DartzMan

I think it is a 30w, have also added blue night light as well which gives it a little boost and looks good at night

I have a 3 foot tank with a timber hood, inside that I have a single fluro tube assembly for lighting..... I am keeping african cichlids, so lighting plants up are not a concern.... I want to light the tank up as much as possible so as to bring out all the colours of the fish.. I have the facilities to stick in some MH units (I am a sales manager for a company that makes them) however I am concerned with the heat dissipated from the lamp onto the water.... If I use MH I was thinking of 2 X 250W units.... top of the tank to top of the hood is about 150mm If I dont use MH units, what combination/Type and qty of lamps would you recommend....

I believe it to be from the same Gene but called a Cobalt Blue..... still I dunno...all look the same to me, these ones.... Will watch it though...

Gday everyone....Recently I picked up a little addition to my African tank..... The fish is about 1.5" long If you click on the link below you will see an image http://www.dartz.biz/Blue-Fish.jpg (Stripes in photo look black but are actually a navy blue" Anyway the fish was sold to me as a Zerbra "Red Top" after looking on the net for that fish, this one looks nothing like it..... As it is a cichlid I expect it to me agressive, however it is constantly beating up on my 4" catfish....It rarely picks on anything else.....I really would like to know more about ti before I decide to get rid of it...

In regards to "The set up" of my tank.... Breeding of fish is not my priority however I would always welcome any of the fish I have breed, I am mainly after a lot of variations of colour in the tank..I have set my sites at about 4 Electric Yellows 4 X Blues, 4 X orange fish and a couple cleaners What blue and Orange fish , I am unsure of...(your welcome to suggest, would like a fish that grows to about 4-5")..I did see a brilliant blood red Cichlid on the net and would love to get some of those too but I am unsure if they are available in OZ they are Aulonocara chipoke red Below is a list of what fish I am looking at 4 Electric Yellow 4 Electric Blue 4 Peacock 4 X Aulonocara chipoke red

running a couple stones in the tank.... Can you recommend types of AFricans? as I stated before I like the Elect Laps and the Blues....what would you recommend to go with these?

not to keen on teh Fluval myself....thats another reason why I got a cannister filter....Decided to leave the fluval in there as It may be doing some use plus, I have a filter ready to go into another tank if neccassery you were saying that the amount of fish I was looking at wasnt over crowded...As I am looking at Aficans, what would you recommend for a tank this size, with the filtration it has?

hehehehe....Na,. gunna move the Danios to another tank and have an overcrowded African Cichlid tank...... Stick 4 X Electric Yellows and 4 X Blues....with a couple cat fish

Have got a few plants in there......did the water change as stated yesterday......Added another filter the tank....Can never have to many filters.... Now I have a 2 X Fluval 304 internal, a 1500L external cannister with a Fluidizer filter.....Should help keep the whole thing cleaner... Did a test this evening and noted the following PH 8.1 Ammonia 0-0.25 Nitrate 10 Nitrite 0 PH gone high., think I didnt add water conditioner to tap water....will do another change tonight and add conditioner... Seems Ammonia is dropping and also the Nitrates are down.... Nitrite 0

thanks for that mate...noticed a bit of a change in the Danios after the water change...alot more lively and playfull will keep ya posted

Gday guys ..Just done a test on my new tank...been running about 3 weeks now with 8 Dianos..... results are as follows PH 7.4 Nitrite between 0 and .25 Nitrate 20 Ammonia between .25 and .50 I am still reading up on what the levels should be, but your comments would be welcome tank is 110 Litre 3 foot long one

I have a 3 foot long tank..about 129 Litres..... I am wondering if I can keep a couple Electric yellows with Zebra Danios and banded Rainbows.. After coming across these Cichlids I am very impressed with the colours these AFrican fish, including the blues and Peacocks

Gday guys...picked up a couple of Rainbows today....On the Tank at the LFS it said assorted Rainbows...I would like to find out what Rainbows they actually are...The link below is of one of the fish..the difference between the two is one has a deeper or broader body (top to bottom) than the other, I reckon they are Banded Rainbows. but I am up for suggestions http://www.dartz.biz/Fish/fish-1.jpg

Yep another Aussie here...Been surfing the net for a while finding a quality site to visit and I must say this is the one..... Looked for a few aussie ones but didnt find anything worth looking at.... Any one recommend some aussie sites?.... Stll made this one the homepage though

Gday everyone.... after many years I have decided to try AGAIN at keeping tropical fish...My first encounter was a long time ago and very unsuccessfull due to lack of knowledge....Anyway this time round I have the time and the patience to try again. You can see my new set up at the link below http://www.dartz.biz/images/Fishtank.jpg Just waiting for the tank to cycle in then off we go to the Fish Shop..... I hope to be having a community tank first up then move into species tank after I decide what I really like Fish on the agenda are Blue Rams, Gouramis and Kribs....with the usual Danios Swordtails etc...

Gday everyone.... after many years I have decided to try AGAIN at keeping tropical fish...My first encounter was a long time ago and very unsuccessfull due to lack of knowledge....Anyway this time round I have the time and the patience to try again. I have a million questions but I will start off with only one My current set up is a 3 foot across 15" wide and 18" deep I am very wary and some say over concerned re filtering... I have 2 X Fluval 3 filters plus a Canister filter in the tank I have been told that "There is no such thing as over filtering" Due to the amount of filtration I am using I have turned down the output of the filters for obvious reasons (otherwise it wil look like the inside of a washing machine on spin) You can see my set up at the link below http://www.dartz.biz/images/Fishtank.jpg My question is by turning down the output of the filters to reduce turbulance, will that also reduce the efficiency of the filtration?