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200 watt is a bit on the small side for your 180 tank as recommended is 1.5 watts per litre. Depending on where you live will also determine how hard your heater will have to work. There is nothing wrong with having two heaters in the tank as if one should fail, the second one should back up. Is you heater vertical - how close to the heater are your thermometers? Some heaters need calibrating as not all read what they are set to. You can adjust your settings to get the tank where you want it. So if your thermometer shows 23.6 and your heater is not on turn it up a degree or two and keep an eye on it until the heater turns off. Then check the temperature. Heaters generally have an accuracy of around + or - 1 degree. I personally don't have an issue with Aqua One heaters, my back ups are Aqua One but I do prefer the Eheim heaters (these must be calibrated). By the way its not that easy to fry a heater - either leaving it turned on while draining the tank or taking it out of the water while heating are about the only ways.

HFF is Hollywood Fish Farm in Auckland, and they ship. My regulator is a TUNZE.

What's your locality? It's pretty difficult to get extinguishers shipped. Up here in Auckland BOC or Supergas will sell them certified. All cylinders need to be certified before any filling place will fill them. My regulator came from Supergas along with the cylinder and my solenoid from HFF. Been running for 5 years without missing a beat

At this time of year I find that the sun beng lower in the sky causes more issues with my tank, which faces large windows yet receives no direct sun on it, than the in the summer. I would expect your blackout to assist greatly.

You'll probably have to ask your local shop that one. They get them off the wholesalers so they may or may not know.

These have been in the shops in NZ.

It is an issue with any imports - I don't know enough about NZ bred ones but imports are prone to stomach issues and either are really skinny and die or bloat and die.

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For my first fully planted tank I used daltons aquatic mix covered by a thick layer of daltons propagating sand. It worked well but don't suck up the gravel and pull up aquatic mix -it equals murky water and an algae bloom. How deep is your tank?

Otos are fairly pricey and need to be in groups. They also prefer stable water conditions which your tank won't yet have. However they do eat brown algae and require a constant source of it as often they don't eat much else.

It should disappear when established. SAE won't touch the stuff, CAE will but they become big and bolshy. Common BN will also eat it.

BLUE HYGRO - stem plant, grown emmersed, may or may not adapt to growing submersed RED HYGRO - stem plant, grown emmersed, may or may not adapt to growing emmersed RED LUDWIGIA - requires higher lighting as do all red plants LUDWIGia - will grow in lower light, may stretch (grow tall and spindly) if light is not high enough ROTALA WALICHI - Rotala wallichii, red plant needs high lighting to see its proper colour, may stretch AMBULIA - easy to grow - WATER SPRITE - grows anywhere, often used as floating cover JAVA fern 2 types - low light, grows attached to wood, rock, do not plant SWORD PLANTS - grow low - high light depending on species, heavy root feeders, require lots of fertilisers in the soil and also root tabs PENNY WORT - low light Babies tears - high lighting, root feeder, often in shops as a stem plant grown emmersed, which may or may not adapt to submersed Lindernia - Rotundifolia? Wasnt aware it was here in NZ, normally an emmersed plant. Twisted val - mod to high light plant, do not plant deeply into substrate, intolerant of flourish excel as it will melt. Dwarf sag - moderate lighting, root and water column feeder. As you will see you do have a mixed bag of plants. What depth of substrate do you have covering your aquatic mix? If that is leeching into your water column you will be plagued with algae until it stops happening. What sort of algae do you have? Until your plants start growing they will not be using any ferts. Flourish excel is a form of carbon and is used in conjunction with fertilisers (Excel is generally used to replace a CO2 system), and lighting.

Google is generally your friend however if you purchase overseas products it always pays to check first that they provide back up and extra supplies. You will have to get this particular brand from whomever you purchased the Neptune Apex from or ask them where you can order if from. You could also try phoning around all the specialist fish shops in the country but this is not a known brand. People do use distilled water and get reasonable results from it.

Have you dissected one?

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Whats your tank lighting as some of those are high light plants, some of them are low light plants? You also have heavy root feeders in there (mostly swords) and some that need fertiliser through the water column.

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They will if it fits in their mouths.

My vet is on the north shore but made a house visit to see my fish Cost a bit . You'll also need printed documentation that describes how the fish looks when it needs metro. If yours look fine it wont be worth your time or money seeing a vet. Whats your pH compared to the tank they came from? Could it be pH shock? Temp variations? How long were they in the bag for?

If the goldfish went missing from a bowl outside look at birds to have taken it. But don't write the cat off totally either

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Not from me Contact Dominique as the Wellington club is hosting it. You will be more than welcome

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