Joe

Poor fishies &c:ry They want $80 for a DIY CO2 setup with two coke bottles :roll: :facepalm:

To solve your problem of not seeing them much - why not have an outdoor aquarium instead of a pond? They have a lovely outdoor tank setup for natives at Karori Wildlife Sanctuary in Wellington, which is what gave me this idea

Hey everyone, I have four old, well-used (probably over-used) T8 floresent tubes here that I want to dispose of. Because they contain mercury and maybe other gas I don't want to just chuck them in the bin or take them to the dump because mercury is toxic. Is there a proper way to dispose of them? Also can they be recycled? Like have the gas drained or something and then it can be used to produce more flouresent tubes? I would prefer this than to just chucking them if it's possible. Thanks, Joe

No the Tunze doesn't have a solenoid, so I'll need to buy one. I wouldn't ever use pressurized CO2 without a solenoid because it wastes a lot if you leave it on during the night.

I have read somewhere that the solenoid and needle valve isn't that good quality. I can't quite remember where I saw it though, might have been here or an overseas forum. Maybe get a Tunze or something, they're good quality and pretty cheap too. I have one sitting in the closet that I'm waiting to use and it cost me $180.00 plus $8 shipping which was a really good buy.

Get a better quality regulator

They don't cloud the water very much when you disturb them. That's one of the things I like most about JBL balls

Wow it is beautiful Caryl !drool: Those lotuses are awesome

Just replaced the Atman 8000K with an Osram Lumilux 865 "Cool Daylight" from Mitre 10 Mega. It cost only $10.60, and is just as good, if not better, than the Aqua One Sunlight 6700K at the pet store which costs $35.00 or something like that. :thup:

Danio erythromicron

Do you have a nutritious substrate? Ever since I added JBL balls my Crypts haven't melted since. When I used to just have plain gravel in the pots they would melt quite a lot. I think maybe the nutrients make them a lot stronger or something.

Talk to Cam at Petworld. He makes really nice tanks for good prices :thup:

Awesome stuff Nav Good to see someone breeding threadfins, they are a very nice fish :thup:

For some weird reason my crypts never melt :dunno:

It has the exact same white marking behind the eye. Edit: Woops just noticed Ira pointed that out :oops:

Wow that is really nice, brilliant photography skills !drool: Keep up the good work :thup:

Not really doing anything fancy, its just a biotope setup to breed my Apistos

Well I don't need to worry about anything until next year because schools just finished so I'm feeling pretty good now :thup: And I've got my new tank to look forward to, and getting it set up :happy2:

IMO I wouldn't bother with it, only 10mm glass for a tank that size is a huge risk, and even if it's only half full for your turtle. My 100x30x50cm was made out of 5mm glass, and one of the panels was cracked. I got it replace, and had the tank braced and reinforced. And it was usually filled 5-10cm from the top. I did some maintainance on it one day and accidentally dropped a terracotta pot (and it wasn't from a very great height either) and it cracked. I feel you'd be a lot better off getting a brand-new custom-made tank with nice thick glass, or just look for something that is a lot safer. But that's just my opinion

Yep like an ADA tank :happy1: I've come home from school today as I was being bullied quite badly and someone threw an orange at me so I was a total mess and so I've got myself cleaned up. I'm not going back because if I find out who it was then my fists will get me into a lot of trouble. :evil:

Absoloutely breathtaking! Beautiful fish and tank, and the video is really good quality. !drool: I'm sooo jelous

Going to pick up my new tank from Christchurch on new year's day. 65x50x50cm internal base, 10mm glass, and it has starphire glass for the front panel :happy2: Lighting will be a brand-new Aqua Medic Oceanlight 1x150w HQI which is sitting in my closet at the moment. I'll get a $20 bulb from fish-street.com With my Christmas money my parents are giving me (they never bother with presents as I always want fishy stuff so they think it's easier to give me cash) I'll get some sand, peat, possibly an inline heater and a thermometer. This is going to be a blackwater biotope for Apistos

"Mmm tasty", says the cat :lol: Once my cat brought a bird inside into my room and there were feathers everywhere, and the bird's head was right in the center of the room with the skull cracked and brains showing :sick:

It scared the hell out of me :facepalm: