Caryl

I would put 'zoomy' fish in a long tank rather tan a hex so they don't keep hitting the sides. I prefer measurements of length rather than litres. As stated, it is surface area that is more important. Angels are well suited to hex tanks as they just cruise slowly, as do the fancy goldfish but shoaling fish which 'zoom' are much better in a longer tank with more zooming room Filtration and maintenance also have an effect on stocking levels.

Just a one off documentary.

Last night in the chat room Jude said her gouramis were going berserk, leaping all over the place and going nuts. All other fish were fine. We then hear on the news a big quake hit Sumatra in the early hours of this morning. Now, pearl gouramis come from this area - coinicidence? :-? Do gouramis have a telepathic link to their cuzzies in Sumatra?

We did pour it through nets! The biggest problem was the build-up of mulm on the bottom. Luckily the barbs kept trying to wriggle their way up through the muck in the bottom of the nets. Boy can they jump! :lol: When we tipped the pool up it only had a small amount of water left in it.

It isn't the quick water temps that are a problem, it is the constant high temps in summer (depending on where you live of course )

http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/viewtopic.php?t=3725 I used to have a rock pool marine and needed a chiller in summer. Most fish caught in the sea grow too big for an aquarium but rockfish and triplefins from rockpools look cool. Mt tank was 3ft x 1ft x 1ft with an AquaClear filter. It had sea anemones, sea cucumber, hermit brab, starfish, brittlestars, chitons, shrimps, a rockfish, triplefins and anything else we could catch in the rockpools. We topped the tank up when required with fresh sea water and gathered sea lettuce for the inhabitants to eat. Luckily we are only 20 minutes from the beach.

Finished the job today. I now have slimey green concrete :lol: and an empty pool. Final head count - the 8 originals plus today's count of 54 fry makes a grand total of 126 fry. There were probably more but we got sick of catching them and some were so small they were hard to see so are possibly floating about in the driveway from when we tipped the pool up to get the final water out. They are now inside in an unheated standard size 3ft tank with a Shark internal filter. Not sure if the small ones will survive in there with the parents but never mind. :-? The plants were just big clumps of oxygen weed pulled from the park and weighted down with rocks. They survived well (until I pulled them out of the pool, they are now a bit dried out) and stayed healthy despite not being planted in substrate.

That was it. It wasn't A pond though, it was several. The view didn't show us the rest so I don't know if they are all linked or whether you can walk between them. I would assume so for cleaning etc.

The thing is, you must add the fish slowly, not all at once. Fish produce waste which is attacked by good bacteria which builds up in the filter as a result of the fish excreting. Adding too many fish at once means the bacteria can't reproduce fast enough to keep up with the wastes produced. A tank, by the way, should NEVER smell foul.

They do it in Wgtn too critter_guy but that programme was based on the North Shore/Sth Auck/Auck Fishkeepers interclub competition. Good to put faces to names and recognise a few I have met before The tanks looked good and I loved Maurice's pond!

Time for an update. I started emptying the pool today. So far I have caught 6 of the original 8 added (but I know the other 2 are zipping around in the pool sniggering at my attempts to catch them) plus 72 fry. These vary in size from 0.5cm up to 2cm and seem to be from 3 different spawnings, judging from size. Tomorrow I hope to finish the job and give a final head count. 8) Here they are (the small ones only) in a bucket...

Do you have someone you could borrow a tank from? Or a friendly lfs with a sapre to borrow, or hire?

You have to be really careful of that trout food as it fouls the water quickly if left.

I didn't know danio's could scream!

Don't know about that one Jude. I think you can freeze it but don't quote me.

The trouble with dry foods is that, once the container is open, it starts losing goodness rapidly. It is better to buy smaller containers which get used before they get too old than big containers which may take many months to get through. Just because the fish will eat a particular food doesn't mean they are getting the right balance or correct nutrition.

When you buy shoaling fish they are most likely all siblings so when they die of old age they do so at pretty much the same time. They get a bit bent, paler, and tatty looking.

Yes either jamb it under a top brace or silicone it to the base, or back, of the tank. I too have used a hot wire.

Anyone's guess :lol: Keep counting Hope you are better soon.

eventually but they are very elastic!! :lol: :roll:

With 34" height and 3ft front to back you will also have to think how you are going to clean it. Also, how are you going to light it? Over 18" depth and light doesn't get through the water too well so the plants will not get enough light.

Hope you can perk that department up a bit scalare and make sure the staff give correct advice!

There are even more than that as well. What about the panda corys, julii, sterbai etc etc etc?

Have you not heard of tank crawls before Chimera? Our club has an annual one. They are great fun and a good way to get ideas and meet fellow enthusiasts.

My kids used to love feeding worms to the goldfish and seeing how far they would stretch with a fish at each end tugging on the worm!