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BikBok the more the day goes on the more I realise that it was meant to be that I don't get them. Listening to others I realise that I am not yet ready for them, I am after all just a beginner in the hobby. What I might do is get one more chocolate zebra once I see what sex these are. I am also going to give my swordtails to whoever would like them and get myself three more ghost catfish and aquire more small little schools. Its all good now Goodluck on getting your sharky, they are so cute, but once again my tank is too small LOL. Oooh so good to hear about your little choccie again. Mine has also gone very dark and even come out during the day now. I am wishing mine will get used to the camera too, as soon as they see it they make a bee line for the log or bridge, guess we are in the same little boat there, let me know how your luck goes there.

LOL wish it was that easy. Its not just a tank, its the filter, heater, wood, ornament, substrate and the list goes on. Hubby said I must just wait and be patient, so let me try and do that and see what happens.

Everything you guys said made sense. I agree with it, and after some thinking and speaking to my hubby we came to the agreement, that unless we can somehow get a seperate tank for them, I will not be getting them. I am like I said above sad about the decision, but there is no other way. But thanks so much for all your understanding and time you gave me in helping me with information I very much needed. You guys are the best

LOL, I actually showed him that auction while it was going.

I bet you could I would like to share the way I would have been abled to afford them, someone out there might not have thought of it and then maybe you guys can get some. I was going to get a farmers card LOL They have been hounding us to open an account offering us some nice credit to start with. We did previously have an account with them but quickly paid it off while saving for our house which we bought in September. So maybe one of you out there can use my idea of buying them and get yourselfs some. I hope so too. Well I better get off here and walk to fetch my kids from school

Hff suggested to get rid of the BN's as well, that is where my husband said no, and also he just forked out 120 dollars for the chocolates as well. I understand, just a bit down right now. Both really, but Hff was just being honest. Zebra's are very shy and would lose a fight against a chocolate and would never come out to eat with my current set up. They basically need their own tank just them in it, with maybe some peacefull schools that does not eat the same as them.

i just spoke to Hollywood fish farm and it looks as if my zebra pleco L46 dream is shattered. I will just make the best of what I have now. Hubby said there is no way we can fit another tank in our house let alone buy it. And he is not going to allow me to get rid of my Bristlenoses and chocolate zebra's L270. He was not so worried about getting rid of the swords but when i mentioned the other two he put his foot down and said No Hopefully one day if I am lucky enough to get them we will be able to get that second tank, until then I hope some one else can get those beautiful fish and enjoy them as much as I wanted too

I have thought about it and agree with you, I currently have cherrie barbs and harlequins as a school fish so will keep them and perhaps up the numbers since I have six harlequins and four cherriebarbs. I have a Blue planet vista, I quickly took some measurements and they are as follow. Length is 90cm, Width is 37cm and Height is 50cm. I wish I could do that, but unfortuanatly I don't have the space for another tank. After getting the zebra's I don't think I will be adding any other fish for a long time, that is why I want to get everything ready now, I ordered some nice new gravel and is looking at some nice hiding type ornaments, perhaps another piece of bogwood and so on. I will phone hollywoods and hear what they suggest, I will understand if I would have to get rid of some of the other fish to get the little zebra's. I really would love them

Aaaargh!!! Why now? All my hard work, earning to get these little fish and now everything is going pearshaped What would you all suggest I do now. I thought of going pleco only and getting homes for all the other fish. I am going to get my new gravel soon as well, that is darker and apparently make fish more relaxed than the fruitsalad gravel I currently have. I feel completely lost and will listen to any suggestions you might have

Damn :-? I wanted to ask hollywoodfishfarm about mixing the chocolate zebra's and the normal zebra's but their thread has been closed. Where would I start a new thread about that, i am not quite sure where it would go

aha, now I see, you mean the normal white and black zebras with the chocolate ones I now have. i was hoping that I would be able too. I am going to give them tons of hiding spots, so they should be fine, but I will run it by the staff at HFF first before I buy it. Mind you I did buy the chocolate zebra's from them and then my husband looked at the white and black zebra's and tell them we will be getting those soon, they did not reply to it, so we will just have to see. Thanks for the heads up though, will be more prepared. You can see I am a newbie in this hobby Those L numbers confuse me too

Not that far http://www.wises.co.nz/d/11/Wattle+Down ... 942826/11/

I don't know the L numbers, I google imaged that one and I don't have them. I have chocolate zebra's two and two bristenose plecos. I just spoke to hubby and he said we would go pleco only, which means I will rip out all the fake plants and put a lot of different caves and logs and things in the tank instead. When I treated with furan 2 I did it in a small little 20 litre tank with a fry filter, I washed all of it out completely before filling it with some of the water from my main tank and also a bit of noodles from my main tank to house the newest little fry I have. I never treat the whole tank cause I have glass catfish and they are finicky with medicines and water parameters. My water quality is good, I have tested it myself and it has been tested by my petshop. I use the API Freshwater Master Test kit My results were as follow: Ammonia 0ppm Nitrate 0ppm pH 7.0/7.2 between those two Nitrite 0ppm

BikBok, I saw my chocolates too today, they come out for the protien tablets My one was even cheeky enough to have a little shuffle about with my big ten cm bristlenose male :lol: My husband is getting me the real zebra's (black and white from HFF). I am going to get two in about two months to one and a half months time, so I am very weary. I am thinking about going only pleco tank, since they seem to be the only ones not getting sick. We will just see how it goes. Sorry about your guppies, hope your new guy pulls through

Thanks for the reply Stella. I will try to put them in the trash next time, I just feel so guilty when I do that I burry my big ones, like my one bristlenose that died of a broken heart (will never split a breeding couple again) If it comes to whacking them, then I will have to ask my hubby, I will never be able to do that, my little heart is too soft for that. I even had a hard time lifting the dead ones out of the tank :-? I will deffinetly have to just put all the babies in the big tank and hope for the best so that I can have a quarantine tank again. I seem to permanently have a nursery going, my fish love having babies.

Wow, I love your tank, it looks super

I bought three mollies two weeks ago and they all three died, they were very skinny almost no flesh on them as if they starved to death, however I knew they were eating. When I went to our petshop (will not name for their sake) from where I bought them, I saw that their tank was in quarantine and they were treating them all. The petshop gave me some furan 2 for free to treat my swords who were showing the same symptoms. I treated them and they were all well and still is. Yesterday I noticed that my shortfinned zebra had a deep cut on his side and I put him in quarantine with some melafix and I just flushed him, found him dead on the bottom of the tank, he looked really gross he was all opened where the wound was. As I fed my others now, I noticed one of my cherry barb's on the floor aswell, he was just about dead, did not even move as I lifted him out, so I flushed him too. Poor guy I have earlier last week also removed another cherrie barb with the same death, she seemed fine just dead on the floor. By floor I mean the gravel in the tank, not my wooden floor in the house. I don't know what to do, I am getting some zebra pleco's in two months time and something is wrong in my tank now and I can't see what. I have done water tests and all is normal. What to do?

aww that is terrible so far my aquaminder is good, it needs new batteries, I have had it six months so its understandable, but else it does its job everyday. Lets just hope it keeps on doing its job, I don't know what I would do if my tank ever died all at once :-?

That is why I have one of these little guys for my tank It has warned me a couple of times allready, especially during summer. As soon as my heater no longer works and the water temp drops then this little guy will make an alarm to warn me. It also helps me to remember when to do certain maintanances on my tank. I am glad I got it

We had house geckos in south africa. It was a curse and a blessing. They would eat all the mosquito's was the blessing, but the curse was all their droppings everywhere and the clicking sounds they made at night time while we tried to sleep

LOL BikBok, I want too

Thanks Jennifer

Thank you very much for the info adodge. I am currently trying to phone my hubby at work to start the process of asking for it LOL

:bounce: Thanks so much, now to wait for my hubby to get off nightshift and then let him sleep just enough so he can say yes when I ask for some gravel

I am still a bit weary trying the silica sand, but I must say it looks amazing in fishtanks Thank you so much. I will try to find her and email her. I think it will look good in my tank, I am so excited about it, my tank has really changed (not physically yet) in the last two months. I will soon have my dream tank ...yay