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Without any cooling? :roll:

Do you use any method for cooling it?

And what temp would that be? Do you have a thermometer in your tank?

Sounds like it would've been due to stress, probably heat related. What temp is the tank at?

Mine are 18cm. I'm guessing this is a different koura to the one that killed the bliegill?

You've got a 20cm+ koura? I find that hard to believe.

How big is your koura?

Wouldn't recommend it, being diurnal and quite small, they probably wouldn't last very long.

Koura need water temperatures of under 20°C so the only real non-native option would be goldfish which would inevitably have their fins nipped and torn while they're sleeping. They would also need to be bigger than the koura to stand a change of not being killed. If you go natives you could have smelt which are spend their life in saltwater but can be caught and kept for a couple of years when they come in to breed and bullies which are extremely similar to triplefins. And you could also catch some small grey mullet which can be good in a tank once they learn to eat flake food.

Yep

Hailea, cost $350 second hand.

How long is a piece of string? Depends on the population, different populations will produce more of one color than another depending on which survive to breed. Occasionally you will see very blue (usually pale) individuals but they are very uncommon due to not being very well camouflaged and getting eaten before reaching maturity.

I have a dark greyish blue one and a terracotta one. I've seen a very pale grey one before.

Original thread of the setup for anyone who hasn't seen it.

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Only environment I've ever found them in :dunno:

Found them :ton: in a poly-box!

Link to photos of my 400 litre native aquarium, currently filled to 300 litres due to max chiller volume. Stocking is: 3 Giant Kokopu 1 Inanga 3 Koura ~10 Common Bullies ~5 Crans bullies 2 Redfinned Bullies 1 Upland Bully http://s1368.photobucket.com/user/kiwir ... ive%20Tank

Yep

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Any chance it managed to get stuck?

Lemna minor is native to Africa, Asia, Europe, New Zealand, America and Australia I'm not aware of any other Lemna species in NZ * I think, maybe try google?

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