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Hi Stella Also can you include me on that list please? I have a couple of friends up north that have a program called white bait connection they travel to schools teaching kids about our natives and how to look after their Environments Rivers and wetlands Also they have been working with farmers getting them to fence off rivers from stock to help rivers return to how they should be Should you be interested I can pm you name and contact number Might be able to add to the book Good on you for caring about our natives and the environment Cheers

At present I have 5 paid $75 -$100 each for them Very slow growing fish but well worth the wait Quite willing to pay good money to buy more Very hard fish to find available for sale but worth a try on here as 4 were bought from a member of this site Pm me if anyone has any available

Always looking for more of these Has anyone got any they will part with ? Or know of any shops that might have them for sale Name the price and we can talk Thanks

Check this out http://www.tv3.co.nz/VideoBrowseAll/Nat ... aspx#video

Would use 15mm glass at leased for a tank this size I built my own tank size 1800x700x700 This was built using 12mm glass With lots of bracing

fantatic news on the Front holding About what size and age is that female Front? Keep us posted

Hi Livingart Fantastic fish and tank I have used the coke bottle trap and can recommend it Caught many fish using this system Suggest not feeding them for a day before using this system Won’t hurt them and the hungrier they are the better this trap works Good luck with your fishing

I caned the idea of the ugf and setup the tank with overflow into sump As well I have a canister filter running just helps with keeping water clear and clean The original idea was to setup a pump forcing water under and out through the gravel This would keep gravel clean I still like this idea but didn’t go down that track with this tank I do know someone that did and using this system it is working fine Still needs partial water changers but gravel seems to stay clean No Gravel vac needed Less maintenance and more time to enjoy the fish The tank is full of mature Fronts that dig and breeding has taken place with no problems

It’s been a while since the last post on my tank Had no camera to update progress Anyway borrowed one from a friend to take these pictures The moving in and setting up’ what a mission Had for guys helping but still had a mishap Cracked one edge of bottom pane while moving it in Emergency on the spot repairs fixed this and all is fine with no leaks. Best part of having an aquarium has got to be the decorating Creating hiding places and a natural environment for the inhabitants Even though in this case manly just rocks used still great fun Fish in tank are 8 Frontosa 4 Lamprologus Lelupi 2 Altolamprologus Compressiceps 4 Synodontis Multipunctatus I think hardly see them only at feed time Will be selling off a few of the male Fronts when space in the tank becomes an issue So I’m very happy now with the setup and fish seem to be just fine Hope the picture links work ok http://pets.webshots.com/photo/24077545 ... 0445qmZrqf http://pets.webshots.com/photo/27432322 ... 0445SqulEp http://pets.webshots.com/photo/29144114 ... 0445zTKzpk http://pets.webshots.com/photo/22548519 ... 0445mBodlV

Yea I have it

Very nice Footage from Jewel of the Rift great video :lol:

Yes davidb it is the hum of the motor Nothing is touching the glass just a very noisy motor I guess Will have to check the Eheim range out Thanks for that

oops volume of this pump is about 1000 LPH :oops:

I have a pump king 2 running for my sump filter but find it is very noisy I know it’s going to be difficult to find one that makes no noise But does anyone know of any that pump around this volume and are fairly quiet Thanks

Good on you eben I normally try here first Hope you’re mult’s turn to be male and female

Mine are only around 2" so not as big as yours eben Who did you buy your 2 from? Mine came from Redwoods in Christchurch Your right about these being quick always on the move I bought 4 so good chance of male and female fingers crossed

I paid $85 each for my synodontis Multipunctatus Bought 4 of them And very happy to pay that for the true cuckoo These are still hard to come by And are the real deal not the ones selling as cuckoo but really are niassae

Thanks Shell and everyone for the advice Setting tank up this weekend if all goes to plan without the under gravel filters Will post more pics once tank is setup

Well nice clear pics What type of camera did you use firenzenz ?

Thanks for your comments everyone Yes Blueandkim the glass triangle on the top is removable to get to the overflow Stand is ready to pickup this weekend I’m okay with making glass fish tanks but not to good working with wood so tank stand I have bought from tough tanks they do a great job Thinking maybe now not to use the under gravel filters I had this idea in my head of mounting 2 of them 1 at each end of the tank but having them force water down under the filter sort of reverse to how they normally are setup The thinking was that this would keep particles of waste that would normally settle on the gravel in the water to be picked up and filtered through the sump Less maintenance with having to clean gravel Has anyone tried this? Will put more pics up as things come together Thanks again for feedback

Hi All Just finished glueing together my new tank Nealy ready to move onto stand and setup for the Frontosas size is 1800x700x700 made with 12mm glass. Going to run a sump as well as a under gravel with power heads hope the link to pictures turn out okay.

Sorry Alan I have updated my profile African Yes I would be interested in purchasing some Vallis So I’ll PM you my email address to pass on to your contact Thanks

Nice African One Question where did you get your Large Vallisneria After some myself? I'm thinking of painting back of my tank Black to hide filter pipes Also the fish colours seem to show a lot more also gives the impression of an endless deep tank Your setup looks great and I also like comps neat fish

Not to worried about having them with the fronts I’m not keen on letting the fronts breed anyway as I feel they have been line breed enough So much rather see if they make good hosts for the syno’s If not I’ll look at another cichlid Also depends on how much the syno's harass the frontosas My Fronts welfare takes priority Would be great to have little syno multi's and see the spawning take place

Not sure yet what cichlids to use They are still very small so plenty of time yet to decide Will keep them in with my Fronts in the mean time Had a few dramas and thought that the best thing was to sell the Fronts But sometimes good things do happen and now able to keep them and setup a 6 foot tank So when setup this is going to be the home for the syno multi’s for now