Sophia

they don't seem to have egg sacs attached so can I start feeding them or shall I wait a bit? I don't dare move them into the breeding box where i'll be able to see them better in case they escape from the holes.

There are wrigglers in the cory egg net! :nilly: ......... edit and 2 more newly hatched CPDs on the tank glass too :bounce:

is that a freudian slip? it reads like you want more and won't more at the same time :cofn:

Just letting you know - I am working through of list of additions and removals for the members-only forums at the moment. If you notice you've gained or lost a forum this week, and that fact is a surprise to you, send me a PM and I'll look into it.

Ira :sick:

where is all the animal poo?

eww what was that? a giant sea louse?

there's hope for the next batch If the eggs could be posted I'd have some, would be fun to try and raise some. You could put them in a plastic jar with some meth blue??

Where I went is in the fields between Grand Drive and Campbell Rd. The first trough is right at the top end of the paddock that is next to Tiwai Rd, near the tree line between there and the next paddock. Then there are some good troughs on the paddock that is on the right side of Bollard Ave, on the fence that seperates the Campbell Rd side paddock from the farm side. Basically I used to enter at Grand Drive/Tiwai end and stroll up the fields parallel to Campbell until I got to the one past Bollard. There are a couple further on too but if you would have found plenty of bugs by that time anyway. if you look on Google satellite map it will become clear like a murky pond... :smln:

ostracods or copepods - can't remember which. They look like a swimming seed and come in various shapes and colours. Quite cool critters. The smaller fish won't fit them in their mouths but the big ones will have a chomp. Which part of the park did you go to? There is a good trough at the lower end of Campbell Rd, in one of the first fields on a hill. It's a rectangle concrete trough and the daphnia hang out by the inflow.

No worries, I'm glad they are a bigger group now, much more fun for them and the watcher. I never saw them nip another fish but when I had them in a different tank with minifish I found one with a bite mark too. They like to chase around and around and will probably take at least a week for them to slow down. When I changed things around they were excited for ages, playing in the current. thanks. It's very quiet in there now without the loaches. Geoff the catfish had a rude awakening when I caught the loaches as I had to take apart his end of the tunnel. It didn't go back the same way so now I have another window by which to see him.

After complaining about no CPD fry lately. I saw one on Sunday. I have a saying about these fry, or maybe it's any fry that live in moss tanks: Where is there 1 there is usually 2, and where there are 2 there are usually 5. And today I have counted 3! :bounce:

bachelor of late assignments :slfg:

most fish will have a go at anything that can fit in their mouth

You'd get more daphnia if you went and fished the troughs at Cornwall Park. A couple of scoops and you'd have plenty to get started. Mine are only just coming back to life after a season of nothing so I won't break the group up yet. The grubs in your plant pot will likely be fine to feed to the fish. They'll be excited to eat them.

I think you have the order around the wrong way. Let me illustrate the correct order of priorities: 1 Girlfriend 2 Petrol to go and see girlfriend/take her places 3 Girlfriend 4 PC so you can email girlfriend and order her presents online 5 Girlfriend 6 Girlfriend 7 Girlfriend Girlfriend Girlfriend Girlfriend Girlfriend Girlfriend etc Best to learn now while you are still young enough to care haha.

noooooooooooooooooo! :nilly:

:sml2:

Today's update: the riverbed tank is now empty of loaches, they went to live with NoFishing who has 2 more of their cousins. And they'll have a much bigger tank to play in, with fresh snails. :bounce: I'm sorry to see them go but I felt it was time for a change. I'm thinking of replacing them either with kuhli loaches, pygmy cories, or a small schooling fish. However it won't be happening just yet, I'm going to leave it a while and brew on it.

well done

Cornwall Park sheep troughs are where I found the founding members of my daphnia tribe.

You mean to visit or to shop online?

you're making me want to get kuhli loaches ... got a full tank shot of the kuhli loach tank? Do they burrow in the sand? How many are there?

We've had a few earthquakes over the years, usually small ones out at sea though.

I also suspect that now you know it hums, it seems even louder than ever :sml2: