Joe

250 liters would only be 100x50x50cm, so it's not actually too big. I'm sure you'd be able to fit it in to your house somewhere. Although I don't know much about marines and have never kept them, if I were getting a marine tank I would go for something high and wide (not too high though or then you need metal frames etc and it becomes too expensive). For 100x50x50cm you could get a cheap (well, cheaper than most halides anyway) Aqua One metal halide/PC combo hood that would fit that sized tank nicely: http://www.hollywoodfishfarm.co.nz/deta ... de/m/1231/ The petshop here in Blenheim use it on their tropical marine display tank, and it is one of the nicest marine tanks I have ever seen! They have mostly soft corals in it I think. And soft corals, IMO, are much nicer than a lot of hard corals. And like people have said, you can use the 65L for a sump. HFF currently have specials on Reef Octopus Skimmers. You could get a hang-on one so there is more room in the sump for other filter media and equipment. http://www.hollywoodfishfarm.co.nz/specials.php

Thanks Mum said she doen't like me doing fish tank stuff at night. It's like she would be happy if I lost $180 worth of Apistos plus all my shoaling fish :-? She says that if I lose them that it's my problem and my money. I honestly thought that they were going to end up like my Apistogramma trifasciata. With the tri's I wasn't really worried about the money side of things though (only $48 for the pair; mac's are $45 each ) - more the fact that they were a rare fish and I lost the pair and now we have no females left in NZ so they can no longer be bred and they will just die out. The fish that were quite badly affected by this were the smaller shoaling fish. The Apistos didn't look at all happy but they seem quite tough. I'm so relieved that they pulled through. Would your mum be alright if you had to do an urgent water change or something to do with the fish in the middle of the night if it was a life or death situation?

Oh right So stargrass can survive in cold water? I never knew that.

Whatever it is, I like it

:lol:

I know, hence the name 'Water Buttercup' I had a look on the net, and it has such lovely flowers This just occurred to me now; if it's a cold water plant, how is it surviving in Neon's tropical tank? Or is it actually a cold water tank, and I just assumed it was tropical?

They're all right now

Those are Egyptian gods I think. I know for sure that none of them are Greek, and Percy Jackson is about Greek gods. By the way, I though the movie was pathetic; the books are way better !drool:

So, did you find that breeder's contact details? :bounce: Joe

Hi everyone, Yesterday I changed the DIY CO2 mixture because I hadn't changed it for a couple of weeks because I am too lazy. After a couple of hours it started producing bubbles as usual. I noticed the fish at the surface so I angled the filter outlet at the surface to create some agitation. At sometime past 4am this morning I turned the light on in my room cause I got up to go to the loo, and noticed all my fish at the surface on their sides all gasping and looking half dead. Amoung them were my prized Apistogramma macmasteri :tears: I immediately turned on the tank lights, disconnected the CO2, changed the filter outlet (an Eheim elbow) for the spray bar, and put an Eheim air diffuser in the tank and set the airpump to high, to create as much agitation as possible. The fish still looked dead, but after a while my Emperor Tetras recovered. The Apistos and all my other tetras and rasboras were still at the suface gasping, and some of the tetras started swimmimg and spiraling around as they did so. The Apistos had no energy and could bearly swim. I left everything as is, because mum wouldn't let me do a partial water change, and turned the lights off and went to bed, because there was nothing else I could do. This morning when I turned the lights on, everybody had recovered and was looking well. The Apistos were chasing each other around and being cute as they usually do. But I have a few questions: Even though my fish seem all right, has this ordeal made them permanently weaker? Is it possible that they could have suffered brain damage from lack of oxygen? Could they have suffered memory loss? (when I wriggle my finger on the surface of the water the Apistos come up and nibble my finger, yet this morning they got completely spooked by it). Is there anything else that I should be doing to help them at all in any way? Thanks in advance, Joe

I thought that was the undulata? :dunno:

Oh. I thought it was tropical. It's used in this tank here on the home page of this website: http://www.greenleafaquariums.com/ Or is that a different species of Ranunculus or not even Ranunculus at all?

Well get some :happy1:

Wow those flowers are awesome! Interesting... I didn't know that we had that Ranunculus stuff in NZ. Would anyone be able to send me a wee bit please?

OMG it's as good as Phoenix44's and Jen's tanks! I LOVE it :happy1: The Micranthemum is looking awesome What Apistos have you got in there? 8)

Aye it is

Windows Windows WINDOWS :happy1: Apistogramma macmasteri or Apistogramma agassizii 'Double Red'?

That cat has an evil look on its face... Not to be trusted :lol:

Thanks! He looks exactly like my male, execpt the outer rays on his caudal fin are extended and the first few rays of his dorsal fin are extended. Plus the orange on him is a lot richer than on my male. He's a perfect specimen

Awwww! Cute wee tank with cute wee fish :love: I love it I see you have a thing for Crypts 8) I like the Crypt. undulata. Very nice! Once I get some C. willisii to Jennifer I could send you a bit of it if you want. It is a dwarf species, with dark glossy chocolate leaves and a lime green streak though the middle The leaves are quite long and narrow and slightly undulated.

Any chance you could post some more pics of the male please?

Yay :happy1: Good luck :happy2:

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cuzzybro

I hope I end up working at Redwood Aquatics or Organism :happy1: