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have to disagree Alan, while the fish sinkers themselves are perhaps not an issue, the hooks just down the line have been known to cause problems

Is that a disease then?

Nothing to add, but what a perfect description tamboe, thats exactly what it looks like.

yes there is a potential for harm, but go slow and no problems. I have never been able to detect ammonia when cycling a tank, combination of medium to large tanks and very slow increase in fish load. patience is all it takes to make it safe for the fish.

Amazon sword for a centre piece, rocks or driftwood to hide filters/heaters and provide caves for the fish, just my 2 cents

Chimera said I assume that mechtiger is using the fish(hopefully a small percentage of what will be in there) to initiate a cycle as opposed to a fishless cycle.

well done ira looking good

good luck breakaway and welcome to the site

Welcome to the forum mechtiger, lots of info and good people here.

Welcome to the forum Doch plenty of people to talk to and tanks to look at, there are usually people in the chatroom after 9pm Mark

I use some version of Winftp, google search will find it. easy enough to use.

See it on the roadside going through to Central Otago here. Caryl how do you find it, are the edges sharp? could it cut the fish? have always thought about throwing some in the back of the ute but was unsure how it would go.

had 2, sold one with a tank was quite old then and given good service and thermostat died on the other in its very old age. Based on that I think they are good

As I said, cant comment on other areas, but still think it is sad the powerboards still have an effective local monopoly and should be serving the local community. Blame the privatisation, Blame the government (like thats not a barnyard door to try and hit) 50mva cool, what town are you supplying :lol: :lol: :lol:

you guys worry me, i have a new fluval 404 still sitting in box waiting for me to get act together and varnish stand for new tank let not caryl jinx it :evil: :evil: sorry caryl, had to :lol:

Warren, you are right memory was not the right term, my point was simply that normal 12v car batteries are no good long term. As to cost, I bow to your knowledge, I am only used to dealing with larger systems such as will keep the control systems of a power station running (usually at 110v dc - there is no invertor only a charger). these systems would chew up and spit out a normal ups. 8) The local networks, ouch! kick me in the privates, I work as a faultman for networks south which is the management company for alpine energy(was south canterbury electric power board) and think we do all right by people in the area. alpine energy is 40% owned by a trust which returns dividends to the consumer, 47% owned by the timaru district council, dividends are used to run the town. alpine has for many years been shifting existing overhead cabling to underground systems which are more reliable and less obtrusive, this work continues making in theory timaru a better place to live. (cant comment on other powerboards though) sorry to bleat on and I know its off topic but i felt like it. Mark

also i have always worked in power system (power generation through to distribution) and take a small amount of offence regarding comments about poor maintenance, none about stuff ups though, they do happen

can run a simple ups with a battery charger, standard batteries and an inverter that can handle max output current. better to pay the extra and get deep cycle batteries, reason being ups tops up battery all the time, standard battery gets memory does not do so well, deep cycle will not get memory the same and so lasts longer.

been looking at gripset too, cheap and comes in black or aqua.

I have received and read my first AW cover to cover, thanks and pat on back to all involved. Mark

I name some of the characters, but almost never any schooling fish

Welcome jerry, great place here and lots of advice as you can see, all of it good too Mark

Welcome Brett, great to have someone else from Timaru here, I have just moved back after many years. Be very keen to here what you keep as well.

for nitrates to go up your tank is cycling and building up bacteria colonies, but remember every time you increase fish load you have another cycle, the effects should be less, but only if you carry on slow and steady. if cycling was done with with 2 neons and then chuck in 10 full grown angels, then in all likelihood many or all will die from the rapidly deteriorating conditions(exaggerated example I know) A rule of thumb i use is not to add more than half again the existing fish load, others may disagree but it works for me

As I am in Timaru and the local club is not affiliated to FNZAS, I am going to join Caryls club (checks still in the mail Caryl), $15 is not much for the relative benefits of newsletters, contacts and subscription to Aquarium World. As such I do not see an affiliate membership as necessary, when other generous clubs are availible for people like me, and I guess we help support these clubs too. Lastly, the reason I did not join an unaffiliated local club is purely because of this site and the contacts made here. Mark