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it would of course depend on the filters capacity!!! dont want to overload it

Geesh, I dont want them to fight Afrikan, just one is fine cause Im going to have it with an Arowana :lol:

Im gunna get it and then buy me a pacu to put in it!!!!!! :lol:

Nemo had nothing in this guy!! Personally I think he was the one silly enough to take up the challenge of the hydroslide!!! All his mates had the same sook of look on their faces as this little icon.......................

What a headline that would make!!! I got home from work last night and noticed that my spray bar wasnt working. Disconnected the hoses from the filter and a poor little E.yellow was stuck in the bit where the hoses connect to the cannister Someone must have knocked the end off the pipe and a silly little yellow has been sucked up the tube Poor boy.

Has this been raised with the seller of these tanks? I have a 3ft one of these and its been nothing but brilliant. NZ plugs on mine with no adapter needed.

The lights are great. I am a far cry from having a green thumb whether the plants are in the water or out and I was constantly trimming the ones I had in the tank. I put it down to the lights because I certainly wasnt doing anything else to assist them :oops:

KFC (burgers only) Coke or pepsi

no, they have bracing of sorts under the tank and the way the cabinet goes together there is absolutely nothing other than a flat surface that comes into contact with the bottom of the tank.

fresh milk selotape or blutak

Just a wee hint, dont rely too much on the filter. It is good as a secondary but doesnt seem to cope for very long. I bought one of these tanks and they are fantastic but I ended up buying a cannister filter for it. The hood has a gap at the back for all the extra hoses and cords etc.

OWWWWWW Hope ya feeling better soon And remember Alan, we are laughing with you not at you :lol:

yay, shes back. Sorry to hear about Puffball, its always hard losing furry friends.

waves cheque or eftpos

Ewwwwwwwwww we have those guard thingys that stop animals getting in the tanks but there is bound to be the odd houdini. I almost dont want to look

Wow, thats certainly food for thought. Thanks Warren. Our water is collected off the roof as we are rural and dont have any other water source, so its pretty much straight rain water. We almost ran out the other week and I wonder if the sediment in the bottom of the water tank has concentrated all the greeblies? No, the tank now has 3 cannister filters on it (2600 lph). Its approx 550 litres. The tank has now had 5 water changes and all seems to be good. The only thing I can put the spikes down to would be the cruddy stuff at the bottom of the house tanks as the same water is used for the other tanks and they are all fine but hadnt had a water change at the same time as the big tank :-?

Sooooo pretty. I want one

thanks Afrikan Its the clown loach who we REALLY REALLY dont want to lose. At 25cm+ its a bit special . Not saying that anyone else is allowed to die :oops:

Yep, 0 Nothing that anyone is owning up to. The tank has now had 3 large water changes and an extra cannister filter put on it. Everyone still seems okay, it was just the one Parrot that succumbed Thanks for everyones help

I cant come, I am attending a rescue operation in West Auckland. Namely trying to rescue all the american cichlids in my little blisters tank

My thoughts exactly, but no, all is good with the tanks outside, if anything the PH is a bit low but if that was our problem we could fix it easy :-? We have 2 airlines in there at the moment and 3 spray bars but just dont seem to be winning the battle

Thanks Alan We are going to do another water change now and see if that helps.

He died. My sister has just run another lot of water tests and the ammonia is off the chart Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this? Its very disheartening and shes reached the point where she is nearly ready to give up. Would ammo-lock help in this situation?

This tank has been running for about 3 months but it was set up using all of the existing water from the old tank and the same filter The filter got a light rinsing with tank water, straight rain water basically. We did a big change last night, approx 200 litres. Luckily it rained so we dont yet have town supply water in our tanks. We havent had to use town water yet. We have 2 large water tanks for the house, one is concrete and the other is plastic. Thanks for everyones help. The parrot has some of his colour back this morning but is still hanging around at the surface. The confusing thing is that everybody else is just fine. We're not sure what has thrown the ammonia and nitrates/nitrites sky high between the last water change as we havent done anything different. If he is no better tonight we will put him in a bucket and treat with salt I think. There doesnt appear to be anything externally wrong with him. Hes not bloated, definitley no white spot present, hes just doing a lot of gulping at the surface

thanx all, the tests have all come back with high nitrites, nitrates and amonia. This is one week after a water change (approx 200 litres). We have checked for dead bodies but everyone is accounted for so no reason for the spikes really??? 4 days after the water change the filters were unclogged and the flow is great. We are running 2 x 1200 lph cannister filters and are just about to plug in a fluval 204 to help. Will see how that goes before bathing the parrot in his salt bath. Thanks for the link Alan, will be good for future reference.