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yea wonderworld is a very good shop. i am going there tomorrow to spend some $$

ahh you tried google......?

nice tank there supasi Welcome

hi shaneo How can i adjust how high the water goes up the cone?? Do i move the cup up and down?? Another Update: I still havent got around to getting the rock because i went to Ohope with my mates for the weekend instead :lol: SO, Im going to go get the rock tomorrow morning. Im going to buy 2-3 kg's of 'live' rock and then maybe 1-2 KG's 'dead' I have the 1200 LPH powerhead going, the HOB filter going (which i am buying carbon for tomoro) and the HOB skimmer in place, the heater going and the water in, now i just need to buy the rock and let it get going for a couple days then put the skimmer on which will give me another 1000 or so LPH aswell.... Its coming along well

Yea, it would be cool to have some big amazon swords which have been growing in the tank for a long time so are well rooted, in a sand substrate but with big rocks around the base of the plants... And then maybe some java fern growing on rocks or wood. I didnt mean planted as in a perfect planted tank with metal halides and co2 injection etc. just lightly planted with some hardy plants that the geos are not likely to uproot etc.... :lol: :lol:

I believe he is trying to make a DIY co2 mixture fishboi There are lots of pages on the internet that tell you how to do it. I cant remember ofr the top of my head, but a quick google search will tell you straight away

Im not sure to be honest. But i am sure they can be kept lower than 20 degrees.....

I have seen them in tanks at around 15 degrees....

Um, try get them onto infusoria if you have any (green water) other wise a little bit of boiled egg yoke every now and then will be fine, although you will have to change the water alot as it fouls the water quickly. Get them onto BBS ASAP. HTH

hi kyle Yes, Bristlenose are a very good option for a goldfish tank. They dont mind the colder temps, as long as the tank is inside they should be sweet as HTH

Nah i know what you mean. I sort of mean a well established planted tank with plants like amazon swords and java fern, Well rooted. No pretty little aquascaping or anything.... I know they dig etc. :lol:

They arent REALY rare or anything IMO so should be priced a little bit more than a normal plec i reckon. $20-$30 would be an alright price IMO. They are quite common in shops around here....

yep i would also say it is a geo surinamensis. I love those fish. One day i hope to have a big planted tank with a school of about 6 of them..... Nice score

But then the water would go from one tank to another and one tank would be over flowing and the other empty. Plus a syphon will only work if one is higher than the other realy..... I have seen a water bridge used before on a couple bigger tanks but it had an external filter with the intake in one tank, and the spray bar in the other, meaning the water was always moving between tanks....

First of all, welcome to the forums... Im am in the process now fo setting up a 60 Litre nano reef tank. I will be upgrading in the future im sure :lol: Anyways, i think you should get back into the hobby, it is a very fun thing... If you do get back into it, good luck Yes, comments from experiences is what makes this site awesome!!! Hope ya get back into it Rogan

Welcome... Awesome looking tanks, i like how you have the two different tanks joined together with the bridge. one question though, is there any water flow in the 'bidge' By the looks of things, there isnt as each tank has its won little filtration system, meaning, that the water in the 'bridge' will become stagnant unless it is somehow circulating... (does that make sence??) It has probably worked for you for a long ime so doesnt matter anyway but its just a headsup.... Rogan :lol:

Me?? There are no fish in it yet :lol: It is still 'cycling' and i havent been bothered trying to catch the BN for it anyways...... Im putting in my big male and am going to find a couple big females somewhere and put them in.... (anybody got any big female BN for sale :lol: )

thanks for the info steve. I was guna go buy a couple KG's of rock the other day but the LFS that toldme they sold it, didnt have any. Im going on a little road trip to buy some on saturday though.... I got my skimmer today aswell!!!! Thanks shaneo!! but i have problems..... :lol: I put the skimmer on the tank just to have a look at what it did. I set it all up how i thought it would go then turned the pump on, with my hand still holding the plug so i could pull it out if i needed to.... FAST!!! Anyway, The skimmer started filling with water and i just watched it, then it kept filling with water and i still watched it, then the water started flopping out of the top 'cone' part and into the collection cup and i thought... 'hmmmm, im sure the water isnt meant to be in there... So i kept it going and watched it and it just kept filling untill the water was pouring out the top of the collection cup :lol: So i turned it off.... I seem to remember reading about how you adjust the collection cup by moving it up and down so i had a bit of a fiddle and took the cup up as far as i could and it did the same thing.... I have searched the net but cant seem to find anything about how they work..... Am i right in thinking that the water level should be just below the top of the 'cone' part inside the collection cup...?? Any diagrams on how the hell this thing works will be great :lol:

You cant buy it in shops or anything but i had lots in a bucket of water outside not long ago. It was a bucket of water sitting beside my whiteworm culture, i used to chuck the old bread from the WW's into the water and it got REAL disgusting which i think the bloodworms must love because the bucket was full of them.....

First of all, What are the nitrite levels right now? I would just keep the water changes up, making sure you vaccum off any old food/poo/scum on the bottom of the tank, especialy in and around ornaments like caves etc. Then just feed very sparingly for the next few days. Fish can last a long time without food, so dont think you are starving them.... The nitrites should go away within a few more days/water changes HTH

Hey man. Maybe if you did a nano tank sorta like i am doing it would be better. Cos then you dont NEED a skimmer, you just need to do water changes often. Lighting you will only need a couple flouros and rock will be less and powerheads will be less etc.

Forgot some things :lol: For a marine tank of 250L's The equipment you would need would be: Tank Heater Powerheads (would need several in that size tank) Skimmer (would need to be quite substantial) Lighting (would need to be quite substantial aswell) Rock (at $10KG 'dead' and $15KG 'live' You will need a couple hundred $$ worth) Sand (optional) That would be the minimum you will need to be able to keep fish. But for corals etc, you would need a few more things probably. For a 250L planted tank you will need: Tank Heater Filter (preferably canister) Substrate (IMO sand is best) Lighting (for a 250L tank, a double tube light would be alright but a 150 watt Metal halide would be best) This would be the minimum to keep plants alive and growing (although probably not to their best) If you wanted a very good planted tank with all the stuff you would need: Co2 (DIY would be about $5/ month)(pressurized would be cheaper per month and more stable but the startup cost is more)(another alternative with presurized is to buy the soda stream co2 bottle regulator for $75, and use the soda stream co2 bottle, the only downside is that the bottle would run out in about 16 days, so would cost about $8 every fill, ending up about $16 a month) Ferts (as i said in the other post, would work out around $20 every 9-12 months) HTH

Hey man Im about the same age as you i think, im in the 6th form at school at the moment. I used to have 6 tanks running and a couple emptys ( :lol: ) but i just did not have the time to look after them all properly, SO, i sold up a few things. I sold the turtles And still need to sell their tank and stand (anybody want a turtle tank and stand??) I sold my whole community of fish which were in a 2 foot tank, and all my guppies which were in a 120L tank which i still need to sell (anybody want a 120L tank??) Now i am just left with 3 tanks, my big planted tank (plants are what i am keeping the tank for (I love them)), a 30L Bristlenose breeding tank and the original 2 foot comunity tank, i am just setting up as a marine tank. I am in the process of starting the tank right now (you may have seen my thread). It is only a small tank (60 L) but i am hoping to keep a quite nice, succesful tank. I am going to do pretty much what you are thinking of, Some nice low-light mushrooms, and corals, plus a couple fish (probably 2 percula clowns but possibly cardinals...) and i would also like a shrimp but not till the tank is setup and working well. In my opinion, it would be alot cheaper for you to setup the 250L tank into a planted tank, BUT, it wouldnt be as much of a challenge, and depending on what you like, may not be as satisfying as a marine tank. So what i think you should make your decision on is whether you want a challenging tank, or a not so challenging tank, a high tech tank, or a low tech tank, a freshwater, or saltwater tank. It is just what you want, but also relies on what kind of $$$ you have. I reckon, a 250L marine tank would cost more to start up and look after, than a freshwater planted tank. Alot of people on these forums are very nice, and are more than happy to send you plant clippings for a small charge, or alot of the time free. Alot of people have sent me plants free of cost, so i can fill my 240L planted tank. The only thing that has to happen, is when i get the plants growing hard, I send them on to beginners free of charge. if everyone does this, it turns into a big cycle, and everyone is happy...... So if you want a bit of a challenge, and are prepared to spend a little more $$, go for the marine, but if you want a little bit easier, and a little bit cheaper, IMO, go planted. Co2 can be done on the cheap, it is not even needed. There are some beautiful planted tanks out there which dont have any co2 systems at all. The cheapest option is DIY co2, but is not very stable, you can also pickup a cheap co2 regulator every now and again on trademe etc. which would be a good start. Ferts for a planted tank can be VERY cheap aswell. You just need to do alot of research to find out what chemicals you need and what dosages you need. Eg. You can buy 1 kg of KNO3 (nitrates) for about $6, 1 kg of K2SO4 (pottassium i think :lol: ) for about $8 and then you just need some trace elements which are easily dosed by using flourish (2 litre bottle for $90) Once you do the research, you will find cheaper ways to do things, in the end, it is all up to you.... HTH

Welcome, glad to hear the site has served you well already. Bettas are awesome, I only have my big blue male ATM because my female died of dropsy the other night. Are you planning to breed them at all??

Hi steve, thanks sooo much for that info. I have found 1 LFS (not realy local though cos its 40 minutes drive away) which sells live rock, but at $15.50 a kilo!! So im not going to go buy 10 kilos of the stuff anytime soon :lol: so What i have decided to do is buy 2 ish KG's from the shop, then buy another 3 ish Kg of 'dead' rock from the shop. The live rock will give the tank some 'life' and seed the 'dead' rock into a cycle. If i did this, aproximately how long would it take to be ready for corals/fish?? I know i will have to buy test kits to know for sure, but an aproximate time would help me alot. Another couple questions: How will i get the 'live' rock from the shop to my house without killing the 'life' in it (ie. Bristleworms and stuf) Those are the things i want to be in it but surely they cant go without water for 40 minutes..... Would the shop give me some of their water in a poly box with the rock so it stayed sweet? Also, One of the *local* LFS has bags of 'dead' coral rock for sale for $15. It is a mixture of lots of little pieces of rock about 5-6 cm in length, and all different shapes, if i bought some of this and piled it up, would it seed quicker because the are smaller pieces or would it not change....? Thanks