Caryl

Not fussy about conditions. Likes a good amount of light. It can be planted in the substrate (but don't bury the top of the roots) or used as a floating plant. It grows baby plants off the edges of the main leaves.

I'm sure you can - just that he couldn't :lol: He is an elderly man with rheumatoid arthritis. Don't expect miracles

They are all fine now and happily cohabitating. It was 33C here yesterday so all were basking in the sun with some leaping about after mozzies and other critters. There is room for plenty more! 20 fish isn't many in a 6,500L pond :lol: I hope to add more plants though as I am surprised how slowly the ones I have are growing.

I too wonder how deep or how well planted the pond is. Blanket weed usually loves slower moving water so I would have thought if you have it well planted and with water movement the algae wouldn't get hold. I also understood barley straw was for clearing green water, it doesn't work on blanket weed. If the weed is that bad it is indicating an imbalance of some sort. Am surprised since you have both a filter and a UV. I have a 6,500L pond and have just turned on the filter a few days ago (had a leak in the waterfall). My pond has been running 12 months now and so far no sign of alage like that (fingers crossed).

BN dads look after the eggs and fry

If it still has the egg sac attached it will be a few days old at most. They are big from birth compared to guppies.

bd's right. A fungal infection is not the same as white spot. You fish does not sound like it has white spot.

It was so funny bd, the bigger fish headed straight for the new ones then suddenly all started milling about pretending they weren't interested in them at all

I should point out that was not personal experience talking, but researching :-?

Not a lot of difference. Male is brighter coloured and the dorsal and anal fins more drawn out than the female's. Male head is patterned with reddish brown dots and wavy lines not seen on the female. Males grow bigger. When a male matures (or is ready to breed) his bars darken, fins colour up and the spots and wavy lines will grow and intensify

I should have said - my husband whacked it with a hammer. 8) He also had steel cap boots on whereas I was in bare feet supervising his efforts from a distance

Many females have short stumpy bristles around the mouth but only males have the long curly ones marching up the middle of their head

Whacked it with a hammer to no effect. Here are my limestone rocks...

OK here we go. The pond today... We have turned on the water fall. and cleaned out the small pond (the rotting hedgehog polluted it badly). We have made a hedgehog bridge... We caught these from the small pond (saved from the large pond last summer) Here they are being released... and the other fish coming to investigate the newcomers... As the weather has warmed up and evaopration occurs, the ballcock has sped up More pics here http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v144/ ... 0Feb%2006/

It differs everywhere :roll:

I don't know what a starlight is but a white mouldy patch sounds like a secondary fungal infection. Possibly the fish has injured itself.

Mine are very heavy. Am off to see if I can break one (and hopefully not my foot in the process) 8)

Credit cards are good for scraping up cory eggs.

I enquired about fencing my pond and was told by two different council people that it didn't matter as the law was for swimming pools (for humans), and the subject of fish ponds was a grey area but they said I did not have to fence mine. Besides, if we can have 2 rivers running, unfenced, through the middle of our town, plus a gorgeous one through a popular park (with a children's play area right beside it) again unfenced, then I don't see why I should have to fence something on my own private property! :evil:

No idea of cost as it was done as part of the whole landscaping of the section plus redoing the verandah

female

If you're careful. I imagine they could be broken in half too. If I think of it tomorrow I will give it a go and see if I can get flat edges.

The limestone rocks here are all round. Slate is flat.

Will take another pic of it all tomorrow so you can see how it's growed 8) The bird bath is a plinth only as the bowl cracked and broke in half during a heavy frost The two climbers were also killed but have just started coming away agin I see. The tops of the hebes got hit by frost too.

Platys are FRESHWATER fish, they do not require any salt in their water. It will not make them grow faster either.