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  1. alanmin4304
    Oh Wok it's tuff at der top.
  2. alanmin4304
    There are a number of types of tenellus around other than the fine one (tenellus tenellus) but I am not sure which one if any is latifolius. They are all nice looking plants though. I have just managed to get hold of some of the common chain sword and I am trying to get that propagating. It doesn't seem to be common round here any more.
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    Luke is on to it.
  4. alanmin4304
    2 killopaskels includes the flooring, joists, bearers and piles.
  5. alanmin4304
    You can get very high quality paletised German peat from Pet World in Smiths St. If you put it through a coffee grinder and boil it is an ideal media for grindal worms or in a bag and boil it and it is good for adding the goodies to rainwater for spawning tetras or killies. Not cheap but the best quality around and you don't need much.
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    The design floor load for a domestic dwelling is 2 kPa, which is eqivalent to a fish tank with 200mm of water in it distributed evenly over the floor. Any aquarium is going to exceed that so the important thing is to distribute the load evenly over the footprint of the tank. The critical dimension is the height rather than length or width and to site it over the floor joists if possible.
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    I am getting enough. A200 litre barrel and one of those gadgets advertised on TV for cleaning your gutters works a treat. Don't yopu know how to do a rain dance up north?
  8. alanmin4304
    If you want soft acid water then the easiest way is to collect rainwater. In the city it is generally contaminated with sulphur dioxide which will make the water acid. The other way is to add an acid such as hydrochloric (available from bunnings etc as it is used as a soldering flux) If you use the latter you will be very busy chasing the pH as it will probably not stay stable.
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    I don't know much about oscars. Is bread, fat and metabisulphite good for them?
  10. alanmin4304
    I have kept goldfish in an outside pond through winter with it icing up and they were OK. Didn't feed them or break the ice.
  11. alanmin4304
    A pair of angels will attack anything to attend their territory.
  12. alanmin4304
    How old are they when the start breeding and how do you know what sex they are? Mine are about 2 years old.
  13. alanmin4304
    Happens all the time in my turtle tank
  14. alanmin4304
    I have 4 of them in a setup that is half water/ half gravel and the water is densely planted. I had a very small electric sponge filter discharging through a spray bar and a heater. Have since turned the heater off as I learned they don't like it hot. Am hoping they might breed next spring.
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    So will aeration
  16. alanmin4304
    It will never be gone---just discouraged.
  17. alanmin4304
    I have a 300mm plecostomus with 3 adult turtles and they are all fine. They all started off as youngsters and grew up together. There are also some athletic guppies in there that are now about 4th generation.
  18. alanmin4304
    Turtle tucker--- keep the pills for your rellies
  19. alanmin4304
    I think Eheims are generally good but wet/dry anything isn't much chop.
  20. alanmin4304
    Someone is selling it on trademe
  21. alanmin4304
    I would advise to plant the tank out fully and add hardy fish slowly as advised and do regular water changes until the bacteria build up.
  22. alanmin4304
    I have plants available on trademe and if you are a member here you will get looked after. (alan4304)
  23. alanmin4304
    When I was keeping cold water marines I used to get the water from the sumner jetty as described but made up a 12volt bilge pump from a boat on a float with the hose down below the surface and under floating debri. Hooked it up to the car battery and pumped it on to containers on the trailer, then pumped it off again at the other end.
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    I have a 900 litre/hour Eheim running continuously for about 3 years and very happy with it.
  25. alanmin4304
    I agree with the difference but I think it is a good idea that people wanting to breed fish commercially or just for fun should try and produce the best quality they can. This keeps the quality higher than some of the obviously local bred rubbish I see in the shops some times. Particularly some of the silly crosses.
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