[Angelfish ID]

I'm no expert but it looks exactly like the peruvians I had :bounce:

[My new 5ft]

LOL I was shocked to find out the other day in a Planning and Funding meeting, that if I needed a new hip I would not get one .

It seems that I am over the BMI restrictions in NZ for a new hip.

I am 36 so hopefully I dont need one that soon.

I have played semi pro rugby so that may be a factor but so may be my genetic back ground but at 6 foot 2 inches (about 187cm) and 270 lbs (120kg) I didnt think I was what the doc called Morbidly Obese.

I may have to give up the odd chocloate..but not ones that swim

:lol: I'm the same

I'm 5'11" and weigh 110-115kg depending on if I've had lunch

I can benchpress my own weight and run 10km in 45min but am "very obese" according to BMI lol

[What to look for when buying an External Filter]

I have a cf700 which is a good filter

The one problem I have had with it was when it was on my discus tank at 30*C, the hoses went all soft and kinked really badly, to the point where there was actually no flow, and the tank had an ammonia spike and killed 2 discus.

It kinked just by the taps. I put a soft spring (from a sheep drench pack) around the hose and that fixed it

Just a warning

[My new 5ft]

I'm not going to repeat myself every time someone says the s-word, if people want to take pet shop names at face value then thats up to them. :roll:

Olly, perhaps reading this might help answer your question; http://eartheaters.qldaf.com/index.php? ... rinamensis

I'm fully open to learning what my fish really is

That link is helpful,

G. altifrons is probably what it is?

It's not G. brachybranchus as it has a white chin and it's lateral spot is much smaller than that

[My new 5ft]

Wow they are cool

Now time to do some research

[My new 5ft]

... and a huge head.

the ones I saw looked like they had elephantitis in their face and they were just really dark brown all over

[Looking for Methylene Chloride]

i have often wondered:

if you were to stand in a street with a damp cloth and propose to people passing by "does this smell like chloroform to you?"

and how many people would sniff it...

:lol:

lmao worlds most successful pickup line

[My new 5ft]

lmao :lol: :lol:

maybe I need to see your chocolates Navarre, the only adult chocolates I have seen were butt ugly and just hid all the time.

A nice fish could probably look good, but I haven't seen one yet

Do you have any photos of yours? Maybe you can sway my opinion

would they fight with the oscars?

[My new 5ft]

Maybe the experts can confirm what it is? Is the photo good enough to ID it?

[My new 5ft]

*waits for davidR to say its not acually a surinamensis*

:LOL:

why isn't it?

[My new 5ft]

yep it is

raphael is in there too

[My new 5ft]

You should also try get some more G. surinamensis, they look great in groups

I would love a few more but can't afford more at $28 a fish at wetpets, and havn't seen any others for sale at all in 6 months. If you can help me PLEASE let me know

lol nice looking tank man.. Where did you get that retro looking gravel from? And is it neutral?

If it wasn't for all the south americans it would make a great african tank Add more africans they look great in groups haha Just kidding.. Is everyone getting along?

What africans would you suggest? the south americans are staying :lol: the gravel is scoria which is neutral - as far as I know its made from silica I got it from Palmers for $14.95 for 20kg

I agree with the S.American theme.

do you like chocolate cichlids?

Chocolates look cool little but they get ugly when they older in my opinion

[My new 5ft]

I have finally got my new 5ft set up

It is 1.5m x 0.6m x 0.6m = 540L

It has 2 external canister filters on it - one 1200lph and one 1400lph

Gravel is red scoria, rocks are greywacke

I want a nice big piece of driftwood for the right hand side of the tank, haven't found what I want yet

Fish are:

2 oscars, 1 red and one red tiger

1 S. fryeri

1 G. surinamensis

1 bala shark

1 pleco

1 chocolate talking catfish

2 firemouths that will go in once they are big enough

Are there any other fish people would recommend to put in there? I really want a bichir of some sort

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thanks, I only took about a hundred to get those ones :lol:

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fireworks

[dwarf orange gouramis has babies]

I lost mine - they got the ulcer thing you mentioned and died one by one, including the fry

I think they might have given something to my guppies too, cos they started dying after the gourami did

I like cichlids better anyway, oscars are awesome

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stop

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[Game --- Last two letters]

third

[My F1 Halfmoon]

Holy moly me want

[Congratulations]

Good stuff man congratulations

[18000K Tubes]

thanks suphew.

sigh.. sometimes i wish i could buy a lille bit of the sun.

you just did :lol: :lol:

[Making rocks aquarium safe]

Should be ^2, ^-2 is something totally different.

9.8m/s^1 would be just 9.8m/s which is velocity, 9.8m/s^2 is meters per second per second which is a rate of change, AKA acceleration.

Ira it is ^-2 because I wrote it ms^-2 not m/s^2

When a power is taken from the bottom to the top of a fraction or vice versa, it's sign changes. For example, s^-2 means the inverse of s^2 in other words 1/s^2

writing it as m/s^2 is exactly the same as writing it as ms^-2 because it means m.(1/s^2)

I have a feather that accelerates at the same rate. It's for sale and i'm open to offers

Your feather may accellerate at the same rate but it's terminal velocity is much slower than that of a wild-caught rock :lol:

[Making rocks aquarium safe]

very fast 9.8 ms^-1 on average .... fast eh? !

:lol:

make that 9.8 ms^-2 phoenix

they get faster :bounce:

[Renovating tank + stress on Discus?]

before and after photos please