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livingart

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  1. to swim in me heartie or somewhere to put my 200 clown loaches the ultimate grow out tanks
  2. was paying 950 a month until recently
  3. sorry sam :oops: i always see the funny side in adversity
  4. the next plan is for 6 of them not quite inside a room
  5. she will cope her human friends may not though
  6. no not speaking hypothetically power average over 3 months end of summer into autumn if it had of been permanent would have probably set up with 2 backups to thermostat, one battery operated amazing how much heat is generated in 50m of 25mm thick walled alkathene pipe and how long sand retains heat for
  7. can be done outdoors with solarwater heating, thermostats, pumps and supplement heating with underfloor cables cost for 12,000 litres is 250 per month in power
  8. welcome aboard try the reptile and amphibian section for turtle talk
  9. bacterial infection? water change?
  10. Stars and stripes puffer on his 5th crab takes out one claw first, then the next claw, then dinner
  11. hi ron welcome to the forum thanks for your response i had an outside tank for a few years and found like you that fish like to hide part of the problem was them feeling exposed to predation natural instinct was to hide i found that the more plants and cover i had the safer they felt covering the back and sides i feel made the fish feel they were near a river bank it is hard to strike a balance between what is best for the tank inhabitants and best for human viewing are you able to catch fish yourself locally during the whitebait season?
  12. how deep was the water? got given a large rock that had come up from a deep trawl, there was a small cray similar to that in a crevice
  13. http://www.zipleaf.co.nz/Companies/Gold ... -Aquariums
  14. livingart

    Sand type

    the one sold here is uniform in size i used it on the bichir tank
  15. livingart

    Sand type

    the local rockshop has that gravel, sold as river sand
  16. both budgies and Cockatiels are a good starter bird, both will interact with you if they are tame if not tame the Cockatiels bite harder get a young bird that has been handled well or hand reared you can quieten an older bird but this requires patience and a little skill
  17. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_q ... ricks&aq=f
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