Caryl

Depends how much room you have for several hundred bouncing baby bristlenoses :lol: The males are pretty good at guarding the eggs and the fry don't seem to get eaten as much as livebearer fry - possibly cos they are a bit bigger or not so tasty with spines. If you decide to move the eggs it is important to have a good steady flow of air going over them to replicate the dad fanning them constantly.

Had planned to but unfortunately have since had to put in an apology. I am trying to organise a group entry from Marlborough though Some of our members have some very nice platies!

Aha you are right Mystic. It is post pics that have to be online. Guys I have sent you both emails

I would leave them. The fry don't take to being moved very well either when still very small.

The pic has to be stored online as far as I know. You can't upload it direct from your computer (could be wrong though)

I'm afraid I avoid Auckland whenever possible wok. Could courier it though Jude will be visiting soon and she could take it to the North Island for a start. When do you get to Welly next? 8)

Any graphics programme will do it for you (like those that come with cameras or scanners) ie. Adobe Photo Elements, or Deluxe, Digital Image Pro, ArcSoft Photo Studio etc. If you use Photobucket it has a resize function. Otherwise, email it to me (click the email button at the bottom of my message) and I will do it for you. Several download a free programme called Irfanview which does it for you as well. If you can't figure it out, email it to me (click on the email icon at the bottom of my message) and I will do it for you tonight when I get home.

Just checked - I have a 403, not a 304

Remember it has to be max 80 x 80 and 8kb.

Well you aren't a very dedicated fishkeeper then are you? :lol: :lol:

I had a bristlenose swell up and die once and have no idea why. All the others were, and are, fine. If it was feeding on algae wafers etc then I doubt in this case it was constipation. It was just a thought.

Which parts? I think I have a 304 at home with a stuffed impeller (am at work but can check at lunchtime) and a broken end on the uplift tube but the rest works.

When I bought them off the breeder he gave me those names (plus others which have died) so that is why I know some of my fish are jacobfreibergiis, just wasn't sure which ones exactly

Egg laying females, as a rule, do not 'burst' or become eggbound just because there is no male to fertilise the eggs. I would be more suspicious of diet and constipation.

Frenchy are you saying my striped brown fish is a peacock? Yellows hold eggs, I don't know abuot any others have I have not researched them :roll:

Not sure if it is normal but I would think the slightest of injuries would show up on that sort of colouring and wonder if it hasn't bumped its nose on something.

Give them a few days to sort out pecking order (assuming no actual damage is being done). If this does not work, ask the shop to take back the aggressive one.

May have a stone stuck?

You aren't overstocked. Here is a good site to help work our stocking levels http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/tanks-uk.htm Small fish live less years than bigger fish. When you buy them it is hard to tell what age they are although 12 months is a little short. Have you still got carbon in the filters? If so, remove it. As it ages (after 3 months or so) it releases toxins back into the water rather than adsorbing them as it is supposed to.

Welcome corms. We have a few Aussies in here now and it is always interesting to see who can, or can't, get what on either side of the Tasman.

Fish always claim they are starving! DO NOT BELIEVE THEM!! :lol:

Very nice antwan. Well done

Why are you using Cycle regularly? (asks she who has never used it at all)

The ballcock is working well and water holding. Waterfall not turned on yet as pump is so powerful it forces the water through the filter media, which bunches up at one end, and blasts the opposite end of the plastic container to make a very loud drumming noise. We need to add a pipe with holes in it to dissipate the water force. Emptied out the small pond (which had 50 small goldfish fry in it) and added these fish to the big pond. They promptly disappeared in the vastness (they are only 2 or 3cm long). If I poke at the plants I can see them moving in there. Added several more clumps of oxygen weed today. I have had it growing in tubs in the temporary pond. Added several containers of lilies but of course at this time of year they are dead looking lumps :roll: . Once the shops start getting in pond plants (a bit early yet) I will have to make a trip to ChCh to select some variety. Pics will be added once the plants look like they are actually doing something. 8)

Perhaps he's overcompensating?