Sheepsnana

Was I that easy to track down?

Please keep a close eye on him, if you notice his head dropping down like he's looking for something on the bottom of the tank, its a bad sign. Just before mine died, his gut turned white. Not white spots, the scales changed colour. From seeing him start to rest on the driftwood more often to him having his head down was about an hour. An hour after that he was dead.

So, to bring everyone up to speed on how my tank has gone for the last month... things could have been better. Unless specified, everything I have got has been from Animal Antics (These guys are legendary!). First up, Petrix in Papamoa had a closing down sale, so I got the AquaOne heater on the cheap, and some JBL food, nice backdrop and plastic plants. Then I bought the Tank from Animal Antics with everything else to go in it. Cycled using Aquarium Complete and the 10 Neon Tetras. They're all still alive and doing great! The first two baby bristlenose that I got, were from a different pet store in Tauranga. New-Tank-Itis. They died after 6 days. Made no sense, they weren't eating anything. Seemed fine until they were gone. I've got a vid on Facebook, not sure if I'm allowed to link to it directly... (Can a Mod let me know?) I waited two weeks after that. I don't want any fish to suffer, especially not mine. Next I got another two Bristlenose, this time from a local breeder. I got a nice size breeding pair (Let's face it, those bristles are awesome!) The day after it was back in to Animal Antics, I used my $15 voucher to buy an awesome Siamese Fighter/Betta. Only paid $3 extra for it :happy2: This became known as my wife's fish :thup: get her addicted and I might be allowed a bigger tank.... :slfg: Just this week gone, I got the golden honey dwarf gourami's. These guys are cool, needed a bit more colour in the tank. Sadly, this wednesday just gone, the Betta had a fight vs what I think was Hexamita. I tried to do a water change, but by the time I had taken some water out, he got the Dropsy and died. Took him in to Animal Antics who helped diagnose the problem. There goes the wife's fish... my new tank won't be anytime soon. &c:ry First Fish Club meeting was tonight, was good fun to meet everyone. I'll leave Shiana at home next time so I can stay a bit later and get to know everyone better. And that's where I'm up to so far.

Hey guys, It was great to meet you all. It's a pity the next one isn't until Jan / Feb. A bit of forewarning next time and I'll get some homekill pork out of the Freezer. Til then, or around on the forums

Hi all, I'm new to fish-keeping, but figured I'ld start out good and proper. Tank: I have the Aquastyle AR620 Tank, 90L. bought new, came with lights and filter built in. Got the AquaOne heater and thermo etc. to go with it. Substrate: I have the black shiny small substrate, only used half of the 5kg bag. Plants: Several live plants, swords, lyso, and a purple/green one that i can't remember the name of. A couple of little fake ones that will eventually come out when the live ones take over. Decorations: I got this weird hollow plastic coral / anemonie lookalike thing, poked some holes in it, and stuck a bubblestone under it. Then added another bubblestone for more bubbles. Then another bubblestone on the other side of the tank... Needed some driftwood for the bristlenose, so I got some pre-soaked. Have since added a plastic hollowed out log for the Gourami's, they needed to hide from the Betta/Siamese Fighter. Now the important part - FISH :happy1: 10 x Neon Tetras 2 x Bristlenose Catfish (They're brown, yellow spots, some yellow markings, expected to get to 12cm. Not sure on exact species) 1 x Siamese Fighter / Betta (Male - Awesome royal blue / teal / red) 4 x Golden Honey Dwarf Gourami's Was planning on getting lyretail swordtails or guppies, but my wife loved the Betta, so we got that instead. I think that's the limit of my tank, and the wife is holding firm on no more or no bigger... for now Let me know what you think. When I find out where I am supposed to post the pics of my tank and fish, I'll get some pics up. I had my first Fish Club meeting tonight, was stoked to find out there was one in Tauranga :happy2: In case you are wondering, that's what caused the name I chose. Mark was joking with my daughter, saying her name Shiana as Sheep's Nana. Was very funny as she took the joke well. Looking forward to getting to know you all, hope to hear from you, ESPECIALLY you locals! John