Sophia

also they like to hide under shade - in my bugs pond there are 2 fake lily pads and when I move them aside there are usually a bunch under there just waiting to be snapped up.

live food

that's about right haha

that's right I remember now. I'm surprised you found fry in there, I thought gardneri actively hunted out their young

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looks good what sort of killies did you get?

maybe the less bright ones are females?

aww cute kitty does Sooty know you were talking to other cats?

oh lord, is there anything left in there?

Baby koala at a zoo in Holland awww

this is one grumpy cat

my turn again... My original planted tank's hair algae is getting steadily worse and I wonder what else I can do to knock it back. From a distance you can't see it, it's not THAT bad, but it's throughout the tank and it's noticeable. I assume it's hair algae as it's like hair.... long green strands of what you get out of a hairbrush. It used to only live in the twisted val, so I thought it was to do with weaker older leaves as my val gets very long and floats on the top due it being a small tank. Then it spread to the other plants and now it's everywhere, even growing on the plastic breeding box floating in there. Plants are all green and doing well. Parameters: 28cm deep water (top to bottom), 50cm long, 27.5cm front to back. Lights are 16w worth of 6500k and 14000k bulbs and they are on for 3 hours a day. Tank is in a well lit room but gets no direct sunlight. Phosphates tested today at 0.25, 2nd one down from the top of the API card, and Nitrate was 5.0. I was doing about a 4L water change weekly but over the last month I haven't done any in an attempt to create more balance. Fertiliser is 1ml of Excel once a week, and 1ml of Flourish comp at least once a week or up to 3 times if I remember. Once a week I get in there with a bottle brush and twist out as much as I can. Don't get very much other algae in there to speak of. A few tiny spots of black beard or brush on the old java fern leaves, a bit of green spot on the glass from time to time. edit.... also tank gets 1/8th tsp of epsom salts a week

:smot: of me but thank you Ira your 'weed' looks like a pink flower carpet rose

pics! :spop:

I seem to have somewhere between 10 and 12 killie fry now. They are living in the lunchbox that floats in the main tank. Also today I decided to gravel vac the bare tank side of the tank with the pair of CPDs and in the water I took out found 2 pin head fry. I've tried to construct a breeding box in there in an attempt to see more fry, but if it doesn't work I'll simply put gravel all the way over and let the eggs fall into the gaps. Cherry barb fry are all doing well, there are now about 10 or 11, just raising the last few to be a bit bigger before letting them out into the tank with everyone else. The smallest ones seem quite frail, not sure if they are runty or just small but time will tell.

ZombieMom?

I emailed them to ask for a price list in the meantime.

I think i have 2 or 3 small ones, they are alright, no failures.

Loaches Online, Aquahobby, Danios and Devarios http://www.danios.info/index.aspx, http://www.celestialpearldanio.com I am on here 99% of the time though.

their website doesn't seem to like Firefox and when I look at it through internet explorer none of the links work. does anyone else find the same thing?

I top up my bugs pond with it or water the outside pot plants.

my lettuces have all the same markings and there are definitely leaf miners in there

is he still swimming about and acting like a happy fish?

This is what I have in various forms. http://www.centrallandscapes.co.nz/prod ... lders.html Also Petstuff101 on Trademe will send you some aquarium safe gravel for a price, but the gravel itself isn't too badly priced. The landscapers are usually cheaper though.