phoenix44

all my fish like jumping i used to have killies like dagetis, panchax, australie golds -> all jumped out from a covered tank :lol: I will try and come to the napier show if uni schedule permits :bounce:

:lol: cant you get fined like $50k for possession and sale of a koi? (well that's what i left as a comment on the auction now any ways, lol).

207823136 is that a koi carp in the pic or is it just me?

I like the last pic. its very cool. are they commonly found here in NZ? I have a rimless nano I can imagine them swimming around it - course i wouldn't be happy if they jumped

:lol: youre welcome

That's very small =( Are they jumpers? (i Know some killies are)

that's understandable. there are plenty light spectra that the human eye cannot see. so the tube may be emitting the light but we cannot see it. Limitations of being human i suppose. that's pretty much the gist of things really, so as long as the tube emits both red and blue plants should be sweet :bounce:

what a cool little killie! (the clown) real nice colours too. how big do they get?

you could always flush out the old daltons and put in new stuff each time. but in that case use just gravel to weigh it down, and then all you need is a garden hose and a pasta strainer to salvage your gravel it is a fair bit of work though... especially during moving.. I know i'd hate to do it.

ive found some of the reflectors in shops can be quite expensive. so in a 980, you can take off the plastic bit that covers the tubes, remove the tubes and then cut a cheap warehouse mirror to size, and silicone it to the back. put your tubes back on, and voila! reflector made. or you can use tin foil, stick it there, and then use a cloth to smooth it down - but that isn't half as cool as the mirror method.

JBL aquabasis is far superior to daltons. your planned setup sounds good and do-able, just dont move the tank, lol.

if its for sale in a fish shop its a bit of a hard one. your friend can attempt to enter the premium market and compete with tetra. or he can compete with JBL for specialist food. the native market is very small, and is further restricted due to the size of NZ. I would have suggested either the large fish market or the marine market, where there are other products for sale but not so many as to create a massive amount of competition. Hikari probably have the ideal niche for the monster fish market, however their advertising is almost non existent in NZ. Tetra has a big fish food but mainly only for cichlids. HTH

oh the other thing you could do, and ive done this too is to put a brick or a fat book under the filter thus raising it by a little bit. then extend the pipe as you need.

hey, do you have the hook like clamps that hang on the side of the tank? if you do, undo it, and redo the fitting, and you will find a few mm - its like magic. worst case scenario - get normal pipe and attach it to the end of the outlet. the other alternative is you can buy an entire piece of tubing from any fish shop. but that's expensive, and not worth it at all in this case cause you only need a little bit.

try a weak solution of salt and copper sulfate. u may want to remove any snails you want alive, cause itll kill the lot. but if you've got some real nice fish in there, i may not even risk that you can try removing as many as you can manually, and then just keep killing them as you see them?

just normal biggish gravel, and fish poo. liquid ferts include flourish excel, PMDD, flora pride, and plant gro. I dont really think the flora pride and plant gro have too much of an effect on plant growth. I mainly put it down to the lights and the fish poo. I do occasionally use DIY CO2 on the big tank. and then when im stuck i ask the plant guru's on here, about the sort of plant and its requirements.. eg root feeders etc...

sure can!

similar to daltons. but daltons can and will feed algae quite happily as it is high in nutrient. so the water has to be maintained pretty well, and it has to be covered with the sand completely.

Its this clay like soil that settles quite well, but goes mushy underwater. it has slow release nutrients. Well that's what i thought i read on the packet. a nice fat bag cost me only 15 bucks at palmers, but apparently i got ripped off by a whole $1.05 :lol: :lol: ill put the pics on photobucket and then ill pm the images to you :bounce: PS- you dont NEED daltons etc to have a nice planted tank. Ill send you another pic of my main tank without daltons.

they are all so pretty! good going :bounce: :bounce: nice setups too... I really like the dems and the contrast with the e. yellows.

ive just setup another nano with daltons in it as the base, with some laterite. black sand on top of that, and the plants are crypts, swords, aponogetons, dwarf sag, and pygmy chain sword. if you use an aquatic mix - moving the tank will be a massive problem, cause if you stir it up that's pretty much it- if you use sand to keep it down. also moving things around and re landscaping may be a problem. on the other hand if you use gravel, and you move - you could always start afresh and add new aquatic mix and clean the gravel with a pasta strainer or something like that. i havent had the tank running with daltons as a base for that long, so im afraid i have no "experiences" to share with you. it becomes very jelly like underwater, so even the smallest fish can or filter can disturb it. it is very small and particulate. i can pm you pics of my setup if you like... I dont see the point in starting a new thread about it - its not that major, lol :bounce:

then glosso wont grow there. it needs v v. high light. refer the topic "18000K tubes" in the tech section. that is the spectrum emitted by the power glo's. only difference is that t5's produce more light than the t8's. same type of light though. dwarf val. should grow beautifully! AR 980 is 980mm long... (forgotten other dimensions)

warehouse. read the package and it will say if it is fully waterproof and intended for use on aquariums, etc. petshops should also have it, but course it will be more expensive. at the warehouse, you can choose between the tube or the gun tube.

what check in staff dont know cant hurt them.

recent studies show that a humvee is cheaper to run (environmentally speaking) than a toyota hybrid :lol: i found covering the tank (having a lid on it) makes a dramatic difference to the overall insulation of the tank. i keep my tanks at about 30 degrees constantly, and thanks to good heaters I dont have a overheating problem in summer. In winter if i take the lid off the tank, the tank temp drops from 30 to 26. the lowest it can get is about 24. (i have a digital thing that beeps at me if i set a lower extreme temperature alarm). with the lids on - the temp drops to 28.9 and no less. I've now insulated the sides of the tank with polystyrene, and soon will insulate the back, and that too should make a huge difference. tanks aren't that expensive to run, the highest wattage of stuff usually tends to be the lights, because even if you have a 300W heater, it wont be on 24/7.