aquariumbeginner32

There is an empty concrete slab with sides on our property where there used to be a garden shed. I was thinking of turning it into a pond by lining it. I can't find our tape measure to get the exact measurements but it's atleast 330L volume... it's more than 150x150cm ... bit hard to measure with a ruler lol I want to have some fantail goldfish hence wanting an outdoor pond as my 64L tank is too small. Can someone help me with what kind of filter/pump I would need and where to get one from and roughly how much they are? I found some on Trade Me but have no idea what I need/if they are suitable.

Oh dear. That would mean another tank lol I only have the 64L and a 15L which has nothing in it.

What if I wanted to have the heater at a heat suitable for fancy guppies? Would the minnows and wild guppies be ok?

That may explain it... the biggest one has two dark blue areas on it that could be mistaken for gravid spots I suppose. I may have to get myself a heater... I asked the lady at Animates how to tell the difference between males and females and she showed me with the tropical guppies. They are sooo beautiful! Hard to resist!

I must have good fish then lol I was thinking of putting a heater in there on 20C but would the minnows be ok still?

Yeah the lady who got the fish out for me did say it looked like they were all males and she didn't think they had any females. Kind of a shame... would have liked to see babies! But it's probably for the best at this stage.

I'll get the ceramic noodles and filter wool then.

I've only had it for 3 weeks lol It says on the box to replace 1-2 cartridges every 3-4 weeks from memory. And they were looking pretty brown.

Ok so they're not gravid spots. I assumed the big one must be female. It's the biggest of the lot. The rest are all about half the size and they're all about the same size. I just wish I could find out what they are called. It will drive me crazy.... :lol: I want the scientific name! :lol:

Well I tested my PH last weekend and it was over 7.6 But I highly doubt the water is 27C. I don't have a heater. They're in with 2 minnows.

Totally :smot: but I see you are in Howick. I grew up in Bucklands Beach. We moved to Papakura in 1990

Two of them (I have 5) have spots... but I don't know if they are gravid spots. Just one on each fish near their eyes... about 3mm away. Not at their other end. The one I thought was female is the biggest of the lot and the yellow one that rubs against him/her is only about half the size. Neither of them have spots. So if they are both males I have no idea why they're acting towards each other the way they are.... :-? :dunno: Maybe they are gay ? :lol:

I've posted a link to my photo album.

Ok well I will do that then Thanks.

Hmmm yeah Sophie has had these unidentified spots for several weeks that the doctor could not identify GRRR and she still has them. Then I noticed today that Abby now has some. Nowhere near as many as Sophie but she says they are itchy and apparently some kids at her school in the class next to hers have had CP recently. :roll: So yeah... could be that. The good thing is it's the school holidays for two weeks so I'm crossing my fingers that they are all gone by the end of the two weeks. If not, I may phone the school and ask what they want me to do. I don't want to send Abby back to school if it is CP. Thing is I don't think CP last several weeks + :-?

Yeah if Animates won't stock the Marina S20 slim filter ones, then I will do that. I'm not going all the way to Hollywood fish farm just to get them lol Mind you if it's cheaper to do it that way (the way you suggested) then I will do it anyway.

http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/Abbysmum/Fish%20stuff/Endlers%20guppy/ Here ya go. I think the last photo is the best... it was hard to get good photos. I don't have much experience taking photos of fish :lol:

They look just like Endlers. Though their colorings are blue, pink, yellow. They could be hybrids - Endlers x Guppy? Whatever they are, I don't think the water is 18+ celsius so they are doing well in the cold water. I'll have to get a better photo of them. About 3-4 out of the 5 have swords (their tails) ... they don't have the fancy guppy kind of tail. Only the yellow one has a fancy guppy like tail but it's nowhere near as big as a fancy guppies tail.

Josh mine are quite different. They are like the ones in this YouTube video. I think they might be Endlers livebearers/Endlers guppies. They are wild guppies. They have pink, blue, yellow colorings. One is just yellow. And about half have a spot on them. :love:

Thanks Josh... I'd like to know too. I forgot to google. I might do that now and see if I can find out what they really are. And if they are livebearers. I've had them 3 weeks almost 4 weeks now. So if I do have a pregnant female it could only be a few weeks now.... :lol:

I have guppies that I was told are coldwater guppies. They seem to be doing fine. I've noticed that a couple seem to be attracted to each other. It's like they dance together and kiss lol and rub sides. I have no idea what fish do when they mate. Is this it? If so, how long before I have babies in my tank? :lol:

Yup :roll: :lol:

No it just looked like aquarium gravel but obviously wasn't lol I think it's just carbon.... comes in 1+kg bags.

:an!gry This is what I got http://www.hollywoodfishfarm.co.nz/detail/view/marina-i25-power-cartridge/m/1114/ which this website says is for an internal filter :an!gry THIS is what I need which they didn't have http://www.hollywoodfishfarm.co.nz/detail/view/marina-slim-biocarb-filter-cartridge/m/1114/

So Abby got over her tummy bug. Then Sophie got it. At the same time I got Tonsillitis GRRR And now hubby has the tummy bug too. :lol: