Caryl

Welcome back Jaydee

Still thinking about it. I re-read the books I love so don't want to hand them on :lol: I will have to search the bookcases for one I can bear to part with. They are all my friends!

I had a magazine bounce back from Critters Pet Shop, which is the one I think you mean, with "Gone - No Address" on it. Does anyone know if they have closed or moved on? The White Pages has a shop of the same name in Mangorai Rd, Strandon, New Plymouth. I wonder if this is the same place and they moved. If so, how come the postie didn't redirect it? :-?

It isn't a drawing of a 5 legged spider by any chance is it? :lol:

Please do wok. I don't think we have a copy.

Don't quote me but I would think the brichardi was the problem more than the heater. If it was the heater I would expect it to wipe out all the fish together. The faulty heater may have caused added stress to the fish if the temperature fluctuated, making them more of a target to the brichardi as well, and prone to white spot.

Hi and welcome. The filter was full of good bacteria but if it just sitting running in an empty tank the bacteria will die off as they have nothing to feed on (ie fish waste). If it is a separate filter, I would suggest running it on your established tank until you are ready to add fish to the new one. Then it will stay established. Have a look here to see what we mean by cycling.

Welcome.

Are you sure another family member hasn't helped themselves? :-? :roll:

I have no intention of letting my fish know it is Christmas or they will all expect presents!

They can be bred, and live, quite happily without salt but do have a preference for some. Their original habitat was tidal waters so they got a mix of fresh and salt. Some of their genes might remember this

Don't know about mealworms but when I had them years ago the kids loved feeding them garden worms.

Mollies do appreciate a little salt.

No, most people feed once or twice a day. Mine are used to getting less and it means I can go away for up to two weeks at a time without having to arrange for them to be fed The tank has been running over 5 years, is heavily planted and not heavily stocked. The fish must be fed enough as some are breeding in there.

My community tank gets fed once or twice a week on flake, wafers, spirulina and occasionally cucumber or mozzie larvae and daphnia

What sort of goldfish are the moor's companions? Is he the only fancy one of the lot? Moors have long flowing fins and are not very good at swimming (same can be said for many of the long finned, fat bodied goldfish). Depending on what other type it has been crossed with it may also have those stupid (my bias is showing here :lol: ) googly eyes so will have trouble finding food as well. If it is smallest, and the others are faster swimming comets or a faster swimming type, it will be intimidated. The others will also be beating it to the food so it is possible it will starve to death. I don't have trouble with long finned goldfish being in aquariums, assuming the are large enough, but I do believe short finned varieties should only be kept in ponds.

If he decaps himself he might find it hard to see his fish

I am getting steady emails now but still think I am missing a lot that came in overnight (as the overseas newsgroups do) A friend in Nelson just rang and said he hasn't got net or email access as yet and now his phone is beeping continually :-?

I wondered as I know you can make red fish a brighter red by feeding red foods, same thing with canaries so I wondered if reptiles reacted the same way.

I'm now getting about 5 emails every 5 minutes (it auto checks every 5 minutes) so looks like it is up and running again. :bounce:

I just received one email - and it was SPAM :evil: Then a couple of minutes later got 2 messages sent 8.40pm and 8.55pm respectively. I am sure there are plenty more as we get lots thanks to Grant's newsgroups :roll: They must be getting there. :-?

Does the colour of their food affect the colour of the animal?

I don't think their system upgrade is causing the problem though as it started last night. I hear some in Wgtn now have emails back

You need to be irritated before you can spawn Ira??

I had baby tears as a pot plant a few years ago and I am sure it was hanging down the sides of the pot. Of course that may have been cos it was dying from lack of watering :roll: