[Wild Discus Photos]

love it!!! cheers

always wanted some wilds that blue at the end is amazing

[Anti chlorine]

this is 120grams vs 907grams people.. i know it's difficult to overdose so perhaps the larger of the two is better?

[Anti chlorine]

i use the hose

from simply discus website

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heya had a look there but can't find this quote? library or post? wanted to check if it was 100% they use.. presume it is..

[Anti chlorine]

cool cheers

[Anti chlorine]

Monochloramine is not as effective in treating water as chlorine as is used in NZ but is still a strong oxidising agent.

When people complain that the chlorine in a swimming pool is too strong and it is burning their eyes the problem usually is that the free available chlorine has been used up by contaminants in the water (such as urea) and this has pushed the chloramines back towards the monochloramine and this is what is burning their eyes. The problem is fixed by adding more chlorine.

When you allow water to stand or aerate it to get rid of the chlorine the chloramines all move back to monochloramine and this will react with your fish the same as an under chlorinated swimming pool will with your eyes.

very interesting.. however the above points appear to contradict each other.. if chlorine is more effective (stronger) in treating water than monochloramine, why would mono hurt your eyes and chlorine not? unless it's that they work differently as opposed to the side effect..

[T2 lights discussion]

cute but low output. just get a metal hallide already and be done

[aqua clear 500 vers eheim 2231 filter]

the aquaclear500 is an awesome filter, i have one of these; it's easier to clean so i'd go with that. general principle with fish husbandry is if it's hard to do you don't do it.. like anything really..

i used to run mine on a discus tank and put a tall coarse sponge over the intake, known as a prefilter, sure needs cleaning often but it's easy and you don't have to clean the sponge inside the filter very often as the prefilter gets most of it

[discus getting jiggy with it :)]

fair bit of peppering ay? haha

[school has expanded - 75 clown loaches!! :)]

i know the taiwanese love their 'lucky' 8s.. lol.. chinese (and other asians) too perhaps?

[Leeches]

visions of "stand by me" with the leech scene.. eek

[school has expanded - 75 clown loaches!! :)]

henward - why 88 or 101?

either 88 or 101. 88 is a lucky number, though im not a believer it will be funny

and 101 means you have more than 100:D

[Breeding discus: it has begun:)]

You should know these things at your age Henward

LOL!

henward the male will go over the eggs after the female lays the eggs to fertilise them with his milt. then, if they're good parents, they should both guard the eggs.. try to avoid startling them as this could freak them and out and make them eat the eggs/wrigglers

good article phoenix.. incredible!

[The price of Fish Food]

hey don't quote me man.. hahaha

[The price of Fish Food]

Or give up fish and play golf with weekly costs of say $40 for 4 hours on one after noon per week?

Fish keeping has to be one of the least expensive per hour hobbies you could ever wish for

good point never thought of that

[Ultra black neons??]

i think maybe sometimes called sparkling black neon? wonderworld in rotorua had this alt variety too

[Daltons Aquatic Mix]

skippy i think you meant "not" green??

[Apple Snail Questions]

yip all good

[school has expanded - 75 clown loaches!! :)]

haha! wow dude that is AWESOME! you're the clown king. they look wicked zapping about and you got a couple of beefy ones in there too! flourish excel double dose for the black beard algae.. tho be ready to water change if the clowns react badly.. they're pretty sensitive of course..

[lemon tetras]

mm very good!! LOVE these fish!

[Leeches]

yip definitely about in the aquatics.. i've only known there to be the vegetarian variety

[Red map discus]

ooohh YUM they look very nice

[CPD and fry photos.]

i have one fry in my tank at the mo lol.. go the java moss!

[Lemon Tetras]

which I had done and lost fish because of that )

don't think you could quite 'know' that for sure.. ?!

each to their own.. some like neons, some like cardinals.. kittys and lemons are nice. lemons are very easy to breed.. i remember when they were about $3 each. neons are more striking and (i remember thinking) surprisingly cheaper but i guess that's due to mass breeding overseas.. with lemons the males are the ones with more black on the anal fin. the males look stunning doing their little dance sparring off at each other

[New Discus!]

great discus!

[rummy noes spawned]

where'd you bruy them from? haha

bred these years ago.

lyndy/josh, to answer your question, quite hard to tell the difference, but males are slimmer/more straight. spawn in small tank eg 45cm-60cm long, pH ideally slightly acidic (peat will help), put pair in in afternoon and use java moss or marbles etc to catch the eggs and avoid them being eaten.