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People spawning egglayers do so in bare tanks with grids for the eggs to fall through or these plastic plant mats on the bottom of the tank. I think I remember someone saying they were sometimes available in the $2 Shop or similar.

Difficult for us to help as different filters are found in different countries, sometimes woith different names. Are you looking for an internal or external filter? Not heard of the one you mention.

If people praise the good shops regularly others will soon work out which are the bad ones without their names being mentioned at all and lawsuits avoided

Sorry. Clubs have had AGMs and Maurice is no longer president. I will PM a name and number for you.

Betta Living? :lol: Sounds more interesting than Shortland St.

A nice well insulated house and they should cope. 15C is a bit low for my liking (and the guppies ). I think 18C as minimum is better for them, although obviously they can cope with lower.

Hi bigdaddy. That was a lot of fish to put in a tank newly set up. I gather you did not "cycle" it first? I believe a 29gal US is 36" x 12" x 18". If it has only been going 8 weeks it should have started off with just the 6 zebra danios and perhaps, at the start of the second month you could have added the 5 other danios. No more fish than that until the filters had built up the good bacteria required. Please read this link about cycling... http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/cycling.htm Bala sharks grow up to 14" and your tank is much too small for one, let alone 4. Please take them back to the shop. Juveniles can be raised in a 4ft tank but, to thrive, a 6ft plus is necessary. Keep checking the ammonia, nitrite and nitrate levels and do water changes whenever they are higher than they should be. Although levels may be good now, as a result of the fish deaths so stocking level has dropped enough for the filter to cope, the fish may have been damaged due to the high readings and just taken a little longer to die than the others.

OK, an article in the Aug AW magazine stated that ramshorn snails eat plants and apple snails don't. I have had someone email to say that is wrong and ramshorns don't eat plants but apple snails do. It was my understanding that there are yellow and brown apple snails. One colour eats plants and the other doesn't but I can't remember which way around it is. Anyone with experience of either of these snails have anything to offer? Agree or disagree? I can add replies to the next mag.

Probably 59 of them

A good diverse number of tanks there. Thanks for sharing.

I think hornwort is on the banned list with a big fine if you are caught with it. It is a Ceratophyllum sp and some, like C demersum (coontail) are banned I know. Floating options: Lemna minor - duckweed Ceratopteris thalictroides - water sprite Ceratopteris pteroides - Indian fern Riccia fluitans - Riccia Azollia filiculoides - rubra Microsorium pteroides - Java fern

Now I feel old cos both my kids are over 21 (and I was under it when I had at least 1 of them) :roll: I remember I spent my 21st at home with a screaming 3 month old and wondering what on earth I had got myself into. I still haven't found the answer but at least both kids have left home (and don't scream so much) so I can ponder in peace :lol:

Treat the infections with appropriate meds (these vary from country to country) and hopefully the swim bladder problem will right itself in the process. They will be very stressed out, even though they are now in better accommodation. Good on International Fish Rescue for helping them!

I think the crays would eat the others but I haven't kept them so can't be sure. Whitebait will eat flake food. Haven't kept eels either but I think they need fast flowing water and are not suitable for tanks.

Dave waffling? Surely not! :lol:

The logo at the top left takes you to the home page. From there click on "Clubs" and it lists all clubs and contact details. I don't know Auckland but... Auckland Fishkeepers meet 2nd Tues of month at Greenbay Community Hall North Shore meet 1st Tues at Sunnynook Community Centre South Auckland don't have regular meetings at all.

Hi knight and welcome. If money is tight I would get rid of the marine as, not only are inhabitants costly, they are dearer to run with the equipment and extra lighting needed. We have a trade section in here where you could sell the rock you already have. Whitespot is usually a result of poor water quality. This may or may not be due to overcrowding. Without knowing actual tank size (dimensions rather than litres) and how many fish you have it is hard to tell. How often do you do water changes?

The membership cards should be on the way soon. It takes time to get these things done by a few volunteers (who also work fulltime and do the FNZAS stuff for free) while others sit back and complain. Tanksman should have received both his AW and his YB as he is on my mailing list. The venue is clearly listed in Waikato's heading. As to his newsletter coming out backwards and/or upsidedown, I suggest he checks his printer settings as mine came out correctly.

I have - a stress fracture after an earthquake (and yes the tank was on polystyrene). Totally flooded the 24ft lounge then into dining and kitchen areas. Was just starting up the happ carpet when we got up in the morning and discovered it with about 4cm of water left in the tank.

My planted 4ft tank has 4, 4ft daylight (or bright white) tubes

I'll third it Not enough light.

Or a shoal of rummy noses or golden barbs

Hi and welcome Tracey. My sister in law lives in Queenstown and we will be staying there early October as we head through with the Silver Fern Car Rally.

Have a look at this site. It talks about fishless cycling at the bottom of the page then links to a step by step report from a man who kept records as his tank cycled http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/cycling2.htm

That is my thought too.