[Conference, Tauranga, 2011]

was wanting to go this year but cant ...disappointed

I hope you all have a great time and good luck to you all for elections...lol...!

Dont have to much fun with out the rest of us mere mortals

Nav

[Parancistrus nudiventris]

are they in your tank Boban?

[anyone know what type of guppy this is?]

Have heaps of females pure strain blue strain, Purple strain, Black, Pink, Albino purple, Albino Pink, Albino reds MOSCOW some ready for sale now some just waiting to grow.

And you would be located where? Burn?

[Fryeri]

:nfs: +1

[Henward, share your VIP red!]

:sick: good thing we are not holding our breath for photos

:yaw2:

[Bubby bird ID?]

I have a good recipe somewhere...i can post it if you want

[This or that]

South

white chocolate or dark

[Moyas 460L setup]

if you angle heaters they heat across a bigger surface area so are more efficent

stops thermal layers to some extents and because of both of these switch on and off less so theorectically last longer.

still waiting for video of the shimmy

[Fish food for my African Cichlids]

yes

not too too bad

food is food and variety is spice of life

[Just a few shots]

very nice

thanks for the share

[Who has the largest pleco?]

a couple of types were brought in years ago.

remember seeing them round and about a few years ago down this way

dont know where they are now

[Zebra lion fish found in NZ waters]

Wicked

wonder now that it is a "native" If we can keep them

:sml1:

[to sump or not to sump]

turn over isnt the be all and end all. It works well for mechanical filtartion but not chemical biological filtration.

In a planted tank with sump you would only be looking perhaps for lower turn over anyway.

In that case the sump then comes with benifits of volume, extra media, no accessories like heaters and the like in the tank

even your CO2 can go inline or in sump

But for a tank that size why filter at all go filterless and let your thermaclines move your water.

then you can just do water changes and add chemicals and light as you need

money you save can be used for nice plants and fishes

[to sump or not to sump]

canister = expensive all in one comes with pluming need a few

sump= can be done cheap, hides a lot of stuff, can over engineer, can flood

I like sumps as increases "volume" can hide all teh misc. stuff and you can "mix and match" your outcomes a lot more.

rememeber that mechanical filtration requires high volumes of turnover biological and SOME chemical filtration requires low volume turnover

CO2 can be put inline in either and have seen some nice reactors of late that woudl work either/or

Convert your 3 foot into a sump run canister on sump and have low volume sump to tank turnover

in effect giving you an 8 ft tank which gives you more chemical stability.a

light the sump and plant the bejessus out of it and use it as a refuge for or add a denytrifing coil and dont.

Lots of options

[Moyas 460L setup]

so the perv in me ( seeing how that is how this thread was taken over) says ...oh i dont know would quite like to see the shimmy? :roll: :dunno:

the fisho says Moya...get it right up front. get it as level as you can and do it once if you can.

the fisho also says we have heard a lot about what you should keep...but what were you thinking about when you wanted to set it up Moya? I mean you have mentioned discus and rainbows but still leaves a lot of room....not sure I would put rainbows with flat fish tho?

[Who has the largest pleco?]

30-35 cm Royal male plec 20 years old?

In my 6 ft tank can see photos from 2 years ago on Blenhiems aS trip to Chch post

[Hybrid frogs?]

Next time get him/her to sit still when you put your tattoo on so that it is straight

might be due to ambiant humidity? causing skin to dry therefore look raised

or is it like this all the time?

Some animals that lack pigiment also have different skin textures so it could be pigment related?

Nav

[bamboo for bristlenoses]

I put mine in dry

some do both

just drill a small hole at the "closed end" to allow a small amount of water movement

[L140 Breeding log]

I brought some lengths of bamboo from the warehouse it it works well for cave spawning fish

about $5 a length I think and I got 6-8 caves out of each length I just drilled a small hole at the "closed end" to allow it to sink faster and so a small amount of water can flow thru

has an internnal dia of 30-50 mm depending on piece selected

[Updated today - 8 May]

where is the waiting list

I need to put my name on it

very nice

Thank you for the share

[Small dog advice?]

I Really disagree with some of these comments

You get out what you put in

research the breed or mix of breeds first

jacks are made to stand and bark and fight if they have to

Foxies go to ground along with dachs and some of the other breeds you have described

no bad breeds just bad owners

any dog will be like an extra child.

you need to feed and toilet it meet its needs excersie it and give it boundries

Just like and extra child

you can view some of my experience here

http://www.boxtonandtennille.com

happy to help if you want to give me a PM

[new from chch]

welcome

[Finally, my Apistogramma macmasteri have spawned!]

Hi Joe,

well done

may I ask what temp and ph you have tank at?

[iodotropheus sprengerae (rusty cichlid)]

I better stop feeding my fry to the altos then :facepalm:

you know there is a wait list T

[best food for africans]

you can bulk buy

vac pac teh rest in smaller bags and freeze

that helsp keep all good for later use