David R

I think mine changes when the lights have been off for a while, other than that he's always perfect.

Hmm, sounds, uh, fun. How about you take the glass off my hands and you can give it a go... :lol:

Why is that? IMO one of the big benefits of a sump is the increased volume of water in the system.

Prettier colours yeah, cooler? hmm, personal preference...

You'd trust silicone thats been sitting there dry for over 10 years, and a dodgy patch on the back where it was cracked... :-?

Thanks, I might give it a go, but if its going to cost me I might just wait until june when we get the 240L recycling bins then break it up and get rid of it like that... :lol:

A 2' tank would make a bit less waste than an 8', would probably take a couple of wheelie bins! :lol: danilada where do you take it to recycle it? Just chuck it in with the clear glass bottles?

I've been given an old tank that is around 8'x2'x2', and made of 10 or 12mm glass. It was set up as a reef tank and is dirty as hell, and has been sitting empty in a dry shed for over 10 years. The back panel has been cracked and repaired, the bottom has so much bracing on it that its not worth trying to salvage, but the front panel of glass is still good. I'd like to remove the front panel (probably by using a hammer!) to use in a future above-ground pond project, but I don't know what to do with the rest of the glass. Can you take broken glass to the dump, or should it be recycled?

What kind of overflow is it, a box/triangle in the corner, a hole drilled straight in the back of the tank with a strainer over it, or a hang-over-the-back type?

How is the overflow set up? I've never overflowed any of my sumps. With the pump off I usually fill the tank until the water just begins to flow over the overflow, then fill the sump up to the highest level I'm happy with (so it won't over-flow if the power goes off) and mark it on the side of the sump as "max off". Then turn the pump on and the tank should fill and overflow, and once the water has reached its normal running height in the tank you can mark the water level in the sump as "max on". As long as the water level isn't above either of these marks it shouldn't over flow the sump. The only two senarios I can think of that would overflow the sump are; 1. There isn't enough capacity in the sump to take the overflow when the pump is turned off, either from the sump being too small or too full. If you follow the above process to set it up, you'll know if its too small as there won't be enough water in the sump to fill the tank to the necessary level and the pump will start sucking air. 2. The seal around the glass overflow leaks so even whent he pump is switched off the water from the tank drains into the sump. I have had this happen to me once and it wasn't good... Hope that helps.

Thats a good deal with the jar!! I'm not quite sure about the sump problem, the only thing I can think of is that its too small for the tank.

It depends how different the water is and how delicate the fish are. With my loaches, even tho the water is similar, I'll catch them and put them in a bucket of water from the tank they've come from, then use a piece of air line to syphon water out of the new tank into the bucket until its about 3/4 new and 1/4 old. Then just net them and put them into the new tank. With my little dat that was being a bully and pissed me off I just caught him, carried him from one room to the next in the net and dropped him in the 4' straight in front of my biggest dat thats about 4X his size. :lol:

What kind of trouble, leaky plumbing?

http://hummingbird.orcon.net.nz/img/cartoon%20Dats.gif Their stripes are different, the key area for distinguishing those two species is the stripes around the base of the tail. D. microlepis can sometimes have fewer and wider bars that look like D. pulcher, but the stripes at the base of the tail are different.

Jardini's can be nasty and the majority of people who have kept them recommed them only as a single-specimen fish. You could try it, but monitor it very closely. If you want plants and big fish it could be difficult, as a lot of big fish need space to swim or are just too clumsy. Jansens in Silverdale had a nice display tank that was planted and had a large asian aro and a big bichir (possibly congicus?).

All of the above Dats, tigers, siamese tigers (ST), indonesian tigers (IT, indo), most shops usually just call them borneo tigers because they aren't educated enough (or too lazy) to identify them properly. I prefer the latin names because there's less confucion. The one on the left is Datnioides pulcher, (Siamese Tiger, Cambodian Tiger, Widebar,) and the one on the right is Datnioides microlepis, (Indo Datnoid, Indo Tiger, IT).

Go into carters and ask for a 'Mates Rates' card, it automatically gives you 15% off just about everything.

Yeah its weird eh, mine never seem stable, except for the smallest one thats always hiding and is at the bottom of the pecking order. Again, water is perfect, have substrate, plants, hiding places etc...

My goodness, I really am having to bite my tongue here to avoid going off on a big rant about how stupid and PC this country has become, pandering to minority groups and...... see! :lol: Anyway, lets start importing more of the fish that are on the list before worrying about adding more! I want to see some P. delhezi here again.

It doesn't matter how tough the other fish is, once your jar gets over about 12-14" if it takes a dislike to it then its going to get a beating.

Nice score with the siamese tiger! It looks like the real thing going by the stripes on the tail, not just an indo with two bars. Now lets see some pics of yours Bjorn!! :lol:

Yeah Phil has two silvers and a red in a 6x3x2' tank.

Jansens Mt Eden, along with a 14" fire eel and a couple of uaru.

:oops: aww schucks, just don't hold me responsible if it doesn't work... :lol: Saw your fish at HFF Albany today, I'm jealous! I remember Jansens brought in a few (~10?) a few years back, a mix of gold and rtg, not sure how many are kicking around still. I wonder what the average life span of an arowana is? I wonder if my old black aro is still around somewhere, I sold it in 2002 when I'd had it for a bit over two years, so it would be ~8 now and probably quite a good size as it was nearly 2' when I sold it! /hijack...

I hope none of you people complaining about the heat are going to moan about winter when it gets cold and wet again..... :lol: :roll: I'd rather it was hot and dry than cold and wet, and if it gets a bit humid then so be it. It was 47C at work one day last week.....