purplecatfish

It's time for a tank makeover... What would be 'low lighting' for the tank detailed below? In T8 and in T5? 2.5 metre long, 580 mm wide, 600 mm deep (100 mm of substrate and 50 mm of air at the top of the tank). Plants would be Anubias species on driftwood, Java Fern varieties also on driftwood, and Cryptocoryne species. Possibly also Cyperus helferii and Aponogeton (both of which reach the surface). The driftwood makes the Anubias and Java Fern about 300mm down from the lights What would be medium lighting for the same tank in a 600 by 600 patch? (I'm thinking of possibly having an Echinodorus patch surrounded with low lighting every else. Think spotlighted area on a dim stage).

Hey Wok. Remember to bring the key. See you tonight.

This thread has given me a good laugh while at work. I guess there are some people out there who don't realise that 87% of statistics are made up on the spot. I tried to get the book through Whitcolls who said that their suppliers don't stock it. Anyone else found somewhere they can buy it in Auckland? And remember: dyslexic fishermen lure ok!

Thanks Fruju . Bala Shark's an interesting idea but I think they need to be in a school (don't know minimum though), so I'm not too sure about half a dozen foot long fish in an 8 foot tank. Could be cool though 8) . And the Chalceus is an aggressive predator :evil: so that's a no go. Congo tetras are definitely a possibility. Oh, and before anyone suggests it I'm not really interested in Discus. They're a beautiful fish but I think they are a 'too high maintenance' fish. Maybe when I retire in a few decades .

I'm after a medium to large sized fish for a planted tank (2.5m long, 700L). Range: Mid to Top. Not aggressive. Any suggestions?

Check out this linkhttp://www.fishyfarmacy.com/diseases.html In the Advanced Fish Disease Section are a set of links for a range of types of diseases. Those links have some easy to use diagnostic trees.

Hi Adodge. Do you want to join the Ak Fishkeepers club? And can we visit your tanks?

Thanks from the Auckland Fishkeepers for allowing us to accompany you on your recent tank crawl. Some of your tanks were very impressive. I'd like to reciprocate and extend an invitation to you to join us on our tank crawl on the 22nd November. We're going to meet (and finish) at Piet's house at 10 am. It's only a couple of minutes from the Hollywood Fishfarm in Mt Roskill, near the Hillsborough Rd exit off the Northwestern Motorway. We'll make sure that there are spaces in the carpool so that you don't have to deal with the mad Auckland drivers except for the motorway journey up. I'll email Owen with the details as soon as possible.

its probably a parasite

Thanks Livingart and Rebecca. What do you use for the 'land' substrate? I was going to use potting mix but I've read that you have to watch out for newts eating small pebbles. Do you have to be carefull about newts eating the pummice granules in most potting mixes? What about Sand? Sphagnum moss? Seed raising mix? Any recommendations on plants?

We fixed up the newt tank today. I've had a two foot tank with a cracked base sitting around for a while, one of those "I'll fix it soon" jobs. The glass cutting lessons that Barrie gave at the AK Fishkeepers meeting about a year ago came in handy to make Dad look like he knew what he was doing. I'm glad I didn't throw out those bits of glass. The tank has been divided in two with a ramp for the water side and patches over the cracks on the land side. I've got a tiny internal filter that will sit in a six inch deep pool with no difficulty and a two foot light for it as well. The week long wait before water testing is definitely going to try his patience. But all up it was a great 'Father and Son' project.

Purplecatfish's Fry says "thanks for the advice" Does anyone have more tips?

My son wants to get some newts, but I've told him to find out some facts first. He's done a google search and has found out a few things. So what advice would you give him? And does anyone have some available? Or some eggs?

Going to have to print that one off and put it on the wall

Join a Club Then you can have one. Yeah, they're good. Actually they're very good.

Has anyone here had experience with getting rid of blue-green algae with Furan 2?

Yes we can, they're usually just over $30 in the LFS when they've been available. I've bred them in a 4ft tank with a CF2200 and a seio powerhead. It's the Sewellia lineolata that I've bred. The 300L river tank has a FX5 and two tunze 6025 powerheads. The Tweedi's Hillstream Loach is the lizard-like predatory loach that I've got in the river tank. There's only a single one left which is excellent at controlling the swordtail (or guppy) population, dozens of females and no fry surviving more than 24 hours . I've got some available for people who have a decent flow rate in their tank and want to try breeding them. I'd like to see more colonies of them, and maybe after a few generations swap the lines back into each other.

Mr Pleco :lol: :lol:

Have a look under the wing if you can see "white with clear-cut broad black leading edge and very narrow black trailing edge" then its a Diomedea bulleri (Buller's Mollymawk), if you see "white underwing with very narrow black borders and a small black triangular notch at base of the leading edge" then its a Diomedea cauta (Shy Mollymawk). The beak looks like the picture of Diomedea cauta salvini the Salvin's Mollymawk subspecies.

I thought I read somewhere that malachite green can kill neon or cardinal tetras so you might have to be careful.

I use noodles (JBL sintomec or microtec) in the lowest two baskets and I have the top basket half full with noodles. I put a homemade polishing pad (polyester wool circle cut out from a large piece that I got from a fabric shop),and a coarse pad on top of that (the blue ones that you buy from the local LFS). If I'm being good with the tank cleaning, I throw the polyester pad out after a fortnight on my overcrowded tank. Usually it's about a month for the other tanks.

I thought that might be the case. Unfortunately I can't move the other Severums out. At best I could move the rock out into another tank or I could make a divider for her while she hatches the eggs but that would force the two males together for a while.

I love this thread

:lol: This has been funny to read :lol: Yep I've got a degree and yep I did genetics to a stage three level and yep I wrote an essay on geographic species, physiological species, and genetic species. So I find this arguement highly entertaining, and I feel like the little kid in the Emperor Wears No Clothes who can't help but point out that one persons arguement makes him look naked. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Can anyone give me some tips to stop the female severum eating her eggs? I've got 2 pairs in a five foot tank (approx 400 litres) with a pile of driftwood dividing the tank into two areas. The fish can move between them but the submissive pair don't go on the dominant pair's side. The tank is planted and there are no other fish in the tank except the 4 severums Anyway the dominant pair have spawned 5 times but by the end of day three all the eggs have been eaten by the female. I guess I could take the rock off her and put it in another tank with a tiny filter putting current over it (and maybe a bit of meth blue)? But I'd prefer to have the fry grow up in the parent's tank as I like to watch a more natural process in my tanks. Any hints or ideas?