smidey

that is awesome, would love to see a video of it after a couple of years. thanks for posting, i don't care where you put it. 8)

nice setup, well done. is that tank chilled? what temp do they need to be kept at?

not worth the risk to save a few $ IMO

i had a package get handed over to RD and it took around 48 hours. they were red empresses about 6 or 7cm and one died out of 6 i think so wasn't a bad outcome.

:thup:

plenty on the rocks, i should put more effort in to keeping the glass clean

thanks, it looks a lot better after a clean

thanks

i always filter heaps and feed to match, it works well as I never have health issues.

they are on a strong feeding regime

i had the tropical on one half and the sunlight on the other, the tropical made it made the tank a little blue compared with the sunlight. after consultation with the better half i swapped the tropical for a sunlight which is what my lights are that you saw the other day.

maybe but half of mine are this size, the others are most likely female. Is it just that i feed alot? I would like to know if other in NZ have them this size or are mine freaks.

from the cichlid-forum link, below all the species info.

after a comment elsewhere i netted and measured one of my shellies, three of my 6 are a similar size, slightly smaller or larger but this one measures at around 7cm. The info on the cichlid forum states they get to 2" (5cm+-) so I am curious to find out how many others have some at that size. I do admit that mine are fat critters that resemble a groper more than a shellie but never mind, they are what they are :sml2: http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1753

that is so terrible, sorry to hear that

was this supposed to be a pm? it reads that way to me

ok thanks. dispersion may not be the right word either but hey, you get what i mean. I was smart enough to do water changes on my tanks before the water started going in so I am good for a week or so. I haven't done any water changes for two weeks so i may just leave it for two weeks and use some water conditioner then.

I am about to fill my water tanks up from town supply, 40,000L worth. How long do you think it will take before i don't have to use de-chlorinator when doing water changes?

very nice enclosure indeed

there are heaps of options. when the fronts get big enough they will eat the demonsoni. what are the dimensions? i would go for red empress and giraffes, as adults they will look awesome with the fronts.

wow that 177 looks awesome. nice work

gives new meaning to the saying "face like a punched up pikelet" :sml2: nice fish LA

i'm on a 60G plan and never get near it so it should be sweet

so over 20 working days does that equal 5.5GB?