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if you have more than 2 Jewels, I would put them together in a tank and let them pair off on their own. how big are they atm??, jewels start showing spawning behaviour well before they get down to business (kinda like Tauranga Teens)

most of the jumpers I have dealt with have had a bit of a fright, could even be as simple as a door closing too hard, or a mouse in the room (use to lose a heap of swordtails at the fish farm, whole heap would jump out of just one row every night, then when I went in after dark, there was a rat running across the tanks edge, dead rat, no more jumpers)

could be, the missus commented yesterday that out bath water looks blue, something to do with the water supply???

sooo... whatcha got, any weird and wonderful tanks??

wonder if they do wavelength specific underwater LED's, i'm after a 670nM submersible setup, brighter the better. for a fish attracting device blue tinge could be due to impurities in the resin they are made out of, my dad recently got one with a sandfly embedded in one

welcome, and enjoy. seems to be a lot of you down in nelson atm.

ask your local importer (one of the owners of a british importing firm lives in Tauranga as I found out the other day) to contact MIT, they are (as far as I know) the only ones with any form of native sale license

nice effect, were those through the supplier in the mount?

please remember that the placebo effect is incredibly strong (GrahamC should know the exact figures) and pharmaceutical testing has to beat this level before it can be considered. there is a book called "Where there is no doctor" which describes the taking of modern medicine into Africa and their belief in injections in one area being so strong that people were almost Dying from no descernable cause after being cured of certain ailments, yet after an injection of pure water they came right. (shows both the positive and negative effects of placebo)

breeding method for jewels put in tank add water (possibly optional) remove fry

Wonderworld has recently got their freshwater import license from the word I'm hearing, I have hopes that this will see a range of rarely imported fish turn up on our doorsteps

imo you should be feeding a variety of food anyway so your average fishkeeper shouldn't have problems.

yeah it is a bit scary, but easier if you focus on the fact that over 80% of fish are infected without ever showing signs. doesn't hurt to do more water changes. your LFS should provide free water testing, or you could get a master test kit for around $50 make sure you get pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate, hardness is really optional if you are tight for $$$, but useful if you can get it

probably not enough water circulation, try moving the heater to see if that improves it

The stringy white poo is one of the possible first signs of a myco infection (strangely enough it is not listed in these two articles) but to show you how hard it is to diagnose myco have an informative read http://rainbowfish.angfaqld.org.au/Myco.htm http://www.skepticalaquarist.com/mycobacteria only way to deal with it is to improve your water quality and cross your fingers

possibility of parasitic infection, or in worst case scenario mycobacteria. check all your water parameters, increase water changes and pretty much try and get your system 100% healthy, the fish's immune systems should be up to the job if its early enough. also make sure your water movement is up to scratch (blocked filter?) and that your heater is preforming properly. Also just as an extra precaution wear gloves in the tank as mycobacteria can infect humans causing annoying sores that don't heal properly (im sure im not the only poor sod here who's dealt with it)

has there been any temp fluctuations reacently, thats the best way to set off a swim bladder problem

I would start giving her extra feeds to condition her up, hes just a bit frisky and she aint if she was in condition she would bpop them out happily and he wouldn't be too problematic.

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renal under excretor??? piss taker??

flat heads are different, closer related to the lizard fish or grinners. hunt in the same way though. just out of interest they are worth approx $4million to our fisheries per year

how do we have 3 threads on exactly the same topic, all active at once

+1 in whangamata, doesn't make for a good customer base even if you include the potential new keepers

wonder if the nosh shells were washed with something?, hard to fully rinse out the insides of a snail shell

there is Viable and there is ethical, unfortunately there very rarely is both