Caryl

Good to see somethng different 8)

Just because something is more nutritious doesn't mean it is tasty When given the choice between a cream bun and broccoli I know which I would prefer :lol:

Older fry can eat them if they are small enuogh to fit in their mouths. Fry do not usually get stuck in the gravel. Corys are bottom feeders so don't usually eat fry.

A small tank would be better but make sure it has lots of Java moss or sprite in there to protect the babies. Mother guppies have no maternal instinct. They see fry, they eat them. Breeding traps stress the mums too much and sometimes they abort.

I have 30L barrels I put water, fish and plants into.

Both females are quite able to eat the babies if they are within reach. Depending on the size and age of the female, the number of fry varies considerably but she will have had more than two. Most likely she ate others. Do you have lots of fine plants in the isolation tank? This will give the fry somewhere to hide otherwise they have little chance of survival. It pays to keep a female separate from the males for a week to give her a rest after giving birth.

I was going to offer a suggestion but remembered this is a family forum :lol:

They can be noisy (when they actually run properly but since ours has very rarely done so, I can't remember how noisy it was) but not too bad. I didn't think they sold them any more because of the problems they had with them.

Another Taurangian or is that Taurangaite? Welcome.

Hi Raven and welcome.

and now you have learned something new so the day was not wasted 8)

If you are really concerned, go to a farm supply place and buy the long gloves vets and farmers use when dealing with the rear end of cows.

No it isn't all the way to Westport. Our club did a driftwood trip to Hokitika and we are further away from Hokitika than you. It is a 4 hr trip for us. Good fun.

Not to mention the cable to provide the North Islanders with power

Both are the same thing fishy.family. I have also sent you a PM

I would have thought that cheap silverblade as I have seen horrendous prices on small, ugly bits of wood. Go for a picnic to Hokitika near the mouth of the river. You will find lovely waterlogged rata and rimu washed down from the forest. Ideal for aquariums. I use it a lot in my own tanks.

Stu is right. It is the speed at which the temperature drops or rises that is the problem. To be fair, I should say my fish flew as hand luggage, they were not couriered so weren't left sitting in a cold warehouse somewhere. You can also just fill a plastic bottle with hot water and wrap it in a towel or newspaper but if you are paying by weight a heat pack is lighter so can be cheaper if your weight is such that it takes you into the next price category. eg I was quoted $28 per 5kg to courier. My fish weighed 8kg so adding a bottle of water would not have made a price difference as I was already into the 2nd price category. If the fish had been just under 5kg a bottle of water may have added another $28 to the cost as the weight would have gone over 5kg.

Sounds like cyano, a bacterial gunge. This can be triggered by an inbalance of nutrients etc in the tank (as a result of the move) or be introduced with a plant. How many plants in there? Lots of plants will use up the nutrients and starve the cyano. Also, cover the tank in a blanket for 3 or 4 days as this may kill it off. As a last resort, erythromycin will kill it. This is a prescription only medicine so you need a friendly chemist or Dr to give you a tablet or 2. These pills are usually 400mg each. It as been suggested 400mg/100L. Someone else said 250mg/100L. I seem to remember using 4 pills in my 280L tank which was probably overkill but I didn’t know the dosage at that point and it certainly worked without harming the filters or fish. People worry about it killing the bacteria in the filters but I kept my filters running the whole time and noticed no difference. I was told the bacteria in the filters is the wrong sort and is unaffected by the erythromycin. Something to do with gram -ve and gram +ve bacteria.

Hi Shilo. Good to see you have found the chat room already :lol:

Sports shops have them. You don't need heat packs at this time of year. I just sent fish to Hamilton from Blenheim in cooler bags with no heat pads. Not a problem.

Can't tell a thing from those pics but white spot looks like the fish has been sprinkled with salt.

If you are in the country you may find high nitrate levels in the water from fertiliser run-off etc from surrounding farms. This will promote the algae growth.

You can't miss it! http://www.nationalaquarium.co.nz/

Welcome to the fishroom. Has this tank been cycled yet and if so, how? You have a newly setup tank and have introduced two ancistrus which will have nothing to graze on. Have you any driftwood in the tank? Ancistrus need wood in their diet. Keep an eye on the golden ancistrus. He should not be going 'nutso' like that and may be stressed. You say you have heaps of plants but from what I could see on the video, you don't really - although they will grow of course The ancistrus will enjoy cruising along the leaves keeping them clean. Fast growing plants like hygrophila are good in a new tank. 54L is about 60 x 30 x 30cm isn't it? If you add (slowly) the fish you say you want then you should not add anything else as you will have too many fish as it is only a small tank. Wait until the tank is well established before adding the honey gouramis as they are very sensitive fish and will prefer a mature, stable tank. The rams also prefer a mature tank (that is, one that is 6 months or older).

Cath we were shown the plans etc during conference. I assure you, that is not what it will be at all!