livebearer_breeder

I agree with Suph, that looks like snails doing, rather than a pleco, if a pleco really wanted to eat it, it should have made a bigger mess of it than simply chewing the middle inside of the leaves, which i also cant imagine how they'd manage to do. Shae

They chose to breed, its not up to me, i can't make them. Shae

trying to show he's the alpha of the tank. Shae

I continuously feed white worms in conjunction with Brine Shrimp, and i find it great for keeping my fish in constant breeding condition. Personally i think it's one of the best foods around. Cheers Shae

I used Dwarf gouramies, i don't know if that would make a difference, however i have been told that both normal and dwarfs will do the job. I would think that it would be right through the system, if your running a sump like that, however the gouramies will keep it under control in whichever tank there in at the time. The only other way i got rid of them was to empty the tanks, and basically starve the hydra. took a month. probably not very conveniant though. I don't like to use chemicals, otherwise i might have resorted to such treatments like copper. Cheers Shae

I used to have a problem with that, came in with some riccia from the south island. And the hydra only flared up when i fed bbs to fry. The way I got round it was to move the fry to a new untouched grow out tank, and put gourmies into the tank with the hydra, they cleaned them up nicley and after that i didnt have a problem in the tanks that used to have hydra anymore. Simple Cheers Shae

ahhhhh the envy teems through my vains Thats Awesome Mate! Shae

About a year back i used to have many killies in my fishroom aswell as a few other species of fish, unfortunatly i went on a 4 week trip away, and had to empty all my tanks, I loaned out many of these fish to a few people to breed/look after etc. Unfortunatly, upon returning various mishaps had taken place which meant i had no killifish left to speak of. I wasn't too worried as i had a couple bags of peat left that had been in there drying period, but after various wetting periods they bore no fry, which i was rather disappointed with. However i did get a bunch of betta returned, which then became my main focus. Now my fishroom is almost completly claired of Betta, i would like to get a species or two of killifish breeding strong in my tanks again. I've inquired round a little and it seems that readily available killifish that where about when i was breeding them are far harder to get now, seems there has been a general decline in those who have killifish in the first place. So my question is simply this, does anyone know of, have, selling, trading etc any, preferably, killifish eggs? If so, could you please pm me. Cheers Shae

don't get annuals and non-annuals mixed up there meesheelly. The Golden Lineatus used to be quiet readily available, one of the more common species of killifish, but it seems there has been a decline in available species left in New Zealand now. There life span, as far as i remember is between 2-3 years. Shae

Impressive spawn Paul Shae

Appears to be a young Aplocheilus lineatus Gold or Golden Wonder Killifish. Easy to care for, goes well in community tanks, make sure you have a full lid as they jump, will eat lots of almost anything. Cheers Shae

YES IT WOULD.....

Your Red HM is Beautiful Pene!! absolute stunner! Verrrry Impressed. Shae

Nice Pics Guys, i had some more time on my hands, and while maintaining my Anabantiods i decided to take a few pics. My Male Thick Lip The Female (or so im told and hope) A close up of one of my breeding males "Blazer" "Blazer" in action, attempting to court a aqua/green female A Aqua/Green Female I Have many more pictures to come, just have to get the time. Cheers Shae

I Think that Deep Red is Stunning Paul, I Have Nothing like that in my Fishroom. Shae

Personally i love Anabantiods, and i think they deserve there own "Picture Section", especially some of the better betta. So i thought id start things off, with this little fulla. Feel Free to follow Cheers Shae

Havn't experienced that side of the hobby yet Shae

On a slightly unrelated topic, because i am no expert at plants and simply can't help lol but I got a bunch of those "holey aquatic pots" that i bought plants in over the ages, if you want them. Shae

Nah the V8 holden turbo would fall apart at high speeds and i didnt even no there was such a thing for the general production lines from Holden? Shae

The new Ford Xr8 Turbos who'd kill a V8 Holden. Holden's are only just holdn together on the road, there hardly drivable, Total pieces of crust. Shae

I use BBS from free swimming. They grow quicker. Shae

IMO if they wanted to breed, then they would, regardless of the loaches, and the male/female (i forget) would protect the cave in which the eggs had been layed. Shae

My mistake 8) Shae

Thought some of you might be interested, if you hadn't already seen. Cheers Shae

Great Stuff Paul! Shae