Caryl

Welcome to the fishroom. Where in Southland are you? Perhaps if you added it to your profile (click on the user control panel at the top right of the page and then your profile) someone nearby may have just the fish you are looking for

One of our members bred albino corys. She didn't realise they were still in a tank left to its own devices. The water went very dark green. She went to empty it and found the fry.

I was thinking more along the lines of fish whose fry do not like the light for a while after they are hatched - like cardinals. I seem to remember reading that they prefer a blacked out tank. This is from the article on this site re breeding cardinal tetras... Another factor to be noted in this bio type is that cardinals are found only in dark and shaded waters away from sunlight and they have a distinct dislike of strong light. It then talks about blacking out the fry tank with polythene.

I am not sure any fry need light, even guppies. Light is for the plants.

My water never fouled and I didn't have a skimmer or do regular water changes on my cold water rockppol marine. :-?

They don't need light. In fact, they may breed more readily in low light!

Peat can change the pH yes.

Colour is not necessarily an indication of quality. You can have lovely clear water that is toxic to the inhabitants.

The 1200 x 600 x 600 is a good start but bear in mind how fast guppies breed! They are all small fish so produce less waste, comparitively speaking, than bigger species.

I would run the old filter for a month before removing it, or take some of the old media and add it to the hew filter if that is possible.

Where do you all find the time to do this??? :-?

and comets are best in a pond.

We set ours up as a rockpool so anything we found in rockpools we figured was fine for our tank (which was about 900mm x 300 x 300 from memory). We only worried about the fish so stuck to triplefins and rockfish. There were those little red anemones everywhere in it. It had an AquaClear (200 or 300) HOB.

I have never seen an aquarium with venetian blinds. Very classy! 8)

I disagree. There is still swimming space

Real intelligent women say "Grant, how much water will fit in here?" 8)

Does this mean someone has a link to the forum or the website on their facebook page? I don't belong to facebook or any of those sites. Haven't got the time :roll:

Bet you didn't resist very hard Ira :lol: It was good meeting you and your wife too kiwiplymouth. Not so much cake left now.

It isn't algae, it is supposed to be floating plant :roll: :lol: All that is edible. The long plants are sour strips or something, the leaves are spearmint, the fish are choc and other lollies. Happy birthday to you too Gannet! :bounce: Grant's dad had his birthday yesterday. And belated happy birthday to you too Phoenix44 We have our fish club meeting shortly so will share the cake with others.

Thank you for your kind words about the cake. It is actually 2 fruit (Christmas-like) cakes held together with almond and white icing. He loves fruit cake.

Grant (FNZAS President) is 59 today... Here he is with his cake

Sunday 27th at 8a Faulkland Drive, Blenheim. 2pm We will have a quick meeting then take any donated plants you have brought with you over to the Marlborough Hospice to add to the tank. It is also Grant's birthday so we will have cake and other goodies (assuming someone brings some food too, I have made a cake) :bounce:

and happy birthday! :bounce: I will be having my 3rd 17th birthday next year

Welcome. There are a few Betta breeders in here. Always keen to exchange their experiences (and fish)

Latest quote recommends 12mm all over and $1473.19 I think I prefer the original quote, which I assume is for 10mm glass :roll: I agree with Livingart here, for the average home (the tank is not in an area with constant foot traffic anywhere near) less than the recommended will be fine.