phoenix44

well worth the change. darker gravel is the only way to go

pic1 female pic 2 male they need to eat high protein food. colourbits does them good.

I found some algae on my brick under some moss. now if I can find the right equipment I shall be happy.

my new mustard gas, isn't he awesome; received him today with 3 half moon females.

Never. that place drives me crazy. Can't believe I used to live there. Even the shore is horrible now.

maybe I should send you the rocks I want that algae on?

wow. sam, those are amazing. I would ask to stroke the rocks, but that is inappropriate apparently :lol:

can you just?

I am going to steal that algae rock and put it in my tank. *yonk

about 15 more pages and you will have the longest thread in the FW section :lol:

use that hay - straw- barley thing. I cant remember its name now.

it makes the appear lighter... visually darker substrate will make them stand out more. builders sand is cheap - can buy it from a landscaping place, and you will see other types of gravel there too.

They normally pair up with the same type Ive found. albinos stuck with the albinos and the normals stuck with the normals. The 2 colour morphs do crossbreed though.

Having fun?

your crate must be IATA approved. There are 2 brands - ATLAS and one other... depending on the size(and weight) of the dogs, you can send up to 2 dogs in 1 crate. 2 puppies actually. like 2 bichons or similar. I do not know the prices, but send and receive dogs via air from all over NZ quite regularly.

:oops: shucks :lol:

can he get me one to try? i can attach it in front of a powerhead and have a happy tank. not to mention i would look like this little guy all day -

yep I have used this method on some very badly clouded clown loaches and it worked a treat. That and copper (but don't use copper please).

I don't leave the lights on at night cause I don't want to muddle around with the plant's photo periods (yes the plants are a lot more important than the fish) :lol: That and the electricity costs would kill in the long term as I have a lot of lights. Lights on my main tank go on in the morning at 8.30 and go off at 8.30pm Lights on the plant tank are on at 9.00 and are off at 9.00pm (2-3 hours of morning and evening sunlight too). works a treat.

Awwww!!

its just something some marketing dude came up with. basically each type of tube is given a name - like plant pro, powerglo, bio-lux, flora pro, aqua glo etc etc. power glos have to be really really bright. and i mean unusually bright for a tube. this where the power part of its name comes from. it also is an 18000K tube. life glos for example are 6700K this is where it gets confusing. aqua glos are also 18000K - just like the power glos - but are not as bright, because they are not the "powerful" ones - this is how i remember it. The wattage of the tube is the same across the same size range - but the amount of light (in intensity) varies. you can get a dull 36W tube, and also get a really bright 36 W tube; thus my argument against the whole WPG calculation. eg- I have t5 High Outputs (54W x2) which use a total of 108W of power - but definitely emmit more light than 108W of "normal" light. thus the $200+ price difference. In the same way a 36W power glo is brighter than a 36W aquaglo. You can also look at the tubes and compare them if you don't believe me :lol:

I think containment facilities are allowed carp.

You would hate borneo tigers, oscars, and arownans. :lol: