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Dave+Amy

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  1. OMg...I'm not even going to comment on that last bit about driftwood hahaha...I've already acquired my driftwood
  2. the whole beach won't fit in the back of my hatchback lol
  3. haha yeah I've been really busy so haven't been on the forum much in the past few months - the blue diamond was my only surviving one (out of the 3 I originally bought). Well at the moment the tank's pretty bare apart from the filter intake pipes and the heaters - so they're been fighting over those for egg laying. I've noticed a few unconventional couples :happy1: got a male Yellow White trying to pair with my pigeonblood, then there's the red melon (pretty sure male but still very young) hanging around one of my albinos, one unpaired female turq that's still laying eggs on her own and my first pair (Alenquer male + LSS female) that's still going for gold....so altogether about 3 potential pairs and one loner female lol :roll: Can't wait to get the substrate and plants in - scoped out the beach I'll be sourcing it from, is it illegal to takefrom beaches does anybody know? If it is then I might have to purchase instead..
  4. and how long does each bottle last? How do you know you've got too much OR not enough going into the tank?
  5. where do you get the bottle from? and how do you top up the CO2?
  6. Is a CO2 system hard to put together? I am technically challenged but if you give me a brief outline on what i'll need and what goes where I could get David to do it for me
  7. Thanks - I just had a look at your tank on your link and that is impressive! Do you use CO2 at all? Or just fert balls and liquid fert?
  8. Woah that's cheaper than the silica sand but I hope I don't need too many bags..worried about the weight of the tank (as unsure about the flooring supports)...
  9. by propagating sand - you mean Daltons? Can you gravel vac or have you got it fully covered by plant growth? The grain size is perfect but it will get expensive to cover my tank bottom (thinking 1.5inches depth for substrate)
  10. I'm a bit sketchy to take gravel from our local huge river as they've been having algae problems which killed dogs recently (Do i just boil and it should be fine to use??) - I could drive 30mins further up river which may be in better condition
  11. bummer! what am I going to do with 60kgs of white sand :-? Where is the cheapest place to find fine pebbles? I contemplated Daltons but then remember a thread about how stuff builds up bad in Dalton substrate
  12. Thanks @ myfishybusiness @ Sophia - I have 14 loaches all up so I'm guessing they'll dig up my plants? If I sprinkled the top layer with small pebbles wouldn't the pebbles eventually head down and end up below the sand?
  13. Well..finally upgraded and new tank's dimensions are 160 x 70 x 70. Currently housing my 12 Discus (the loaches and catfishes are in a smaller 250LT holding tank) - I need a few suggestions in creating habitat: 1) I thought I'd use the silica sand Dave bought me - but is sand heavy enough to hold the plants down? 2) I'm going to source some massive (but skinny) driftwood from Makara hopefully tomorrow - if it's sunbleached do I still need to boil it? 3)I'm assuming silica sand is pH neutral - but when I did separate pH tests between a bucket with the sand and my tank the pH is off by like 0.2pH ? (or is my test kit reading a bit off?) 4) Any driftwood will lower pH? Or just specific driftwood types? Empty tank except for Discus: Discus shots:
  14. I grew all my Albino strains out from 30/40mm and the five I kept myself are currently 100mm+ and only one smaller discus about 70/80mm but I did nightly 70% waterchanges, the same however did not go for the three blue diamonds where I lost two for no apparent reason. Bigger fish 60/70mm are slightly more but less hassles...definitely not as many waterchanges needed
  15. Awesome, thanks for the tip! Did you notice anything with the pH? I wastold it's meant to be pH neutral but when I bucket tested and compared to my tank there was about a 0.2pH increase?
  16. what type of substrate have you used? is that white silica sand? I've got a few bags to put in but unsure about it - how do you vac? (Or do you not ?)
  17. I'm not really techno-savvy so won't know how to set up a drip sys - I'll get David to read over this thread and do it for me the funniest thing was when we were having a new kitchen put in and the plumber seeing how long it took me to do wc's he was trying to set up a pipe that went directly from my tank to kitchen sink - Lyndyloo I might get dave to do that so I no longer need to carry buckets for filling the good side about using buckets is gaining me strong biceps
  18. Thanks David R I thought it would be very impractical doing large 50% waterchanges for a tank that size, however I don't have anywhere where I can put a barrel that size, this tank will be the focal point of the living room and it's carpeted so buckets don't sound safe, hanging the siphon out the window sounds like the best option - I'll be doing 20% waterchanges DAILY (instead of 50% every 2/3days), will it be too much water for the front lawn to absord? 'Cos I'll be in the crud with mum if I turned the front lawn into a mud pool... What size heaters do people use on large tanks? Will a single 500W do?
  19. thanks Spoon, I'll print this pic off and give it to my tank maker since he's got easier access to stainless steel than I. Also - what is the chemical people get to rid of snails? I'm wanting to dip everything in my tank (short of fish) with that before they go into the new tank.
  20. No cats, just a dog I'll leave the lids on then, but really keen for the lid-less look and have plants grow out of the top of it Was thinking on the line of having a couple of steel rods (painted black) attached to the back of the cabinet and attaching the ballasts to it, so light hangs over tank?? Has anyone tried this before?
  21. So thought it was about time to upgrade my discus to a larger home..getting a 6footer built, going to go for the seamless look (no hood) on top of a pine stand, wanting to have a couple of 3foot double light ballasts hanging above the top of the tank...decor will consist of white silica sand, lots of skinny driftwood in background (will attach java moss/xmas moss) and have big bold green swords (assorted). I have some questions concerning practicality issues etc: 1. can anyone suggest how I can have these ballasts hanging without drilling holes in the roof (don't think mum will approve...) 2. is it necessary to have lids? Are discus prone to jumping? 3. how do people manage frequent waterchanges in a tank this size? Suggestions would be greatly appreciated
  22. I can see your barbs and discus dismembering a GAE pretty quickly, I had a 10cm+ SAE disappear overnight ...pretty sure he died and was consumed overnight.
  23. It's a she, and she probably won't ever reply unfortunately it sure beats paying $60 a fish for disfigured discus :roll:
  24. I want something more solid blue though, or greenish..Ocean greens would be nice too Was waiting on you to breed your colbolts
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