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Ive been forcing him to watch cricket

hahahaaa lol thats hilarious!

Very nice pics p44, beautiful fish indeed.

Hes so cute lol, first time I ever seen him yawn and I got it on camera. This is Iggy:

tried shining the light behind him again, could kinda see thru but I dont know what I should normally be looking at, plus he didnt seem to pleased about it all keep swimming away.

GREAT IDEA! shall be doing just that from now on!

aww poor fishy, but it makes things very clear. Thanks Caryl. My guys just constipated it seems, after being over fed all those bloodworms with no fibre for 2 weeks its no wonder, not my Nans fault, I havnt told her anything is wrong with him it would upset her, Ill just need to make sure next time I leave clearer instructions I think I found the same site Aquilam but it says gallons not litres. Easily converted thanks to the wonders of google. There's no where local to get epsom salt at this time and Im without transport till early next week, it will have to wait till tomorrow. Thanks for all the help people, really appriciated

I cant get the light to shine through him hes too shiney, Ill try a salt bath tomorrow see how that goes. Ill search forums for the dosage. Thanks

http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/9600 ... ers-jailed

Wow I just LOVE those heckelii, they look like giant orangy bolivians lol.

This is what annoys me, people who make money from others peoples nievity. And this is what makes alot of people sceptic. I dont doubt the that there is things that cant be explained by our current science, in fact I have a fair amount of experience in dealing with people or animals who are no longer with us in the physical, but those are my experiences, I would never try to make money from it. Mainly what I have come across has been, more or less like a moment in time, which (usually) due to the extreme emotional circumstances, has left an imprint of sorts. Its like a video on loop, scary at times but completely harmless, most cases where harm is caused here its due to the person exerperiencing it over reacting. The real scary ones are entities that have never been human, formed purely by negative energy (very rare cases positive energy) having no ties to the physical, and only raw, maliceous intentions they are not to pleasant. When the large european ships starting arriving in ameria, the natives could no see the ship itself, only the people and the effect it had on the surrounding water. The idea of something so massive compiled of many different materials had never entered their minds. We dont see with our eyes we see with our brains, the brain sorts through all the infomation and only shows us what we are used to experiencing. Those early native americans we experiencing exactly that. Once they opened their minds to the new technology, once they stopped restrictingtheir vision, the ships became visable. This is why some people experience things where others dont. Then there the huge amount of pranksters and hoaxes out there.

Thanks very much!

Looks great Trav, nice work

HAHA! though wouldnt be completely suprising lol Mum should be home from work soon, dropping by to deprive me of her camera again. Ill get a sample of both tanks in question and stop by in an hour or so if thats alright with you?

Welcome Andy

Thanks for clearing that up for me Caryl, I thought as much but wasnt 100% sure as Ive never seen dropsy other then pictures on the intraweb. Its boggles me though that he was nearly all better until this morning, now hes right back where he started, if not worse. last time I fed him was 3 days ago (aside from the shelled pea earlier) and it was 1 Novo colour flake, very little at all. If they're hungry enough will they take to eating algae, plant or poop? Other then some kind of tummy infection I cant think what could have made his belly get big over night, and of course with the big belly its caused the swelling on his swim bladder to return and push those same 2 scales out again.

hes had a water change this morning and all conditions are fine. All my tanks are a lil on the warm side tho, cant do much about it my room is that tempreture 27.3 'c all my air pumps are working over time. Im gunna let him have his way with the plants, might just be unhappy with where hes got to dig. Hes grown about a cm in the past 5 days too so im presuming everything is to his liking food and water wise. When I first got him as a tiny weeny lil slimey, he would find places everywhere to hide out of the water, it was a constant struggle blocking up little gaps till eventually I won and took to digging in the sand, where he grew up fast. Now hes in the much bigger tank Im starting all over again I think as I said, I think its one of those weeks

Great now to top it off my fire eel has become suicidal, keeps finding places to get out of the water, lidded tank so he cant escape, but Ive just found him sitting on top of the powerhead completey out of the water. I dropped the water level down so hes taken to digging up every one of my plants instead. Must be one of those weeks :-?

Im not sure on his age at all Ive had him about 4 - 5 months though. He was fully grown when I got him so might be around that age.

hes not pineconing (?) as far as I can tell, the only scale protrusion is on the left side just over the swim bladder. As far as Im aware that effects the scales over the entire body. Im not sure if this is correct but when the tummy is over full, or swolen, it can block the litte tubes that run to the swim bladder. Dropsy was the first thing I looked into when I noticed the scales, but any pics of dropsy doesnt look like whats happening here. Hes happy, still blowing bubble nests every morning and flaring at me when I get close to him.

Im running out of idea's hes not doing so well Im really worried about him. I went away a while ago and left my Nan in charge of feeding. She ended up way over feeding my fighters. When I came home I noticed Zev wasnt swimming right, and he has a protrusion on the left hand side where his swim bladder is. I figured tummy got too full and caused the swim bladder to swell or something. I researched on the internet and the best option I could find was fasting him. He was doing well for 2 week, improving daily, untill today. Somewhere in the tank he either found food (not likely considering I gravel vac twice weekly, and hadnt fed him) or has some tummy problems. His belly is dark in colour and over sized. Ive fed him some shelled pea a while ago but I fear it might not be enough. I really dont want to loose this lil man, he means so much to me, not only because he was gifted to me so generously, but hes special to me, I dont know what I would do without him. Please any help is much appriciated, Ill get what ever is needed to try help the lil fella. Heres the pic, you can see the large gut and scales sticking out.

awww hehehe ty for posting this

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Great thanks supasi Im gunna grow it outside of the tank, Ill make a damp little green house for it and make sure it gets plenty of natural light. Once its larger Ill take smaller cuttings for furnish the tank till it does off, then replace as required. It looks so good in the tank, that rich purple against the green, I cant not have it now

Well I dont think its bad using them as feeder fish, alot worse happens in nature, as well as eating them if you were desperate. Dunkin the poor little things in a shot glass of vodka and swallowing for a laugh is rather different. And the fact that they have 400 ready for tonight. They achieved what they wanted, publicity.