Caryl

Grant and I would love to attend this but it is Marlborough's Anniversary weekend and we are tied up with the 150 year anniversary celebrations :roll: If only it was the 22nd, we could come up after the exec meeting!

I seem to remember someone telling me the smallest width of a tank needs to be one and a half times the length of an adult fish so it has room to turn. I have read, in The Age of Aquariums site, of an 8 yr old giant gourami that is 64cm and lives in a 900L tank. The fish's owner says he would never keep an adult one in anything smaller than a heavily filtered 900L. Your tank's a trifle on the small size I would say at a guess 8)

Choice is yours but be aware the fry often swim back up through the slot in the V and the mum can eat them. How big the fry have to be depends on your other fish. They will eat anything that will fit in their mouths. A lot of fine leaved plant like ambulia, cabomba, Java moss and Indian fern will give fry plenty of places to hide.

I don't know about Furan 2 as I have never used it but I think it treats fin rot, as does Melafix. Furan 2 is very expensive though. My lfs has stuff with just "Fin Rot" written on the label. I have no idea what it is.

Or perhaps they don't like them in the water as their spines rip through fishing nets?

There is med you can get specifically for fin rot. I suggest you use that, not just "tonic".

Well a pic woudn't help me but it might help someone else. Heavy breathing in one fish (as opposed to all of the fish in a tank) sounds to me like something internal. Are the poos looking normal, or is it pooing at all? Other symptoms of fin rot are loss of appetite, sluggish movements and lying on the bottom of the tank, according to one site I have looked at. Have you treated it for the fin rot? Perhaps another dose is in order.

I hope you contacted Alice! Perhaps she has someone to ask too

How long has she been like this? Is it possible mum (or whoever) was over feeding while you were away? If so, even if she kept up the usual water changes they may not have been enough. I would check the water and do more water changes if the ammonia, nitrite or nitrate readings are too high and see if that perks up the fish. Is it the only fish in the tank? If not, are the others behaving normally?

There is a group who are very concerned about the quality of cichlids in NZ, especially the African ones which interbreed so easily. If interbreeding continues there will be no decent fish left. As more fish turn up on the banned imports lists it is even more important we save what we have and encourage fish keepers to breed as pure a strain as possible. When someone is offering fish for sale, if someone else suspects they are interbred, there is nothing wrong with a polite message being sent to that effect. The person selling may be unaware they are hybrids (or the person saying so may be incorrect for that matter) and welcome the information. It is all in the wording - and some of it, unfortunately, leaves a lot to be desired. :-?

Where did you hear that? More likely wishful thinking :roll:

Welcome back Lorey. I remember you too - Carly 8) (just a dig. I know my name is spelt in a weird way)

Welcome to NZ and I look forward to the pics. 8)

Did you poke yourself with your pointy stick Zev? :lol:

A friend's oscar loved bananas

Explain that bigger is always better

Happy Birthday. Soon you will be as ancient as me :lol:

It is the foot fetishists you need to watch out for I have sent you a PM with contact details for someone who would like to be a model for you.

Why only girls? Don't you want pretty nails wok?

I have no idea as I have never specifically fed goldfish fry. They scrummage in the pond for whatever they can get before the adults get them! :roll: I would have thought they could take it from the start

I have asked my daughter in law if she would be interested too so will get back to you

Touch wood we have not had any cats attacking our fish either and we have 4 or 5 cats wandering through our yard. They drink out of the pond but I have never seen one take any notice of the fish at all. Herons are a different matter! :evil:

Thanks for the tip. My own pond seems to have stopped leaking all by itself (probably clogged up with gunk )

Perhaps she is overweight rather than heavily pregnant yet They usually produce every 4 - 6 weeks but I believe they can hold a bit longer. Are you sure you don't need glasses? :lol: Can't offer anything else sorry as I would have expected there to be fry by now. Have you checked in the HOB filter? Fry can get in there.

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