livingart

Mini fish profile - Neon Tetra    
 

Too artificial?  It doesn't get much less artificial than rain water. 
 
I use a very complicated process to deal with my rain water.
1. Connect hose to kitchen tap.
2. Put other end in tank.
3. Turn water on and adjust temp.
 
I do put a few handfuls of coral fingers and rock in my filters because it helps keep the PH from dropping.  But I haven't actually checked the PH in years.

As Caryl has said it should be good to go using tap water.

Oh dear.I am sorry for your loss but see Livingart, it wasn't albino it was sick!
If you want to shift suspicion, always blame the severums 

Unfortunately, I found it dead this morning with a big chunk bitten out of it.  I'm not sure which fish killed it, but I'm thinking it was probably one of the severums.
 

 

I wouldn't worry about the alkalinity. I am sure the fish being sold in shops are in plain Wgtn water. You could ask them to test the pH of their shop tanks to check.
The acidity is more important when breeding them.
Once you start mucking about with the water you have endless problems keeping it stable, especially in such a small tank.
I used to keep Africans and they were perfectly happy in neutral water instead of the alkaline waters it is said they prefer. The breeder pointed out he was breeding them in neutral water and since his fish couldn't read they didn't know they were supposed to prefer it a lot more alkaline 
How alkaline is Wgtn water? It surely can't be too bad as councils try to keep the water as neutral as possible to protect the pipework.

Can't wait to see this set up.

Mini fish profile - Bumblebee goby
 
 
 

Mini fish profile - Odessa barb      

Chaeto Reactors compared to Algae Scrubbers, part 1 
All macroalgae operate basically the same, chemically. They all use light, photosynthetically, to absorb nutrients from the water (i.e., filtering) and to grow biomass. Just like trees. The differences between types of macroalgae are in the physical structure of the macroalgae growth and the way the structure affects nutrient absorption speed, which means filtering. Here are the main differences as far as aquarists are concerned:
Chaeto: Pronounced KAY-toe. Chaeto is the nickname for Chaetomorpha, and it looks like a green dishwasher cleaning pad. It has no "roots" and thus does not attach to solid surfaces. It grows in saltwater only, and is not eaten by many fish.
Green Hair Algae: Includes Cladophora "angel hair" and Ulva "Easter basket" types. It has "roots" which attach to solid surfaces. It grows in freshwater and saltwater, and is eaten by almost all herbivores.
Slime: A solid algal growth, bright green to brown to black in color, that attaches to solid surfaces but not very securely.
Chaeto Reactor: A device that has water running through it, with chaeto growing in it. Also known as an "algae reactor". A chaeto reactor does not allow air to enter; only water, and these reactors usually have a lid attached with screws to keep water in and air out.
Algae Scrubber: Also called a Turf Scrubber, or Algal Turf Scrubber (ATS). A device that allows air and water to interact to create a turbulent air/water interface like waves on a beach; it grows green hair algae or slime that attaches to solid surfaces. 
Reactors and scrubbers are different from refugiums; a refugium (“fuge”) is a space in a sump where macroalgae is placed, and a light is put over it. Refugiums have very slow flow, and very low light penetration, compared to reactors or scrubbers. You could modify a refugium to be a reactor, and with more mods you could make it a scrubber. But then it would no longer be a refugium.
All oceans, reefs, lakes and rivers are naturally filtered by photosynthesis. This means that algae does all the filtering of these waters. This is why algae is at the base of the entire aquatic food chain, and why algae biomass dwarfs the biomass of all aquatic animals combined. But for algae to absorb nutrients out of the water, the algae must grow. And to absorb nutrients faster, the algae must grow faster. 
Next we will look at what makes different types of macroalgae absorb nutrients differently.
 

Database with general care info for all tropical marine fish allowed to be imported into N.Z, https://aquariumworld.nz/databases/14-Tropical FWFishallowedinNZdatabase/

Looking to buy a few whiptails, any breeders around?

Database with general care info for all tropical marine fish allowed to be imported into N.Z, https://aquariumworld.nz/databases/14-Tropical FWFishallowedinNZdatabase/

A database of all the Killifish allowed into New Zealand.
https://aquariumworld.nz/databases/20-Tropical FWFishallowedinNZdatabase/

A database of all the Killifish allowed into New Zealand.
https://aquariumworld.nz/databases/20-Tropical FWFishallowedinNZdatabase/

A database of all the Killifish allowed into New Zealand.
https://aquariumworld.nz/databases/20-Tropical FWFishallowedinNZdatabase/

Finally got a halfway decent video of the Scorpion fish i have grown on since last year.from a larvae caught in plankton net.
 la

Finally got a halfway decent video of the Scorpion fish i have grown on since last year.from a larvae caught in plankton net.
 la

Beautiful

Should be good now Barrie

Quick project, wasted time
 
 
 

From here
http://www.plecoplanet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=74

Avitrol Plus Liquid (Bird Wormer)
*Active Constituents: 8.48mg/ml Levamisole Hydrochloride, 2mg/ml Praziquantel
Manufacturer: Mavlab
Treats: Stomach Worm, Round Worm, Nematodes such as Capillaria, Eustrongglides, Camallanus, Contracaecum and tapeworms.
Dosage: 1ml per 5L of aquarium water. After 24 hrs siphon the bottom of the tank to remove all the paralized worms. On day 3 or 4 do a 30% water change to help remove the remainder of the med. Repeat in 2 weeks, with a third treatment to follow 2 weeks later.
Note: This can be purchased from most pet supply stores. Not available from aquariums.

Left one box unticked should be good now, just guests can't post in it