Caryl

Do they have the right voltage?

Is Goldfish fish food a definite no - no for tropical fish? No found recipe for ox heart with the veges & hard boiled egg yoke and the link for the obtaining a meal worm culture. R these two just treats oor can feed once - twice a week? Treats once or twice a week are fine Gave a small piece of zuccinni and the guppys loved it Try also cucumber, peas (remove the shells) and other greens The ox heart & meal worms...can I feed to the angel fish & Platy as sharing the same tank? Yes Im not over feeding them but would it be advisable to get a cat fish to tidy up the left overs ? Always pays to have bottom, middle and top dwellers.

Everything is yellow here. Between the pine and the wattle we have patients coming in for hay fever injections and antihistamine pills :roll: Although it is all over the ponds and daphnia containers, I don't have it in my aquarium (thanks to the lid)

I confess I have not visited since the seahorse people took it over. Sounds like a visit is in order. Will arrange a club outing I think. :bounce:

Black acrylic. The dark colours show up the eggs.

You can feed grated ox heart but only as the occasional treat. Guppies are fine on varied flake foods. You have to be careful as a little heart goes a long way and will easily pollute the water if you feed too much of it.

It's hard to tell eh Jude? :lol:

Eewwww yuck :roll:

Pics? 8)

Hi Pipefish. Where in Picton are you? The seahorse place on the foreshore?

Congratulations! :bounce: Any pics?

Filters are a relatively new invention in aquaria. They make life easier for the majority who are too lazy, or don't have time, to do regular, daily, water changes. If you plant it well, keep the sticking level low, and maintain a strict maintenance regimen, you can keep fish without any filtration at all.

We will need to see the photos to see what sort of algae it is. What size is the pond? Is it filtered? Does it get full sun? Is there water movement?

I almost want to go and buy a heater just so I can barter it for some cake :lol: The filter you describe (with the waterfall effect) is known as a "hang on the back" or HOB filter. These work well, as do undergravel (UGF) filters. If you have a planted tank and an UGF, you need at least 4cm of substrate so the plants keep enough nutrients around their roots. I am a fan of the good old UGF if the tank is 2ft or less (80L or less). They need a separate pump to run them and if you have a dual outlet pump you can attach other things to it as well ie bubble walls, airstones. The HOBs work well too and come in varying sizes depending on tank size. You need space for them to hang outside the tank plus the water level needs to be close to the lip of the overflow on the filter or the noise will drive you nuts! :roll: Many prefer an external canister filter as these are situated outside the tank so no need to try and hide them within the aquascape. You can get internal canister filters too.

I thought you could buy balls for dogs at pet shops? Surely they have them the same size as a tennis ball that would fit in the thrower.

Totally Tanked is a ChCh based fish club affiliated to the FNZAS Quite a few of their members are in here regularly so I am sure one will contact you in the not too distant future :lol:

Welcome to The Fishroom. If you think this site is fantastic, you will love attending a Totally Tanked meeting :lol: You just missed their last one!

Sorry but I don't think I have another one I can give you to kill :-?

So what makes the phosphate levels rise in an aquarium? Our tap water has high phosphate levels to start with :-?

:oops: Silly me for doubting you :lol:

Many manage to cycle their tanks without realising that is what they are doing

Warehouse and plant places will give you broken pots for free Mine would have been at least 3yrs before they started breeding but I do not know if this is so with others. As I have no idea which of mine are the parents now I still have no idea what age they need to be :roll: My driftwood all came from the beach at Hokitika. If you want gold BNs, don't keep them with the browns or they will interbreed and you will probably lose the gold colouration.

Do remember that many of you are referring to different branches of these stores

Don't cycle with BNs. They need an established tank. Guppies seem to die easily these days too Danios are good to cycle with but there is also the "fishless cycle" that is very popular overseas (but personally I couldn't be bothered with). A number of members here have done a fishless cycle I think.

How do you know they are def? :lol: