jeash007

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Welcome!! from a newbie who has found everyone very friendly and helpful

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Oops, sorry about the double post. Administrator, can you please delete the post before ad replace with this one... Thanks I have some Coral pieces mixed in with the pumice so I hope you don't think the interesting shaped pieces is the coral I bought I managed to get the pumice about the size if soccer balls for $5 each from a supplier in West Auckland. I have got about three left over. If you want them i can ship them up at your expense because I'm not going to use them again?

Really like the look of the tank - the pumice does look really good and you've got some interesting shaped pieces there... I had pumice in my tank for a while but it moved very easily and I got fed up keep re-arranging it when I cleaned the tank each week. If I could have found some really big bits and drilled them, I would have persevered but the biggest bits I could find were 15 - 20cm size blocks and they were difficult to stack and keep in the one place. Alanmin4304 - You keep them from floating by boiling the heck out of them (put a heavy brick like object on top of them whilst they are boiling to stop them floating) and then after 20 - 30 mins boiling you plunge them into a big bucket of cold water and put the same brick like object on top of them. You know they are ready when you take the brick away and they don't float to the surface. If they do, you have to start over and boil them for longer the next time. Some of my bits flatly refused to sink no matter what I did! With regards water chemistry - there was no affect whatsoever... Thanks I have some Coral pieces mixed in with the pumice so I hope you don't think the interesting shaped pieces is the coral I bought :oops: I managed to get the pumice about the size if soccer balls for $5 each from a supplier in West Auckland. I have got about three left over. If you want them i can ship them up at your expense because I'm not going to use them again?

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I've found this website really beneficial because you experience different peoples point's of view. Ultimately you have to make your own decisions about your tank and it's up to you how much weight you apply to someone claiming to be an experienced reefer. I agree with Sapphire, I always try to look for information and balance it against what i have learnt from this website. Ultimately i think the more information you can gather the better, from experienced hobbyists down to someone just starting like me. Once you have all this information you can start making decisions based on what you want.

Cheers I'll add some more rocks down the track. the pumice is good cause if I knock them and they fall it's not going to crack my tank

I've got Julidochromis marlieri already in there (cheers for them ) and I have some small Daffodil Brichardi as well. Am new to African Cichlids so not sure if that is an okay combo but they are still small so have some time to decide I suppose, what do you reckon?

Yay, finished setting up my tank, 1200mm x 600mm x 600mm. Got the tank made, built the stand myself. I like the effect the pumice has in the tank, really easy to shape and drill caves, tunnels etc. here's some pics

$150 each. I don't know for sure if they are the ranunculus, that's what they have advertised them as. They are black with bright white dots all over them (hopefully not whitespot :lol: ), really flat wide body, prob about 10cm.

I've seen a pair of Ancistrus Ranunculus - L34 for sale at the LFS - tempted to buy but expensive

I like the emerald eye rasbora's, especially on a darkish background

i think it's pumice, also easy to drill holes in and make caves etc. also if it falls it shouldn't crack the bottom of your tank

Hey, Pumice rock is inert so shouldn't interfere with your PH levels. I also assume because it's quite porous, some beneficial bacteria will take up home there. You might already know this but to make it sink boil it in water for 10 minutes (holding it down with a larger rock) take it out and put it in cold water for 10 minutes (holding it down again) It will then sink in your tank Hope this helps

Hi I'm pretty sure there are a variety of species that are okay in cold water (Ruby Barbs an Mountain Minnows are two i think - stand to be corrected :-? . They are small and won't grow nearly as big as goldfish. Have fun