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Well i dont have to worry about the wigglers by the looks of things she ate the eggs and he's still doing a great job protecting where they were(idiot) lol I have a sponge filter in there now will squeeze it in to my fry tanks and swap it with the sponges from the other tank where the new ones...

Thanks andy I didn't have as many losses over night as i thought i was going to have but still a fair few I'll swap some of my filters over to the parent's tank later and try get the Bb built up in them maybe it'll speed up my cycle's

I realised the density thing after i posted if it was the case they would be sunk not floating it looks like some of them are starting to get down a little bit but they are struggling i can't find anything on line that may cause it other than air bladder problems but cant see how it only...

Well i done 50% water changes it has brought the nitrites down to 2ppm but my first spawn of frys are all staying in a bunch at the top corner of the tank they really aren't acting normal i think they'll be gone by morning :( Actually I just thought of a possibility as i was typing probably...

Well i've just tested all my tanks I had a huge nitrite spike in the tank with the oldest fry in it it's reading 5 (top off the scale) so i dont really know how high it is but thats after the 50% change yesterday so i dosed with 5 x the amount of prime (what's recommended on the bottle). Whats...

Aghhhhh �� I done 50% water changes yesterday in my fry tanks and when i got in today and went to feed there were alot dead, i matched the water temps ok and only added "showmaster" water conditioning salts hadn't time to check my parameters yet today. I did check ammonia yesterday...

Well she's getting ready to spawn again and by the size of her it's going to be a big spawn. I noticed her cleaning the glass earlier so i moved my clay pot over there then she started cleaning a leaf of a plant (thats not very healthy) so i put another clay pot in and she still seems like she's...

Well she's getting ready to spawn again and by the size of her it's going to be a big spawn. I noticed her cleaning the glass earlier so i moved my clay pot over there then she started cleaning a leaf of a plant (thats not very healthy) so i put another clay pot in and she still seems like she's...

Well i done some shopping today and this is what I've ended up with Any advice on sex and breeds would be great i think i have the sex down but unsure about the dark one mostly and a 4ft tank for $20 with minor damage (one of the top supports was broken due to a filter catching fire and...

Looks like I'll have to move in to the garage then, at least it has a solid floor ;) I think I'll pick them up tomorrow and put them in one of my grow out tanks temporarily and start hunting for a 70G tank to have as a grow tank in the garage hopefully I'll get one set up b4 my fry out grow 1 x 40G

Damb :( I was hoping i would get away with a pair of young fish with them until I get more tanks set up they really are nicer than I have seen before Would they be ok in one of my other tanks that i will be adding fry too when they outgrow there small tank would they make it to much...

Well my new babies are eating well hopefully there won't be as many fatalities from this spawn as i have my bbs hatching down and its a little smaller than the last spawn I was in the LFS today getting a sponge filter and some bloodworms and i seen some lovely viel/ribbon tails there, I'm very...

Yeahhhh! :D I have more free swimmers ☺ And mammy is starting to look plump again this really is like an unstoppable train chuga chuga choo choo

I was afraid you would say something like that. The house is on wooden stumps about 2-3ft of the ground and about 4 ft apart, like a wooden weather board house but has all brick exterior walls I've never been underneath it but have looked in. We have alot of redback spiders about and that would...

I found this and thought it may be of interest to some people http://www.killies.com/Decapsulating.htm

Hi guys, I done what you all recommend against and started a cycle with fish (well the water was in the tank for 2+ months but filter only run for a day at the start) i have been doing regular PWC's and checking my parameters every few days at first and weekly for the last few weeks I had an...

I think my gang valve was part of my problem i was constantly having to adjust it closing one off more and more to get the other one to blow air thankfully its not something I have to worry about any more and i have a stock of spare airstone's in case i have a problem again Also got my 3rd 3ft...

Well my new 8 outlet pump arrived today and i have it all set up, i can already see a major difference in the quality of my tanks and hopefully the hatching rate of my BBS b4 i was running a 2 outlet with them split to 4 different filters/air stones there was always a lot of BBS and eggs over...

Ahg sorry to hear about your losses Andy but as you say they will make more ;) and soon by the sounds of it :) But with only feeding every other day i guess you are lucky to have what you have survived

More tanks more tanks lol thats been going through my head for a while already, so far i have 3×3 ft and 2 × 1.5 ft I will clean out that other small tank now and put them into it ;) Now 2 other quick questions Is it normal to be taking out some dead fry at each feeding? They look like they...

WTF!!!!! I have more eggs again already!!!! I know that by removing the eggs they spawn again quicker but this is crazy its only been 8 days from the last spawn and she done it on the plant on my driftwood again instead of the pot that i have in there now. I only have 1 hatching tank set up...

Agh too late for the unhatched eggs unfortunately but I'll know for again I have a 40W bulb on them the whole time it works as heat too as i don't have a heated room they are going well now thankfully :) Because of the failed batch i left them in longer than I should have and my 2 batches are...

Agh that was a successful feed i can see lots of big orange bellies but still a few empty ones but i guess they got a bit and i dont want to give more because the full one's look like they will burst if they got more lol

Thanks andy I'd be lost without you; ) But it's so hard to tell if they are eating or not my first batch of BS had a very poor hatch rate guessing 10% and i just copped on why, i used ordnary tap water(7.2PH) instead of the filtered water (8.2PH) i had tried on test batches, thankfully the...

Woo hoo i have swimmers and alot more than i thought there would be :D I guess i am one step closer to being a breeder now