adamgatt

I'm excited.

I don't know about bloat, but I personally wouldn't be feeding that to my fish. I try and avoid food that is mainly made up of 'meal' and extracts as I think they are mainly just fillers? I remember hearing at a meeting that usually the first 3 ingredients listed are the primary ingredients.

Hi UCB I am pretty sure I saw Andrew using it in his tanks at Labyrinth aquarium to provide refuge to females in breeding tanks. I've never used it myself.

I'm shocked at that price too... Quick look at gumtree shows a few bargains around in Sydney... Here's a 5 footer that was built by abyss. https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/macquarie-fields/fish/cichlid-fish-tank/1265496298 Neat 3 foot with stand and sump. https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/lugarno/fish/cade-marine-saltwater-aquarium-fish-tank-with-sump/1264467613 If you keep an eye out on gumtree you might get lucky and get yourself a nice set up for free.

Nah mate. I sold my Mustax breeding pair and the last batch of fry last week. I had some Walteri in my grow out that have matured now and started to pair up so I moved them into it. With the move to the smaller fish room I have to use my tank space a bit wiser. I was close to listing my sexfasciatus gold pair for sale as I contemplated using the 4 footer I have earmarked for them in the new fishroom for something else. They are sitting on a spawn now though so holding onto them for a while longer and will now move them into the 4 footer soon.

Wow, very nice mix you have there. I was tang exclusive 12 or so months ago but I have moved some fish on and changed it up a bit. Here's my current list: Yellow cherry shrimp Red cherry shrimp Endlers Mixed guppies Chilli Rasbora Pacific blue eyes Desert Goby Corydoras Sterbai Apistogramma Cacatuoides Triple Red Apistogramm Cacatuoides Orange Flash Apistogramma Trifasciata Apistogramma Vijieta Red Neck Neolamprologus Multifasciatus Neolamprologus Walteri Neolamprologus Pulcher sp. Daffodil Neolampr

Thought you might have! They were my uncles. He won a trio at the club raffle a couple of years back and bred heaps. He moved some of the colony on to Andrew a few months back. Another reason to join the club when we are up and running again, best chance of getting your hands on the rarer species!!!

Did you get those Chipimbi from Andrew within the last few months by any chance?

Very nice.

Hey Matt I don't have Tropheus, but I feed my fish a variety of brands just to vary the diet and hopefully increase the chance that my the fish get everything they need. I feed a mix of: Tropical brand Tanganyika pellets New Life Spectrum Grow New Life Spectrum Algaemax Hikari Frozen Brine Shrimp + Mysis Shrimp Ocean Nutrition Frozen Rotifer Ocean Nutrition Instant Baby Brine Shrimp Live microworms I only started feeding NLS the last 8 weeks and I have noticed that my fry seem to be growing much quicker than they normally would. It's the only

Thanks, Matt. Unfortunately the male didn't survive the night. Believe it or not, I just saw his female pick up a tiny fry and take it back to her cave.... I knew they were in breeding form, glad they spawned before he got himself stuck.

Hi all One of my Apisto males got stuck in a hole in some driftwood. No idea how long he was in there for but I managed to get him out. I've got him in a hang on the back breeder box with some water agitation. He's been laying on his side moving with the current aimlessly for a few hours with a kick or two every so often. Gills are still moving. Can anyone suggest anything I can do to help the poor bugger recover?

I'm trying not to be so pessimistic about it. The fish I got were in great condition when I got them, so for me I think it is something I did (or didn't do) for the extra bit of care they need compared to my other fish.

Hi Paul You're not on your own mate. Around Christmas i bought 10 beautiful rams off Andrew. They were the best quality rams I had ever seen. They were going great for the first 6 or so weeks and then I lost 1 unexpectedly. Then another 3 or so weeks later, then another 3 or 4 weeks, and the pattern continued. I ended up loosing them all after 6 months. They just slowly withered away on me 1 by 1, would always look skinny and never grew. I also had them mixed with apisto trifasciata and the apistos were fine and were spawning. I also bought 6 electric blue rams which I also thought w

Hi JV Lovely looking tank. Now that I have seen the scape, I would suggest a pair of one of the step breeding cichlids as the way to go. IMO too much of the footprint has been taken up by the rocks to accommodate shellies + a rock dweller. I recommend a pair of any Brichardi complex cichlids as the way to go.