Sophia

is the black sand the same as from Muriwai etc? I thought that we weren't supposed to use as it had iron ???? if it's safe it might be good to mix with the lighter stuff in places as well, for various effects.

sand

Ooh black sand sounds great, let me know how you get on as I want some darker sand in mine.

I still have 19kg of east coast play sand left if you want it Dan. It's the light brown stuff in my cory/loach tank.

jealous

It's Ok, Joe is building up to something spectacularrrr 8)

Inga

Ally

lotto

potatoes

what a beautiful fluffy boy, but I think he should be discouraged from sitting on the tank. A couple of flicks of water should do it.

daphnia and/or mozzies might do alright in that sort of temperature. Wouldn't have to worry about a heater in that shallow water either if you kept it inside.

There are many different routines. People with fry tend to feed more often to build them up. You could try a tiny sprinkling of something first thing so the little fish get some fuel, and then another feed the same in the evening. If your tendency is to overfeed (like me) you could try just a fingertip sized pinch (if it's flake food), it's supposed to be only what they can eat in a couple of minutes. With a mixed tank sometimes you need to add a bit more to make sure everyone eats but if you stick around to watch what happens you will soon know if you need to do that. I think that little and often is better for them than a big feed once a day.

stick em on your feet and skate around the coast

when your husband makes you a table to keep your fish stuff tidy in the garage and you measure up how much space is available on top for another tank.... :roll:

lake

wool

obstinate

No but I was going to buy one instead of the normal sponge filter I bought, I just happened to find everything I needed in the same place. Might try one of those next time.

eel

a few updated pictures - my fry are no longer fry! Except one. Runty remains a runt, doesn't seem to be getting bigger than fry-sized. That might be him/her in the middle of the bottom picture. You can see how much smaller than the others it is.

After a week the fishes are starting to settle in. The rasbora have had their first taste of white worms and can now catch and eat a big daphnia. They all enjoy microworms and any small live food, also love the hikari sinking wafer and shrimp pellets. Do you think that 1 pellet between all the fish is enough? When they break down they make quite a lot of food. Half a wafer also seems to be enough, but I'm afraid I am being mean. Is hard to know how much is enough as the corys don't all come out at once to feed. Have extended the time the light is on in the evening so I can turn the lights off in the lounge and see them all come out to feed. I try to feed with the lounge lights off where possible too. Have changed the angle of the light since the top picture, the hiding corner gets a bit more light but it is still the cory's hiding place of choice. All the bottom dwellers congregate there to mull things over and then usually meander down the sandy path to the front. I feed them at the front or when putting live food I do it over the wood so some bugs can get trapped for later. One change I would like to make is to get some darker sand somehow. The rasbora are quite pale most of the time, I think to blend in with the pale sand as they seem otherwise at ease. They do flash peach from time to time, often during the day when the light is out, but their normal colour is pale. In the shop the females were light peach the males deep peach, and they had brightwater gravel and bright lights. I am yet to see a dark coloured sand other than black sand from the beach and I don't think it's OK to use?? :dunno: Don't want to swap to gravel at this stage as the other fish like the sand. Tunnel Hiding corner. Front right corner has crypts that should come back to life soon. Dent on the left was made by the loaches on their first night

haha that's funny I like the little toilet and the hanging towel. I wonder if you can have other rooms, maybe a couch with a TV and a goldfish on the PC :lol:

what a fibber I think I saw you on Wednesday, 'pretending' to be going to the butcher .... the one next to the fish shop...

labyrinth