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YAY!! :happy2: What a great idea!!

I bought a school of about 10 neons early this year. As they got older I realised one was deformed and only had one eye :tears: He had trouble swimming because of his shape and kept getting stuck by the filter. I hand fed him for about a month but he eventually passed away, I think he was being picked on :dunno: Poor fishy, its so sad! I hope you have better luck with your little guy!

Haha I do! I've very new so always keen on new (and money saving) ideas :happy2:

Make sure you post pics when it's finished :spop:

My new albino cories spawned yesterday but by the time I figured out what the eggs were they'd all been eaten

I'm currently training to be a vet nurse so definately not an expert but I would say just wait until you can take her to the vet. Does she have black wax in her ears? CPL probably won't rehome cats with feline aids, I know the SPCA doesnt. Also never give an animal human pain killers - it's deadly. I hope this has helped :thup:

Good point! It's dark as hell

+1

Poor fishies, that must be so boring for them, they're still too big for it. Could be a fricken awesome with some plants and smaller fish though !drool:

Thought I'd share some drawings I did for tech before I broke my wrist. For my practical I had to take care of some tropical fish which started this whole addiction! Enjoy! :smln: Angel Fish: Veiltail Goldfish: Neon Tetra: Female HM Fighter: Male CT Fighter: Female Spotted BN: Male Golden BN: Male Guppy:

You'll have to upload some pics when they're all settled into the main tank! :spop:

Ooooh beautiful tank! I wish I was any good at planting :facepalm:

That makes alot of sense, I have heard of NZ guppies being much more sensitive. I guess because there's not enough stock to outbreed enough :dunno: I wonder why my original guppies started dying though? The green snakeskin I lost today was simply stunning, I was really looking foreward to breeding him in future

As you say, 1 is unlikely. 2 would be the most probable because it cant be 3 - original and new are dying. I bought the guppies from a member on here. Also it's strange because it's just the guppies that have been effected (there was a BN in there that I have since moved). I'm so confused because both my original and my new fish are dying, if it were one or the other it would be easier to tell whats going on :tears:

Last albino and a snakeskin dead this morning. SS was fine when I went in but as I watched him he started swimming upside down and vertically then within 5 minutes was dead :an!gry What could this be? It wouldnt even be that bad if I knew what was happening!

I had a guppy do that also! he was fine though :thup: I now leave the water just a tad lower so they can't climb/swim in :lol:

My guy does this too, I thought it might have been because the outflow gets more algae on it that anywhere else. Amazing pics! :spop:

That's the thing, they were quarantined :dunno: Oh well, making mistakes is the best way to learn I guess :nilly:

The albino guppies are the newest, I got them last weekend. I'm definately going to be keeping NZ guppies and imports seperate from now on but at the moment I'm just hoping I have guppies left! But I guess only time will tell. It's so heartbreaking, I love my little guppies :tears:

Okay so on Wednesday when I went to check on my guppy tank I found one very pale dead guppy floating at the bottom. Figuring it was due to his run in with a fighter a few weeks ago I didn't think anything of it and did a 50% water change. But yesterday morning when I went to check on them again I noticed one of my new albino males was missing and eventually found him dead wedged under a rock. Took him out, went to have breakfast, came back and I had another albino floater this time among some (fake)plants! - he was fine half an hour before :facepalm: Getting to the point, this morning I had yet another guppy die. I don't know what's going wrong, I've never had problems like this before! AND they all seemed fine right up to their deaths. They're in a 2ft tank with a 4cm GBA so I know they wernt murdered so to speak. Water parameters are fine, tank is at a solid 27 degrees. Any ideas on what is happening? And how do I stop it? :tears:

Haha need a ceiling cat to match now!

Naww he's gorgeous! Looks like a mini panther :nilly:

Oh sweet! That's what I've been using :happy2:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=377766812 Are they any good? Looking for cheap lighting for my 2ft tank. Thanks

Doesn't help that they're plastic haha Only the front ones real, picked it up at animates today to see if I could keep it alive :facepalm: