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I did a search to find out what a swift rasbora was. Discovered they are the Hengelis. I do wish they would stop coming up with different names! :evil: These are great fish and I have them myself. They are also very suitable for the small tank you have. Did you check the ph etc of the water they came from before you acclimated them to the new tank? The temperature will swing a few degrees and this is normal and not a problem. Rasboras generally like a current, their torpedo shape makes them suited to faster moving water.

Don't know where to find it in ChCh (west coast beaches are ideal) but when you find them a good scrub and rinse will suffice.

Neons aren't too good to cycle with as they die easily these days :roll: Hope they survive the cycle. Any smaller schooling fish will go well with them. Try to get a lot of one species rather than a few of lots of species.

Sounds like cyanobacter. Something is out of balance. Try lifting out as much as possible then do a total tank blackout for at least 3 days. Don't feed the fish during this time either. Then do a good water change and siphon. It would be good if you can find the cause. Can be brought in on plants or in water from another tank.

There are a few members from the Waikato club in here. They meet at the Hamilton Zoo, 3pm on the 1st Sunday of the month.

What makes you think it was a pick-up line? I can see why more women prefer to stay single these days if this is an example of best pick up lines :-?

I haven't received any but I suggest someone notifies her that it has happened as I doubt it originates from her. That scam has been doing the rounds for years and years.

Writing an article? I do hope it is for me! 8) :lol:

Welcome. You do get strange looks from people who are not fish oriented :roll: I myself don't understand why some carry on about their dogs or cats. I like them as animals but they are not little furry people!

and it is such a pretty colour

Mine get resized to 640 x 480 then saved as medium which makes them about 80kb, give or take 20 or so kb. That is a good size. Yours looks like you have made them too small, pixel-wise.

I use daylight and bright white (depending on brand) tubes and get them from electrical wholesaler. About $5 - $7 from memory

Will do so for you both. I will also have 2 pieces of cake on your behalf Plus Grant just got called out so I wil have to eat his too. :roll:

There's quite a few of us older than you Ranger We are oldies but goodies 8) :lol:

Read the 3rd sticky from the top in the Freshwater section. Welcome.

What sort of filter have you got and how often do you clean it and do water changes? Don't forget your fish will have grown since the tank was set up so the load on the filter increases over time. I just cleaned out my Jebo 819 after about 12 months running. Got 3/4 of a 2L ice cream container full of gunk out of it. Water flow had still been good. I was just curious to see how gunky the filter was. Didn't over clean it though as that would destroy too much of the beneficial bacteria living in the gunk.

Grant started to download Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory once. Luckliy it hadn't got far when he had a quick look to check the quality. Lots of willies but no chocolate in it!! :roll: :lol:

Yes we do goldfish. Frostwire works the same (and looks the same) as Limewire but doesn't have the malware

Our meeting tomorrow will be at 2pm at Joe's house, 173 Scott St. Blenheim. Topic for discussion - Why Fish Die Drinks and food on offer! 8) All welcome :bounce:

Biscuits! Huh, at our meeting tomorrow we are getting freshly made carrot cake (those at conference will remember that recipe - if they were lucky enough to grab a slice before it was all gone) :lol:

Lovely sunny day here in Blenheim 8) ...NOT Cold and overcast but no wind or rain. Only got to 6C :-? Manged to get 3 loads of washing hung out and dried.

The God of us Pastafarians You have not heard of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster?? http://www.venganza.org/ Can't say any more as religion is not to be discussed in these forums :lol:

It is sudden changes in pH that cause more problems rather than "incorrect" pH. Many fish these days are captive bred and have no idea they are supposed to be living in a different pH! 8) My Africans were all born and raised in 7.2pH as that was what the ChCh water was where the breeder lived. When I got them home they lived in 7.0 as that is what my tap water was. Again, they bred in this and seemed very happy.

Reminds me of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and his noodly appendage :lol:

Offer it for sale and it will probably all die off overnight! :lol: