Alan

yeah, another welcome from me too. I put one in and mention unusual and it disappeared. I'm another that like getting unusuals too. What is a pike head?? No smart answers from any of the other unusuals on this forum either. Alan

What's with the ol'man touch yappie?? Alan

Caryl the fish youhave is close to this http://members.optushome.com.au/chelmon ... taenia.htm Alan

Definately not a Melanotaenia lacustris Caryl. The pics Rob put up are M. lacustrus, the male is the top one with the female underneath. The males have elongated dorsal and anal fins, the babies are tiny and need green water or infusoria, got from having riccia or java moss in the tank while they are hatching. I use this medium for spawning them in, then move the eggs and plant into a smaller hatching tank. Cliff, not sure what fish you have there mate. If it is a Glossolepsis, it will prolly be Incisus, a red Rainbow. If it is a Boesemani it belongs to the M. family, and is two toned yellow with vertical stripes of blue-green on it Males are deeper bodied than the females, but only develop this with age. Check the fin shapes for the sex. babies of these are the same as above. Alan (who has 27 baby lacustrus coming on just nicely, thanks very much)

We make our own. We are a bunch of DYS ppl But it is hard to find all the necessary parts tho I start by stripping old discarded electric blankets for the wire, being careful there is no bent or damaged parts, then a piece of softboard,(pinex) into which the wire is stapled into shallow saw cuts, connect a thermostat and also a lead with a plug for the power, and cover the pad with the wire on, with vinyl to tidy it up, and you have a heatpad made. No sweat. Alan

Yeah, welcome aaron, good to see you on chat last night. If you go to Pupuke aquarium and speak with Kim, she will tell you all about the North Shore Club. Tell her "Alan sent you" She has a kewl shop, and a Hairy McCleary dog. Nice lady too, loves talking fish and helping with any problems you may have. Alan

ROTFLMAO Woc A hit is one helluva lot faster than cooling down slowly to freezing point Give me the concrete floor any time. Alan

Yuk, What a slow way to die put them in a plastic bag and run over it in the car Alan

Oh, by the way, both these fish are the same species, just different colouration. Alan

Very natural. Especially if the sex of the new fish is opposite the other fish. Boy meets girl syndrome :oops: Haven't seen you around MT, Welcome to the fab, fishy, forum. Alan

Welcome Nightshade. We'll try not ta scare ya too much Where are you from?? Alan

use to have three of those Twin sword bottom sword and Top sword but they had reverted back to wild colouration I don't have those lines any more Alan

Then how do you do a test?? No I don't take out a sample ! Alan

Especially when an Oscar thinks it's food.

Another way is to put it in a plastic bag, it wont squelch then.Put it under the car tyre and backover it. Then put it in the rubbish bin. Alan

and I shouldn't think so either Caryl. :roll:

Caryl, did a bit of surfing and came up with this. They are in order of the fish in your post. I stand to be corrected, so don't go crook anyone if I'm wrong. But I don't think I am. The last one is correct. lol Aulonocara jacobfreibergi Copadichromis borleyi Stigmatochromis modestus Labidichromus caeruleus Alan

Did YOU mention KILL Ira???????? Alan

絲足鱸 should not be kept in a tank smaller than 600mm wide and forming three cubes, IMHO. That, I would think, would be a minimum, but I put this fish into the same class as the pacus that have recently graced out shores. They should not be available to be used in glass prisons for their huge size. Maybe in public aquariums, but homes, uh uh! Alan

don't mix'em tho Inter Alan

Way ta go Inter, put a small amount of Methylene Blue in with the eggs to stop any spread of fungus. Failure to do this will see you possible loose all your eggs if just one is infertile Alan

Sorry Ira Do some research and you might learn something C. fasciata is known as giant gourami. Start reading. Start with going to the Breeders section of the forum, then Breeding by class then anabantids and check out the first entry, another name for the giant gourami is Indian gourami. I think that is the correct route, but if it's not, I'm sure you'll find it. Alan

and I'll stick with it too Osphronemus goramy is the taxonomical name for this fish, Giant goramy is the common name. If a fish is called the 'Giant gourami', then they should be refering to the Colisa fasciata. This is the problem of using a common name for describing your fish in question. The giant goramy is the only fish in this classification and is therefore rightly named "goramy" imho. By the way LoGan, after checking the first page, you weren't the only one to spell it wrongly, so I extend the education to the others as well. Alan

LoGan, I don't usually point out spelling mistakes,(ppl who live in glass-houses shouldn't throw stones), but goramy is the correct way to spell this name. NO insult intended, for educational purposes only. Now back to the question. I remember years ago, at a National Fish-show at Palmerston North, someone brought in one of those humungous fish as a eyecatcher for the public. Well I was one of the ones that had to return it to the owner. Jan Payne, some of you would know her, also sat in the back seat of the car with me, to help if it got stroppy. We had her, wrapped in a wet towel on our knees and she (the fish) didn't move at all. Glided into her tank and looked at us as tho to say "Thanks for the drive, Gee but it's great to be back home" Did you see the pic of the GG in the "hollywood" post. She is in a tank about 12' long, (guess), and she is over 600mm long, snaps at anyone going past. Alan