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I know they do but the fish is 18cm.. way too big to be in it's juvie phase still which is the colours it's showing. After some research, I'm pretty sure its a vermiculated but just in an unusual colour pattern. Haha If it doesn't get on well with my other catfish you have first dibbs when you've got your tank up and running

Anyone know what this guy is? http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... =590872513 He's too big to be an upside down but doesn't look like a featherfin either. Awesome colour/pattern!!

Yummy, gluten free too! Might give it a go this week. Good old edmonds!

Yummy!! Are you able to post your recipies or are they a secret?

Are you offering him the same type of food he was on before? Maybe try giving him something super yummy like bloodworms just to boost his appetite?

I used to and also ran a rabbit rescue but I stopped last year when my own baby bun bun had to be put to sleep Not ready for another one yet. Can't wait to see pictures Bunny kittens are so sweet!

+1 You could get one of those pill organisers and dish out the exact amount to be fed once or twice a week so you know exactly how much they're getting

When I had an AR850 I ran both the built in filter and a canister together and it worked really well. If you can set up your canister in a way that you can keep the origional filter going I would - that way you don't need to worry about a drop in water quality. Plus you can never have too much filtration :thup:

Yum!! I'm really getting back into baking the last few weeks. Have perfected my carrot cake with cream cheese icing and tonight made a batch of lemon honey/curd which is oh-so-good on toast!! !drool:

All the bottles in the API test kit need a really GOOD shake first Often wont work otherwise. Try and shake each for a good 30 seconds and you should get a much more acurate reading :thup:

Ooooh that's cool!!! :love:

Well you're just going to have to do it again with chalk arn't you? :lol:

Not sure, I've had it before in tanks with out plants but not as bad as this tank had it (Mostly cleared up now). I think it's from an inbalance of CO2 which is why it would be much more common in planted tanks. Not entirely sure though!

:iag: I never saw it but have heard about it and that would be the way I'd go!

Done

Haha perfect name for a Husky He's my two babies again :love:

Studying & babysitting pretty much. Need to also clean out one of my smaller tanks to qt some fishies. Oh an exciting life I lead :lol:

You poor thing! Unfortunatley there's not much you can do I don't think.. Aqua One will claim the damage was done during the move and retailers can only really do what the suppliers say. Fingers crossed you have some luck with your insurance company - no harm in trying.

On the inside or the outside of the tank?

Today, after 2 days in the sun I put the lot of driftwood I'd taken out back in the tank - The BBA is still there, took a few hours to fluff up but is now a real pinky purple - assuming this is good? Have taken out the second lot of driftwood and will let that sit in the sun also.

Great will give it a go next week. Hopefully by getting rid of the bulk of it manually it wont take as long. I've got two massive columns of bubbles and usually do two 50% waterchanges a week so hopefully all will go well. Good to hear it's worked for someone :thup:

If it were my smaller tank I'd put some SAE in there but in this tank they don't stand a chance with the other fish. Gave everything a good scrub today - the glass and the hardware inside the tank (Thank god for those aquaone multi tools with the blade on the long pole - can't remember the name but what a life saver!!) I've pulled out over half the driftwood and poured boiling water over it and left it to dry - I can see a difference already in the amount. I didn't wanna do the driftwood all at once and leave nothing for the fish so am doing it in two parts. I do have some old flourish excel in the fridge which I'm not using for anything else so once I've got the worst of it off I'll dose with that. How much should I put it? And how soon after can I do a waterchange? All the fish in there are fairy hardy except maybe some of the catfish. Again, thanks for all the advice!

Thanks for all your replies! Might give a few different things a go with the different bits of wood, just out of curiosity to see what works Interesting you say that about the plecs! The break out started shortly after our young Royal was moved to a different tank

So my 750L tank is full - I mean FULL - of BBA It's thankfully not on the gravel and I don't have plants in there so I think the plan is to scrap it off the glass (mainly at the back of the tank, only tiny speckles) and do something drastic with the driftwood. I have one of those blue seashell paddling pools out back, could I fill that up with water, put the driftwood in and dose with excel? How many days would I have to dose for and should I put the driftwood back in when it changes colour or wait a bit longer? I'd do a bleach soak but since it's porus driftwood I'd bee really paranoid about putting it back in the tank Any other suggestions/experience with BBA and driftwood? I thought BBA was more prone to planted tanks with CO2 etc? I've never had an outbreak quite like this and am suprised it's in this tank and not my planted. The tank gets a 50% waterchange 1-2 times weekly and doesnt have an excess of nitrates. :an!gry