Caryl

We will be in ChCh that weekend for my son's housewarming. Hmm perhaps we ought to hold the meeting at his place?? :lol: I am sure we can leave the party to join in with you guys.

Without looking up water requirements (so not sure if they are compatible with gouramis) I would suggest various rainbows.

We had a club member who bred wcmms in large numbers several years ago. He had both tropical and cold set-ups for them. He always maintained the tropical ones were more highly coloured and bred more than those in cold water. Odd since, as mentioned, they come from very cold waters originally.

Welcome madsaffa

Do not add Ammolock or other chemicals either as it stuffs up your test readings (and slow the cycle).

It is believed temperature does play a part in determining sex ratio but I can't remember which way gives which sex.

So are you sure you haven't been sold noodles? :lol:

I would prefer to see such fish in a longer tank, especially the silver sharks as they need length to swim.

I would be concerned the big male would attack any newcomers. This will depend on individual fish though and yours might be placid.

Hi and welcome.

If you surround the pond with flat rocks that wobble when the cats stand on them they will be less incined to try fishing Herons are a major problem, as are kingfishers. 60cm would be good enough to combat the heat.

It is possibly ammonia burn from the spike you had.

Have you got a stroppy male in there attacking them?

Some fish cope better than others. I did 50% changes on my Malawi tank with temp differences of around 10C and a pH change of 7.4 - 7.0 and it never bothered them. I had a trigger gun on the end of the hose and the fish would play in the current as the water blasted back into the tank under pressure.

So are the lid fasteners poorly made, cheap plastic, or are you guys just too rough?

I suspect it was just the faulty heaterstat that was the problem. Upgrading to a bigger tank the way you have is the correct way to do it.

Remove the driftwood and test it so you know for sure. If it isn't that then you can put it back again. I really hate people being told to add meds to a tank "cos it might be such and such.."

Your plant pic was fine. 8)

Tell them it is a dam and you will be fine. http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/landsc ... 11825.html is the link to my pond building saga but you will be able to go even bigger, deeper and better. Depth is good and you need it big enough so the bridge doesn't overwhelm it. Don't have something with pockets around the edges as this will give you dead water areas where algae etc will love to grow. Oval, square, rectangular or kidney are easy and good shapes. I don't think temperature is a problem where you are otherwise I would recommend at least 90cm depth. One problem you may have is with ducks. They will pollute a fishpond, make a mess and eat the fish :roll:

Apart from your plants not being true aquatics, the brown algae is common in new tanks. Just wipe it off and eventually it will disappear as the tank matures.

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Those selling the product will always rave about it

Hi and welcome puddle. I didn't know Greymouth had a lfs

Hi Paul and welcome

The glass flat on top is easiest. Alanmin tells me they don't like their dirt to be too acidic. I feed mine luncheon and bread.