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Cant people do both ?

At 45 degrees im sure you would. plus you would see them swimming through them.

dont me daft - im not being mean to her - :roll: - i reckon she'd win if i was But its fair enough to argue ones point isnt it ? After all, we all have our opinions. Anyway, its all your fault - - you started it all wanting to eat your pets 8) :lol:

I would think it would be easier - one net one side and then coax the fish to swim through into the net ! I think three smaller ones offset in parallel at 45 degrees to the front of the tank would look even better.

Thats good to know suphew - what type of company is prestons ?

Mystic I think you are being somewhat obstinate in your definition of a pet. The free online dictionary defines "PET" as An animal kept for amusement or companionship. We are not talking about animals kept for companionship here we are talking about ones specifically bred to be eaten. THEY ARE NOT PETS, :roll:

Looks good to me. Also dont forget that the water coming out of an RO unit is often very low pH (i recall) and has no buffering capacity.

LOL - so are the kribs that are referred to as albino (and which display markings) leucistic then ? I have heard of leucistic in lizards (leopard geckos in particular) before. Is the albino eye gene totally separate to albino body pigmentation ? (IE can you get one without the other ?)

Anyway, back to the topic of the thread - congratulations on your breeding - looking forward to seeing pics soon

But we are not talking about Albino kribensis or Albino Angel fish on this thread are we ? We are talking about Albino Corydoras. There are exceptions to most rules, but they are just that - exceptions. Most true albino anything, by its very nature will NOT have pigmentation.

Mystic - there is a total difference between raising something specifically to eat it (as he is suggesting here) and keeping a pet and eating it. Just because you raise something (feed it and give it shelter) does not mean its a pet. And you can be an animal lover but still eat animals and animal products - its the way they are despatched that is important - as long as its humane then its fair do's.

the other thing you would need to consider is temperature - you'd need a chiller i reckon

Yes I have seen an albino fish before, and most likely a significant number more than you since you are half my age and I have been keeping fish for 20 years on and off ! Have you seen a normal Albino Cory ? (they are the whitish coloured ones with no markings :lol: ). The albino gene, by its very nature, inhibits pigment production, so its usually a pretty fair assumption that an albino corydoras (be it sterbai or whatever) will not have any markings (its the pigmentation that gives something its markings in the first place) - hency my comment "i would not imagine so". :roll: Oh, here's a great link I found on google for you relating to Albino corydoras sterbai - unsurprisingly they have no markings;- http://www.azaquaticplants.com/community/showthread.php?t=9673 ..

Don't eat NEMO - he's your friend . .. . Funny - I agree with you mystic - i could never eat a fish i raised in an ornamental tank. BUT - if i could work out how to get crayfrish breeding in a large tub, trust me, they'd be on the menu every night . . 8)

I would not imagine so - the albino gene prevents the production of pigment.

If high phosphate is your only problem you might think of alternatives to RO. Those two terms seem to be mutually exclusive if you want to buy new in NZ for this type of product. And to be honest, everything I have seen has been twice the price you have stated. The thing to remember is that a lot of RO units need water to be passing over the membrane all the time or it can get damaged or wear out much faster. Of course you can do this by adjusting your flow rate right back when not in use. I recall the ones that dont need this are much more expensive. Having said that, someone else correct me if I am wrong - things may have changed since I last looked into it. But for $350, if you can bring one in, Id say thats a pretty good deal, and i would think the parts are available pretty much anywhere. Of course, you could do what some others do and just sell on your spare RO water. I used to know a guy who would sell 5 gallons of RO water for the equivalent of a few dollars. Its actually a good option for someone who doesnt want to splash on their own RO unit. No capital outlay and no maintenance cost.

you can but on a larger scale than you are thinking, and then the costs outweigh the benefit. Depending what you catch and how big it is, I like the boat charter option - its fun as well as (sometimes) productive.

I would support that opinion Caryl

Yes - there is a display stand like it at Redwood Aquatics.

Same sort of stuff a regular black tank cabinet it made of do you mean ?

Great , thanks.

Its not a case of not being helpful - i appreciate all comments intended to be helpful - and I hope you did not think that I was being ungrateful for your post - I just wanted to clarify what I am after. And when you say bunnings sell it in 20kg bags do you mean as rocks ? Im looking for pieces of dolomite rock here - to build a rock pile for my tank.

Thanks Alan - can you add to that ? Any names or way I can get hold of someone ?

Hi Nav, No thats not dolomite specifically, or at least its not the dolomite I am after - I want rock sized pieces of the dolomite chips that they use for substrate - its a pinky brown colour.

Anyone know if Dolomite is naturally occurring in NZ ? If so where to get it ? Bob at Redwoods has none left and seems uninterested in getting any more