livingart

welcome to the forum

eating rotifers at the moment

man sky diving jumps out of the plane and can't get his parachute to open as he plummets towards the ground a man comes hurtling up from below he yells out what do you know about parachutes? the other guy yells what do you know about gas BBQs ?

now now ladies :roll:

the changes i mentioned were for starting a tank from scratch with a few fish, crabs etc in it and no skimmer my original tank was under gravel filter plates with a couple of inches of crushed shell in it like Caryl once cycled it ran for about 3 years with top ups from the hose

as Caryl and elusive fish have said keeping it cool is another must a chiller can be an expensive purchase brand new, occasionally they come up for sale on auction sites or some of the saltwater sites in nz there are some DIY ideas available on the internet i have had my tanks at 20 - 22 degrees Celsius for awhile but they were rock pool species that could handle it

you could go to the local hospital and get yourself a big box of patience fish school together for protection if there is nowhere to hide lots of places to hide means they maybe behaving more naturally to the big shape moving round the room

your first step is to read this viewtopic.php?f=5&t=23675 the next step is to have lots of patience cold water marine takes longer to cycle than a tropical marine and both take longer to cycle than freshwater tanks if you have access to fresh clean natural salt water (NSW) you can set a tank up from scratch by doing 2 x 25% or 1 x 50% water changes weekly As to size of tank and the type. Basically the larger the tank the better (easier to keep water condition stable), and large surface area on the tank is better than a narrow deep tank having a sump on the tank is better than canister filters, these can be used but may need the filter media washing in NSW frequently you will need some clean coral rock as this is more porous and makes a good home for the beneficial bacteria and pods (that will help maintain your system) to live in. You can use live rock from a tropical marine tank but some of the bacteria etc. may die off. will add more later

is that up or down a level :oops:

:oops: did an audio swap, checked it but it couldn't have worked

if your power turns off or sump pump stops tank will drain to the level of your outlet to sump if the outlet is low in your overflow and that is leaking then it will drain to where the leak is if you have a standpipe in the overflow then it can only leak to the outlet of the standpipe

closer vid from big bossy pants

depends on how high the outlet to the sump is

well done

Ssssshhhhh

video brought to you by Nymox and Big boss pants and living art productions

good relationships can be important

trade me

one of his daughters is a member here

might as well get a litre of petrol

good old Reg, still alive not doing fish or plants though

Herpetology is the study of herpetofauna

herpetofauna

good way of getting some of the money paid out in benefits back

very nice pics