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  1. alanmin4304
    Welcome back
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    I have used it in breeding setups without any problem.
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    When I had a purpose built, well insulated fish house with about 60 tanks it was heated with a one bar heater on a thermostat and a fan rewired to run all the time. The heater hardley ever came on. If you have a lot of tanks with a lot of water it acts as a heat sink. It takes very little heat to heat the air.
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    Cardamine lyrata will grow in or out of the water and is an ideal plant for them to lay their eggs on.
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    And as Jennifer knows, down here you even get to ride your tanks (shakey shakey time)
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    Welcome, I am sure you will enjoy your time here.
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    Welcome and enjoy your time here.
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    I am in Christchurch and breed them in insulated glass containers with light bulbs for heating 24/7. 40 watt in Summer and 60 winter.. You are welcome to come have a look PM me if interested.
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    You can post a trademe link if you want advice on the fish.
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    I painted my lizard enclosures with water based paint--non toxic and little fumes.
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    How do you find the noise of the fans? I think the newer ones have improved.
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    Only chlorine has been added and only in some areas. They may have adjusted the pH also but I doubt that. Chloramine is not used in NZ.
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    It sounds like you have columnaris, also called sadleback. Treat with trisulpha or furan2 if you don't want to pay for a visit to the vet.
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    Hi all :D

    alanmin4304 replied to smurff's topic in Welcome

    Welcome and enjoy.
  15. alanmin4304
    Great setup
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    The nitrate is still there but in the plants so you actually need to farm the plants and remove the excess. Not very effective and hard to get the balance. Has been used to control eutrophication and remove nutrient from sewage in oxidation ponds but the plants that are used overseas are unwanted organisms here (big time)---like water lettuce and water hyacinth.
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    The more contaminants you have the more waste water there will be.
  18. alanmin4304
    They are normally in the gravel but come out at night.
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    It should because they have live young and I think it is the eggs with other species that are able to get around the treatment because of the jelly they are in.
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    High humidity is not good for beardies is it?
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    It is whitespot and can be cured a number of ways. You will need to treat the whole tank. It can be cured with salt, methylene blue, acraflavine, malachite green, quinine, mepacrine, and a number of other meds. The spots you see are resistant to treatment and produce a vegetative form of the parasite that can be treated and you need to treat for about a week after all white spots have gone.
  22. alanmin4304
    I assume willie is the no willie galapagos (lost his manhood in a mating accident)
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    I have done it successfully with a hacksaw, a grinder and also with a dremmel.
  24. alanmin4304
    Raising the temperature only speads up the life cycle of the whitespot. What you see on the fish cannot be treated but those spots release heaps of theronts which are the free swimming stage and can be treated. At the temperature you hasve they should have a life cycle of 4-5 days so a week just gives a bit of a safety factor.
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    Someone has to stay healthy to bring the refreshments---very thoughtful of her.
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