Jennifer

Yes, I have several of the Marina Hang-on breeding box large 2L $19 and small, 1.2L $11. I also have a hatchery net box $10 and the floating plastic boxes $7-5. I can ship but I will have to figure out costs. Edit: I have about 20 brand new blue airstones 50 cents each, still in packaging

I'm going through a breakup and moving house and am having to clear out all of my breeding setup. I have heaps of stuff, all good quality, good condition, and relatively new. Approx 15 beautiful pieces of hardwood that were all purchased through the shops $10-50. Jager heaters 50-150w betwn $20-40 (depending on size), about a dozen different T8 light hoods of various lengths (single tube and double tube) most are under 3 years old and have original boxes, prices are 45% of retail. Ten 40 x 40 cm cube tanks $25 each. Breeding equipment like fry tanks, artemia cysts, air pumps, Eheim internal filters, and a Fluval external filters, sponge filters, thermometers, filter media. Also giving away things like different types of gravel and sheets of polystyrene. Some marine stuff. If you are looking for something, I just might have it so please send me a PM. I'll list on here for a week and whatever doesn't sell, I will itemise and list on TM.

Cam, I figured out the 100L/m would do up to 1000 litres (in 12 separate tanks). I was looking into a system like this: http://www.swisstropicals.com/filtratio ... lter-shop/

After some research I found that this was was substantially quieter and does 100L/min (compared to the 60L/min of that one above). http://www.hailea.com/e-hailea/product3/HAP-100.htm It's about $400 though...

sorry I didn't see this until now, would have been happy to help Tracy!

Yes, turn off the CO2 and stop feeding and fertilising during the blackout. The blackout should solve the cyano problem too so you won't need erythro unless it keeps coming back.

I officially hate whiptails. As per usual, a 1 day old spawn of around 100 turned up about 30 dead this morning. The last spawn I reared to selling age with hardly a single death. It's like every other spawn dies. :dno:

Those plants all look like they are starting out, not big and vigorous growth. They won't be using up many nutrients yet. If I were you, I would reduce the lighting (photperiod or intensity) a bit until the plants get established. The increased CO2 will help prevent more staghorn from growing but it won't get rid of the stuff still in the tank. You'll have to remove the effected bits, a 3 day blackout can help by killing it on the wood and stuff but the plant leaves will still need to go. As far as the cyano goes, if you have been battling it for a while, it is probably well established and even good flow and careful control of waste will have a hard time eliminating it so I would recommend a dose of erythromycin. That can sometimes throw things out of whack a bit so that you get brown dust 'algae' but at least that is self limiting!

Awesome, thanks Ryan. I was planning on plumbing it with irrigation tubing to source all the tanks but I was trying to avoid dealing with housing it outdoors. I might try the pond pump. Thanks for the tip about it.

Ugh, that puts me off a bit. I guess I will avoid the Hailea due to noise. The two Eheim ones are the biggest I could get and they still aren't really enough - but they are quiet.

I am looking at a large airpump to replace a couple of Eheim pumps that run several breeding tanks. There are about 14 tanks and around 1000 L. These are the two options that I am looking at: http://www.pondone.co.uk/airpumps.php (around $300) http://www.hailea.com/e-hailea/product3/ACO-328.htm (around $200) It is indoors so I don't want it too loud. A little out of my depth here - any advice/suggestions/alternatives?

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A pair should be ok in there Sam. They are surprisingly cute. See my article in the upcoming Aquarium World Magazine! lol

I bred hundreds of these and would house no more than two males and two females in a 3 foot tank. They need about 45 square cm of floor space as territory for each male, and plenty of shells to choose from. One male can have more than one female but the females need some territory as well, especially when they are guarding a brood. These fish need stable water conditions, high pH, hard water and slow acclimatisation. They are really cute and super fun to watch though, just mind their surprisingly sharp teeth. :oops: