Caryl

The one time I used a banana skin, it formed a film on the surface and killed all my daphnia

To get rid of what's left, put carbon in the filter. This will remove all remaining meds very quickly.

Gee my rosy barbs are getting around! Perhaps I ought to breed more. I thought I would try golden barbs in the pond this summer. Enjoy the barbs tsarmina. 8)

They need rinsing (in a bucket using tank water) when they get clogged enough to slow the water current too much. If your filter has more than one sponge, rinse only one each time then you always have plenty of the good bacteria left to keep working.

Fish like to sleep too. leave lights on all the time and you will have big algae problems. About 12 hours is usual. I use an auto timer to turn them on and off.

The Warehouse is just up the road . He might to wander around in there.

Speights Brewery is not far away from The Pet Warehouse

My bristlenoses have never grown that big. I have 8+ in my 250L and the biggest female (who is over 7 years old) is about 10 - 12cm and the males are around 8cm.

I've got them too

Just keep it wet

Your tank is not big enough for 1 plecostomus let alone 2. Assuming that is what they really are. If you mean bristlenose (Ancistrus sp.), which are often referred to as bristlenose plecs (but are not plecs at all) then they are fine.

Not only have I already ordered but I have PAID too so I should get a bigger bonus than Blue :lol: :lol:

If it is light green it will just be a normal little algae bloom, common in a new tank as it settles. It should sort itself out as the tank matures and the plants grow. An inbalance of nutrients and stuff will have caused it.

I do know that thanks. It doesn't alter my reply.

Your council will have their own regulations regarding pool fencing alanmin4304, they may differ from ours. It varies from council to council. Since the weed was neither bought, nor sold, it is legal. It came from the middle of the council's park . Our local waterways are all choked with it.

It is legal plant (came out of the waterway that runs through the middle of the town). The bath is 300mm deep. Over 450mm and it requires fencing according to local bylaws. It ices over in winter but this is Marlborough so it only gets about 5mm at its thickest and thaws out quickly as the bath gets full sun most of the day. We are planning to landscape the whole front yard at long last and the planned pond will be about 5 x 7m. I will, of course, be taking photos of the whole procedure and doing an article in the Aquarium World 8)

Welcome to NZ forsterfish. Sounds like a nice set-up you have there. Plenty of fellow cichlidiots here to talk to!

Early2003 we dug a bath into the ground outside and filled it with water. When we set up the African tank, we cycled it using 4 goldfish around 8cm each. When the tank had cycled, we added the thermostat and threw the goldfish out into the pond (it was April and the outside water temperature was the same as that of the tank inside) where they have been ever since. They have lots of oxygen weed, green water and insects dropping in. We have never fed them. At the height of last summer we found 1 dead and suspected lack of oxygen but the others were OK. Yesterday I looked outside to see quite a few good sized fry basking at the surface! Guess I'd better look into getting the main pond built - we have been talking about it for about 20 years now :lol: and this is part of mum by the looks of it...

Gee who's counting the fry before they're hatched? :lol:

I see no reason to split this. It was your thread to start with, your original request was addressed and now you are in discussion about the consequences - sort of

Hi and welcome to NZ 8) . No flying snow here at the moment I can often be found in The Tropical Tank too - an excellent UK based forum.

Very nice! I am sure it won't be long before you have bred them as well. I can see a new winner for the breeding trophy next year!

Yes pretty please with knobs on kyle

Ha! I see you already have :lol:

Welcome Cleadus1. If you really want to get into importing, there is an import business for sale in your area Check out the commercial trade section.