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munchycarrot
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| Subject: Labs again!  Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:31 pm | |
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Diana
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| | Subject: Re: Labs again! Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:43 pm | |
| Oh that's great news - get that camera charged again!!!
Why are you changing the sand MC? It puts the pH up doesn't it? | |
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munchycarrot
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| | Subject: Re: Labs again! Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:53 pm | |
| Sorry.. just edited above & added pics, you're too quick for me! Yes, we can't get the pH up so we have changed to coral sand in the hope that it'll help. Think we might need to add some epsom salts to get the KH & GH up a bit. Then, hopefully the pH will go up. I'm not 100% sure i like the new stuff but i'll have to get used to it. My sand looked all neat & clean, this looks all bitty  Sand  Coral sand  | |
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Diana
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| | Subject: Re: Labs again! Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:19 am | |
| I like it, and it's 'proper' sand too! | |
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Mary
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| | Subject: Re: Labs again! Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:40 am | |
| I like it too - looks lovely, M.C. Was it a pain to change the sand or did you just add it on top of the other stuff?  | |
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munchycarrot
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| | Subject: Re: Labs again! Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:17 am | |
| We took half the rocks out & used a fine net to get a lot of the sand out then used the syphon to suck the rest up. Swapped the rock over to the other side & did the same. Took about 1½ hour to do with a few buckets & an 80L bin to hold the rocks, including a 50% water change. It took longer to wash the new stuff. Water is crystal clear now so it was worth it. I was finding that the fish swim around with their mouths full of sand & when they spit it through their gills, with it being so light it was floating for ages. | |
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munchycarrot
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| | Subject: Re: Labs again! Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:34 am | |
| Here she is today, she will be due around next Sunday so we'll move her this week. You can just about see one of the fry in her mouth. She's getting very irritable, she keeps rubbing her chin on the sand..poor little girl  | |
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munchycarrot
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| | Subject: Re: Labs again! Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:32 am | |
| Ah poor thing, I bet she can't wait for them all to leave home!  |
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Diana
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| | Subject: Re: Labs again! Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:35 am | |
| Thanks for the update MC, it's a lovely fish. I wonder how many fry she has? | |
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munchycarrot
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| | Subject: Re: Labs again! Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:23 am | |
| She isn't very big in her throat so i'm not expecting too many, she's quite small herself | |
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Matty
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| | Subject: Re: Labs again! Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:55 am | |
| Missed this! Wow, i love babies. Get that camera ready | |
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| | Subject: Re: Labs again! Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:42 am | |
| thats really cool! Look forward to seeing the babies MC |
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munchycarrot
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| | Subject: Re: Labs again! Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:27 am | |
| She has spat one...Ben spotted it bobbing about during a water change today. She still has a big bulge so more to come....
watch this space, lol | |
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Mary
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| | Subject: Re: Labs again! Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:05 am | |
| It'll soon be time to get another Cichlid tank, M.C.  | |
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munchycarrot
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| | Subject: Re: Labs again! Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:09 am | |
| lol, i know  | |
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