Caryl

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:

The suggestion has been noted and will be discussed but we do not want to end up with miles (or should that be kilometres?) of thread titles to scroll though in the main index

How widespread is Xtra's problem? We lost internet and email about 10pm last night. Got internet back this morning but still no email.Tried to get a status report via Xtra's website but got; Website maintenance Unfortunately the www.telecom.co.nz website is unavailable right now as we are upgrading our system between the hours of 08:00 and 14:00pm 29 November. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

What about baby tears, Bacopa?

How can salt trigger spawning? They are freshwater fish. All salt does is irritates the fish's skin and makes it produce more mucus in an attemt to get rid of it.

How does it annoy others being in the coldwater section? :-?

Don't try to alter the pH with pH Down!!! 7.8 is fine and, as said, will probably lower naturally as the tank matures.

Dixon it is possible the automatic spray is affecting your granddad's asthma. Was it as bad before he got the sprayer? If not, it would be simple to stop the can spraying for a couple of weeks and see if the asthma improves. Asthmatics can be affected by all sorts of sprays.

I have 4 bright white or daylight tubes (cheapest) and run them several years. When I get around to changing them, and I do them all at once, I get an algae breakout as there is so much more light in the tank. Staggering the change would be the answer.

Have they laid them out in the open? BNs usually choose caves or under driftwood to lay their eggs. I have never tried to move dad and eggs so can't help you there. I found dad usually defended the eggs very well (but then mine also had them in a totally defensible area too :roll: ) and other fish didn't seem too keen to munch on BN fry (maybe the spikes have something to do with it). Why don't you leave this lot and see how they go?

Snobbish no, but if someone doesn't know the answer they won't reply either

Hmm I might go plant some by my waterfall outside in the pond and see how it goes.

I too say it looks like heater burn and the pink indicates it is healing. Keep the water as clean as possible and it should be fine. You can get heater guards to go around the heaterstats so they don't burn the fish.

Daphnia change colour depending on what they have been eating.

I tried to get some a few years ago and couldn't find anyone who knew of anyone culturing them.

Thanks Dimsum. I managed to follow that and get rid of the little car. lmsmith; I only have this phone cos I won it. I make a rare text on it, otherwise don't need a mobile at all. It takes me about 6 months to get through a $20 prepaid thing

I have the phone mentioned in the title and now it is truly mobile. A little car has appeard on the main screen next to the network strength bars and I don't know what it means (or how it got there). It is not listed in the manual as a status bar icon but appears where those things do. Anyone know what it is telling me? :-? Obviously I pressed on the wrong bit when sending a txt earlier (the only thing I do with the phone) but I don't know what.

Depends on the plant. Some are sold as "bunch plants" and like to be planted in groups of several stems (Rotala, hygrophila etc) others like a lot of space to spread (many of the swords that are often used as "centrepieces"). Look to how the spread out at the tips. If they stay thin, plant closer together, plant bushier ones further apart.

Tiger lotus; medium to bright light. More compact growth with bright light. wysteria; needs strong light stargrass; likes strong light amazon swords? different swords have different light requirements I think crypts need medium to strong lighting 2 types of anubias, on with whitish green leaves the other is just green; Medium lighting this thing that has kinda prickly sides, its like a grass, really weird. - sounds like it is not a true aquatic and will die eventually whatever the lighting.