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livingart

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  1. hex is not a good shape for a marine system unless it is running with a good sized sump did you read the marine article zev posted? http://www.fnzas.org.nz/index.php?PG=marinearticle01
  2. for local horses same as fish only marine system and a supply of live or frozen foods tank will need to cycle, info in a sticky on here some where probably need a chiller through summer months as temp needs to be kept down as prolonged keeping at temps above 18 - 20c will cause problems and usually death
  3. and aphids people put too much sweet stuff in their lorries diets
  4. guy at johnny walkers pets in auckland years ago had for sale a lot of baby sliders with orange markings on shell he called them cumbrians i think he may have meant cumberland
  5. i was refering to the fact that they bite and still scream with a mouth full of finger a bad lorrie is almost as bad as a cockatoo lorries and galahs are the birds i get to see the most of with personality problems lorries also eat seeds, vegetation, flowers and some insects studies have found lorries only digest around 20% of the pollen they consume
  6. autopsy will let you know exactly what was going on and will give you more knowledge for future problems you may encounter every cloud has a silver lining
  7. lorrikeets can still talk(scream) with their beaks full
  8. it gets some light from nearby window my java fern eems to do better in lower light situations slower growing in the colder water though
  9. an owner can be educated but still create problem animals "preloved" lorries are usually that because they have turned nasty or very loud it can take a knowledgable patient hand with thick skin to bring them back in line
  10. used 2 troughs so 2 powerheads powerheads were on undergravel filters as well for awhile used this on marine and fresh water created wet and dry in the baffle arrangement leave baffles down from top of trough to allow water to flow past for blockages in media for awhile i grew acorus rush in the media for the archer fish to shoot bugs out of you get a bit of noise with the waterfall effect to make quieter i hung a strip of windbreak to allow water to trickle back to tank or pipe should do
  11. what snail are you enquiring about?
  12. i used 2 wall paper troughs, glued in baffles and drilled holes in end to allow water back to tank 2 powerheads one on each trough with right angle pipe to spray bar made spraybar with pvc pipe drilled holes in it and capped end
  13. yes i thought aquaticus at first, but they don't usually stray too far from water stripes on thorax ruled out vagrant for me smidey but there are a few unrecorded varieties in nz
  14. nice doug, looking good keep an eye on the bottom of the turts shells if they spend a lot of time on the cobblestones
  15. commiserations donna you and speedy fought a good fight R.I.P. Speedy
  16. chameleon is a different animal in personality and way it hunts as it is a stalker the crickets can give it more of a hardtime in the dark than a beardie mind you i think crickets could give a lizard a hard time if there was enough of them
  17. java grows well in my no light newt tank
  18. yes and sanded the side i stuck down so silicone would adhere to it on the inside the weight of water adds pressure to the seal
  19. thanks caryl nice tank antz maybe give it a cave type log or similar so it can hide away if it wants
  20. make a template from cardboard of the size you want for the base piece and take it to perspex suppiers they should cut for you
  21. :oops: you were asking for improvements sorry antz
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