Caryl

Cheaper to fill a plastic fizz bottle with hot water and wrap it in newspaper or towelling. At this time of year, if you use a poly box, you shouldn't need to heat them anyway.

You are lucky you could remove it as their spikes can be a problem. Stupid angel :roll:

How many others did you have to shove out of the way fishkeepa? :lol:

I'm trying to thing who the others are too as I keep thinking Whangarei :roll:

There are some yes. Why don't you also join us in the chat room? Smeone is usually there around 9pm onwards

Hi and welcome supasi. Where in NZ are you?

I hope the half they are trying to breed with is the female half :lol: Fingers crossed.

"Brine Shrimp are a pain in the bum" You aren't supposed to sit on them! :roll:

I like the auto function. It means I don't have to worry about the other stuff. Have as much light in the tank as possible. Turn the room lights off. Stand the camera on a tripod or something solid to keep it steady.

I see Dan is in Whakatane too Alan. Have you got any spare media to boost his filter?

This indicates some form of irritation of either the skin or gills. This could be caused by raised levels of ammonia, nitrite or high/low pH. Irritation can also be caused by ectoparasites such as flukes, Trichodina, white-spot etc on the skin or gills. How long has the tank been set up? Has it cycled fully yet?

What size is the tank? What is in it? How big are they? What were the nitrites and what are they now? What is the ammonia and nitrAte?

If you find the cost of CO2 too much then you really won't want a marine! Not only are the setup costs higher but running costs are too (unless you have parents happy to pay the much higher power bill - see earlier threads on running costs) You can have a planted tank without CO2 you know.

Hi and welcome from a non betta fan

I usually recommend Java fern as a good beginner plant as it survives anything! Perhaps mine does so well as I rarely do water changes :-?

I suspect they are fine when smaller, and in a very large tank, but will get territorial as they get bigger. A lot will depend on the personalities of the sharks too.

I can copy and paste with the best of 'em Jude if Fay allows me to and sends a bit of added information on the background of the post.

The Ngatea Watergardens mentioned on the other site is brilliant too. Took lots of pics when we visited there http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v144/ ... ergardens/

We kept 8 whitebait in a 2ft tank for almost 3 years with no problems. Just fed on flake food. If I remember correctly they just had an UGF and I can't remember what we did with them or if they just died. They belonged to my son who was about 7 at the time. he is now 24 They were called Pattie 1, Pattie 2, Pattie 3 etc :lol:

brilliant pics!

If someone takes pics b0i This isn't going to clash with the new club meeting is it scalare?

fishy_t you could write me an article complete with pictures of how it was done couldn't you???

Ceratopteris thalictroides. http://images.google.co.nz/images?hl=en ... a=N&tab=wi

When I say "I" I mean my dad divided up my plants while mum and I had a cuppa 8) Rinse the plant gently in cold water to remove excess mud etc. Don't let the plant dry out while you work on it. You can slice or break off the 'eyes' on the discarded rootstock to propagate more plants. Cut the rootstock with a sharp knife. This severs the new growth and creates a fresh palnt. Remove the long anchor roots from the new plant, making a clean cut close to the crown. Leave the smaller roots intatc. Removing the old roots encourages the plant to grow new, stronger, ones and will stop the old roots rotting and infecting the crown. Trim any leaves from the top of the plant. Carefully place the newly prepared crown on a perforated container with peat. Add a layer of small stones or gravel on top to stop the peat from floating free when the container is submerged.

water sprite will cope