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I didn't get pudding , but a hot choc just turned up

oh, Does the preview pic work? comes off the same device...

Live streaming video of my nano native tank: http://111.69.194.130:8080 URL for those that the pic wont work Lets see if I can crash this android phone

A shame you had to down size, always looked at your place every time I drove 'over the hill' and thought that I must have a good look...

They do look nice. I have found that since all the smelt died the inanga are spending more time hiding amongst the drift wood. They do seem less spooky, less darting around happens in the tank now.

If the ponds drain into any waterway then he cant legally release anything into then (without DOC/MAF permets etc), not even native species.

By your description i would think that they are Endler's X guppy, would be interested to know for sure though

There is a good article online somewhere that de-bunks the "don't use table salt" mantra. Pams iodised table salt is what I use to treat my natives, and some of them tend to be very chemical intolerant.

With a VIP red in it?

Only the smelt, one of the biggest inanga did look a little stressed bu was fine by today There had been the auto water changer running up until 2 weeks when I disconnected as it needed the window open for the hoses, during the clean I scrubbed 2 of the sides of algae and moved 2 bits of large drift wood and a large stone to make room for another bit of wood (maybe the new wood?), no real substrate movement... I did a bigger w/c as I wasn't watching the tank, normally only run it 3/4 full it is now to within 15mm of the top

All up I have lost 17 fish, that is all my smelt, from doing a too large a water change (by the looks). That just leaves about 8 bullies; Cran's, common and maybe a giant bully, 2 koura and maybe 12 inanga in over 350 lt of crisp cold water. I guess I'll be going on a fish hunt this week/weekend, maybe I replace the smelt with some kokopu?

For anyone that doesn't have a reefkeepers acc. try this link Thanks Google

I know that smelt are 'sensitive' but this is the first time that I have lost any from a water change, infact I think these are the first ones that have died other than in the first 24h of being caught. My tank looks empty

Our water is normally dosed with chlorine, and we have had alot of rain so the powers that be might have upped the dose, but I couldn't smell any extra in the water. I guess if it was enough to kill fish then my tank will be restarting it's cycle, well at least there is only 1/2 the bio-load in there now :facepalm:

Could have been chlorine in the water, I ask my old man what the water values are for today (works in the dairy factory) as he/they test the water. The fish started by looking stressed (light coloured) then swimming erratically then fast jerky swimming and then just stopping and floating upside down. All of this would happen within 5-10 min (most in less than 5 min) of the first stress signs. Even the ones removed before showing any stress died fast once they started to show colour loss. Some of them you could see the blood vessels in the head/gill covers

I have just done what was going to be about a ~60% water change, but ended up being ~75% as I over fulled the tank. I disturbed some of the rocks/wood/substrate. When I turned off the water (hose end in the tank) I had just come from doing the dishes, quickly dried my hands on way to tank and turned off the hose end with maybe still damp hands from the dishwater. No test kits here so cant test water. About 350-400 lt of water in a 4ft tank. Have removed all the smelt and at least 6 have died so far with the other dozen or so not responding well, some in the small bully tank and some in the outside trough. All the bullies and inanga look fine so far so here's hoping they pull through ok. Edit: 14 smelt dead so far :tears:

There is a slight problem with measuring filters/pumps at the same time as 'direct draw' (ie heaters, incandescent lights). Some power meters will cope with phased draw but normally only if it is the only item being measured. Heating (lights/heaters etc) is easy to measure, and many devices can bet tested at the same time with the same results as measuring them each individually.

Still white in Konqueror, so there must be some agent sniffing going on on the css front.

Now all they need is a check box for "Don't show items that are over priced"

They are nice eating... I have seen them up to a good 6ft in back-country streams when trout fishing, stood on one thinking it was a branch of the tree it was 1/2 under.

I see 10, what size are they? I need to get some more kokopu as my banded jumped out of his pond/trough one night and the sun got him

I would do 20% water changes daily and let the tank re-cycle. New filter and 90% water change could mean no bacteria...

From the bio in your book I would have guessed late 20s that just makes you a student

This one looks like a redfin to me, looks just like my two (female?)

/me re-reads the last post, and leaves the :facepalm: in