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It may take a few hours. I have had a BN out of water for several hours (I didn't realise at the time) and it survived. Do you really want the driftwood? Can you cut into it?

I do not buy fish stuff overseas as I rarely buy any at all but I now buy all my books from the UK as they are half the price and free shipping. My husband is always importing electronic, computer and radio gear as it is a fraction of the cost of buying here. I know we should buy NZ made but they are making it more and more expensive :dunno:

http://www.applesnail.net is a great source of information. They say snails can only tolerate a very small amount of salt, if the concentration has been built up slowly. They also say... Apple snails are very sensitive to certain chemicals and compounds. Unfortunately some of these chemicals are used to treat fish diseases as fungi and parasites. The basic principle in combating a fish disease is to use chemical compounds that kill the disease, while having no adverse effects on the fish, due to neurological/metabolistic differences between the organisms. However, snails have more in common with many parasites then with fish in the way they react to chemical substances. It's thus advised to isolate the snails in a separate tank during treatment of the fish unless you are absolutely sure that the product you use doesn't contain snail-toxic chemicals. And as many disease causing organisms do not survive outside the fish during a few days, together with repeated water changes in the isolation tank, the risk of reinfection through the snail reintroduction can be minimised. Exceptions to this rule are parasites that have a life cycle with snails and fish as intermediate hosts (mainly the case with wild-caught fish/snails). See also here. A short list with chemicals that are/could be toxic to snails in therapeutic doses: -Malachite Green (used to treat Ich or white spot, fungi and Velvet or Oodinium). -Various organophosphorous pesticides like formaldehyde, metriphonate, trichlorphon (= dylox, masoten, metriphonate, neguvon, trichlorophon), dichlorvos and others used to treat infections with flukes, worms, crustaceans and lice. -metaldehyde used as molluscicide. -Various copper containing drugs to treat protozoa and fungus infections. -Parricide D (Di-N-Butyl Tin Oxide) used to eliminate helminthes, acanthocephala, trematodes, cestoda and worms. A list of fish phamaceutics of several manufacturers with the active ingredients is available on http://www.pubnix.net/~spond/product/medicine.html. Many of the preparation listed here could harm your snails!

I would get the new dentist to give you an ACC45 form to fill out and see how you go.

Be aware if you use Ammolock it will affect your test readings.

Welcome. If you add your location to your profile you may find someone nearby with some mature filter media to offer

All my driftwood came from the beach. I just hosed it off then put it in the tank. My bristlenoses never seemed bothered. I do not think the driftwood would absorb much, if any, salt but it would just be on the surface and easily hosed off.

Oooh nice :thup:

They are probably already aware of it. Our local river is full of that banned one (which is how I got a pic of it)

Diet is important too

Only native cold water varieties or marine.

Put pantyhose or similar over the uplift.

I could breed danios in an outdoor pond here over summer very easily (in a year with better weather than we have had in the past 3 years :roll: ) as the temp of my breeding ponds sits about 27 - 28C. All depends on where you live.

Hmmm in that case I had better make some changes to one of the May AW articles

If you scroll down the page you can see links to other raptor webcams.

Oooh some action! It is daylight and she just got up, studied her 2 eggs, did a 360 then some housekeeping before settling again. Why do I keep checking out this eagle?? :facepalm:

As you can see, the majority of turtles that turn up at Donna's are in need of extensive nursing and medical help, including expensive things like X-rays. All this costs money! If you can help Donna with a donation, please contact her through [email protected] or http://www.turtlerescue.co.nz

Angels love the tannin coloured water.

Speed isn't always a good thing

I can see it - it is night and the eagle is sleeping

Done. Perhaps we should change the title to "What not to do to your turtle"

They are quite happy down to 18C. They are not coldwater fish but temperate and can be kept in an unheated tank if the room temperature stays 18C or above.

Kudos to you and your dedication Donna. :love:

Perhaps the old one had not been seated correctly? :dunno:

Very nice :thup: