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not many reach their full potential if they did you would need at least 6ft tank they school loosely in small tanks but well in a large tank when smaller they startle easily so need some stopping room

epoxy resin should do it probably a couple of coats to ensure sealing

from last year, same layout today except the fish are bigger the stacked rock supplies hidey holes for the survival of some young

should have slate at your local landscape supplies

sorry it made me laugh :oops:

i can sort seedlings, can't help with mud skippers though

never took it any other way amazing what a comma does i keep on havng to check my posts before submit button :oops:

don't have a definitive answer to that hans maybe part of the answer is that human beings are involved :roll: also maybe people on here care more than others yes david this is not something i would give to a novice to look after since this first occured things have progressed to whole setup being returned to the shop after a promise to refund money when the purchaser got to the shop they were tokd there would be no refund, so they left it there and looks like it will go to small claims court :evil: P.S.- the local animates and animal antics are not involved

don't know where to post this so put it here, your thoughts please got a call yesterday to help a lady with her fish tank she had bought tank on friday from a LFS and by tuesday the fish weren't looking well (laying on the bottom) she had rung shop and no reply 3 hours later so was put onto me got around there and found a little blue jebo tank approx 35 litres cloudy water and 2 fish not very active, filter pump to overhead media tray had stopped working i did a straight 50% water change and fish started to get off the bottom and swim again tank was bravd new, brand new filter media and no start up bacteria was used in setup when lady from the lfs came to setup tank on the friday she brought fish in a bag and mixed up saltmix on the spot , filled tank and put fish straight in supplied with tank was: pH test kit and pH up marine flake small packet of salt mix heater small air pump large quartz pebbles nemo ornament and 2 fake corals 1 x small Ocellaris and 1 x small yellow tail damsel a small handful of ceramic noodles and a small packet of filter wool people were advised that they would need to change water in 1 month i have recommended they take all back to the shop and ask for a refund as i feel they haven't been setup properly or given enough info on what they as novices are trying to keep your opinions or thoughts on the suitability of this tank for marine use please

giraffes and judging by their colouration ie: possible age and size, that is a big tank

heat lamp maybe best as they can't smash it if it is out of their reach sunlight through a window is not enough to meet the turtles requirements for lighting long term

i don't listen to threats

nice sump smidey in my photo it is both trickle tower and sump set up the tower goes to bottom of sump with holes in underwater section best of both worlds narrow tower has fast flow, slower through baffles as wider just an idea

a heater with heater guard may be necessary

man hugs only involve contact of the right palms

:oops: over the years i hve tried most of those :oops:

you are right about their shape , maybe my boy recognises the dolphin in them

ding, ding, ding, ding, ding ding, ding

oxheart? and hows your water temperature?

keep on working on him, he will come round

NOW YOUR BEING DIFFICULT large white thing on upper rigt is the air pump trickle tower is overflow from tank flushing onto a column of pumice then into bio balls under baffle into more bio balls and pumice i added the java moss to trap more sediment then back to tank through pump in clear space (refugium?) all up except the pump and bio balls cost 41 dollars the lid of the plastic box goes back on top with hole cut for trickle tower

cheap sump i made on the 2.4m freshwater community tank

the one i had the body the size of a matchbox came from heli logging old rimu trees, under the bark of a very old tree

i have had no personal experience of breeding those fighters but too much line breeding can lower fertility

my bubble is like a sheild of steel