Sunbird73

When we lived there they did a huge dump of chlorine once a week, you could usually taste it on dosing day. They probably do that in most places but it seemed particularly marked in PN, have never noticed it as much anywhere else. I would be loose with the Prime if it smells/tastes particularly of chlorine.

Sounds lovely, good luck for your move! I am jealous!

I disagree newbiefishcpl - that weta in is a beauty! Very cool.

I don't think a second dog would be a good answer if one dog is high maintenance and expensive enough! Have you seen a skin specialist? Might be worth the dollars to get the skin expert on to him. Some dogs just are horribly high maintenance and skin problems are the most frustrating to manage. Allergies can happen at any time, its quite probable this would have happened at your old place a few years down the track anyway. It takes time to build up a sensitivity, so it is most common to see them around 2-3yrs + No real help but loads of sympathy :tears:

buggar. Maybe they will get the idea next time. I didn't have much luck with a trio TBH, the original female was very nasty to the new female and I had to take the 2nd female out. Hope you have better luck! Crossing my fingers for your 2nd spawn

I have heard there are some out eskdale way, I think near the camping ground?

Any babies out and about yet?

I think purchasing of any prescription medicines over a forum might be illegal Can you call another (more sympathetic) vet? Maybe Lynfield Vets? I would try taking in a few good photos or video and see if they will prescribe off that. It is a grey area as the vet needs to see the animal its prescribing for *generally* (there are some exceptions with sheep owned by existing client I think). Bit difficult with fish.

virus?

Beautiful! Your little girl might surprise you

Wow, hugs!! That sounds terrifying Any parents nightmare! And Caryl - I now feel fully justified in my fear of gravel roads. They are not cool.

http://www.waikato.ac.nz/news-events/me ... umps.shtml and this too: https://www.niwa.co.nz/publications/wa/ ... ew-zealand Interesting!

I would definitely be getting some Stability if you haven't already as your filter/tank will probably go through another cycle soon - with large water changing combined with cleaning filter and gravel your good bacteria levels could get knocked out. Has your filter got good flow?

I agree. A recommended dose excel made my corydoras trilineatus go belly up within minutes of adding it each time. I am very wary now with excel and I never dose the full amount because of that experience, and prefer smaller doses more often. Often an event that has a negative effect on fish health can take a few weeks to show through organ failure IMO, so if there was an ammonia spike (or whatever) a month ago you might only be seeing effects now. A small ammonia spike (and the following nitrite spike) can be over pretty quickly and may be missed with weekly testing, so its possible that there may not be an active problem now but is the result of something that happened a month ago. However, I would still stick to your current plan of water changes etc. If in doubt, change the water! I would be changing the water as you plan on doing, definitely cutting back on the excel or changing to a much smaller alternate daily dose rather than on once a week, and using a course of seachem "stability" just to be safe as calculator as mentioned. I use stability every time I start up a tank, even if I am moving a fully cycled filter on to the new tank.

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So, the soda stream conversion just not as easy/reliable as a big cylinder? Review? Or did you just get tired of getting refills all the time?

that is pretty cool

so in an effort to learn more about co2 for future reference - why do you think your CO2 gassed your fish? Was it equipment failure or just a too high CO2 rate for the fish? What do you do to avoid/fix this?

buggar. But I look forward to your next project

nooooooo..... why? What happened to the CO2?

google says: Definition: Temperature is a measurement of the average kinetic energy of the molecules in an object or system and can be measured with a thermometer or a calorimeter. It is a means of determining the internal energy contained within the system. Heat vs. Temperature Note that temperature is different from heat, though the two concepts are linked. Temperature is a measure of the internal energy of the system, while heat is a measure of how energy is transferred from one system (or body) to another. The greater the heat absorbed by a material, the more rapidly the atoms within the material begin to move, and thus the greater the rise in temperature. Temperature Scales Several temperature scales exist. In America, the Fahrenheit temperature is most commonly used, though the SI unit Centrigrade (or Celsius) is used in most of the rest of the world. The Kelvin scale is used often in physics, and is adjusted so that 0 degrees Kelvin is absolute zero.

I agree.

act like an unattractive lady gorilla

:happy2: awesome!

that was awesome