wonka

oh man.

there i was, trying to mind my own buisness.

one day, i will try and be more friendly.

i had some average sized, common bullies, in with a giant. the giant never interacted badly with them. in fact, the giant, was quite friendly with them.

cool.

really neat. thanks for that.

thats interesting. i am gonna have a go at smelt. one day soon! i very nearly killed a giant bully when i moved from whakatane to taupo. the water chemistry was just so different, i think. i rushed it, and had to much taupo water in the new tank. it was touch and go for a cple days. thought that bully was a gonner. but it just pulled thru. white spot is so much easier to treat in a bare tank. ie, no sand. i have found new/wild fish are just not worth the risk, not to quarantine in a bare tank. i wont do it. it is rule number 2. right after rule no1, never change more than half the water. ha!

i have never worried about it. i knoe from experiance that a 100% water change can kill some/most of the fish in your tank. mabee it is the chlorine, i dont know. mabee it is something else? a 50% water change most fish, seem to like. even straight out of the tap. i know that everyone knows this, but it is worth repeating... change your water often, and in small amounts. when you catch your fish from the wild and put them in your aquarium, the different water will be a huge shock to them. i always keep this in mind. a completely bare quarantine tank for at least two weeks, preferably, four, is/should be mandatory as well. i hate white spot. yukkk!

are you thinking indoors or outside?

i have a giant bully in 300 liter tank. it has a small eheim sponge power filter and a small air pump. power usage must be minimal. no plants. just a piece of wood for shelter. it is very low tech. the fish is 6 years in captivity now.

way cool!

thats a great link, thanks.

i have never heard of doing that. are you serious?

roger that. i love the way it grows on rocks in creeks and wet areas. i have always wanted to do a half aquarium, 1/4 creek, 1/4 land thing, in a tank. but my dream far exceeds my pathetic reality!

well done thou. that stuff does not normally grow when it is continously, under, the water. i see it alot on rocks in the wild.