Caryl

I hate to admit this but some of the people in here don't always know what they are talking about either :roll: :lol: We are all hobbyists sharing our knowledge and experience. Some have a lot more of this than others but all mean well and at least you know we aren't trying to sell you something! 8)

Have you noted odd poo or anything? Perhaps he has internal problems. If only we could ask them!

I never had a skimmer or lights and never did a water change in the almost 2 years we had the tank set up. Only topped it up as necessary. As a rockpool it didn't need these things. An 800L tank would have looked impressive! Of all the tanks we have had over the years, the rockpool marine attracted the most interest from visitors.

Fins crossed Lyndy. Won't know until we fill it again.

I would be inclined to stain it and tell people the screw holes add character

Pond update. They have now put a special sealer (2 coats) over the sealed plaster stuff. Now needs to cure for at least 48 hours. We have lots more grass too!

Contrary to belief - I am human

Just leave them alone and see what happens. never had cory eggs myself so can't tell you hatching times but my book says "The spawning period often lasts several weeks with the female depositing as many as 50 eggs a day. Incubation period 4 days."

Coldwater rockpool marines are easy if you keep the temp 18C or less. Pref 15C. I set mine up using a 3ft tank and an AquaClear HOB filter. Just took several large containers down the Kaikoura coast and gathered rocks, sand and any critters I could find. This included red bead anemones, sea cucumbers, brittle stars, cushion stars, starfish of other varieties, chitons, hermit crab, rockfish, triplefins and lots of shrimp. We also had a baby octopus for a while (little escape artist got out though and fluffed to death on the carpet). Every now and then we would top it up with fresh sea water and drop in some sea lettuce for food. Otherwise we didn't do anything else to it at all. Summer and the room temp sat at 28+ and we were having to drop frozen 3L bottles of water in there to get the temp down. Too much effort. The inhabitants can take high temps for short periods of time (as the tide goes out) but not long term. Have since bought a chiller but not got around to setting up the tank again yet.

Yeah, what they said. Note also the suggestion we get invited round after the tank is set up. We don't do tank lifting :lol:

Doesn't sound good and is probably being bullied as it is the smallest. Answers to kookie's questions will help us be more specific.

Thou mayest covet but not pincheth it

Welcome to the fishroom Mel.

and Tropical Blues has it

Leopards like good water quality too and regular water changes if you want them to breed.

As said, I recommend the Jebo range. Get the biggest you can afford, at least the 819 (not sure but I think it is the biggest of them). I am slowly replacing my Fluvals but an seriously considering that FX5 job for when I get my 6ft tank. Any chance of seeing it in action when we are in Wgtn for conference blue?

Don't put someone else's contact details in the forums unless you have their express permission to do so. 8)

How long has the tank been set up Taniwha? Clown loaches also prefer a matured tank 6 months+.

Very nice! Love the dual outflow thingy.

Looking really good. What is the room colour scheme? That will help with cabinet colour suggestions 8) Of course, black or white go with everything (and black will make it look slimmer )

The males don't fight. The death could be from anything. Other fish will nibble on it once it is injured or dead.

Have you checked the hoses for blockages?

Usually it gets noisy I think. I don't have one of those filters but the Fluvals get noisy, or the impeller breaks.

I wonder if it was bullied to death by the bigger shark. Red tailed sharks should never be together. They are ok when small but as they grow the bigger one will usually harass the smaller of the 2. Clown loaches are very sensitive to water conditions so if they are happy that is a good sign.

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