Recent content by AshleyNZ

Absolutely agree!

Join the chat? I'll try looking it up for ya! 

Ember Tetra would be awesome in a lovely planted tank! Good luck :)

Yes it is. According to other fish keepers, it gets ordered in bulk only twice a year, so that's more thank likely the reason. Unless you have a proper importing facility, licenses ect, you can't get anything in. No fish, no wood.  That's also why bettas go for $60 in pet stores, as well. 

Binned the sand, was infected with Cynobacteria (blue green algae) and was nasty looking anyway.    Wood in New Zealand is very hard and costly to source, I got a piece of spiderwood for cheap at $80. No wood for this tank, it seems!    Might have to find different rocks, basalt is going to be...

Said goodbye to all my tank contents this morning. No matter how many times it happens, it is still hard.    Emailed a landscaping company to try get some rocks for the feature. Most places i've tried sell it by the ton, so it's hard to find somewhere that'll help me grab like 20 rocks.    Tanks...

Have been inactive for a long while now, but I have returned from the grave.  After a few months of having my tank set up as a tropical community, completed with green-colored silica sand from a pesky algae, and nasty looking plants, I have decided that this is not the setup ideal for me!  ...

Just so you know, shrimps don't get "pregnant" as they have eggs.  The correct term would be 'Berried" :) 

I'm so sorry to hear about your loss! I once poisoned all my fish myself with cello tape  long story short I was absolutely devastated - I can't imagine how you must feel to lose a whole tank!  I hope your lawyer helps you to sue them big time! Im pretty sure it's common sense to not spay...

From the description it may not be ich ( I'm not 100% sure - personally I would stop the treatment, or just QT the fish showing the symptoms)  Yes, you can use fish to cycle an aquarium - usually not recommended as it can cause harm to the fish What are you using to test the water? Strips...

Im going to have to say I found that quite hard to follow, being a newbie to this I need something really straight forward so that I can gather my list of what I need, so I can start saving up.Thanks for the links though :)

Hi all,  after watching my plants basically perish I have decided to take the DIY CO2 root for my aquarium, which is rather exciting. However, being a total plant noob (if my perishing plants weren't evidence enough) So here is my list of things I am considering getting - 2L fizzy bottle -...

Okay, this is going to be a long post, so better get comfortable! I have a 50ish gallon aquarium, it has been established for 6 months, being cycled using the fishless cycle.  I have one mystery snail, and one bristlenose pleco, and one betta in there (temp home) I added 5 cories to the tank...