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get some plaster board from the dump or some one renovatiing place it (pieces) over the garden nothing will grow thru it then in spring it will be quite soft then dig or rotary hoe it into the garden as its made from gypsum (calcium sulphate ) it will improve your soil structure like like lime but without altering the ph (a lot of veges like slightly acid conditions and lime is alkaline)

i think i would be horrified to crack open an egg and find an half formed embyro inside it

i think you can make something similar easily have a look at this http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/buffer_recipe.php

i wouldnt worry about it too much the snail i mean as for the mts well there is no cure............

that is a cool piece more simmilar bits would be ideal where did you find it? hmm maybe a black background would help as well

more driftwood for a start i reckon

i dont think you will have any trouble with the coffee it was the best coffee i can remember having in a long time . while i wouldnt normally drive all the way over new brighton for a coffee if i was an average joe out that way on the weekend i think i would be drawn to a cafe with a large fishtank over other cafes. im an adult now and when i was a kid it was the same . i think it could really "reel" in the the customers over summer as new brighton becomes a busy place

ok the top of the overflow mentioned before looks like this http://www.coralculture.co.uk/shop/prod ... cts_id=752 its to stop big pieces of crud getting in there and blocking your plumbing up it also stops fish going in there annd sets the level of water in the main tank so if your tank is 60cm tall (lets just say inside measurements for ease) you could make the overflow out of a piece of 60cm high perspex but cut the slits 3-4cm deep so that the water level in the tank wont go below 56cm the 3cm difference is for safety really like say you end up having a wicked flow thru the sump with a big meaty pump the depth of the water might be 2cm above the lowest point of the slits just to handle the flow . i wouldnt worry too much about putting together the plumbing side of things once you have a plan its the simple part

thats a really good idea avoids messy silicone on the sides of the tank and can be built cheaply from perspex which you can cut and bend yourself could also be painted black or covered with a thin layer of poly cemented to match your wall

bit bigger now overflows are kinda the same can be as simple as a hole drilled near the top of the tank but can also get more complicated when you want certain things like surface skimming boxes and super quiet overflows perhaps with your tank you could have two holes drilled at that back wall one on either side of the rock wall 1 in 1 out. the more holes you drill the more it will cost keep that in mind for example you would be better off drilling two 30mm holes and plumbing a rather large return pump than drilling 4 15mm holes and using two smaller returns pumps. some might argue it would be better for circulation and picking up debris but it isnt a great idea cost wise. another option is to drill the holes in the bottom glass of the tank and use a vertical pipe coming up in the tank to set the water level height. as for plumbing fittings get hansen fittings from bunnings nice and simple to use heres a link just to confuse you further lots of formula in this one http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/ ... turejp.htm

sort of what i was talking about today sumps are great things to diy doesnt have to be perfectly neat and tidy as no one sees it doesnt have to be so complicated as things like bioball towers and the like either as your not going to be keeping huge fish with huge appetites you wont need a super efficeint filter the sheer size of the filter will be suffiecent . well it doesnt even need to be a glass tank could be a large plastic container or two plumbed together

i would say yes to that combination as long as the nimbochromis arent huge compared to the rest when you get them also the two types of nimbochromis are likely to interbreed but that wont be a problem unless your planning on breeding them seriously in that case it would be adviseable to only have one type of peacock in the tank also

it wouldnt really be an upgrade as these are ordinary t5s so a 4ft tube would only be 28w

http://www.reuk.co.uk/Solar-Greenhouse-Heat-Sink.htm have a read of that apparently its quite effective and may help reduce the time interval that the heater is on . possibly running pipe on a pump thru the glass as well may help this guy made a amazing outdoor aquarium heated and cooled in part by a thermal mass (think the above system but with water there used to be a huge article and heaps of pictures of how he did it but now you have to donate to see it heres the link perhaps email him and ask if you can see the article http://www.wizardscave.com/aquarium.html

i like the sand (great tank also) it reminds me of the sand from kaiteriteri

could do a detour 2moro as i got to go to that side of town and im off work

i would use cement over the poly then silicone it down but in saying that if its flat cut poly on the glueing surface - not crumbly carved up stuff then you should be fine the most important points being that everything is perfectly dry and clean when you start and use a thick bead so you have a big area of silicone then give it plenty of curing time before you add water. another option would be to melt out the poly with a heat gun to reduce bouyancy but then you would have to do that in an ares that isnt being siliconed or make a new bottom for it afterwards from some other material

what about dario dario http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_Dario_dario.php not a cichlid but apperntly act a bit like one as well as being small edit :you just bet me to that

hmm perhaps handle them more i know this works with rabbits i have the opposite problem with one of my frogs he bites my hand when i put it in the tank thinking he is getting fed perhaps donnaM can help you some of her turtles are friendly

is that for the tank in the big tanks thread? the one with the 400mm high stand? if so where will you put the sump ? behind or to the side of the tank?

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do a 50% water change first off . is the fish bloated at all?

i had one that must have swum thru the wrong way as he was way too fat to get through the strainer . they told me a redwood aquatics there is always heaps of them swimming around the pipework out the back they are crazy little fish

my grandmother makes a cake from corguettes!

they arent too fussy in regards to salinity just make sure it doesnt go too much over 1.010 and it you set it at that make sure to top up the tank as the salt dosent get evaporated and the tank will get saltier