Then again I thought it was a bit early though for them too be breeding....

The algae is probably doing more damage than a 3 day blackout would, and unless you have high light plants it shouldn't affect them too much

It's a small crustacean that feeds on algae in the wild, and fish seem to enjoy eating it (also called water fleas for their jerky movements) Thats what they look like except waaay smaller