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I hope you keep testing the water then as I fear you have added too many fish and too fast. If the cloudiness is just at the top I would suspect gravel dust. Is it clearing at all yet?

Hmm must be something in the water eh? :lol: Congratulations. Don't baby discus look great hanging on to the parents?

I doubt you need to. I have never seen empty egg shells as mine always bred in places I couldn't see.

I have an AquaClear around 10 years old still using its original sponge with no deterioration. My Shark filter has just had its spong replaced as the old one was starting to fall to bits and no longer absorbing the crud as well as it used to. No need to replace the sponge, just rinse occasionally in discarded tank water when doing maintenance (ie when the flow has reduced).

Does anyone out there have a copy they don't mind donating of the following Year Books?... 1999 - 2000 and 2001 - 2002 These appear to be missing from the Archives. I can't use my own as they travelled everywhere with me and got written in, added to etc. (not to mention a little tattered by the time the year was up). Usually I have these on the computer and backed up but due to a major systems failure a while back I lost both main and back-up :evil: One of the YBs was from when I was not editor anyway so I do not have a computer copy of it at all. Please contact me if you can help with a copy of either of these.

No idea actually, just teasing :lol: I would guess it would be by injection perhaps?

They slip bromide in their tea breakaway :lol:

The 3 fins mentioned are the most commonly used to attach to rocks, logs etc. Java fern can also be wedged by the roots into a split in the log or a few roots held down by gravel, or a rock. The others will soon cling. Never totally bury its roots as it prefers them to be above ground. Fishing line works well as does cotton thread. By the time the thread rots the plant will be attached.

Sorry but I don't have any live bearers. Look forward to others' pics though.

They live off their egg sacs for 3 or 4 days then rummage around eating what the adults eat - bottom feeder pellets, stray flakes, peas, cucumber etc. They do not need fine food as they are a resonable size and rasp their way across the pellets anyway, just like the adults do.

Was the tank cycled first?

Avoid plecostomeeces (mices, omi?), silver dollars, Buenes Aires tetras for a start.

Asking questions is a lot of what we are here for - well, answering them is anyway Whether you ask them together or not depends on the questions. If they are inter-related then ask together but sometimes you may get a better response if you post each question in the appropriate thread.

Good to hear. I was staring to worry. A lot seem to have got temporarily mislaid en route.

What sort of filter do you have disneyworld? If you still have just the smaller fish like guppies, I would keep them in a spare plastic container (a bucket or barrel perhaps) with the heater and filter running in it. They will survive a week. That way when you set the tank up again you won't have to cycle it, if the tank isn't overstocked. You will get a mini cycle, depending on how much water you can save but if you can keep the filter running it will be easy. Good luck with the shift.

I have daphnia wok but I doubt it would travel well that far. I hope to have enough to take some for the auction at the National Show in Napier in Sept. That howling southerly sweeping across the salt ponds was a killer wasn't it Alan? :lol: .

What do you mean by 'one section missing' wok?

Have peas for tea and pop one cooked one out of its shell and feed that to the bristlenose. Or a piece of cucumber (no need to cook it)

It also helps if you actually attend club meetings to pick up your card. Why should they have to send it to you? (Unless you live too far out of town to attend meetings).

Mine were eggs gathered from the salt works and just dumped in a container of sea water with some sand in the bottom. I then left them. They were never fed or anything.

Ah you got sent a bulk lot split in 2 envelopes didn't you? I gather you got one envelope but not the other. The name tags were all in one of them but not your name as it was sellotaped to one of the envelopes. I definitely put mags in for you though. The breeding one I will bring to Napier. The one sent is for the NZKA

If you send them to the treasurer then that will be correct Janey. Our secretary IS our treasurer so I did not differentiate

Has it occurred to you it might be the rock that has laid the eggs? Hmm? Where do you think sand comes from? :lol:

I read on another forum where someone's child fed their fish a glass of milk along with the tub of food. At least you know to keep the food out of reach now :lol:

Er, which half did you get Alan? Can't help you re Fiji doch as we were on a resort island so didn't see any tanks.