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I'd be perfectly happy to pay even 3 times the cost of nuclear fuel to power my tank. Last time I did the math that would cost me about $30/mo.

No, didn't plug the holes. But there was no problem for well over a week after I drilled the extra holes in the spray bar(Which I'm considering plugging up anyway as it seems to have dropped the flow velocity...Nah, can't be bothered)

You'll need to get something like this if you want to drown her out...

*Sits and scratches head* I put everything back the way it was before I started fiddling with it because it was surging...Now it's working fine... Sometimes it pisses me off when things work correctly... :lol:

Seriously considering it... Or maybe a hybrid with just a valve at the base of the overflow pipe in the sump and seal everything up at the top.

I've adjusted it so it's flowing more air and it still surges. I've adjusted it for less air and it still surges. I've turned the valve on the outlet of the pump down so it's pumping similar or less than it was before and it still surges. I've even cleared everything out from around the bottom of the overflow pipe in the sump thinking maybe for some reason it was restricting the overflow a little and causing the problem. Nope didn't change anything. I'm just about to try taping around the lid on top of the standpipe in case for some reason it's developed an intermittent air leak.

They seem to quiet down a little with a little bit of backpressure too. You could always try something like an Iwaki or a Sequence pump. They're only about 4 times as much money for the Iwaki or 3 times for the Sequence.

Stupid durso has decided, for no apparent reason, that it doesn't want to keep a constant water level. I just noticed it yesterday, don't know how long before that it started, doubt it was more than a few days. I haven't changed a thing in that time. It happily drains away then for no reason that I can see it seems to lose the partial siphon and almost totally stop draining water into the sump. It's not sucking the water too low in the overflow box and sucking air in that I can see. :roll: I've spent ages adjusting it. Can't get it stable. ONly change I've made in the last few weeks is I drilled a few more holes in the DIY spraybar I have on the return pump. That obviously should have increased the flow a bit, but even slowing the flow back down doesn't seem to make a difference. Stupid PVC tube, WORK RIGHT D*#$IT!

Legality of keeping them isn't the problem. It's just that they've never(I assume) been imported and aren't on the allowed list so never will be.

Sounds like maybe you need to replace the impeller.

If it's a lux meter then your question isn't really relevant. They don't read a certain frequency or kelvin. It's a reading of the entire visible spectrum weighted to match the frequency response of the human eye.

How do they differently eat plants? Do ramshorns chew them up and apple snails absorb them by osmosis?

It depends what the shape and type of tank is. But Metal Halides are by far the best if you want to grow plants.

Bought, Homemade CF, MH and T8s.

Best way to get rid of them is to stop overfeeding and keep the tank clean. In your case, I'd probably go a bit more drastic and sterilize and cycle the tank they're in again. They're not going to hurt anything older than extremely young fry. I'd say they're only vulnerable for the first few days, maybe a week.

The type of anemone is important for how much it moves, where it likes to be, etc.

Or don't bug bomb the house and just get a spray bottle of no spiders and a roll of paper towels to kill any spiders that happen to come in and be bad houseguests.

Most of the blurring is from the movement of the fish, not movement of the camera.

Generally around a buck per liter, depending. Call him and ask. I've got a 10mm glass 200L including steelframed woodclad stand that was $500. I had my sump made with 6mm glass, 220 something liters and it was just a bit over $100.

Or it'll get shrinkage and disappear.

Are those pictures using the same iso, aperature and shutter? Judging from the massive blurring of the brighter "after" picture compared to very little blurring of the darker "Before" picture, I'd say at the very least the brighter one has a much longer shutter which seriously skews the comparison of brightness in the picture.

Even the bristleworms get eaten... Heh, Fed one to my anemone monday when I found one after moving a rock. Seemed to enjoy it.

Sounds like a good idea. Then you can have any kids that see your tank run up to it and bang on the glass while yelling NEEEEEEMMOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Safety features? What safety features?

I wish I had some. Not exactly something you easily in the shops here in Wellington.