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BTW - I have a golden long fin pleco, a few cories and some loaches in the bottom section of my tank. thanks

Hi again, Apologies for the delay, it's been a busy week. Do the 2 Plecos only get to around 10 cm? if so, can I please pick them up on the weekend if they are still available? Thanks!

Hi, ive got a 180L community tank and have been thinking of getting another pleco. How much did you want for the clown Plec or the L140? Thanks

I think that like most schooling fish the more the merrier. Ive got 3 in my 180L, which is the minimum you should get with any schooling fish (& remember they will eventually get big) & mine seem happy! They are lovely fish to watch!

I agree with Karina. I've got 4 types of loaches including clowns and have always had a planted tank. I've found clowns and chain loaches great for eating snails and loaches are popular so easy to sell on if needed. Anything's better than copper if you have any sensitive fish. If they are multiplying fast it may also mean there's too much food for them. Good luck!

Hollywood fish farm in Auckland stock it and they post products out at a reasonable price. HTH

Hi, I run an aquis 1000 alongside my AR850. It was easy to set up the aquis with the spray bar going down the hole in the back LHS where the cords etc go in and drilling a pipe sized hole near the outlet hole on the RHS and a small piece out the back so that the inlet pipe sits flush. Let me know if you need more details/pics if you decide to go this way. My opinion was the more filtration the better & it means you have an intake pipe going from the back left and right of the tank. HTH!

Hollywood sell praziquantel in liquid form for around $25 I think. Not sure if they sell levamisol though - I bought some from Bird Barn about a year ago although it wasn't in the fish section. Both places promptly post/courier. HTH

Very pretty, what colour is he supposed to be?

My peppered corys do this quite a bit during the day and my other corys - sterbais, smudge, bronze & albino corys do it at night when the lights are out and they think you aren't looking. I hope this helps!

I didn't notice my latest female looking sick at all but the original female that I got was breathing rapidly before she died...

GL with your pair, hopefully they are strong, healthy, successfully spawn for you & you can sell some babies back to people like me! :happy2:

I guess the price is related to supply and demand and the fact that they last for a couple of weeks makes it hard to prove that it isn't the buyer's fault unfortunately. I WILL however tell them that I lost another & won't be buying any more. :roey: A pity as they are pretty although a bit more timid than my Bolivians who are little characters!

Hmm, I wondered if that may be the case. As pretty as they are, they are too costly if they keep dropping like flies. I think I'll wait and see how this guy goes and maybe replace him with the more hardy bolivians or some other dwarf something that catches my interest. Thanks for your replies

Hi, Just after some advice from those that have/are keeping these lovely little fish... I purchased 2, a male and female from my local LFS over a month ago. They didn't want to catch them in their planted tank so ordered a pair in for me. A few days after getting them the female who was the more brightly coloured of the two went quiet and a day later died. My water paramaters were fine although my nitrates were at 10. I heard they are succeptable to nitrates so bought a nitra zorb and put it in the filter, waited 2 weeks and then bought another female to go with the male. Two weeks later and the female is dead again. As you know these fish aren't cheap at $17-$20 at Hollywoods and my local and I am wondering if it is worth getting any more as I've no idea why they died... Could the male have taken a dislike to the girls although there were no marks that I could see? I've had a couple of Bolivians in my other tank which are a delight to watch and been doing well for over a year. The tank the blue rams are in is an AR850 community tank with no bullies that I can see and has both the 850 filter + an external aquis 1000 so plenty of filtration. pH is around 6.8-7. Just wondering if others have had any issues with these fish? :dunno:

Baking soda & vinegar gets a cool 'volcano' effect that I used to use at kindy. It produces a foam but not sure if it will clean old algae up. HTH & GL with cleaning up your 980!

I just saw what I think are Sterbai (doesn't say in listing) on Auckland's North Shore for $7 or 3 for $20. HTH

How long as the sand been in there and is it a thick layer? I had quite a few problems with my tank last year with my live bearers dying for no apparent reason. After some advice from helpful member on here I gutted the tank and chucked the sand (which admittedly smelt but this could have been the cooked snails LOL). Out of personal taste and now a distrust of sand (and the bacteria that can live in it) I've gone back to pebbles that are large enough for me to give a good poke at and dig around with the syphon. My 10 sterbais were ok through this mind but unlike yours were really timid and rarely seen whereas now they are often out and about. This probably isn't what's wrong with your tank but worth a mention if temp, ph ammonia etc are fine. Good luck with them settling down as they are :nfs: .

I'm sorry to hear they still don't appear quite right. I have gravel with mine and they are also fine forraging around on that as well as higher up on plants when they think you aren't looking. Why do you think your sand is a problem - is it sharp? Are all your other fish ok? :dunno:

Most of my cories (particularly the sterbai & smudge ones) freeze if they think they are being watched. I almost have to pretend I'm looking at another fish before they unfreeze & go back to what they were doing LOL. I hope yours turn out to be fine. I've heard colder water temps (simulating the onset of the wet season) encourage them to spawn... :thup:

Hi, I haven't got one myself so can't help you but if you don't have any luck here go to http://www.aquaone.net.nz and see if they have any pics of their products. If that fails call them as I've found them helpful in the past. I hope this helps :spop:

Hi, I've had problems with columnar is in the past and found that Furan was the only thing to make a difference. If a few fish are ailing you will need to treat both tanks & if worried wear gloves and wash hands thoroughly. I hope this helps.

Hi, I've got a male blue ram (looking out for a girl), various cories & a pair of dwarf rainbow fish along with a few others. My dwarf neon guarami had to be moved from the tank as it didn't like the male dwarf rainbow but the others get along fine. HTH

Thanks Lyndyloo, it was easier than I thought & I'm really glad I went ahead with it! Lucky that I have an understanding husband too who puts up with me giving instructions and panicking that the plastic would crack LOL! :facepalm: