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Not a plant expert so someone else may say otherwise but... Second pic has 2 plants. Main bushy one is star grass, Heteranthera zosterifolia Small tall thin dark green one is Baby Tears, Bacopa sp Floating one with round leaves is pennywort, Hydrocotyle sp I don't know the different crypts.

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Horses? So they are a polo team? :dunno: :gigl:

I always used spray paint from a can. Assuming you are painting the outside of the glass it won't matter what sort you use.

An interesting idea. I would expect the oil to make the backing slide off but obviously not! :thup:

As goldfish have been banned imports for so many years (or made so difficult and expensive to do that nobody wants to do it) the genetic pool of most here is very poor. There are so-called koi goldfish (because of their colouring) on the market but whether there are any here I'm not sure. I have seen some very large goldfish too!

Hi Angelo and welcome. I hope you realise koi are illegal in NZ!

Good luck with the new set-up.

Hi and welcome What sort of fish do you have in the 38L? Are there any particular type of fish you like? I would keep the 10L for a quarantine or hospital tank. Are you wanting tropical or coldwater in the 120L?

Like hovmoller, I have seen the same plant grow leaves of various sizes depending on conditions

We went and rescued the remaining fry this morning. They are now in a small tank in my bathroom with a hang on the back filter with a sponge over the end. Temp 25C. I have finely sieved some flake food as it is all have at the moment. Will go for a walk up the hill later and see if any of the stock troughs have green water but I suspect not at this time of year. My pond is crystal clear and not a bug in sight, especially tiny ones The fry seem to be nibbling, or trying to nibble, the bit of food that has now stuck to the sponge.

Do they take their teddy bears too? :thup:

This lot will die. I have not got anything to feed them (and only local shop has nothing) and I suspect they are older than first thought as I was told they were wrigglers so assumed they were still attached to something but... I also counted 8 angels in the tank. That is more than I added! They do not need any more in there. :roll: Good to see first time parents so diligently protecting their fry though, in between eating one or two themselves Wondering where the snails came from too as there did not used to be any in there. Probably with the other angels.

Thanks all. I imagine this will be an ongoing problem for a while as they will keep breeding. I will take a sheet of slate over to put where they laid so hopefully next time they will lay on it and the nurses notice in time I can pull the lot out on the slate. They might have to get used to watching nature and live food in action. :-?

Thanks Alan. How is best to get the wrigglers off the glass? Just a gentle scoop with the net?

The angels in the hospice tank have had fry overnight and the parents are desperately defending the wrigglers from the rest of the inhabitants. The nurses feel obliged to try and save them, since they are a hospice, and want to know what can be done. I know you can remove eggs but can you remove wrigglers? Any hints or tips? They are attached to the glass of the tank in a back corner. I have a tank I can set up here for them but no brine shrimp for when they have absorbed their sacs but could get some egg layer fry food or use egg yolk. Suggestions please!

Many use the shrimp method. I prefer to use an already cycled filter ;-) EDIT: Did not notice this was in the saltwater section so forget I said anything :oops:

They should be fine, depending on size and number, for 2 - 3 years in a mussel float. I would not put goldfish in anything shorter than a 3ft (900mm) tank for a start and prefer to see comets in larger ponds but many survive in smaller containers if looked after well. I would be water changing up to half the water every week though (not in winter as they semi-hibernate so do not need feeding so produce little waste) or possibly doing a partial water over-run with a hose daily over summer. Goldfish are very messy and produce a lot of waste.

The comet is the most common, and cheapest, goldfish available. It has short fins. The short finned varieties need lots of swimming room.

Depends on where you live. They are not suitable to be outside in colder areas (ie most of NZ). This one escaped from its enclosure somewhere. Have a look at Donna's turtle rescue page to see the terrible condition some of the recently found abandoned turtles were in when found in Christchurch and had to be euthanised.

Mussel buoys are often used for goldfish. I use one, halved lengthways, to grow strawberries. It used to be used to breed daphnia for my tropical fish. I never kept goldfish in it as I feel they are too small and shallow. I am not happy with them for comets or any short finned variety as they are not big enough but better than a half wine barrel. I assume you mean to cut it lengthways and not across the shorter width as the shorter would be way too small. Position has a lot to do with suitability as they get very hot in summer and can freeze over in winter because they are quite shallow. They need to be positioned under eaves or some other cover to stop either of these things happening. Filtration is not necessary but you will probably have a major algae problem unless you are good with the water changes. A lot of live plants would help a bit. They are easy for neighbourhood cats to fish in so a cover would be a good idea.

Which courier you choose varies from region to region as most are franchisee owned so quality of service varies from place to place. I would put the log with plants in a plastic bag (blow into it to inflate it a little then tie tightly. A Ziplock would be good) then into a carton just big enough for the log to fit and pack all around firmly with bubblewrap or scrunched up newspaper to stop it moving about. Try marking it as fragile or put This Way Up on it and they might treat it a little more carefully. Java fern and Anubias both travel well and will bounce back even after getting squished a bit. They will cope with a couple of days out of water too.

Royce McClure, the artist, was building a large one in a house in Tauranga. Anyone know if it was done? They were going to make it like a whole room so one viewing wall would be all tank.

Welcome and good luck with the build

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