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Hi all. I'm shifting to a new house tomorrow and have to take 8 tanks with me. I have bins etc for the fish and I'm pretty sure I'm prepared, there's just one thing I'm not sure about when it comes to transporting the tanks themselves. 6 are barebottom so I'm not worried about those but 2 of them, both are 65g, have deep dirted substrate, around 4 inches deep. It is an inch of sand, 2inchs of 'dirt' and a gravel cap. Do I have to take that out or can I transport them with the substrate in? It's a short 20 minute trip. Any advise would be much appreciated.

Wow, you all have wonderful looking aquariums. This is one of mine, I consider it a favourite because it's the one I relax in front of in the evenings.

Hi, my best guess is that it's fungus on uneaten food. No worries, just siphon it out.

Hi all. I was lucky to catch these eggs hatching...

Some of my Royal Farlowellas...

I should've paid more attention in school.

I think I'd be doing more frequent water changes, like every other day until the bio load increases enough to handle the ammonia. Also, ammonia will still show on a test even if it's safely bound up. And that bond doesn't last forever either, I think 24-48 hours and the ammonia is released...hence my suggestion of water changes every other day. Edit: Ignore me...I'm afraid I take the tap water in my city, it's from natural aquifers, for granted and forget that not all municipal water is the same.

Flowerhorns. And I don't get any of the coloured 'Glo' fish. They look terrible to me with their cartoon colours. But this is actually moot because they're considered an illegal organism here in New Zealand.

Thank you. Yeah, no fear at all but they do show him respect by staying just far enough away. 😃

That's good to see...I'm training mine to do the same.

It's a male, around 6" head to tail, maybe a little more, and you're right, he is spectacular, I can watch him for ages. This is a 4 minute clip of him...please ignore or mute the sound👂, the music I've added isn't right IMO.

Sooo many great pics here. This is a New Zealand native freshwater Crayfish, Paranephros zealandicus. They are not often found in blue.

Hi PhistMatt, how was your hatch in the end?

Thank you for your reply. Good luck with your fry👍

Well done, I love it when a plan comes together. How are things with them lately?

That's a pretty fish 👍

Hi. I've never bred Kribs so I can't really help but I see this thread is a week old and I'm interested...how are the fry now? Did the late starters catch up?

Hi. Are the eggs fresh? It sounds to me as everything else is in order. Give it another 12 hours.

These are my Royal Farllowela...There are 11 days between the photos.

Hi. He came from a company called Keewai in Mosgiel. You can get blue or regular coloured crays from them and I thought the price was reasonable. Email John from their contact page and go from there. Being from the South Island they don't like warm water and it's best to keep them under 20°C/68°F. They are a fascinating creature and can get quite large, check out the pics on their website, link below. I have also linked an episode of Country Calendar about them that aired in 2018. http://keewai.co.nz/ https://youtu.be/m6zitnQ4EBI

Hi. It sounds as if you may have the beginnings of MTS...I suggest you don't panic and just go with it.

Hi everyone. I actually joined a couple of days ago, sorry for the delay introducing myself. I started keeping fish in 2006 with a 20g long set up as a planted community. One day I watched a staff member at my favourite LFS feed a tank of African Cichlids and I was hooked. I ended up with 10 tanks, most of them dedicated to breeding Mbunas and Peacocks. I also pumped out a fair number of Bristlenoses, they just kept on coming. We had a big 'quake in September 2010 but I was lucky, all I lost was water. It was a massive mess but I reset the tanks and continued on. Then the real big one struck in February 2011 and I lost pretty much all of it. I rushed home from work, along with the rest of the city...a 30 minute drive took 2 hours...to find everything except one tank, a 110g male only African Cichlid display, smashed on the floor. We were without water or power for 4 days but I managed to keep those fish alive. The aftershocks were nerve wracking so as soon as I could I sold or gave them away, mothballed the tanks and started a hobby that didn't demand stability. In February this year I decided to dip my toes back into the aquarium hobby and got a little 5g and a sweet wee Betta...I now have 8 tanks and I've been breeding Bettas for a couple of the LFSs in town and I've just had my first Sturisoma panamense, Royal Farlowella spawn. My list so far in no particular order... 65g planted community with Ottos, Siamese Algae eaters, an Angel, around 90 Neons, Butterfly Plecs (L168), a female Veiltail Betta and a female Orange Flash Apistogramma. 50g with one native Crayfish in blue. 20g long with 12 Cardinal Tetras and a male Crowntail Betta. 20g high with an uncountable number of Crowntail fry growing out. 40g with Guppies, soon to be home of the CT growouts. 10g with 4 young Bristlenoses and 1 female Crowntail Betta. 10g Farlowella growout. 10g with Guppies.

Important work indeed, I wish you much success.

Hi. Steenfott Aquatics has done it with a hole saw...https://youtu.be/e7mMxUZE5Fs It's around the 3 minute mark.

I think you have 2 males there.