Caryl

Have you been photographing my tank??? Looks exactly like my crypt which I believe is C affinis.

Long time no see

Hi and welcome. Fish keeping is great fun for the whole family to enjoy and do together. :bggrn:

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I have always grown daphnia outside, usually in an old fibreglass fish pond. I just filled it with water and then waited. Over the weeks, daphnia turn up from somewhere! - Do water changes? NO but would have to top up due to evaporation. - Do you use rain or chlorinated/dechlorinated water? Out of the tap but our supply is not chlorinated. - Feed them regularly? Mine seemed to be doing well on Spirulina. NO - Use an air stone or let the water stay stagnant? No airstone, it just sat in the sun. - Cover the tank/container at all? NO - Try to keep it cool during the summer? NO, in fact mine got very warm over summer months.

Oldies but goodies. I have always been a fan of them and they are quick, easy and cheap. Sure, they may not be as good as the new newfangled fancy canister filters but they still do the job (and take up less room). Just make sure you have at least 5cm of substrate over the plates, to give the plant roots plenty to anchor themselves in, and do not have any gravel burrowing fish.

Why does she object to a tank in the house? Would it be worth taking her to visit some people with stunning set-ups (Adrienne for example ) to see what an asset they can be to the home? They are also excellent entertainers and calmers of small children and babies. :thup:

Welcome and good luck with your efforts. I am pleased they do not give fish as prizes any more!

:iag: . Temperature variations are normal and the temperature of the room will add to the variables. Slow drops and rises throughout a 24 hour cycle are nothing to worry about and the fish won't mind. Now you have raised the overall temperature all should be within "normal" limits.

One I like is The Aquarium Plant Handbook published by Oriental Aquarium Pte Ltd, Singapore. http://www.amazon.com/Aquarium-Plant-Ha ... B000OGSDO0 or free Torrent download here The font used for the index is dreadful and page numbers hard to read as too small and hard to read on top of graphics but the info and pictures are good.

I remember flying with an ice cream container with 2 axolotls in it. The air hostess (as they were called in those days) was most interested but kept her distance. My sister flew Blenheim - Wgtn - Hamilton with 3 large cooler bags of fish for me. Stupid rules now :an!gry

Ta dah! Moved :bggrn:

Congratulations to our new office holders and thank you for offering your time and expertise for what is often a frustrating and thankless task! :bounce:

Nice tank Rey. Welcome to New Zealand :-)

As I understand it they wreak havoc in the wild and would out-compete natives and other fish for food and possibly destroy plants as well.

You've heard of catfish and dogfish haven't you? These are parrotfish ;-)

What do you mean? It was already on the list :-?

You need at least 2" (5cm) for planting over undergravel filters.

He says he could help (not sure if he means both the tanks and frogs or just the frog minding, as his partner has frogs too). Send me a PM with your phone number and I will pass it on to him so he can ring you to discuss details.

I have a son (who has fish) in Belfast. I will ask him.

Most of the cheap ones sold in shops. The trick is to make sure the substrate has enough depth for the roots and the plants you choose have a good root system. I have way too much red rotala and it is growing in ordinary aquarium gravel.

You are referring to Larnce Witchman I assume, from Burkhart Fisheries (Top of the South Conference 2008) Alan? His hints were; - 24g/litre salt/water - 1gm/L cysts (there's approx 5g per level teaspoon) - Good aeration required but not enough to cause surface to foam - Airstone not needed, just air line - 28C is optimum temperature

What part of ChCh?

Welcome.