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That's a pretty sweet piece of wood on the left. I like.

Red or green lotus may work, getting more tempted the more I think about it. I used to have a red one in high school and it grew for a bit then randomly died off. That was under a halide too. There's a uruguayensis sword in the right back corner, just waiting for it to grow big. I think I have enough red plants at the moment phoenix, but thanks for the offer.

:oops: That's before today's shuffle, it's completely bare in that circle. Red lotus could be nice but I haven't heard many success stories with them.

Right, I need suggestions please! I moved the big piece of wood on the right hand side (can't really see it behind the micranthemoides but it's quite large) out of the tank because it gets covered in algae all the time and I can't be bothered fighting it off any more! Then I moved the left sword to the right of the right sword, and the crypts in front of the wood/middle sword (now left sword) on the left hand side. Now I have a big space (circled) and nothing to fill it with. What I would like is plenty of suggestions of what we have in NZ that could fit there under my specs (high light, co2, ferts) because I'm stumped and don't know what I could put there. I'm very fussy with what I want :roll: so the more suggestions the better!

Trying to email you pics of red pine now simon, internet is slow though so will take a while.

7 little t bar's went into the tank this morning thanks to Navarre, can't wait until they're big. Here's the CO2 reactor I made, got the bits off Alan who got them from FuglyDragon. CO2 bubbles up from the tubing at the bottom and the water current flows down from the top so it smashes the bubbles against the bio balls and diffuses the gas into the water. I was worried about the build-up of CO2 inside the reactor but every morning the CO2 has found its way into the tank. So now I don't have to worry about fitting some sort of valve into it. I'm so happy with how it works and no longer have a stream of CO2 bubbles blocking the view of the tank

No apisto's.

Nice photo's Neon

I do two 50% water changes a week for the discus. Dose NPK, Iron, and trace every two days, lights and CO2 on for 8 hours a day. Pruning whenever it needs it. Thanks Simon

Yea, lost a fair bit of water. I was home at the time and it was pretty scary seeing it move so much. Found a tetra in the kitchen too

yea panda cories, not such a good idea. Checked the temp before and it's at 32C woops. Will get it down to 28 tomorrow.

Here it is as of tonight. Alanmin4304 gave me some stuff which made it pretty easy for me to make an inline CO2 reactor, set that up today and it works a treat. Will be getting some moss for the wood on the left as it's just getting taken over by algae at the moment. :-? Will be adding a group of 5 T Bar cichlid's soon too. Can't wait.

Have you got a bristlenose by any chance? Looks like something has been munching.

http://ondemand.tv3.co.nz/Campbell-Live ... fault.aspx about 20mins in.

Supposed to last around a year which is pretty good. You can either get a drop checker which will let you know (like a pH test kit) how much CO2 you have in the tank, monitor it by pH, or get a CO2 test kit. CO2 saturation should be ideally at 30ppm.

I got mine through a friend of a friend, and I haven't had to fill mine yet but I think the place down here is 'Air Liquide'. Costs around $30 to fill a 5kg bottle.

The water level can be as high as you like it, but keep it a cm or two below the top so if a fish jumps the small wave won't cause you to lose water out of the tank. Have you got an external canister filter? If so, I shake mine until the air pockets are all gone, otherwise it will work itself out eventually.

Nah it's a piece of cake. Fit the regulator onto the bottle, put the airline tubing on the needle valve and tighten. Add diffuser to end of tubing. Plug in solenoid, turn gas on, and you're away.

I had to fill up a tank the other day for my girlfriend's fish and they are happy as. Also did a water change on the big tank today and they're all fine.

It is against the animal ethics to feed vertebrates to other animals, but not illegal. I say go for it (I do) as they are a great source of food. And of course, natural.

Thanks. Yea I have a pressurised unit. Would have cost around $350 max to set up and it's so easy. Makes a huge difference too. Jennifer hooked me up with the NPK ferts and I dose using Tom Barr's EI method (sticky in the aquatic plants section). I dose with the NPK solution, an Iron solution, and Flourish Comprehensive for trace elements. The growth on the tank is amazing, and I'm very happy with it.

Yea it's Dalton's, and it's $5 for 20L down here, but that's from the place that supplies Bunnings. I have a 6x2x2 and I have 30L of aquatic mix (not enough) and I think 100L of prop sand (maybe more). If I gravel vac and have the tube on a lean the sand kinda sits in the tube and not much ends up sucked up. For the bigger pieces of crap on the bottom I just siphon with a piece of hose (gravel vac isn't strong enough to lift it). 1.5" isn't really all that deep for plants, mine would be around 4" which is quite deep, but with the height of the tank it doesn't take anything away from the overall view (especially with yours since it's 70cm high).

I have propagating sand in my planted tank and I think it looks nice. If you have enough plants you won't even be able to see it eventually . But I still think it's a nice natural colour. Those discus of yours are really nice.

Have plenty of space here Josh if you find nothing down there. I'm in Upper Riccarton.

My flatmates and I were a part of the student army today. We were out in Shirley shovelling liquefaction. Big job and a lot to do. We had 6 of us shovelling and 2 people on wheelbarrowing and it still took us around an hour to clear one driveway. Got up to ~20cm deep at the thickest. It's heavy, hard, and a smelly job but it feels good looking back on an area you've completed.