Rooibos is great for mild or recovering fin rot cases...but in this case where a fish was physically attacked/wounds - salt would have been a...
Uhm.... Agree on the idiot bit(sorry,had to say that...).... add some aquarium salt(1 heaped tablespoon/100 liters) - bout all you can do....
Shh Gert... It's coming....
LOL - Was a good while ago,but was sitting having a chow one evening at Brewer's (the restaurant opposite Pet Stop)... Storm came up with...
The standard species we see around here is Bedotia gayei...although there are quite a few more species from Madagascar... Never had mine grow to...
@BugMan... Phone them...easiest.... last time I bouhgt mine (White Clouds btw),they where R6...
Just remember guys... Trevor's tank is BEEEG (400 + litres if I remember correctly).... I would be wary of using something as strong as Osmocote...
Snap... @Marco....he,he
Female top - male bottom @jpvd007
http://www.tropicalaquarium.co.za/showthread.php?6189-Proper-use-of-Quarantine-facility - Have a read...he,he
lol - revenge of the High school kid's I guess...
PFS usually sold in 50kg bags for like R50 to R60 from any swimming pool shop...not that you going to use near as much...lol - Hunt round some...
Cheapest of the cheap ways of doing this you say? Right - Filtration sounds fine - just remember that with sponge filters,your tank maintenance is...
No it is not @Reedfish... Tetra General Tonic a good catch all treatment for most cilliated protozoan pests...
Commonly Flukes and other Digenetic trematodes and their ilk is not a big problem with Malawis..that is why I suggested the Tetra product (It's...
"Big" gravel never a good idea..... just traps uneaten food that lies there and rots... + you cant really suck it all up during your gravel...
Bacterial septicaemia....sorry mate,flu is wreaking havoc with the thought processes - should have picked up on the 3 days not eating bit,but not...
Tank that size...... no other carbon source but CO2 will proveto be economical.... Easy choice in my thinking if you want a tank that looks like...
Sean is a sponsor of this site and apart from that a active member of TASA.....sure you'll get to meet him on here...
You could crush up some of the seachem root tabs,but that will have them used up in a much quicker time than if just inserted into gravel beneath...
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