Caryl

Have a look here - awe inspiring! http://showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/2005.cgi

I was answering alanmin

Maf said you couldn't import them, you can breed them.

They were legal imports until a few years ago. You can't import them now but you are allowed to breed them. No more imports means it is important we keep the species going or we will lose it.

Fins crossed for a successful rearing.

Your fish have a busy one obviously :lol: (social life that is)

I only print the information I am given. Go after Kevin's head MA, not mine Though come to think of it, it would mean I wouldn't have to do any more wouldn't it? Bring on the guillotine!!! :lol:

Yes simfish, join a club or get a subscription from me, although it is $21.80 for 12 months. If you wish to subscribe, PM me and I will send you details of where to send the cheque, or direct credit. Thank you all for your kind words. How about you all send an article too? I have none now for the February issue

Welcome Grizzly. Tell your fish to slow down for the photograph! :lol:

Yes guppy fry could eat them. They are teeny weeny tiny tiny fish. Very hard to see when first born.

General rule of thumb is to feed enough the fish can eat within 5 minutes. Look at the fish. Think how small it is. Think how much smaller its stomach is. Better to feed small amounts often than larger amounts less often. I don't even feed my community fish every day. They only get fed abuot 3 times a week, if that. The bigger African cichlids get fed once a day.

One of our members has a small tank with a ugf. It is about 400mm x 200m x 200mm and it full of wcmm breeding happily.

5.7L isn't a tank, it isn't even a full bucket!! Females are fatter. Males are slimmer, brighter coloured and larger anal and dorsal fins. 3 should be OK but if they have fry you will have to get something more spacious.

Found this on The Tropical Tank site... Columnaris (mouth rot, mouth fungus, 'flex') Symptoms Early signs of this disease are greyish-white marks or patches around the mouth, or on the body or fins of the fish. These may appear thread-like, particularly around the mouth, giving rise to the incorrect name of 'mouth fungus'. Fins will deteriorate and sores may appear on the body. The gills may be affected, giving rise to bacterial gill disease. It may cause 'shimmying' behaviour in fishes like livebearers. Causes The disease is caused by the bacteria Flavobacterium colmnare, formerly known as Flexibacter columnaris. It has been refered to as 'mouth fungus' (even though the cause is bacterial), due to the whitish strands which may appear fungus-like. These are Gram-negative, rod shaped bacteria, which move by gliding across a surface. As with many bacterial diseases, poor water quality is a major factor in triggering the disease. Sudden changes in conditions may also trigger it, and the disease is common in newly imported fish. Possible cures Anti-bacterial medications should cure this disease if used promptly. At later stages, the bacteria may invade internal organs, in which case only antibiotics may be effective. Several strains exist which vary in their virulence (how 'aggressively' they cause disease)..

A gourami that goes to the surface and blows bubbles is trying to build a bubble nest, not sick.

I have spare moss

I'm not sure Melafix is the right thing. You need to use a fungus remedy.

Corydoras adolfoi Baensch Aquarium Atlas 3 ISBN 1-56465-185-1 page 328 Corydoras panda Baensch Aquarium Atlas 2 ISBN 1-56465-114-2 page 474 What sort of trilineatus do you mean?

You need to befriend an Australian then and get them to post stuff over.

Email them and ask

Welcome Starlyte. I suggest you join a Wgtn fish club

Your fish are losing their marbles! :lol:

I thought I read somewhere we don't have chloramine in our water in NZ.

Vallis (if you can find it) or twisted vallis Full name Vallisneria spiralis

I don't think polystyrene was invented when he started using tea chests :lol: