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:good: Hi everyone thanks for reading :) Mum has had two Silver Scats in freshwater for five weeks and now wants to transfer them to an 80 litre tank and start them in Saltwater.Don't be concerned anyone reading the 80 litre tank is only temporary.Ok the question she wants to know is how much...

:good: Hi Kizzy and King72 :) Thanks for the post :D Good luck with your convicts I'm waiting on the eggs to hatch but nothing has happened yet.Well I transferred them tonight and the boy doesn't seem happy but the girl just won't leave the eggs.It was so funny when I was catching them they were...

:good: Cheers I'm actually using an internal filter for them so that's good news :) I'll get them the gravel as soon as possible :nod: Might have to hit mum up for a loan she's always good for that hee hee :lol:I hate the undergravel filters I reckon there no good I've just got it in for them...

:) Thanks SpOOky :) I wasn't worried if I got no money at all really so I'm not expecting a big lot of money hee hee :lol: Well just wondering I have a drama I never thought of til just now I have no gravel for there two foot tank :( And can't get any til I get paid like another month away(i...

:) Thanks for the reply Oh no I may get to many babies and the pet shop won't take them all if there is hundreds :unsure: Well I was waiting a response before I went ahead with the changeover and the tank to transfer them won't be at right temperature or ready till tommorrow -_- Oh boy I hope...

:sick: Hi I have a four foot tank with two Convicts and six other cichlids along with 2 Bristlenose and a Sucking Loach.They are all babies and very soon are going into bigger tanks.Problem is this afternoon my convicts lucky to be even an inch and a half in length are sitting in a little barrel...

:lol: Hee hee me too :lol: I like to have a nice bottle of wine and I sit there drinking watching them for ages :lol: I sometimes get the other half mad cause I'm always saying come and have a look at my fish and he is watching tv and says Do I have to? :lol: I'm always saying look how much this...

:) Hi Lin I agree so much with what you have just said :) Fish are so good as pets and I am soooooooooooooooooooooooo attached to mine :lol: If one dies the other half knows about it for the next week :) I love my fish and sounds so true that heaps of people must feel the same :) All the best...

:D Hi ringham just commenting on the lovely fish you have :) I have Silver Dollars too and also Angels I love them.Silver dollars are one of my favourite fish they are sooooooooo GORGEOUS :wub: .Well all the best and have fun from steph :fun:

:lol: Hey I must have no life too.Hey wait a minute I think people who don't get on this forum have no life :lol: it's just sooooooooooo cool this site :lol: Between ebay,this tropical fish forum and a cichlid forum I found I think computers are all I live for sad isn't.No No No I think it's...

Fillet 'O' Fish shame on you I just saw your login name and now I feel like a fillet of fish but can't get one cause it's 4.17am in the morning and the only maccas open is 30 minutes drive away :D Anyhow Daniel welcome to the forum you will really enjoy it I'm so hooked and have learnt alot from...

:lol: You read my mind I was thinking the same thing and you replied before I got a chance to :lol:

:) Hi again I have two tanks that are approximately 200 litres and am getting a third one soon that is 570 litres.(Two 4 foots and soon a 6 foot)My tropical fish are in a 200 litre tank at present and my cichlids are in a 200 litre tank soon to be in a 570 litre tank.I was going to split my...

:good: :D Cheers I absolutely adore them they are one of my favourites so you have made me happy to know that they live that long :D :good: Thanks so much for the info and taking the time out of your day to reply all the best from Steph :good:

:good: Yeah that is close to what my book says it's name is and also known as a Chinese Algae Eater.Well thanks so much for your info just what I needed to know.Looks like I may have it with me a while then :) Cheers and all the best from Steph :D

:/ Thanks for that info it's a little dissapointing when the pet shop tells you otherwise I wish they would get it right as it's frustrating for me :( Anyhow if I bought another tank for the two convict cichlids and then kept the rest together would that be ok. :unsure: If I bought another tank...

:D :D :D Yay that makes me soooooo happy as I love them and there only babies. :hyper: Looks like I have a long time with them then barring illness and bad treatment.I will be treating them with tender loving care so things should go alright :) Well thanks for your reply Joel :good: It is...

:good: Thank you chris and majjie.Excellent information and is greatly appreciated :D majjie that link you sent me was awesome I actually posted a seperate post about cichlids too and nearly all the answers were in there about the lifespans of my cichlids too :) :good: It looks like I have a...

:) Hi greetings from Australia :D I was just wondering what the lifespan is for a Sucking Loach in captivity.Any responses would be greatly appreciated :good: :) :good:

:)Hi greetings from Australia :D just wondering I have two Bristlenose and was wondering what their lifespan in captivity is.Any responses would be greatly appreciated :good: :D :good:

:) Hi greetings from Australia :D Hi I was wondering if anybody had the correct information on the lifespan of these cichlids Chocolate,Texas,Jack Dempsey,Salvini,Firemouth,Blue Acara and Convicts.I currently have all of these cichlids and don't have any idea how long they live.In captivity...

:) Hi greetings from Australia :D I was wondering if anybody had the correct information on the lifespans of these fish:Silver Dollars,Silver Sharks,Pink Kissing Gouramis,Clown Loaches,Angels and Red Eye Tetras.I currently have all these fish and the only fish I have that I know the lifespan of...

:hyper: WOOOOOOOOOW that is huge it will eat you out of house and home :lol: Well thanks for replying and enjoy every minute with you beautiful dog.All the best from Steph :good:

You poor thing being at work :/ Hope you love your job :P Well cheers king72 look forward to viewing the pics :)

:) OK I want to no were you live you stole my dog she is mine mine mine :lol: When I seen her picture I just thought WOW the cutest dog in the universe :) Uh oh I hope my whippet Bonnie isn't looking over my shoulder at the moment she will be pretty mad at me if she is :P Well congratulations on...

:good: Top stuff king72 that would be a real bonus :) My email address is [email protected] Cheers from Steph :good:

:-( Unfortunately I was studying on the forum and looked up the lifespan of platies on this forum and they ony live between two to three years :( The fact that you have had her for that long and considering you don't know how old she was when you bought her she probably died of old age :( It is...

:) Yeah mine looks just like the one in the pictures you have supplied.I think they were both a good weight judging by these pictures so yes I'm like you stumped as to why it died :unsure: Well thanks for all the help and advice it is priceless as I'm fairly new to the fish game only started in...

:-( Discus DEFINITELY DEFINETLELY jump out of tanks :( My mum lost a Blue Diamond discus about six months ago she accidently left the back off the tank and later that day when she returned she found him/her dead on the floor :-( So just reasuring you that the person in this topic that said they...

:) Hi again :D No there was no unusual behavior or physical symtoms that I noticed before he or she died.I study my tanks very closely every day I usually spend a good hour just sitting there watching them and having a little bit of the good old alchohol while I do it :lol: I've had them since...

:( So sorry to hear the news :( Well you sound like you treat your fish so special and I think you are a lovey person to care so much about your beautiful platies :) I love platies I have five and I hope the little babies from your lost platy give you so much fun :) Rip Big Blue you are in a big...

:lol: :lol: No I don't actually have any cichlids in with my sharks I have two seperate tanks one just for tropicals and one for cichlids.The sharks were in the tank with the tropicals.So I'm still confused as to why he or she died :(The tropical tank I have has 2 x Pink Kissing Gouramis,2 x...

:) HI ALEXIS YOUR CLOSE TO ME IN SYDNEY IM FROM LEMON TREE PASSAGE NEAR NEWCASTLE BY THE WAY ADORE YOUR FISHES NAMES LOVED THE LORD OF THE RINGS MOVIES :good: ANYHOW THAT IS SO IRONIC IM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS YOU AT THE MOMENT I HAVE FIVE PLATIES 4 MALE AND ONE FEMALE :no: NEVER GOT TOLD AT...

:lol: :lol: :lol: I LOVE THAT ONE :lol: :lol: :lol: I GAVE UP SMOKING JANUARY 2005 NOW I KNOW WHO TO GIVE THAT HALF FULL LEFTOVER PACKET OF SMOKES TO :P :good: CHEERS SAMUK AND AS FOR KING72 DO YOU HAVE A CONVICT THAT SMOKES? :lol:

:good: CHEERS MANY THANKS :) I THINK I HAVE IT SORTED OUT NOW :) SO THE MALES DON'T GET THE PINK BELLY AT ALL?CHEERS :good:

:unsure: IM NOT SURE HOW TO SEX CONVICTS I HAVE TWO CONVICTS ONE APPEARS TO HAVE A WHITISH BELLY THE OTHER AN ORANGE PINKY SORT OF BELLY THANKS FOR READING :good:

:( I Purchased Two Silver Sharks as babies and have had them for over three months now and they were so healthy and always hung out together ate well looked good etc etc.Suddenly last night one has died.I checked it all over no signs of an attack no signs of any disease symtoms eg a growth etc...

:good: Thanks for all your help and great advice.It is priceless information and I'm grateful you shared it with me :good: Cheers and many thanks :)

:good: Excellent information :P That's what I have needed to read(read jonesyuk fishless cycling in link)And have now discovered so much information on cycling a tank :) So you just add amonia measued out like it says.I cycled my tropical tank for four weeks with nothing as I didn't know this...

:) Hi thanks for your reply :) Well here goes in the tank there is:1xchocolate,1xtexas,1xjack dempsey,1x firemouth,1xblue acara,1xsalvini,2xconvicts,2xbristlenose and 1xsucking loach.They are all babies at present.The tank is approximately 180 litres.Not sure of gallons Can't find the link that...