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That is not the problem, this is what I need to plug into... But with Euro pin plug holes instead

Yea i think that might be what i will have to do. Thank for everyones help

I know i can buy them on ebay but i don't want to have to wait for them to come in the post or worse not turn up before. Which i have had bad luck with before. Ill try jaycar.

Most electronic shops around here only have everthing to NZ plug. I need this exact plug because the plugs are close together on the back of the wavemaker.

Anyone know where I can buy these in NZ My wavemaker can only take power heads with euro plugs and all my power heads have US plugs.

I emptied it to have a look. Easy enough to fill up again. It has VERTEX written on the bottom. and on the side it has the following 1H1/Y2.0/200 LAB3223 CHHPP/NZ and this symbol http://www.musverpakkingen.nl/en/89-products/81-un-quality-marks-for-barrels-buckets-tin-cans-jerry-cans-etc.html

The one I have is a very thick solid blue barrel. 1st grade. Does this mean it may not have absorbed the chemical? I have water soaking in it now. I will leave it soaking for a week and see what it is like next weekend.

yea I read that too. hmmm There was another one I could have gotten. It was used for detergent. Would this be better to rinse out and use?

I have acquired a 200ltr barrel to cure some coral rock. On the label it says it was used for Farmguard Bactoquat by Orica Chemicals So I did some research and found this PDF... http://msds.orica.com/pdf/shess-en-cds-020-000000008668.pdf It says that it is water soluble so I have washed it out with the hose a few time and can still smell a slight smell of the chemicals. Is there something I can use to clean this better or should I just keep rinsing it until the smell is gone?

Lol sorry P. Your tank makes them look cool. :thup:

I dislike goldfish and think they are only good for ponds. Other than that i don't hate any fish. From what ive read, people have only hated these fish because they didnt know what the fish naturally are like. Kribs are territorial, yes. Angelfish can destroy and eat everything, yes. Red parrots are ugly, i agree! :slfg: But in saying that i to had some angel fish that ate all my BN fry after they hatched before i could remove them! They were sold the next day. :facepalm: but i didn't hate them. It wass a lesson learnt and the last angelfish in my tank.

What kind of paper are you sketching on?

I will dd the photos to the members tank section when I have time. Photo 5 and 5 are in the correct order. Photo 4 is after I went away for a week over xmas and I wasn't there to keep the plant pruned. Photo 5 was after the plants had a trim. If you notice all the other ferns have more growth than photo 4. Most of the photos are a month apart. except for the last few.

Some photos of the tank over its 14 month life.

Yea Ive had this same tank as a mixed malawi tank and a Tanganyikan tank. on two occasions. The tank is now empty of most plants. And still have all my plecos which are for sale. Offers welcome. I don't really want to be posting fish either.

It would be a waste of co2 if you left it going 24hours and it released Co2 at night. Plants don't use Co2 when the lights are off. and the Co2 should be for the plants, not to control the pH. I think a timer would be better than a pH controller. Your plants will look really good then they are nice and green, sucking up Co2 and releasing tiny oxygen bubbles. A tank full of pearling plants look awesome.

Yes, i had it sitting under the return pipe so the water pushed the co2 bubbles around the tank and increased the effeciency. It should work good in your tank because it isn't so long.

I got my rodi unit from ebay and it works great. Cartridges can be brought from anywhere you like that sells them. I have a RSM130 and it works good with everything included. Its a good learning tank for me and im already planning a bigger custom tank.

With my tank I used those diffusers and they worked fine. But then plumbed the Co2 line into my return pump and I get much better results. I think with bigger tanks the more you can mix it into the water the more efficient it is.

No reef. Just FOWLR for a while and see how I go.

The battle of the BBA has finally been won! I neglected the tank for a few months and it went downhill. Busy with work. Everything covered in algae, it wasn't pretty. I did a big trim back of all my ferns and it didn't even look like I had cut them back when I had finished. Anyway I finally figured out the correct balance between light and ferts and everything is going perfect with the plants. HOWEVER... have flooded my lounge 5 times in the past two weeks :thup: :facepalm: And tonight again for the last time! I have had enough of this tank. I will take some final photos this weekend before I pull it apart. Marine is my next adventure. The tank will move to a different place in the house with new plumbing that won't flood. Not looking forward to seeing the carpet underneath :oops:

WELCOME :thup:

Cyperus Helferi maybe? http://www.fnzas.org.nz/?page_id=25 search the FNZAS plant database

At the moment only on the rocks and sand where the light touches. The anemone is always moving so it won't grow on it. It does make the tank look more natural IMO but before i cleaned the tank it was everywhere. the sand wasn't white, it was red and green :sick:

Yes I have a rough Idea of what I want to keep in it but that always changes when I see something else I want. It has just about been 2 months since I started this tank. And today added the first fish. 2x blue/green chromis. Its so good to finally have something to look at. I also added a small Rose bubble tip anemone and various zoas, polyps, etc. a few weeks ago. Still battling algae. Cleaned a heap out today and done a water change. I have added extra flow and added carbon to try kill this algae off. I have purigen coming next week. I have tested ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, pH and salinity every week so far. Week 1: ammonia 0.5-1.0, nitrite 0.25-0.50, nitrate 0.0, pH 8.1, salinity 1.030 Week 2: ammonia 1.0, nitrite 0.50-1.0, nitrate 0.0, pH 8.1, salinity 1.026 Week 3: ammonia 0.5, nitrite 1.0, nitrate 0.25, pH 8.1, salinity 1.026 Week 4: ammonia 0.0, nitrite 1.0, nitrate 5.0, pH 8.1, salinity 1.026 Week 5: ammonia 0.0, nitrite 0.50, nitrate 5.0, pH 8.0, salinity 1.026 Week 6: ammonia 0.0, nitrite 0.0, nitrate 0.0, pH 8.0, salinity 1.026 Week 7:ammonia 0.0, nitrite 0.0, nitrate 0.0, pH 8.0, salinity 1.027