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didn't I show you how to make a water dish with resovior bulldogood? Come round some time and I'll show you. Neither crickets nor Locusts need water provided you are willing to top up the tank with fresh grass every 3 days or so

make a stand for the lights to hang from, simple. Mine are sitting on a couple of pieces of 2x4 above my tank at the moment, no harm done.

http://www.swiftinverts.com/ Check it out... Bunch of Nice cheap Tarantualas etc, plus a green Anaconda!

PM reef

What type of Cichlids?

as large as you can afford (at approx $1000 for a 2ft tank plus an extra $1000 per extra foot incl. Lifestock)

there are various sizes. Use the calculator to find out how much you need, it has seachem mag on it... You don't need to dose mag as often as Ca or Bicarb...

...I hop you didn't use meds in the tank it was in :roll:

I'm voting for them (not for my own personal consumption though), provided there are restrictions in place to stop kids taking them etc... Only Idiots take them so its simply Darwinian theory in practice... Skimming off those that came from the shallow end of the gene pool 8)

very cool avatar Mrs Frog!

I may be able to come around sunday to help you set it up if you want, I'm just in Mt. Eden

you don't NEED aquatic mix. I used to have a tank which just had about 10cm of sand as base and it was fine. Aquatic mix just provides more nutrients for plants, and is beneficial if you want to keep some more challenging plants.

you can't run an undergravel filter with sand. If it was me I would use just the filter which is on the tank. if you decide you need more later, you can add an external filter as well. You only need aquatic mix if you want plants too... But yes sand has the same function as gravel... A couple of cm cover over the daltons aquatic mix will stop the aquatic mix dirtying up the water... the other benefit of sand is that it looks cool, and it is much easier to see when your substrate needs siphoning. There are other alternatives to daltons sand, but make sure they are suitable for fish tanks by asking on here first... sand from the beach typically isn't a good idea. Cheers, DB

There is 167. I put it onto windows paint and marked each one, changing color after each ten so i couldn't loose count- yep I'm smart!

what plants? SD's will go for any plants eventually, its a matter of time :roll: Your best bet if you do want plants is something that is really quick growing and hardy.

i know someone with them on the side of a clam, with no harm done. It should be fine

wow, you're keen wilson!

Auto-topoff?

the white stuff is called Salt creep... Water will get rid of most of it. For the tough stuff you can use white vinegar yes. And give me a PM if you want to see how a trickle filter works and you can come round and see.

it isn't a Calisoga longitarsis is it?

its a marginal plant isn't it? I had one in a Tree frog vivarium at one stage and it did very well...

Looks great dogmatix!

hmm not sure, looks like an Australian, Trapdoor or funnelweb? but what species? I'm pretty new to the Arachnology game, so excuse me if my guess is way off but is it Misgolas rapax the Sydney Trapdoor spider?

Yeah I just realised that. Its just most sources say that vagrants do not get as big as these ones are

oh but to answer your original question Tonka (we got a little sidetracked) I currently am looking after/ have looked after, Mexican red-knees, Bird-eating and Rose Tarantulas, Nursery-web spiders, Katipo, Avondales, and a few others