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pH tests are fine for years. Our club did an experiment once. We got an expensive, calibrated pH test meter then asked members to bring containers of tank water, tap water and any pH test kits they had. We then tested all to see what range of pH we had in our tanks and whether the differing test kits gave different results. Interestingly enough, all the kits read the same and matched the expensive electronic meter. Some of the tests kits were brand new and some were many years old.

Welcome to the fishroom. Quite a few in here from your area.

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I have never been able to grow the stuff either. I think they need a strong light

Well, I'm attending the funeral now in spirit, even if in actuality I am at work and in the wrong town

Dennis has bred a lot too

The algae eater will only eat already dead fish, it will not kill them. You have no idea what goes on after lights out so your supposition it is the convict may be wrong.

Congratulations. Hurry up with the pic

Brown algae is normal in a new tank and will soon disappear. Some plants cope better in a new tank than others. No need to get some sort of chemical remover as it will disappear as the tank matures.

I didn't realise either of these species were mouth brooders :lol:

Love the pigeon(?) in flight

How big is the tank and is there much plant cover?

With that fish mix your problems will grow I'm afraid, especially as the fish grow

He always fully participated... won a lot of trophies... and could do the apple dance with the best of 'em (even if he did have an angina attack afterwards)...

It is always a mistake to meet billaney :lol:

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I've been away and without access to the Net so this was not the sort of news I was expecting on my return. We first met Alan at the Dunedin conference in 1993 and we have had many a laugh, and disagreements, over the years. We even stayed with Alan and Rose once during our travels around the country and they looked after us well while proudly showing us their part of NZ (not to mention all the fish and tanks). He will be missed by many and we have lost a very knowledgeable fishkeeper.

Good to hear it only went into your tank. I didn't realise you were on your own system.

Please NEVER EVER flush a sick or dead animal down the toilet. You are releasing disease into the waterways. Kill it (plastic bag and a whack on the concrete) then put it in the rubbish (freeze it if rubbish day is a few days away) or preferably burn it.

If he has gone this long without treatment and the fins are growing back I would leave him as is.

I have never ever pulled off and cleaned the hoses on any of my canister filters. They look dirty sure but they don't usually clog enough to restrict water flow. I only clean the filter itself when water flow reduces and that can be as much as 3 or 4 times a year. My new Jebo ran 12 months before I had to clean it and that was several months ago. Sometimes you will get plant (esp Java moss) jammed where the hose is connected to the filter so you may have to clear that out on occasion.

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The puddles I got my larvae from had an oily coating but were just puddles in the middle of a road leading to the river . I figured it was car oil. Usually though I breed my own in containers in the back yard. Another live food is those annoying gnats that fly around in large groups at dusk. Get out with a butterfly net (I think they have 'em in the $2 Shop)

None at all. I have fed a number of fish on live larvae but I don't have discus.

Yeah but you got lots of runners which mine didn't do