Caryl

Tonic salt doesn't "cure" anything. Meth blue is used for fungal infections.

Depends on the greeblie :lol: I am referring to mossie larvae, daphnia and any other small critter that ends up in the water.

I think the water boatmen (or is it the backswimmers?) eat fish eggs and small fry. That is why they are no good in tanks. I often collect greeblies from ponds. Just make sure nobody has sprayed weeds or anything nearby.

Can't help you there as I never add anything to my tanks if I can help it and have never used aquarium salts. Perhaps someone else has used them and can offer advice or comments. Note that raising the temp will not get rid of the whitespot, it justs speeds up their life cycle so helps get rid of it more quickly.

and I bet you didn't have yours all at once either!

40L is only small so I would only add 4 - 6 neon sized fish per month.

Salt shouldn't make the water turn green. :-?

Probably has so much pressure on her stomach she doesn't feel hungry :lol:

Depends on the size of the tank and fish

It always pays to have a quarantine tank but no need to keep it set up permanently. I like to have a spare internal filter in my main tank. This can be pulled out and added to a Q tank if required (along with water from the main tank) Whitespot spreads fast on clown loaches (within hours sometimes). They are also sensitive to medications so they must be used in half doses I think (don't have them myself). Have a read of this http://badmanstropicalfish.com/profiles/profile13.html Might be something helpful here as well http://aquaweb.pair.com/forums/archives ... read=14781

Sounds like she's ready to drop any day now.

I have a Laguna 6 that does 6200lph. Got it from The Water Garden in Christchurch. Any place selling pond equipment ought to be able to get it for you, or any lfs.

Welcome to The Fishroom and the joys of fish keeping. Keeping the water as best quality you can is the answer. Clown loaches need very good water conditions so if yours are not, they will be the first to show it with an outbreak of whitespot disease. They will look like they have been sprinkled with salt. The other fish may have fin rot or may just have been nibbled while in the shop tanks so I would not go adding anything to the water until things have settled down and you have a better idea of whether it is finrot or nibbles. You will be on bore or well water I assume and I also assume you are in or near Takaka? It would be interesting to check the pH of your tap water as I suspect it will be alkaline. Fish can cope with a wide range of pH generally speaking. It is pH swings they don't like as the new fish keeper tries to raise or lower it to match what the books and Net sites say are the "right" conditions. Don't do this! Keep up the regular water changes.

I have always sprayed fly spray around the room, just not directly over the tank.

probably mosquito larvae. The fish will love them

Won't need heatpacks with the temps we have at the moment.

It is why I asked if you have any other mollies. He will be getting "attached" to the other fish 8)

When I see that happening I actually approach the people and say "Excuse me but did you realise if you get all those fish together like that they will be dead within a few days?" I then, if they appear concerned, go on to briefly explain why and what to do to correct it.

Angles? I assume you are recommending angels or do you mean he should rearrange the plants? :lol: What other fish are in there? More plants will make them come out more as they feel more secure.

I just fill containers outside (old baths, half mussel floats etc) and leave them. They soon attract all sorts of insects. Other people do the same and get nothing. It helps if you live near a waterway (more critters about) or in warmer areas (may still be too cold in some places)

They will do this sometimes. Is he your only molly? That may be the problem.

I think you will find val is a darker green

I would have one basket with filter wool and put ceramic noodles in the other 3. You can use gravel as a media but it does not work as well. The ceramic noodles have huge surface areas and promote more bacterial growth (or something equally geeky) :lol:

I would suspect something other than the temp in that case. Guppies are basically pretty hardy and a broken heaterstat would result in a slow temp drop. Hovering at the surface sounds more of a lack of oxygen problem. They will live in temps down to 18C.

Or if they are just coming as far as Blenheim I can continue them down either the 19th or 24th Dec for you.