FraserNZ

That water looks great, what water treatment have you used to get it looking like that?

Haha yeah, the only reason I ask is that I remember as a kid lighting ploy on fire... it goes up in a matter of seconds, turning into a fireball. Anyway, do you have the contact details for where you got your from? Cheers.

Hi Josh, The poly you have used to cover the walls in your fish room, is it flameproof? Or is it just standard stuff? I'm thinking about doing this to my garage as well if it doesn't cost too much!

Hi Guys, Sorry I have only just spotted all your responses, Since this post my breeding pair have had another two lots of eggs. The second lot getting to the fry stage which they raised for about 5 days after hatching. Not sure which one ate them, however it was good to see hundreds of fry swimming around the male Aquila, I read your post sometime ago. Did you end up having any luck raising your fry to maturity? I have done quite a bit of research and have just built a 140L tank which has a very large foot print at 100cm long by 40 deep. I intend to use this for my pair, and will mimic their natural environment as much as possible. I have also got a 30L tank setup just for the fry. If you guys are interested I'll post up my progress as I go when I have time Cheers, Fraser

Hello all, I have picked up my breeding pair of German Blue Ram's, they are two very good looking fish. The male had all the tell tail signs of his sex, and the female a lot smaller with a pink belly. She also looks to be full of eggs and has her tube showing! I was going to put them in with my other rams until I had the chance to setup my breeding tank perfectly. However,the other two rams just jumped them, and wouldn't leave the female alone. They just chased the male off completely! It was really disturbing to watch! So, I setup the breeding tank in a rush and just used the water from my main tank... Do you guys think this will safe for the pair to go straight into?? The setup is as follows, 1 x Air Pump (powering a air filter) 1 x Eheim 100w heater 1 inch layer of gravel (green/grey if that matters) 1x small piece of wood 1 x medium sized Java Fern Water Temp 28c ish PH 6.8 KH still to test I really hope they will be sweet in this tank as I had no time to let the bacteria build up on the sponge filter before adding them! Do you guys feel that using the tank water from my well established tank will be enough? I'm also preparing a list of food items I will need for the fry and the parents. I only have have color enhancing flakes and tetracolor at the moment so, any help would be very much appreciated! PS, I will keep you all updated with how it all goes with these guys so you all can learn from my mistakes Cheers, F