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  2. going on holiday what to do?

    in Freshwater

    Posted

    Hi does anyone know of some outfit who look after your tropical fish when you are away? I'm off overseas for thee weeks in Dec/Jan and not sure I want to leave the fish without any water changes in the time I'm away. If anyone can offer advice that would be great. (I've got someone who can feed them but they are not able to do any maintenance so I need to look at options)

    cheers :)

  8. instructions for setting up a sump wanted

    in Technical

    Posted

    hey thanks for that.

    Are trickle towers easy to get from the lfs or is it better to ty to make one.

    I have googled and found some info and I think I kind of understand how it all works...the trickle tower acts as a wet/dry filter removing the bigger particles before the water enters the sump. The water in the sump is passed through various media before being returned to the tank.

    So all I have to do is try to put it all together...I'm a bit "technically challenged" when it comes to this kind of thing but I suppose I will have to learn someday.

    :o :-?

  9. instructions for setting up a sump wanted

    in Technical

    Posted

    Hi I just bought a 5ft tank on TM It comes with a sump tank and the necessary plumbing. I am not sure how to set it up. Can anyone give me some instruction or perhaps direct me to an informative website that could help me?

    I havent seen the tank yet. I hope that it not to hard to set up as I have always used power filters in my big tanks, this is all a bit new to me. It will be a freshwater amazon biotype.

    what brand/size of return pump will I need to buy? what would people recommend?

    cheers

  10. Mango plec

    in Catfish

    Posted

    My galaxy is a l240, he's about 20-25 cm. would like to find a female but I don't have too much hope there..

    I will try to breed my gold hets when they mature. I think I have one female and two males, not really sure though.

  14. I have butterfly plec fry - I just want to share!

    in Catfish

    Posted

    Thanks, its quite exciting to know that I have a breeding pair and can try again properly if this lot don't make it. At the moment all 7 are still alive and seem happy enough. I did a careful water change today. They are huge for newly hatched fry :o

    What foods do I start them on when they have absorbed the yolk? I am so unprepared I don't have any live foods or anything special for them...or is it enough to just put a little blanched courgette in for them?

  15. I have butterfly plec fry - I just want to share!

    in Catfish

    Posted

    This is the first time I have had a successful hatching from my butterflys (L052 I believe)

    I just found seven fry/eggs in the community tank. The male had kicked the eggs out of the tunnel and lucky I spotted them as they were hatching. Real stroke of luck getting them before the other fish did. I siphoned the eggs into a bucket and within the space of 1 minute the eggs had hatched into wee bubbas.

    I'm a bit unprepared for them, I was not expecting the adults to breed as I have not been giving them any special treatment at all to condition them, and I did a huge water change on that tank yesterday (oops) and moved all the tank furniture around so I could get all the dirt out (double oops) I will have to be more careful next time.

    If anyone has any tips for raising them I would appreciate it as I have not had experience with raising these guys. :)

  18. Pleco and loaches

    in Freshwater

    Posted

    I think you would get more luck by going to your lfs and asking if they can order the fish you want. I would imagine most fish places order their fish from a couple of different importers, Aquarius is one place and I know they have a number of interesting plecs from time to time.

    I think you won't find the addresses very easily as they only deal with retail stores. But you can always ring a retail store to find out what they can get in for you through the supplier. Suppliers won't deal with members of the public directly.

  23. Fresh fruit and veges

    in Freshwater

    Posted

    Oops.. forgot to add that I am feeding veges to about 8 species of plecos.

    The royals and the flash plecs are into everything as is the common goldspot and BN. My heterodons are a bit more fussy - their favourite is cucumber and courgette, sometimes they dont touch the vegies at all. The magnum plec and the L52 butterflys are also quite fussy for some reason and hardly ever eat their greens.

    I have yo yo loaches and clown loaches who also like their vegies - cucumber, capsicum and courgette being favoured the most.

    thats about it I think.

  24. Fresh fruit and veges

    in Freshwater

    Posted

    I like to feed vegies as often as possible, and I feed a big variety as well and always try new things. Here is a list of what I currently feed: mushroom, asparagus, chinese greens, spinach, kumera, cucumber, courgette, red and green capsicum, brocoli, peas, carrot, green beans..I have also tried kiwifruit (they didnt seem keen on that though) will try melon tonight for something different.

    I drop half a corn cob in there once a fortnight, they absolutly love it but it makes such a huge mess to clean up in the morning I can't feed it too often.

    The growth rate on my royals is excellent so I must be doing something right

    I dont usually cook any of the vegies, I just chuck em in weighted down with a fork if necessary.

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