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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.

Depends on where you live

Temp should be fine at this time of year.

Depends on where you live and pollution levels I guess :lol: I fill containers outside then net out all sorts of interesting critters. Fish love 'em

Most often you can put things for them to lay on and they will go and lay on everything BUT the thing you wanted them to :lol: My son's angels have spawned ON the heater a few times :roll:

At this time of year you ought to have no trouble finding live critters in small ponds etc to feed the fish. Check nobody has sprayed nearby or anything though. Angels get in the mmod anyway with or without live foods.

Most buy eggs and hatch their own as needed.

Most loaches are not bred in captivity I think you'll find, that is why they are more expensive.

Most fish will cope with higher temps for short periods of time. It is constant high temps that cause problems. At night the tank temp will drop again.

Lots of people breed brine shrimp

Pardon? I was answering his question :-?

Hi and welcome. You've obviously never heard of the TV programme called Curious George (about a monkey of that name) :lol: