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livingart

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  1. they take longer to establish in salt water, up to 6 months for cold salt water tanks so blackish or is that brackish will take longer than fresh if blackish, as henward posted ph will affect their establishment
  2. not quite 10k had a gravid female too when they were taken very sorry saga all round just to teach a suspected smuggler a lesson by the authorities amazing how due process can be twisted
  3. not smelt or yellow eyed mullet possibly grey by the shape a lot of bait fish are being chased inland by kahawai etc at the moment http://www.niwa.co.nz/our-science/freshwater/tools/fishatlas/species/grey_mullet
  4. as per title have fish to drop off and fish to come back or can anyone near bucklands beach bag and send a fish for me? cheers
  5. yes they are big will try for a good side on pic if i can got some huge swords Ovine grandmother
  6. possibility, have to see if they breed true biggest are about 2 1/2"
  7. awsome pic best thing that could happen to a wasp
  8. colouration is orange, blue and black swordtail or platy?
  9. a genetic mutation so no reason not to be bar poor breeding lineage
  10. don't just take out the top half of substrate as this is where your bacteria is mainly you may just expose a slightly more anaerobic layer may just be better on second thoughts to take it all out by syphoning then do water changes over next week or so keep an eye on your water parameters
  11. yes it would be worth it just to see if that is the problem i have always been a fan of substrate but run with none now if you have fauna that turn it over it is good but without, it can be an organic waste trap remember when you remove it you are changing the balance of bacteria in the tank preheat some new salt mix for water changes afterwards personally i would remove 1/2 the substrate then the other 1/2 a week later
  12. love this my fish is happy stuff hear "oh look the puffer is smiling at me" everyday
  13. depressed people still eat and walk
  14. you may find organic waste in your substrate is affecting your kh, ph
  15. do you have a pic of the tank?
  16. livingart

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    how long since the tank was set up? and does it have coral rock in it? or just rock from the beach there are no short cuts for the long life of a marine system
  17. Caroline lost a fingernail to it
  18. livingart

    DIATOMS

    your tank is still cycling cold marine takes longer to cycle, so all your stages will last longer the white patches maybe die off
  19. yes those are teeth uses them on crabs and mussel shells
  20. are you filtering your own top up water or buying bottled water your system could do with a skimmer and how often are you cleaning the top filter on the tank not a great fan of using the top filters for marine i am afraid you have a low bio load which is good do you test for magnesium?
  21. so long as it is alright to use on polystyrene it will be all right no matter how good your undercoatings are there will be small holes the resin will get through and eat away the poly underneath
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