TomGilberg

hahaha yea my mum can be extraordinarily formidable... do kora go well with bullie?

ok good to know, can you feed every other day as a general rule? i dont really want them to get massive anyway. by mrs i pressume you mean mum ;D but good tip anyway.. were can i get that discus food?

so cani feed ox heart everyday? because its very high in protien i would need todo extra water changes to keep the water qualitly high, right? i think i will just go for bullie and maybe a kora

nice pics!

went to a local river today and collected some rocls

hopefully the algae holds off! yea im probably gonna tear down the biotope far to early but i have an offer/chance to setup a native tank i cannot refuse! still keen for some apistos!

freakin badass man! any algae showing up with that monster light? you should deffinately get an inline heater the current one looks well distracting. good luck with the fry.... please let me know if you have apistos for sale at any time as i am super keen. i have been keeping fish for around 2 years and have seen 1 apisto for sale in nelson.. i have my restricted now so ill drive over to blenheim.

in terms of feeding what do you guys recomend as staple as a culture and anything else? may be happening earlier than expected

wow thats kinda impressive... what kind of places are best for finding smelt?

thats ashame 10cm short...

what size tank do they require?

oh.. that sucks... how are smelt in an aquarium?

thanks for the replies everyone.. i think i may make an unward facing lip just to be on the safe side.. i have also recently been in contact with the brook sanctuary and hope to do some volentar work in regard to their river conservation.. they also have a native aquarium..

so you think i dont need any sort of lid?

thank you very much for the reply.. i dont think i will add more flow then my sunsun cannister filter provides... i will take down the tank start of 2013 as i want to go over seas... thanks again for the answers... now ill have to find a way to build an inward facing lip..

hi everyone... my interest for native fish species has recently been awoken.... i have never kept native species of fish so there are many questions i have, dispite doing research. firstly i would like to say that the native book from Stealla Mcqueen "the New Zealand Native Freshwater Aquarium" is a must for anyone with no experience. i thoroughly enjoyed reading it. ok so now the idea that is manifesting in my fish finetic mind. i have a 50L(approx) aquarium the dimension of which are 70Lx20Hx35D, i think this would be brilliant to recreate a "rifle aquarium" and also the native stream around the nelson area which are all relatively shallow, fast flowing and very rocky. i would like to keep very hardy fish, so far my favourite being redfin, upland bully and native shrimp. i am a student so cannot afford the luxury of a chiller, to counter the need for this i plann to only keep my native tank in the cooler months were the temp will not go over 20 C. now for my questions.... a lid for this aquarium really is some thing important as it really affects the asthetics of it, because the tank is designed to look from aboce aswell.... i really would only do a native tank if i can use an inwards facing lip permanantly. also how many bullies would be a good amount to keep...i would like to have low stock so that i can keep the water parameters at perfect. can i mix and match as many bullie species as i like? do bully males get aggressive if there are only males present? do they look better in groups of the same species? can bully and native shrimp co-exist happily? what can you feed native shrimp? thats all for now i guess.... please help me out... thanks tom

astounding photos!!!!!

17 8) and male lol

hi in my 65L i have 4 swordtail, 1 female 1 male and one male with a very small ''sword'' that was sold to me as female grrrr pineapple colour variation, and also 1 wagtail female, who was pregnant but seems to be very stressed and has aborted the babies, she is being picked on by the other 3 swordtails and she doesn't seem happy at all. i dont want to put her in my 50L as i have my GBA babies in there and i dont have any other spare tanks. what am i to do? thanks

dont you mean amano to that? but that tank takes it for me to.

looking good so far! i would mabe put some large-med rocks around the central wood. as for when you get around planting it, i would put narrow leaved javafern in the center of the wood, this makes a very cool effect. i would plant some bigger swords and or crypts in the back and a med-low ground cover in the front like dwarf sag or hairgrass. but then im no expert. good luck.