Frankenfish

While I decide what to do with my tank I need to move on a large amount of guppies. Does anyone in Auckland want some. 3 females and a fancy male for $5 seems reasonable

Hi. Did these fish find a new home? If not I could place them along with the bristlenose. cheers, Graeme 021 530657

Hi. If its still available, I have been looking for some extra tank mates for my Mums aquariums- she has about 6 on the go but mostly just guppies, and would like some better variety If you wanted some free fish in return I have some albino catfish young who are about big enough to be rehomed, plus heaps of guppies Cheers Graeme

I finally gave in to family member wishes to get a GKF, and its a biggie at 30cm. I have a tank large enough at 1.5M for it, but most of its current inhabitants are on the smaller side. I have removed all guppies and emerald eyes, but what is the smallest fish I might get away with keeping in, or what species? Of the remaining smaller mid tank fish I have harlequin raspboras, Platies & lemon tetras. It also has Bolivian and blue Rams, sterbai and Julii Corys and some bristlenose as well as some larger Rainbows. Based on any advice I will do further musical fish moves before the beast got introduced. I see conflicting thoughts, some saying GFK are fairly timid and friendly, and some that say they tend to eat other fish eyes given the chance. Are there any other pearls of wisdom on GKF? I know they are fussy about water quality. If it needs to be in a tank by itself what would be the minimum size.

It has taken some months to acquire and bodge enough for the tank to be operational, but here is end result, though fish stocking is still being played with. Thanks to Adrienne, Liam& Sam for various fish or other things bought.I am not much cop with photo uploads so if it doesn't work first time I'll keep trying http://s1360.photobucket.com/user/gbalston/slideshow/

Morning all. I'd like to figure out what might be wiping out guppies and glowlights but leaving Black neons unaffected. During the process of setting up my first large tank (separate link about to be put up with the final results) and collecting fish along the way, I had a collection of fish plonked together in a mixture of tanks. (some very new to me via trademe). One of the tanks was at my old Mums, whose eyesight isn't the best, but when I checked there were a number of corpses, her guppies initially, and then my glowlights. Immediate assumption was ammonia as a test showed maybe 1ppm, though the ammo alert dial was always showing as Ok (I have my doubts about those things). Anyway, all fish immediately moved to another tank, good water and all testing OK, but most of the glowlights continued to perish over the next couple of days, plus a platy, but the black neons so far seem unaffected, (though I have slight suspicions about one). It came on really suddenly, and they are all QTD at the moment under observation Some of symptoms seem to resemble Neon tetra disease, doing the google thing- colour loss, inability to swim properly, or ending up swimming upsidedown/sideways, but I haven't noticed any wasting first. I do have a video, but not sure how I would upload as yet. Does anyone know how long it takes from infection to corpse in NTD, if that's what it is. I will also probably be too scared to put anything back in the main tank even if they stay looking healthy, but is there a time after which it would in theory be safe..3 months is what I have in my head. Update- Black Neons are finally succumbing-doing the swimming at with head elevated thing. Still have 4 glowlights alive and flipping Thanks

Hi. I am moving a large tank tomorrow onto a new cabinet and don't want to lose the existing water as it is now fully cycled, so wondered about keeping 100L or so in a new storage container (one of those ones with a lid and wheels) that you can get from the warehouse. Is it likely that any thing in the plastic could contaminate if I give it a good washout first do you reckon? it would only be for 24 hours at most. cheers

thanks. It came along with a bunch of other stuff including a nutrafin co2 natural plant system, so I am guessing they must run together then. I'll see what google will tell me (no instructions for any of it). Even if I don't get brave enough to use it with fish I can always set up a plant only tank and experiment

Hi. Among all the bulk trademe stuff acquired over the last year is this. Guess it must be for Co2 but interested to know the manufacturer, so I can try and find some instructions. I have always been too chicken to try anything like this in case it upsets the tank balance, but I really want to get some good plant growth too. Thanks http://s1360.photobucket.com/user/gbalston/media/co2_hdr_zps7afec7d2.jpg.html

thanks for the tip, now corrected. I shall try your net suggestion, and hopefully in the next few days begin my 1.5M tank setup, seeing as cichlidman has helped me source a stand for it. Now I just have to think of the way I want it to look. I have some ideas but will be taking some snaps of different options while cycling before I really decide. 370L should give me (and the fish) a little more wiggleroom for variety

(and before anyone spots it, I have no idea how I turned catfish into catchfish in subject line

We have some peppered corys who have been laying eggs repeatedly for a while, but we never seemed to have much luck getting to hatch. To our surprise we found 2 not insignificant youngsters the other day. Most eggs just get mould on (the ones the Oto's don't eat), and we don't have a UV steriliser seeing as they like the algae, so what might we do to help further hatchings? Moving eggs to other empty tanks using anti fungal medication etc never seemed to help. It would be great to get some more, so all advice welcome. We have new eggs today, though many are already Oto dinner. Thanks

It seemed to settle eventually, though one good outcome seemed to be a lot of eggs being laid. We had given up trying to get them to hatch (always seemed to just go mouldy) but tonight we discovered 2 quite large peppered Cory young :bggrn:

Hi. I am really new to the fish tank fun, but after a long while of very stable tank, we seemed to get some ammonia spiking. Anyway, after a long while of far too frequent water changes with no seeming improvement, I tried the Seachem ammonia alert in tank sensor, which only alerts for free, not bound ammonia. If using one of the test kits that shows all ammonia, safe or not, you might like to try one of those instead (just don't go to Animates, as they are about $8 more than elsewhere). Cheers, Graeme

thanks. I'll give the benefit of the doubt then. At least my fish set up is nicer and safe...now, if only I could get my new 1.5M tank on something, instead of our back deck in limbo