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I quite like the idea of an asian biotope tank the bamboo's a great idea Meesheelly

I brought a Betta today :bounce: and am going to get some dwarf gouramis tomorrow or wednesday :bounce: if i had a picture i would share but my camera's not working. My betta is a pure red and looks like he may have had a tiny bit of crowntail in his fins - just a guess He doesn't quite look as nice as Billarney's though - but he doesnt know (or seem to think) that

Made the switch last weekend. I need new plants, I went to animates today but to no avail - all sold or the plants were quite damaged. Im looking into trademe but i'm not very comfortable about gettin them shiped Cesarz - If you read this ive got enough chain sword at the moment but thanks for the offer. Have gone with the laterite balls option Will post pics once i get the some more plants Cheers everyone for the great advice :bounce:

Wow I always thought it was 'Kick-lid' lol that probably the reason I'll end up in a mental hospital one day :roll:

I love those pics Rozski

does not being fully sumbersible make much of a difference?

HOORAY!!! :bounce: Thanks just wanted to know i wasnt buying a piece of junk

does anyone know if masterpet heaters are any good? seen some real cheap ones - but read before they are probably cheap for a reason

Well after 4 busy weekends i've started to put it together - got the stand ready and it is level a few things left - get some polystrene - collect the gravel from the beach - buy some filter media for my new fluval - get a new coverglass made. I'm pretty sure i know hwere im getting the styrene from and the gravel so i'll update later when the change is made Contents look like theyll be 6 Harlequin Rasboras 6 Zebra or Pearl Danios 5 Panda corys 3 Kuhli loaches 1 BN possibly a betta but that might be pushing it

Would the same happen in an earthquake?

i forgot to say i recall the marbleds being $19.95 each at Animates

Whats the deal with hatchet fishes, Ive heard of conflicting reports that they are hard to keep and some say they are easy to keep. The small marbled hatchetfish are supposedly (by what i read) harder to keep and very prone to whitespot - Is this true?

Most of it looks in good condition but along the vertical joins there are big chunks missing but I might try the total rebuild

Any particular brands that i should look for that i can use

I recently brought a 100L tank that needs a reseal in some areas. So im wondering - And this question has probably been asked many times before what can i use to seal it and whether i can put the new silicone over the old scraggy bits of silicone. Is there anything that would readily available from hardware stores to do this? Thanks eveyone

four foor by eight foot My tanks is only 1/2 a foot by 3 feet i picked up the tank today it needs a reseal in some area walks of to DIY section

Very nice ther Aqua

I was told they should be ok just give em a boil

lol i think i'll try the mix from the garden center with gravel on top. Plants i'm looking at growing are... Swords Cabomba Hygrophylia Rotala hairgrass dwarf chain sword Ambulia ...the list goes on

I'll probably go fine gravel collected from the beach. Another question is not having fertiliser and using flourish just as easy or does this work out more expensive?

thanks everyone :bounce: - i dont think i'll get UG heating at the moment :lol: I've been thinking when planting does the fertiliser get stirred up alot? Also bit off topic but will the LFS have polystryrene sheets to go under the tank? Thanks everyone :bounce:

Hello Everybody Well I have decided to do a proper planted tank now and have a 100L (90cmL x 30w x 40h) tank that i brought off TM. I have a few questions 1) I have heard of putting a planting mix under the substrate is this available from the LFS? 2) Is sand or Gravel better and if sand is is it hard to clean (ie get sucked up gravel siphon) 3) Undergravel filter - yay or nay? Cheers for all the help Kiran :bounce:

V-Nice

Awesome

I have this on mine - it looks whitish and behaves like oil almost i thought it might restrict the oxygen exchange. My filter breaks up most of it but i can still see it. Will it go away? Kiran :bounce: