Caryl

Yes he could. It could be constipation or an infection of the anal area. Perhaps a bath in Epsom Salts may help.

You can get circular under gravel filter plates too. Fancy goldfish aren't easier, they are just more suitable. Comets are short tailed fish that require a lot of length in which to swim as they are very active. They can't do this in a round bowl. The fancy goldfish, fantails, google eyed, orandas etc do not swim much, or fast, so don't need the length to do so. If you decide on no filter I suggest you use a lot of live plants. Hopefully there is enough lighting to keep them alive. I would suggest about 10L daily (a bucket) change to start with. May need to be increased as the fish grow. They will grow (do not believe the myth that they only grow to the size of the container) albeit more slowly and will produce even more waste as they get bigger.

The bowl is really not suitable for 3 goldfish. Does it have to be goldfish? I assume it needs to be coldwater so what about leopardfish or white cloud minnows instead? Goldfish are very messy and, as said, would not do well without a filter or daily water changes. If the boss is set on goldfish and doesn't care about their welfare so much, get the fancy ones that just hang about with droopy tails, not comets. Is the 80 - 100L when it is filled to the top? Ideally it should just be filled to the widest part to give maximum surface area.

Beautiful bird

The Timaru Aquarium Soc. does not belong to the FNZAS.

I agree

Bits of it aren't looking so good at the moment :-? http://www.stuff.co.nz/4119384/Slip-clo ... f-Kaikoura

...to Aakash (Phoenix44) I believe 8)

FX5 box says filtration volume 20L so I assume it means how much water it holds. It will also tale 5.9L of media. The time my wet/dry stayed boxed had nothing to do with why it broke 6 months after use. It just meant we could not claim a replacement under warranty. I guess I will have the same problem with this filter as I have no proof I bought it a long time before it was actually used.

Ours lived happily on flake food.

The colour surprises me too sa I would have thought it would revert back to more 'natural' colouring.

If anyone wants a break from the shaking, we have spare room at our place. You would be welcome.

If you want to drool over a real live FX5 Joe I have one here. I bought it ages ago when it was on sale for half price but it is still in the box

In that case, I don't use it so can't give you an opinion on it 8)

Yeah, only 7 quakes after 9pm :roll:

Those who get the AW magazine will recognise this picture from Peter Cottle...

The showcase we were to attend has been cancelled so it looks like we will not be down after all. Not sure whether I am happy or not! :-?

I will bring as much water as I can - assuming we are stil coming. We are supposed to be attending a computer show in the convention centre but if the aftershocks continue they might cancel it.

We are supposed to be coming down to ChCh on Monday and I wondered if a few barrels of water for water changes might be helpful? I think I have 4 or 5 30L containers.

Have you got a water supply to do changes in the turtle tanks Donna? I am at work today checking all the sites almost continually to see what is happening. Haven't heard back from Gareth since he said they had just had another big one. May have lost power now. I am sure he and Dena are fine but they are certainly sick of the shaking!

I keep leaning forward to read the fine print

Why would they not be safe for frogs to eat?

There's a hole in my bucket dear Henry dear Henry :lol:

Looks like it does not like too much light then in this case :lol:

So what have you been up to?