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Wow thanks everyone for the really good ideas. Sorry Caryl I forgot to mention I was planning on using pure ammonia. I will probably use the sponge on the tubing idea to keep the costs down and read up on the levels of ammonia the bacteria can handle.

I was not sure what section to post this in so feel free to move it if you feel it would be appropriate somewhere else on the forum. For 1A science we have to do some sort of scientific investigation of our own choice. Kind of like science fair but without the board. My Idea is to test whether or not stress zyme works and if so how long it takes to work to bring down ammonia levels. If you don't know stress zyme is a liquid that supposedly contains over 100 million good bacteria that break down ammonia per tsp. I was going to set up 20 ice cream containers, 5 with plain water as a control, 5 with 1ppm ammonia, 5 with 3ppm ammonia and 5 with 5ppm ammonia. Each ice cream container would have an airstone and an equal amount of bioballs/ceramic tubes in it as it would be too expensive to filter them all. The recommended amount of stress zyme would be added and then ammonia readings would be taken each day to see if they are dropping and at what rate. My questions are: Do you think it is a good idea? Do you think it will work? How can I improve my experiment? and any other helpful information would be greatly appreciated.

When: Thursday 6th of May Where: Stoke Memorial Hall 548 Main Road Stoke Nelson Time: 7.30pm Amazonian will be doing a demonstration on decapsulating your own brine shrimp and talking about the use and benefits of Indian almond leaves (Terminalia catappa).

I was doing a water change on one of my standard 2ft tanks and noticed that the silicone was starting to peel away at the edges a few mm. Do I need to get it resealed?

I have an 850 and have never had any problems with it. The lighting seems to be good and my plants grow well.

We had a great night. We found lots of shrimp, koura and a couple of eels.

Doubt it will rain anyway it is a lovely day.

Any ideas for what to do if it rains? Do you think we should still go out?

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What would be the largest suitable cichlid?

Could I keep an oscar in an aquaone 850 (165 litres)

Currently I have an Aquaone 850 (165 litres) with some basic community fish. I feel it is time for a change and would prefer Just a few larger fish. I just had a few ideas and just wanted to ask a few questions. 1. What would be the largest fish I could have in my current tank? 2. What sized aquarium would I need for an oscar? I was thinking about just selling my current tank and buying a larger one but I am still unsure. Any ideas are welcome.

Hello The March meeting of the Tasman Aquarium Club will be held at the Stoke Hall Friday 19th March 2010 7:30 pm We will have our meeting as usual and then walk down to Poor Mans stream to see what we can find. Please bring along your torch, net and suitable clothing. Hope to see you there.

Will post more pics soon. Any idea as to what they are worth?

Kind of forgot about the problem as the lights are on timers but the problem has not occurred again.

I have made this one: http://womansday.ninemsn.com.au/food/sh ... anana-cake It was really quick to make and tasted great. The lemon icing is also nice.

I have been looking after these for my friend for just under a month now because his tank broke. They have been acting fine and seem happy and healthy. I was just wondering if anybody could Identify them. Sorry about the bad quality photos.

Yeah might do that.

I have a nice healthy tiger lotus growing in my aquarium. I would like to put another one in my smaller tank and wanted to know if there was any way to propagate a new one from my plant without getting it to flower and sprouting the seeds.

In Nelson. None of the petshops have any, The spca doesn't have any, There are none on trademe or the buy sell swap.

Yes thats right but occasionally they will stay on. I am going to buy some new ones today.

All of the tubes are different ages and the middle tube is smaller than the rest.

Here Is a video of the lights. The center one always turns on but the two side ones ether keep flickering or flicker for a while and then turn on. The starters say Philips S10-C single 220-240V (Mains power I assume) 4-65 watts (I assume thats the bulb wattage my bulbs are 20 and 25watts). The ones on the mitre 10 website are $2 and labeled FLUORESCENT STARTER 4-80 Watt so in theory those ones should be fine right? http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=vyseo1&s=6 My dad yelled out something weird at the end so just ignore that.

The starters flicker at the same time as the lights. The ends of the bulb did not glow but occasionally they do start normally.

So it is most likely the starters then?