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Is something attacking him? Is he the smallest of the clowns? They are very prone to white spot when stressed.

Is there enough light? Sorry I don't know how many watts per litre you are supposed to have.

Something to do with the development of their labyrinth organ I think hevalump.

I have solid blue barrels that hold 30 litres with a non-leak lid. They are sometimes available from larger paint shops. They come from Italy and had paint powder in them originally. I just give them a good rinse and they are excellent for transporting water and fish. They used to sell them occasionally for $10 each. Not sure if you can still get them but ask around. I would save at least half the water but agree with the rest of wok's advice.

Welcome lighter. A great set of pics you have there, thanks for sharing. It never ceases to amaze me how many different corys there are.

Sounds good Inter. Keep us posted on progress!

Hi and welcome. I agree with suemack, may be planaria due to overfeeding. Not sure if you should have the turtle and the fish together in a tank but don't know anything about the turtle mentioned as I don't think they are in NZ. Also, the shark and catfish are most likely tropical fish but the goldfish is a cold water fish.

I have only ever just scrubbed the dirt off and then put them in the tank.

It can sometimes be a genetic fault to have the spine bend like that. Females can often get bent too after having too many fry. Pegasus is one of our disease experts so hopefully he will have something more to add.

A very interesting article!

Also, look under "The NZ Fishroom Website" thread. There is a sticky there with full instructions.

"Cold" is relative. 16 - 20C is their preference and they breed when the temp rises. In Nelson you would have no trouble with them outside. One of our members has hers outside in a pond but tries to bring them in during winter.

Beautiful!

I am curious. If you have a fish that is grossly swollen, surely its scales would stick out anyway, not necessarily because it had dropsy? The curve of the body would make them stand out wouldn't it?

Get the flyers done (I am happy to design and print colour ones if you need help) advertising a meeting with the time and place on it. Put them up in malls, supermarkets, vets, library, schools - anywhere you can think of. Put an advert in the paper as well saying anyone interested in joining an aquarium club please contact (insert phone number here). That way you can tell them about the meeting when they ring. Do all that FIRST. Once you have had the first meeting THEN put out the newsletter. That is how we did it anyway and it worked Hopefully, with all those flyers and the advert there will be more than just 3 of you. If you contacted the other clubs and told them when the meeting was you could ask them to help support you by attending as well.

There are 3 clubs in Auckland with another hopefully starting soon (if they get their As into G) in the west(?). There is a new reef club too but I don't think they have a meeting place settled yet as they are still getting organised. North Shore Aq Soc meet in the Sunnynook Community Centre 1st Tues of month at 7.30pm Sth Auck Aq & Watergarden Soc have the occasional dinner meeting on 2nd Mondays of the month Auck Fishkeepers Assoc. meet in Green Bay Community Centre 2nd Tues of month at 7.30pm

Good luck with them!

You belong to our club so can travel with us

I use a wide wallpaper scraper or a magnetic cleaner.

Who woulda thunk it eh? Why don't you send Janey in to get him? :lol:

Congratulations on your daughter's arrival ballistic. More details and pics please

Get the angle right and you miss the reflection. Remember the majority of pics will be terrible, this is normal

It would look nice up on the bit against the back car window and filled with gouramis. It would calm down the people stuck behind you in the traffic :lol:

LOTS of light and a tripod.

It is the plants that require the light.