mj

thanks everyone all in all it just means more tanks/fish :lol: :lol: :lol:

lol that seems to be what gets me in trouble :roll:

I had the same prob once maxim ... carked filter - I lost everything (well except 3 snails)

lol not as tough as me :bounce: I give my all for the person I work for - but I don't take any flack - whole reason the payrise / promotion happened - I work huge hours and ridiculous hours as Caryl said - good to see a promotion in these "troubled" times I'm just stoked - finally all my hard work has paid off ... and more to the point it has given me incentive to keep up the hard work ... nothing comes easily

www.sbg.ac.nz been working for them for about 6.5 years now ... a long slog

lol yeah I answer to two - the boss and the owner :lol: and now I have MORE money to spend on fish (and more tanks lol) :bounce:

I just got promoted to CIO (Chief Information Officer) and got a 15% salary increase :bounce: CIO is about as high as you can go in IT I'm stoked - I work my (thinks of words that will not get me a warning) buttocks off for this company ... payrise and promotion longtime over due to be fair

great looking tanks would like to do that to my main tank - don't think the africans would like it though

the standard 30cm should be fine .. ya always gotta get ya hands wet when maintaining the tank (IMO) unless you cleaning a swimming pool lol

I don't put rocks on mine but I strategically place it between rocks and the corner of the tank so water flow pushes it into the corner having said that it was fine until I added two 6inch+ electric blues that mow though everything if they choose (even half kilo rocks!!) though now it seems ok (for me) floating at the top of the right hand side of my tank (filter pushes from left to right

hi curtis add ya location to your profile (helps down the track)

was going to move her tomorrow but it seems she spat and ate today

nice looking and all ... I prefer to give my africans more places to hide

would it be safe to put these in my african tank - or should I soak them in thinners, scrub off all the paint then boil, leave out to dry for a LONG time? these are rocks that have been outside in the weather for at least 6 years that I am aware of [edit] this should really be in beginners or DIY I guess

move the cot (and wife) into the fishroom congrats to you both - 9 pounder is huge! my girl wasn't even 8

ahaha I had a tiddles (rip) geez must be 25 years ago now

not my preference of cichlids though have to say wasted on a white background

heh

I've got a similar setup going, I went for "uniform" rock formations but found they need lots of multi-size caves etc to hide in to really be happy ... so lots of weird angles is the key http://images.paranoid.co.nz/rimutank/fish181.jpg is an oldish pic, gonna change the layout again tomorrow as I have 2 huge electric blues that WANT caves (and I have rocks to spare)

buy a (nother) bigger tank

to me fake plants look fake... so goes against what you are trying to recreate (if like me a "natural" habitat" ... looking after fish is time consuming so meh what is removing a few dead leaves here and there or replacing a few plants so my answer is live and whatever you can get cheaply that has the look you want

I recently got 2 golden spot plecos and man they have done an epic job on the algae - don't seem them much throughout the day but I knew that was the case anyway maybe the water aint so good? or maybe he has enough algae where he/she is or in other hidden places can loan ya mine soon as they will have done the job required :bounce:

gah cricket on at a conflicting time to the mighty coro st!!! (and as the perfect flatm8 I am "listening" to coro st) :lol:

lesson to be learn't ... cover all your "tanks" my first experience of this was a good 14 years ago ...put my goldfish in a glass while cleaning the tank ,.. looked back, glass empty, looked down, cat licking its lips

another job well done