phoenix44

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that is the one we are talking about joe. L018

I didn't read that :lol: :oops:

its probably just the starter. cheap and easy to fix @ $5-8 max. you can get them from bunnings or mitre10. Probably a good excuse to change the tubes too.

paradalis are notorious for re-scaping tanks and uprooting plants. No good in a densely planted tank.

I dunno. It depends on if the retailer is happy ordering one in and having it sit in the tank in the event that no one buys it.

Go into a store and tell them you would like a "queen gold nugget" pleco. You will get the L018 that is what I had, and it will look identical. Insist that you only want the QUEEN gold nugget and nothing else.

Eheim 2010 - $ 75 - $80 (internal) Fluval U3 - $100+

I use lead weights.

They are usually $180 - 190. Animates RRP is $189 I think. yellow seam pleco = $150 :lol:

failed the only time it was needed. :lol:

We say it all the time :lol: I should just add it to my sig. line. no space though.

I may have said a lot of things; but i did not say - I said keep it in the water! :lol: they are runners. they form flowers and plantlets.

you'd think so eh! heater got unplugged, aquaminder failed. fail of the year for me.

I had one of them too! :lol:

yeah, the flower stalk i reported a few days ago is now 2ft long and is growing across the tank cause i have to keep pushing it underwater. they get burnt from the lights (well my lights) and dry out when they get totally out of the water. google search a few pics for an idea of what it will look like.

you leave them, and youll get more swords that you can give away / sell / replant etc. just keep the long flower stalk underwater and let it grow. you'll be surprised how long it can actually get.

I lost a bunch of yellows when my heater got unplugged. was in the middle of winter too

yes, I'm well aware of the saga. Kinda sad that all those frogs got put down if they were really in the country all along.

You should be increasing the amount of CO2 so the plants out compete the algae. algae doesn't tend to like CO2. I'm sure JenH and I said something about that.... must have been another thread.

And I highly doubt MAF will let you import mud of any form into the country.

I think the whites frogs are so ugly they are cute! :lol: They would make a unique pet too.

Hi, the 05'range of fluvals are pretty quiet. I have 2 405's running in my bedroom and they are quiet as. I also have an eheim pro II 2028 running on the same tank and that is just as quiet. perhaps marginally quieter at most. With the 3 filters less than 5feet away from the bed I am yet to complain about the 'noise' cause there is none. I can also comment on the following -I have trialled and tested every one of these. Externals - Eheim 2213, 2215, 2217 - slightly more noisy, but still quieter than some others on the market. Often sound problems are associated with incorrectly placed ceramic shafts and un-lubricated O rings. The Eheim pro III range is near silent but comes with a very heavy price tag. Fluval - 105, 205, 305, 405 - very quiet. I think there is no sound difference between a 205 and a 405. FX5 - quiet, relative to the size of the filter and its capacity. would do better in a cabinet if it was in your bedroom. If I was in your situation and had no intention of upgrading the tank in the foreseeable future, I'd go either for the Eheim 2213 or the Fluval 205. I'd be partial to the fluval in this case because of its ease of cleaning and priming compared to the eheim classics. If you have troubles starting and/or priming the Fluval 05' series - you're doing it wrong. Internals - Eheim internal range - 2008 - 2012 - dead silent, you need to press your ear against the glass to hear it. Eheim Ecco range - slightly more noisy than your fluval + range and the classic eheim internal range. still very quiet. Fluval+ range (1 to 4+) - quiet, marginally more noise compared to the eheim. nothing to complain about. Fluval U series (all sizes U1 - U4) - As quiet as it gets. Price is astronomical and is often cheaper to get an external in place of the U3 / U4. HOB Filters - Aquaclear range - Mixed reviews. Often rattle because of the plastic lid, but when removed is dead quiet. I have a number of them that are dead quiet, and 1 that rattles slightly no matter what I do to it. flow can be adjusted and often this reduces the sound. HTH

It usually takes a month or so for the eggs to hatch. I have eggs sitting here, that were laid on the 10th of this month.

That's because there aren't a bunch of pecklotias in the country. L140 is here, and has been suggested earlier in this thread. Easy to breed too.