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livingart

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  1. like batman and superman some of us have alter egos
  2. doing weekly water changes may help your system function better remember it is an enclosed system and food added produces waste from the fish which can slowly pollute your water bacteria can keep your tank in balance but with older water it can only take a little overfeeding to tip the balance and cause a spike
  3. these guys do not like raised ammonia or nitrite levels your existing fish can live with higher levels if it raises slowly in the tank adding a new fish even with an extended float off period can still shock sensitive fish being slimy coated after death suggests the mucus layer on the fish has reacted to water conditions
  4. welcome to the forums haakuturi just a few questions did you buy the tank originally as a complete setup? what substrate and decorations do you have in there? ph level would be good for africans how do you clean the tank now a picture would be good as well
  5. i feel i use less water washing it in smaller amounts
  6. something to look at while your searching they climb really well
  7. new one , still painting it not in tank yet
  8. if it was small they can dig in quite well are you still putting food in tank? the only option to find out usually is to take the tank apart slowly and carefully they are very good climbers, scaling glass easily and fit through small holes
  9. yes bikboks way is the best is it something stuck on its barbs?
  10. i have done this before using 10mm poly with no problems using a thick board as well will allow you to hang the back over 20mm as deno said
  11. i keep pet birds therefore i am a girl now i don't want to talk about it right now do you play for manley twinkles
  12. are you in a masochistic mood this morning barrie? i can hear the stick being sharpened from here
  13. it is when you drink too much gin usually on other alcohol it's called a bender
  14. then he has further to run than he knows he may just stay behind his keyboard and throw words at you then if he asks nicely i can put a word in the local customs ears
  15. i use a coarse river sand, probably .5 - 2mm they chase their food into the sand
  16. DON'T PANIC PAGE44 D99 has only just left Christchurch and will run out of steam very quickly it will be a few days before he gets anywhere near you in fact he may just be joking, but it is hard to tell from the written word
  17. and do they pay a % of the money if you owe IRD? 8)
  18. elementary my dear moriarty, always more caves than fish who would possess them if you remove part of a trio it is always the outsider gues to knees and sniffs mark on the carpet, then asks where is the 3 year old male miniature dacshund 8)
  19. battle wounds can look different on these guys sometimes more of a rub on each other in a cave pulls out magnifying glass and peers closely, adjusts deer stalker hat and mummbles to self
  20. given the recent introduction and everything else being fine sherlock holmes might pont his finger at another fish, my dear watson
  21. i thought to do a background for the africans tank will try to make it look like limestone face it has 2 large rocks to go under the overhang but may put it in the community tank it is 2.4m x .65cm
  22. wet day, lots of polystyrene, inspiration from si=sphinx so started this one cut, glued, sanded and coated with cemex so far still to make 2 rocks for the overhangs
  23. same as washing gravel but it takes longer
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