Daniel Morrow wrote:
See subject. I got my new motherboard/cpu/memory combo parts today and
installed it with only one hitch - my old video card is either incompatible
with this amd duron motherboard (I have seen this condition before on
another computer) or it is damaged. Luckily I had an old used but working
comparable 3d blaster savage4 3d videocard that works perfectly with it. I
am officially back to this newsgroup (and the others I frequent) and I now
have television on this computer too - no more watching a tiny screen in the
living room. Thanks for the support netmax, and thanks to you others for the
recommendations.

For bubbles as tiny as ceramic airstone bubbles in freshwater, discarda
stones (lee's brand) actually (the slim model for smallest bubbles) work
great, contrary to what i said before.The only significant advantage a
ceramic airstone would have over the discarda stones airstones is the fact
that the discarda stones have to soak in water before being used (10
minutes?). Just thought I would throw that tip in so I could say I am
definitely at least partially on topic with this post.

I am still catching up but might finish that tonight. I hope you all are
safe and not in that hurricane mess, my heart goes out to all of the people
that are in it but more importantly to me I hope at the very least almost
all of the pets (fish, dogs, plants, etc.) are doing o.k. or better. I am
sorry but I hate to see animals suffer - especially from outright meanness
or neglect, they seem so precious to me.

Sorry to hear you are having a spreading problem with your pet fish gill, I
wish I could help you stop the spread of whatever it is.

Later!


Hi Daniel,

Good to hear from you again :-) and thanks for your concern on the fish
problem which I'm happy to say is now resolved - although I did lose all
but 3 Neons from the 15gall tank :-( (3 Clowns and 3 Neons) but I'm
pretty sure that they were sick when I got them. The tetras after a week
in a 5 gall tank are now happily established in the big Community Tank
which I've now finished restocking and replanting after the filter
disaster a month ago.

The problem was contained in the 15 gall which I have now disinfected
and reset up - it is now home to two Dwarf Gouramis that are doing well
(they tried breeding earlier this week unfortunately the bubble nest
didn't hold up but I guess the only way to look at it is as a practice
run for them. Have just checked the water quality (as the tank was going
through a "seeded" cycle) and it is spot on now - so more fish to buy
(he, he) - problem is I haven't quite decided what to put in there other
than the Dwarf Gouramis....

The Gobie in the Hex tank seems to have just been one of those things.
I'm trying to source some more but they are hard to come buy. One LFS I
use has been trying to get hold of some for months and have promised
they will order them once they find a source (apparently they have to
import them from Holland as there are none in the UK). Maybe I'll save
some space in the 15gall for when they arrive...

The Platy was the aftermath of the filter disaster - v.sad. The
remaining Platys have now redressed the balance and I have 3 small
Platys swimming around in the tank :-)

Currently have a sick/battered/tailess Yellow Lab in the Mbuna tank -
victim of Mbuna in-fighting. Unfortunately I haven't been able to get
her out - she keeps jamming herself into caves. She is still feeding so
I can only hope that she keeps herself out of the way of the others and
recovers - I've had this happen with some of the Melanchronis girls and
they have made full recoveries.

Matt's 30gall is doing well at the moment. Have added some YoYo loaches
to deal with the snail problem which are quite good fun - although I do
think that they look like big wasps - lol

Betta is doing well in his 5 gall - I still need to move the Platy but
for the moment he seems to have learnt his lesson on fin nipping

I think the problem is that in having 6 tanks there is always something
going on in one tank or another - keeps me on my toes :-)

Hope you and your fish are doing well

Gill