Caryl

I know I learned a lot listening to DonnaM's talk about her turtle rescue and rehoming and was horrified to hear a lot of information given to new turtle owners is not only wrong, but harmful to their health

Leaf fish? :lol:

No it doesn't last too well (speaking from experience) :-?

We brought lots of fish home from conference from ChCh to Blenheim (something we do a lot) and never lost a fish. They were double bagged at the shop with only a few per bag then we put them in poly boxes. When you travel your car is usally a good temperature anyway but I prefer to keep them in a box. I also use the soft sided chilly bins you can buy cheaply these days as, when not in use, they pack away in small places. We also brought home a large selection of cichlids once just loose in a chilly bin. Large chilly bins are good for fish too big to fit in a bag as well.

Don't forget the water temp in the buckets will not drop below that of the room so as long as you keep the room warm (22C minimum) you do not need to have to worry about the water cooling.

We have a $100 note?? :lol:

And of course you found it Ira :roll: :lol:

The shop had sold us a lovely red substrate. We did not know (neither did they and they stil didn't understand when we told them either) it was designed for African set-ups so the pH would rise to 8. The shop would sell us pH Down and we would pour it in! Poor fish suffered through severe pH swings. It took us a while to figure out why the pH kept shooting up and didn't understand much about it in those days. Luckily a local fish club started up and we got our answers there 8) No internet in those days either

Grant and I were known as the guppy killers in our early days of fish keeping. We now know what the problem was so probably would be able to keep them alive these days but, for some reason, I went off the idea of guppies :roll: The ones John had in Organism almost made me change my mind though!

Whenever I have flown with fish or axolotls as hand luggage I have not mentioned it to the airline and never had a problem.

Try the extra water changes until the tank settles. What, and how many, fish are in it? As the plants grow they should out-compete the algae for food and the water will clear again. The green water looks bad but is harmless. Do you have lighting? If so, what sort and how long do you have the lights on for? Is there any direct sunlight on the tank?

No, there are quite a few of us still here. You need a good mix of old and new so the new ones are not left floundering with no idea of what to do!

:bounce: :bounce:

When I complained to a chain store employee about the misleading pictures on the bowl containers she agreed with me but said they had told their head office when others had said the same thing and they weren't interested.

Nothing wrong with indecent choccy cake either

Love the new avatar bdspider :lol:

I guess you do not live in the middle of the city then? :lol:

Probably. What colour is the water? It may have a whitish algae bloom going on and this too should clear.

Well Petmart are in Richmond

If this is a new tank, brown algae is common. As the tank matures and the cycle completes, the brown algae will disappear. In the meantime you can just keep wiping it off the front and surfaces where possible so it looks nicer. Live plants need to be buried quite well or the fish can pull them up (and will do so if given half a chance). Plants with bulbs should not have the top of the bulb buried.

Hi and welcome aquaticmum. I would suggest you add your location to your profile as sometimes it helps to have help from someone in your area if it is required Click on the user control panel at the top right of the page.

and here is the new executive (those present anyway) Left back is Paul (wok), Alan (alanmin), John Eastwood, Sue Fleet, me, Owen (simian). In front is Diane (zev) and Jennifer (JenniferH) and here is most of the group... Most of the pics can be seen on http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v144/ ... ?start=all Photobucket loaded them in alphabetical order instead of the order I had them so mine are all first, then Grant's :roll:

One of these turtles is not like the other! Zev with the Stirrer's Spoon (no she didn't win it, she was presenting it to the winner)

Sponsors were very generous. Here are the raffle tables...

First, we have a lovely birthday cake, made by bdspider's mum. Thanks mum! and we also have a pic of the birthday girl, JenniferH too Then we had the chocolate cake made by wok...