Caryl

Is it the smallest? The runt can get bullied. Are its gills red? Could have an infection.

You may also have spray residue or something else on the roof (tank)contaminating the rain water.

I too am wondering what the flowers are made of as they are most interesting! Congratulations to you both.

You can also point the spray bar towards the glass.

A guy I know was breeding Africans at New Brighton. He was breeding them at 7pH as he said that is what the water was and he wasn't going to muck about with pH changes.

Nice pics!

Got this reply from a vet.... The organism that causes white spot (Ichthyophthirius multifiliis) is an obligate parasite. It can not live without a fish host. Without a fish host the free floating stage of the life cycle will die in 48 hours. It will not live on a snail as far as I could find. The organism is a ciliated protozoan. It doesnt form spores like a fungus. It attaches to the fish and reproduces inside a cyst like structure. When the cyst is full and mature it ruptures and releases the free floating tomite form are just immature organisms. The tomites are not a dormant spore but are rather a living protozoal orgamisn that swims around in the water looking for a host. If she removes the fish she can treat them in a smaller area. Water temp is definatly a factor. Higher temps will speed up the life cycle and help the treatment go faster. 5-7 days f no fish in the pond should kill them off as long as she can ensure that there are no fry in there that she cant see.

The pond freezes over in winter Caper but goldfish don't mind that. They semi hibernate over winter months. The barbs can only go outside over summer otherwise it is waaay too cold

It's getting them out again once the temperatures drop that's the problem, otherwise I would! I think I will breed odessa barbs outside again this summer (but not with the goldfish!)

Ta dah! Still bare as we have just come out of winter.

Here is the same bit of the pond from a different angle... No bubbly algae! Here is the whole pond as it is now Remember, it was started February 27th '06. Oxygen weed was added in September '06 along with 9 large goldfish and 40 or 50 fry we had from them spawning in the old outdoor bath in which they had previously lived. This wasn't how I remembered it but there you go. It was what I wrote at the time so must be correct. I counted 56 fish the other day but some were still under the deck and others at the other end of the pond. A mid summer count in Feb '08 came to 73 but there may have been more (we took a photo while they were feeding and counted the number in the shot. That doesn't mean all were feeding at the time). They have been spawning madly all week so I am sure the count will rise! :bounce:

But I have de-lurgied it in the washing machine! I will add it to Grant's collection. He likes to have a clean hankie in his pocket (not that it stays that way for long) :lol: I found it when I stripped the bed. A great day with sun and wind so finally managed to get sheets and towels washed and dried! 8) So nice to have no rain. :bounce:

Nope, that is a thin layer of green algae over rocks.

Thanks for coming Billaney and coughing so quietly. Do you want your hankie back? :lol:

Where? None that I can see.

If you use pure oxygen you can put more fish in per bag with less water so transport costs are less as the box is lighter and you can fit more bags in a box (as I understand it). I only used pure oxygen once and that was to get a LOT of cichlids up north is as small a space as possible (as they travelled as hand luggage). I borrowed a small oxygen bottle from my doctor friend who works in the Emergency Dept at the local hospital. Otherwise I wouldn't worry about it.

No idea Caper as she is overseas. :-?

Sorry I have no idea if snails can host the white spot but I don't think so. Have a look at this site as it says they embed beneath the skin of fish.o mention of other possible hosts like snails. http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/hdwspot.htm Perhaps someone else knows?

It depends on why you got the cyano in the first place. Our tap water is also high in phosphates but I never had a cyano problem until I added some infected plants and the cyano took off. A treatment using Erythromycin worked very well and it has never returned.

I think it is part of the "if everyone took sand we wouldn't have any left would we?" theory. I might be wrong but I am pretty sure it is illegal on all NZ beaches.

Ummm a day at the local pool? :lol:

I might have some available soon when I strip the tank but I have to fill the hospice tank first.

They are a swim team - I saw them ad nauseum on the news this evening.

Harlequins

My Anubias nana is very hardy. I think it copes with Africans (as does Java fern). You just cut chunks of the Anubias and replant. It will grow whether the roots are anchored or not. You can plant in gravel or attach to driftwood. Mine is in quite low light (thanks to the plants above) and seemed happy enough to grow. Mine never had extra long roots so I never trimmed them so can't say if it affects growth rate. I wonder if yours has such long roots because it is lacking something? Mine gets lots of BN poo 8)