Navarre

thought it was cones nice......... cat Stella great pic tho

I think they will go nicely in my newly repaired and very empty 5x2x2 Along with a dozen Altos What do you think? Oh and welcome

KP I likeheview the other way in your bedroom opps :oops:

Great articles Stella Thank you Are you sugesting that the blue sheen may be linked to the pressence of more cone cells in the eyes than rod cells to help differentiate between light wave lenghts in low light and gloomy envionments ( or which ever way around it is) or that the blue sheen comes from a cell that emits a faint biolumenesence so that the eye works more in the style of an IR camera and can capture movment in near dark conditions? Great photos CodKing Nice fish arent they. Navarre

And I am here as well...lol eh Caryl...lmao Welcome try the Totally Tanked page Good supportive crew and have local meetings And they are the nice people that Caryl talks about...lol

I thought that as well. will be interesting to keep some and grow them out ( happy to help with that ) However sold as occi golds so hard to know what to do with fry. One thing I notice with my guys tho is that with poor water stress or agro in tank they darken up heaps and almost go a chocolate brown. especially on the dorsum. I am wondering if you have seen your fish do this and it is a response pattern in fry? there are several varients listed but perhaps get RJ to cross post to Cichlid forum for a response if you are not already a member there? Nav

Be nice to see some pics SneakyOne2

Hi there, they look good Can I ask do you have double mesh on the meshed walls and why have you got the shade cloth? Also does you glass slide? and what do they sit on? Good luck with the permit and things..lol

Thats pretty good advice John another couple of things to think about is that bigger bottles can cause an over dose as they can "dump" when pressure gets low..only happened to me once. a soda stream bottle can be just as effective as a bigger bottle and most comerical tank units will fit these without to much hassle but you need to fill them more regularly...but they are easier to hide than say a 3 foot tall tank used for running a pubs co2 system ( thats what I use) I have always prefered a diffuser rather than a ladder and this is personal preference as some have just as valid arguments for other types of introducers of co2 into the tank. Generally you are looking to intro the smallest bubbles possible for the longest time probable with the least water disturbence. If I have been running Co2 I have never run a filter on my plant tanks as ANY water movement will degas the water and in theory this includes co2 never compared it to a tank with a filter running but I have seen tanks with co2 and high filteration and co2 and they have looked specatular Finally if you are adding teh cost and trouble of Gas you woudl be remiss not to does micro nutrients and there are just as many IMO about this as there are about any other aspect of keeping water with planst and fish in it. worth the trouble for me and I think you will find the same. made my own PMDD but wouldnt bother now as you can source it thru many ppl here or other sites. HTH Nav

Thank you for your post. This might mean however that smal "sips" of vodka may provide enough carbon to grow plants with? is that right? You have also not mentioned that carbon and alcohol and calcium carbonate ( the most common binding agent in tablets) may have interacted to intenisfy the reaction? Perhaps maybe possibly? Great post and notto long for even my short attention span nav

Yes I, as those who know me, also run a low tech crypt and sword tank. this is a standard 3 footer with 2 old tubes and no filter pump or co2. and very few fish. SO while those other things are nice they are not a must. go with how it looks match and balance are the key Nav

If you like the EBJD look what about EB rams? you could also think about a tire track eel as far as Fancy plecs go what about a moth or banjo cat. small fancy and not that expensive and very nice to a tank like yours

Hmm I have always wanted some as well mostly hippocampus but pipe fish woudl be good all I need is a tank to put them in...lol might be up your way October LA. will let you know

yes I never vacum the substrate in my tanks and in the big discus tank only water change mid water collum this stops substrate being disturbed and fouling water and also allows excretment to become plant food. there is some risk around anearobic pockets but with good plant growth the roots take care of this quite well Over time...a number of years the substrate goes quite dark under the gravel and this is also a good sign in my tanks as this is the mulm feeding the plant roots

lumbriculus in my room?

LOL ok so there are lots of rules to planting a tank all are meant and are broken every one has a differeing opinon but I have found this useful put fertiliser base on bottom of tank..say a cm thick then sand about 2-3 cm and then a layer of fine gravel 2-3 cm fine gravel helps poo settle into sand and become fertilser and stops sand becoming dislodged when do water changes. also IMO looks better colour can be an indication of pH. you need to select to best suit your plants acidic, nuetral or alkaline

Just dont do it save heaps

www. reptiles.org.nz www.nzreptiles.myfreeforum.org try those places

Apologies for not attending can some one email me a memebership form? Navarre

I mix 4 teaspoons iodised table salt in 3 lt of water I then keep this in my room to come up to temp In a 1.5 lt bottle with bottom cut of jamed into a 2.25 bottle with top cut off( base) i pour about 1-1.2 lt of salt water . i then add 1 teaspoon of bbs and airate for 24-36 hours with an air line with no stone attached. I have a bit of lead on end of line to help it stay on bottom. Just syphon out what you want into a jug with an old stocking toe over it after letting it settle use finger to smear bbs hatch into tanks easy as have 2 going like this and one is ready each day I also use micro, grindal and white worms so I can "rest" fish HTH

I know several people who run dehumidifiers in fish rooms. keeps smell down makes spending time in room more pleasant and for a non subjective...yes everyone this is me being objective dry air is easier to heat than moist air so costs less....also running of dehumidifier along with lights and the like adds residual heat so dirty great big expensive inefficent heaters dont kick on and off quite so much but hey....why would YOU run one in your room? Nav

hmmmmm indeed 10K lets hope that the albinos are breeding.

Hi All travelling as title suggests up Friday arrive 2030 and depart Sunday 1700 if anyone needs stuff transported Navarre

hmmmmmmmmmmm Ice cream I like ice cream hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

soft is not a measure of pH but surely you will be using water with a varience say ph 6 7 & 8 to look at effect of C02 in a varitey of tank situations? and if you are not going to do that then maybe just use tap water as a control any test is only as accurate as you make it Joe