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haha thanks It was more of a scouting mission. I didn't know fw shrimp existed. After getting a fish tank it started making me curious about our natural water environment. If I can find any I'll place them back. It would not be safe to add them to my tank at the moment. Though I am considering buying a bigger tank. Most likely it will rain this weekend anyway...

I have an Aqua One AR 126 fish tank with a wet and dry filter system built into the hood. Great little tank but I got it second hand and no heater. Strange the shops would sell tropical fish to me when I asked for cold water fish and told them I have no heater?? They even said the fish were breed in cold water too... I live up in Auckland I don't know if that makes a difference?

Thanks, I've given up on the koura idea after seeing how big they are in the shop. The ones I had seen in Lake Taupo before must have been babies as they where much smaller. If we have some good weather this weekend I'll try catching some fw shrimp and post back if I have sucess. Any idea how many would fit in a tank??

Thanks for the advise Im new at the keeping fish game and any info is most welcome :-? . All are cold water fish brought from cold water tanks in the fish shop. The fish tank has a power head and the filter sits at the top. The guy in the shop said not to put any more than 10 danios sized fish into the tank. I guessed that those 9 would be fine but maybe Im wrong... I changed about 30% of the water last night, cleaned the filter and at the same time moved all the stones around. I aslo added StressCoat and StressZyme. I still have the other fish in isolation as Im worried about it spreading to the other fish. At this staged no other fish are showing any signs of infection. If they do I will place the mussel into the bucket and treat the whole tank.

Hi I've had a new 22 litre fish tank running for 2 and a half weeks. I went with younger fish so it would be easier to look after (at first). I started off with 3 white cloud mountain minnows, 2 danios and a fresh water mussel. I introduced 2 swordtails the next day from a different store. A week later I got 2 more danios and 2 American flag fish from the first store. Today I noticed one of the swordtails has white spots and damaged fins. I placed the fish in small bucket with salt and some medicine. After inspecting all the other fish I have noticed a few seem to have damaged fins but (so far) no others has signs of white spots. Can anyone help with advice? Im not sure if the fish are sick and have damaged fins or they have done it to each other?? The fish tank is in our lounge so it is possible there are under more stress but they seem happy and they have plastic plants to hide them. As I have a fresh water mussel treating sick fish is a bit more harder. Can I add salt to the water with the fresh water mussel inside? Im about to clean the filter and do a 40% water change. Please help! Thanks

Hi I live in Auckland CBD and want to add a koura (fresh water crayfish), some freshwater shrimps and possibly a fresh water crab to my fish tank. After doing a bit of research the best way I can see of getting them is to get out and catch them myself. Does anyone know any good spots to catch them in or just outside Auckland? And any tips on how to catch them? Thanks