seahorsemad

Put a little bit of water in the bottom of the tank and put said cat back in and he might learn.

I have used coca cola to clean and that worked okay, but vinegar and elbow grease work well too

I find that BBA always hits the wood first in my tank, but by the looks of things you seem to have it under control and the tank looks amazing. I think it adds character :lol: . What type of fish are you planning on putting in the tank?

hehehe. You are supposed to tie fishing line to it first, so that i the wind catches it, it does not blow into space. I order three more off a deal a day website in the states. They cost me $39.00 each including postage. They are going to be such great christmas presents :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

George the Shark is so worth the money. He costs $25.00 per month to fill and travels well. He is a toy that any age loves to play with and we have had hours of entertainment. If anyone is up this way and wants to check them out before they buy them you are more than welcome to come and test him out. Just watch out for the cheaper ones cause they are the infra red ones and dont have as bigger distance range as the frequency ones. :love:

Was there any other choice??? Yes as much as i like Nemo, i could not go past the shark. Will definitely post some pictures and video for you

My Shark Airswimmer is here. Will fill it up on friday and let you all know what its like. Soo excited :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

A friend and i have ordered one each off ebay. Will let you know what they are like once they get here in a weeks time. So excited :happy1:

You might be wrong about the bird barn on Lincoln Road . They have a dedicated fish person in there now that has completely revamped the fish room and stocked the tanks up with a good variety of fish at pretty good prices. I did the rounds on saturday and visited hollywoods, bird barn and a couple of other places. Bird barn had the best selection of fish at the best prices. Got a dwarf puffer for $12.00 and enough Java fern to fill a three foot tank for $5.00. I am a pretty happy customer :love:

I like the idea of puffer as well.

Your very lucky. They are one of those fish that are very Camera shy. Anytime a get a camera near mine they all disappear :slfg:

Hey Ant, you really need a tropical to finish off the collection, and a native NZ freshwater tank. Wont be long till you run out of room in that shed of yours.

Hey guys, hopefully you didnt buy too much at the bird barn, before this disaster. It was nice to meet you. I would use gladwrap over your sump and the top of your tank. If you get stuck call out, i am sure someone here can help you.

I have long finned bristlenose with mine, but i have alot of space. I think it depends on the personality of the fish and how you have them set up

Yeah, i had noticed that too. But there is a spanner in the works at the moment so hopefully we will get a good outcome soon

I dont seem to be blacklisted yet. It is interesting that the person is new to that site though and has no other transactions. What a way to start

Yeah, apparently i am starting to bore him yet someone else is a winner :slfg: . I guess i can be thankful that i wasn't called a Bi-Winner

Yeah i did see that. I have left a comment requesting that he sells the fish separately, watch this space!!!!! Wonder if i get called depressed and blacklisted???????? :thup:

The guy seems to be blacklisting and having a go at anyone who had the good sense to tell him the tank is overstocked. Wonder if the SPCA would be blacklisted if they got involved. that is really cruel

Dwarfpuffer.com has a great list of plants for a dwarf puffer native biotope. There are also some good articles of people going out and getting them from the indian rivers.

I know someone who has two whiptails in a large tank and they get on fine I guess it depends the the temperament of each fish. Might be worth a go though.

If your okay with the whiptail not having a whip, then they should be fine. The whip might be considered too much like food for them and when it comes to food they are brutal

They are very cute. I find that the colour difference does not really tell me if they are a male or female. The best way to tell is that the male has a black stripe down his belly and the females dont or another way of telling is the boys get wrinkles behind there eyes and the girls dont (if only mother nature could be so kind to female humans LOL). But you have to wait until they are a little older to sex them. Also i think that there are a couple of different types of dwarf puffers in NZ which may account for the different colours. there is a website called dwarfpuffers.com which is a huge source of information.

Yeah, it is a big tank. I am hoping that by not crowding them i have more chance of breeding them and seeing more natural behaviour. I hate seeing eight of them crowded into thirty litre tanks. The tank is a corner tank with a bow front and has alot of height so it does make it easier to see them. They range in size. The smallest i brought at hollywoods a week ago and he will be about 1.5cm's and the biggest would be my white female at about 3 cm's

I do, i do. I have ten of them in a four hundie litre tank with two long fin bristlenoses and two bumble bee gobies. They are awesome, but no pictures at the moment as i just moved all the plants around last night and the tank does not look its best