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I love crypts but never seemed to be successful with them in tropical so will definitely give them a go. I'm so desperate to just fill it at night and pretend I had no idea how it happened when we get up in the morning ........

lack of rain? Ahhh having just seeN your location is wellington I get your tank situation. Wet summer much? Rodney, Auckland where rain fails to fall .......

Oh and also some cherry barbs as well as a foil for the golds. I love the idea of the colours. I have a 300l so won't be many if each but enough to get some good movement.

Hiya. It's all in place and ready to go, problem is that we don't have any water at the moment that I can spare from the tanks to fill it. My partner has promised next rain I can do it. However I have spent plenty of time planning and I have decided that you were right and sub-tropical is what I am going to do. Clouds or danios definitely, golden barbs as a bit of colour and paradise fish are a possible. Planted tank although I really don't know re the bottom. I read a few cories are ok sub-tropical and I do love them. Will understock to help the bio-load. So if anyone wants to do a rain dance I'd be stoked. The north is just so dry at the moment.

Thanks Ira. Good to know. Caryl - maintenance isn't an issue, when I have tanks I like to play with them so water changes happen often. And I have a big garden that will be grateful for the water. The big issue now is picking. I didn't actually think I would have this much choice. I love paradise fish. I also love Odessa. Danios are something I've never had but look amazing. Hoplo cats I have no idea about and I've kept fish for years. Any hints? Will also do some searching.

Colour_genes - that's a really interesting idea. Some gorgeous fish that I haven't actually had before which is quite attractive. I will be understocking the tank quite a bit to cut down on bioload so they would be cool fish Ira - interested to know re your outage you mention, they have always given me the heebies because of possible filter issues and the whole "spewing toxic bacteria into the tank when they restart" you read online. Did you have any problems with it or just had to do more water changes for a while?

Thanks to all of you - unfortunately I mentioned to my partner that tetras are good to go and so the cold water is out and apparently tetras are going to be the thing. I guess at least I can get a nice shoal in a 300l . I can feel my aquarium addiction ramping up again.......

Thanks Alan. Frogs could be interesting. I might look into that. Shiloh, I've just done another search online and all I can seem to find is NZ pages (including previous posts on here) that state that rainwater doesn't have enough minerals to sustain life and should not be used for goldfish (or any other fish). And apparently can also be a huge issue given there may be metals in it from collection points so thanks for clarifying that for me. I can completely understand how people get so confused on what to do!!!! It might be a case of giving it a go and seeing what happens once I test for PH etc.

That's a good point. I was hoping to stay away from Tropicals as the power outages can be frequent. What would be the hardiest - rummies, discus and cardinals are coming up in my search and they are all fairly sensitive?

Hi. Having moved to a rural property recently I have given up tropical keeping but would love to get some goldfish in my 300l tank (power outages and large water changes being harder). I was only thinking a small number to keep the upload low with a fly all filter and air stone. However we are on rainwater tanks and all my research has said I can't keep fish in that water. Any ideas? Is there a conditioner or something I can use to assist. Or is it a complex process to get it to a usable water in which case I will sell the tank and move on? Any advice gratefully accepted. D