jason_sheman

hi, i just start my first planted tank with glosso, indian fem..etc......how many days after first planted i should start the co2 system? and how many hr of lighting i should turn on now?

thx for reply.......... unfortunately, it require a lot of light which worry me to heat up the tank so much...(i planned to have tank with shrimps.) any other species looks similar but do not require heaps of light?

i would like to get some plate for my tank viewtopic.php?f=29&t=41087 like this one..short but spread around where can i buy some of it? thx

o..sorry....it's 60cmx40x40mm how about some without the wheel? http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... =185563376 so...any recommand place to buy some standard in auckland?

hi.. i m going to buy a new tank for my walking fish....the tank will be around 600cmx40x40cm....will a tv carbinet will do the job as a stand? something like following http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... =185028307 http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... =185193413 thx for advise

hi, i need to go oversea for 2 and half month at the end of yr.......anything i can keep my fish servive without asking ppl loook after it?(cos i dont have friend who know how to do it)or any local fish store (auckland area) can look after it for small cost? i have 38l tank (aqya one 380) with around 30 fish inside (5 guppies, 10 neaon, 3 cory, 6 loach (forgot the name, but look like snake which is around 4cm long)..etc,,,,,,,,,will they be ok if i buy the automatic feeder machine??????but the thing i worry is no one change water for them, i worry they will die........... or should i buy a 90l plastic container from warehouse, put and air pump in and use the automatic feeder? any chance they will servive??? thx

yes...i have driftwood in my tank.... cos my neon an guppy looks sick yesterday..thats y i use Ph up.. anything not chemical but can adjust Ph???? thx

hi, tonite i saw one of my fish not that well..so, i check the Ph value of my tank...it show up 6 anything will make the Ph drop suddenly ..... i change 20% water 3 days ago and i check my Ph is 7.....yesterday i check it again and it's 7...but tonite it just drop to 6..and i check it again and it still 6...so, i added some Ph up to the tank anything will casue this situation?cos it's the second time already.....last time i have same situation, but the next morning i check the Ph again....it suddenly go high like 7.4....and i m sure the reading is good as everytime if the reading is not 7...i will do the test again to make sure the reading is right.... and both time happened at night i have plants (but not that much), fish and wood in my tank.......anything in my tank will make this problem? thx

hi, my fish is sick last week so i give them 4 days treatment with the furan-2......now the treatment is done and the fish is ok now....but how i can remove the greenish water? i follow the instruction and do 25% water change and put some carbon inside....but the water didnt go clear... by the way, i dont know if i buy the right carbon..i buy it from the pet shop and it's car fish carbon...the keeper said this is right......when i first put it into water.......many gas come out from the carbon (like the coke or like some reaction in the lab)...do i get the right one?? THX

i just put all of my old water + new water into my tank... by the way, i have 17 fishes there....but all of them are very small..guppies, etc...nothing longer than 3cm........cos whewn i have my tank, the pet shop ppl said it should be ok for that no. of fish......but not sure

yes...........how can i remove ammo lock from my tank from now? just remove it bit by bit during water change?

thx for that... but my fish was ok this morning.....i put 7 bottle of hot water around my tank last night....and change the water bottle to hot water again at 3:00am.........this morning when i woke up.....still 25 c..now, going to get another tube

yes....they are happy.....this morning i found that some of them try to jump on top of water...i suspect it's leak of oxygen as ar380 is a tall tank...i went to the local pet shop to buy the test kit and get a external pump for them...they all happy..... but when i back home from dinner tonite....i found that my heater have problem...now, try to put some hot water bottle for them for tonite\

i have changed from a 18l tank (3 month old )to a 34l one.......i use old gravel/filter and put into my new tank. since, i don't have enough room to run 2 tank at the same time...so, i just put my old fish striaight into new tank\ and today i get the test kit from store and the test result is following ph 7.2 ammonia 0.5ppm nitrate 10ppm nitrite 0ppm i do use "ammo lock" and "stable" when i setup the tank until yesterday i read this forum and found that it's actually not a good product so, since the ammonia and nitrate is high....should i do a 30% water change daily until it back to zreo?? thx

ok......thx for the advise

i m not actually worry about it burn....just worry about it crack up.....like when u put cold water and warm water in a cup

can i just use house heater to blow toward the tank.. by the way, my tank is ar380.....will the heat from the house heater blown make the tank break?

hi, i just back home and found that my heater tube in the tropical tank have problem, the light which indiacate the power is flashing while normally it will either on or off..my tube is elite.. and now the water temperture is around 20-21 c.....do anyone can have suggestion how can i keep the water temperture up until tomorrow i can replace the heater? thx

i'm not really sure....cos i m newbie..... when i buy my fish, the pet shop said i need one to test it and adjust the Ph to 7.0... so, should i just use the test kit to monitor the Ph level to keep in reasonable range?? also, i found trademe have following master test kit http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Pe ... 515875.htm is it good and easy to use thx

o...i got live plant as weell..so, i cant use it...

hi, i m currently using a kit with have a tester and one ph up and ph down powder... today, when i go to pet shop, i saw a product which said it can automatically set the ph to a value..like 7.0, 7.2..so, i choice the 7.0 it will automatic set the water to that value... my question is seems this product is easlier to use... but compare to my current one, which one is better?? thx

thx about the reply... yeah...i will get the ar380 tomorrow cheers

hi, i currently have 16l tank and want to go bigger tank...but due to my room's size...can't really go a very big tank.... here is my choice: elite style 35 http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Pe ... 072411.htm or aqua one 380 http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Pe ... 987981.htm or jebo (forgot the model no., but the size is same as aqua one) among the above three choice..which one is better? like which brand is better and last longer? compare the filter/lighting..etc, which one is better? which one is easy to buy parts if anything go wrong..like filter or the light tube pls advise thx

thx for reply.. my tank size is 37x24x34cm i have the tank for 3 weeks time.. there are total 10 very small fish inside 2 x guppy, 2 x very very small guppy, 2 x golden baby bistlenose, 2 x baby golden catfish 2x kuhli loach the tank is between 25.5 (night) degree to 28 degree and the ph is between 7.0-7.2 so, what should i do now??

hi, i m beginner, as english is not my first language, i don't know how to explain...... my question is i found some of my fish's body become red in the area as arrow in the the pic? ...what did that part called? and why did it happened?and i also found that my guppy always stay at bottom and seems breath hard.. thx for your help as i dont want my fish die.....how can i help them?