Captain Conkout

Anyone used a moving company for their tanks before? I'm in Welly and moving a tank from Newtown to Karori. Used Cool Moves before but felt if they dropped the item ($2000 projector) it was on me. Any reliable, reasonable movers for big tanks?

Got a 400-450ltr tank sorted any suggestions about suitable heaters? Getting 2 big external filters with it so should be plenty of circulation. Particular brands better than others? I really want simple and secure solutions. Figured several powerful heaters incase one went out...

Ghost knife it was. They're mad the way they zip backwards. Creepy! Oh, I discovered that clown loaches aren't small cute little things that scurry about under small logs for long... I've revised tank community to Balas/torpedo barbs and/or some smaller schooling fish with odds and ends slowly filling out the nooks and crannies where a niche is found. I'd really like to have smaller schoolies and maybe some khuli and a (....oh no!) red-tail shark to play bad cop on the tank floor! These red tails just sound too damn bossy tho so subject to review - maybe a flying fox if they're available here or an eel....

Yeah I'd be interested but I'm in Wellington. Will keep an eye on trademe but freight cost is prohibitive and far too risky.

So is there anything not quite as large as silver shark but only slightly smaller? I'd really like at least 6 and the longest tank I can reasonably fit is 5ft. I haven't seen any others at the pet shop that exhibit the same schooling behavior. They just look so GRRR. Remind me of the Kawhai I've seen while snorkling. Love to add some height incase they wanna have a lil jump!

Firstly hello everyone! Years ago I had a few plecos and neons - I can't remember what else was nigh on 20 years ago. I've recently been negotiating with my better half to have some tropical fish again. I have been having a look at tanks at the Hutt Pets and on TM. I have a desk thing here that would hold a 150cmx40cm tank flush but considering a 120cmx50cmxabout50-60cm unit with the inbuilt filtering system. I am quite fond of the silver sharks for their schooling behaviour and darting about. I understand them to be a non-aggressive fish but growing to considerable size - hence my thoughts about a very long/tall tank. Are there similar fish species available that don't grow so large. I looked at red tails but they're very catfish like and aren't schoolies like the silver sharks ( I read the red tails are aggressive and the one at the pet shop seemed territorial as hell).. I'm thinking of aquiring a good sized tank (250-300ltr) and some plants and just growing up the tank plant life and not getting ANY fish for a few months while I get a decent environment running. Does the abundance of plants reduce the need to change out water and clean filters? Or create more work load. Do plants NEED fish to use up the oxygen or produce CO2 , do air stones and the likes put c02 back into the water? Some basic qs there. I have envisioned an environment with clear tracks in the upper third for schooling fast movers like the sharks, then at either side and up to around the middle/two thirds mark larger plants/sunken wood to reduce school fish speed and allow some smaller schoolies to circulate (angels?(too much fin with the sharks?)) and in the lower regions lots of grass/moss and hidey holes for some smaller fish like clown loaches or the likes - hopefully too big to get gobbled by the sharks but small enough to stay out of trouble... I love plecos but they just get too damn big! Maybe some other cats/suckers. Any thoughts or if you know of someone with a presentable larger tank solution they're willing to part with I'm very interested. What are those black wiggly eel looking jobbies I have seen...!?