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Hurry up and MOVE.. I want those videos.. heheh jk. would love to watch them vids tho

Hahaha yeah by the looks of it, it should be lol.. and with a 1000L load on it. Great setup

Im sorry for your loss saxsena I had kept 4-6 in the past.. longest being 3ish years.. Hope the other two will grow well

40-50 tanks haha Im keen if you have any red empress (taeniolatus) you would want to sell is a fire cracker the smae as a red empress? because on one of the cichlid forums, they seem to share the same scientific latin name Protomelas Taeniolatus.. Btw, you're coping well with MTS

me too im interested if you plan to sell some :roll:

Thats a huge tank tim does a great job on it as usual! FX5's are awesome. All the best with the arro Where did you get the stand made?

Hey there Okki, warmest welcome to the fishroom I love your setup and the "fish bridge" I'm sure you will find everyone here great

far out!! ... They are very terrotorial and agressive when they want to be tho.

UPDATE!! Tried and tested the FX5 the other day on my old tank. My fishes loved to swim against the current of the OUT. Filled the baskets with media.. mixed them a bit with the old media I had from the other filter and let it ran for a few days: Painted the Lid matt black on the outside with some DULUX spray can and used alluminium tape as reflectors and the end results: Had a bag of calcite pebbles lying around, not sure where ill put them later once the sand has settled: Got some bulbs few days ago, blew one of the Jewel day lights: With the lid on, got these results: With just the purple "power-glo" light and the Jewel day light: With just the 2 x Marine Actinic Bulbs: With all the bulbs on: Now, im just going to let the tank cycle a bit more, feeding food, adding the cichlid salt, aqua plus etc. Will check the pH and kH tomorrow. Just waiting for the temperature and sand to settle down :roll:

Its doesnt But maybe its not ready yet to be worth the while to travel just to see a tank thats not fully set up yet IMO :lol: Who will be the judges?? Maybe we can have a few categories?? Marine, tropical, planted, cichlids, etc.. would ponds count? Best fish? or something like that haha seems that we can make an Aquasalon (aquarium version of Autosalon)

Would the competitors tanks be on display on the forum?? Id be interested but my tank is crap :roll:

Thats scary! But good on you for being a hero!!! They live to fight another day (or many days ahead)!! Good that you didnt lose them, or it would have been sad This is what I call dedication to the max Lucky for you

Hey, sorry for the confusion. What i meant was i taped the edges with black pvc tape Or alternatively you can spray paint them a bit

Went around looking for tubes, to no avail. Cant find any 30" ones other than those meant for aquariums Spray painted the hood black to match the stand/cabinet. Also pvc taped the edges of the polystyrene (25mm) black Will go up soon and have some pics too... ahh those long awaited pics

Hey Murray, It all depends on what you are willing to spend AquaOne's are the cheapest, Eheim the most expensive ones but are of good quality. You get what you pay for. I had an aqua one (cf700) for my 180l tank not too bad but I find it being a bit weak. Had it for 2 years now and no problems. As Caryl mentioned, you may want to have a look at Jebo, careful not Jebao. Fluvals arent bad either. It all depends on your budget IMO. Hope you find the right one. Id go for quality and reliability from experience

yeah.. very hard to find but redwood aquatics have them. heaps too.. i was wondering whether i should do a new lid... so i can get fittings of a common size for it. Cuz now the lid is alluminium.. so is very hard to alter or modify..

I got bulbs yesterday Checked to see if the lights in the lids worked.. it DID Got 2 jewel cool day lights at about $20 each and 1x marine actinic bulb at $50 Just blew one of the jewels cuz one of the fittings didnt work?? Turned it on and boom.. there goes one light.. The rest is okay. and seems to work fine.. Prob wont use that socket where I blew my bulb. The lid holds 6x30" tubes and 1 socket not working.. And got no spare bulb to test.. Bunnings and place makers dun have 30" normal tubes.. Does anyone knows where to get them normal fluoro tubes at 30"??

Always pay to check here http://www.pricespy.co.nz/cat_13.html Hope it helps if you are looking for a brand new one

No such thing We are all learning new things everyday :roll:

Maybe this would be of an interest for you? http://www.melevsreef.com/topdown.html I find it interesting esp when you have a digita SLR like the D70 It would help you take great shots.. and not to worry about your glass

I second that

Maybe thats your answer?? I had a simlar problem a while back. A normal tropical setup with neons and angels.. put a betta in it (my late Kitkat - beatiful red male crowntail) and the tank got agressive. I thought that he was just being silly.. but started nibbling eveyones fins. And this got my angels agressive and started to nibble kitkat's fins instead. Lost my kit kat to the angels.. Wasnt there when it happened so nothing I could have done. My best bet is to put the betta in a separate tank? or a separator. Then maybe use melafix for the fins and see if the problem still goes on. :roll:

Btw, did they replace just the tank?? or replacing you a whole new set?? Including lid, lights and stand?? did they let u keep the old setup? Wondering cuz you if you end up wth 2 sets of stands and lid which will be a bonus for you.. never claimed a warranted product so not sure how it works

No offense, but crap and lazy dealer I reckon. He just didnt want to go thru all the work needed to claim one (if even much work!!?!?) Thumbs up for the guy that helped you, especially when he wasnt even the dealer! Hope your new tank is more "robust" Have fun setting your new tank (again) :roll:

nano seems to be the "in thing" now... tempting me to start one. have some spare tanks lying around.. :lol: