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meh no comment on the price, just got the impression from Henwards post that he wasnt willing to split the fish from the tank at all earlier I don't disagree with you

"I will sell all three fish only for $120" guess that wasnt there last time?

ditto

this has to have made its way onto here at some point, its so good!

:gpo2: If you get a purple head banging kitty profile pic things will get real confusing (do it)

you could try putting your filter return just above / close to the water level, or use an airpump I find you normally get a bit of a film build up if you dont break the surface tension

haha, I literaly watched this on monday! its awesome!

this makes an interesting case for doing water changes while cycling http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/226664-why-water-changes-during-cycling-are-good/ so I wouldn't feel too bad about doing your once a week change if you want, but you probalby dont need to. I think the ppm you want to go up to depends on the number of fish you want to put in initially - the more ammonia your bio filter manages to deal with the more fish it can deal with

Nice! ive got a tank at work and love it! very nice of our employers to let us waste their electricity! If it was me I would try adding a bit of height to the scape, but I dont have Cichlids, so dont know if that works with them?

yea, I'm 99% sure it has happened in the tank. Had them for about a month now Has anyone tried separating a beried female and then converting the tank to salt water when the larvae hatch?

that is so cool! are the shrimp in there as cleaners or snacks or both?

so I noticed today that I have a berried shrimp... Do the females survive after the eggs hatch? From what I have been reading on here its pretty much lights out if they have eggs, but that is normaly when they have been taken from the wild with them

mine are the chinese versions (Beaufortia kweichowensis) rather than (Pseudo)Gastromyzon so that might make a difference, Like I said, it only got down that cold the once, and I increased the temp a bit as soon as I noticed it, but they still seemed pretty active.

most sources recommend around 18 minimum My tank got down to 12 degrees at one point last winter, and they seemed fine. It wasnt at that temp for very long though (used bottles with hot water in them to warm it up a few degrees) so I would say if your tank doesnt go below 14 you should be ok

could have a small group of mountain minnows with them. I havent had a look in the stream there but imagine if you had a look around the bridge closest to the sea you might find something - just drag a net through any weeds

No native fish are algae eaters, so for natives you would be looking at snails or limpets. I have some shrimp with my Borneo suckers. They eat basicaly the same stuff as the shrimp (diatoms and fish food) but can suck onto the glass where your shrimps might not be able to get to. Won't have much, if any impact on green algae though. Your other option in an unheated tank could be a Chinese Algae Eater. I havent kept them, but from what I have heard, I would be worried about them harassing the shrimp, and they eat less algae once they get a bit bigger

If you shoot over to the coast, castle point etc, you should be able to find some fairly easily. Catching your own is way more fun (and free) but The Pet Center(s) in the Hut probably still sell them

yea, it obviously does depend on the situation eg: "can I get you a drink?" - the person asking is - in my opinion - offering to get the other person a drink If you say this to a mate at your house, or at a bar, it would be safe to assume that the person doesn't need to do anything in exchange (except maybe get the next round) however if the bar staff asks you this they are still offereing you a drink (which you can accept or reject) but you would be expected to pay for it Not saying that this is how the situation played out with the old lady, but you normally try to make your expectations as clear as possibe

Having worked in hospo I know what this situation is like! If you go and sit at a cafe someone will come over and offer you food and coffee Depending on the restaurant/cafe it is often a bit rude to take a credit card to set up a tab, putting all the risk on the employee/business

??? I was talking about putting 10 (or whaterver) back in after you have killed the ones in the tank...

cause if it kills them all then there wont be any Sounds as though iisfaq is just after a reduction in numbers, rather than total elimination interestiong point re: Loaches eating dead snails... would have thought it would be ok, as it is a water borne medication, rather than 'snail bait' so the fish wont get anything they arent getting anyway? I used it recently in a small minnow pond to get rid of some hair algae with no problems. The Fish were fine, and I imagine they would have been eating a few dead invertebrates

if you want to try and get rid of them completely, and have no other invertebrates in the tank, you could try dosing with something like AlgaeFix (or if you just want to reduce the numbers, take a few out, dose, then put them back in a week or so later)

I would have thought gladwrap would work better than a blanket if you were going to go ahead with it? ie: something that wont 'breathe' or let gasses through. turn your air pump off also so its not pumping any gass into the water

hey guys, just going back to the conversation about chlorine we had before - I found a chlorine test kit at my work! tested my tankwater after doing a 30% change using untreated tap water and got a reading of less than 0.05 ppm, so I was pretty happy with that! out of curiosity I then tested the tap water and got a reading of between 0.05 and 0.1 according to this: http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/chlorine.pdf it should be sitting at arround 0.2-1 ppm... so maybe the test is dodgy, or maybe we just use less in NZ?

they must have got one somehow, cause from posts on here, and seeing it myself, they have been selling them for over a year now...