northland chic

I am going to have to try this I think. Was thinking of getting a new ballast but feel like the local electrcians don't want to know. Is this very hard to do and do I need to buy another reflector or whats in the hood is ok? Thanks for any help

My husband is a fisherman so it's kind of ironic that he kills fish to make money then I spend it buying live fish LOL and our number plate is fish related. When we met I had a tiny tank at my parents and it just grew from there. The other week when I got a new pleco and I dreaded telling him it was a bit expensive, he was actually fine once he seen it. Doesn't help much with water changes though. I find its more other people who don't get the fish ie friends and family

Ok, so have just tested the nitrite and ammonia again to be safe and both are 0. I didn't clean it which was stupid, tank was clean but I stupidly didn't clean the substrate. I realised as soon as I filled the tank I should have but asked seller and they said it should settle. All plants came from my own tanks and log came with the tank which was also clean when picked up and dry but still sunk straight away. I thought it was impossible something had hitched a ride since there was over a week with no fish ie no host but if there was still live snails maybe not. My daughter has gone fishing for a few days to the 3 kings so I have until about sunday to hopefully get somewhere. Am very glad I didn't move her guppies from her AR380 into it. Will try to post a pic if I can find the pack of new batteries

Bought a second hand Aqua One 620T for my daughter for Xmas. Set it up with everything that came with it, including the daltons mix stuff in the substrate. Went all good,left it set up for about 2 weeks before i added any fish. I bought 6 platys and told her they were from Santa(OMG $9ea!). All went well at first, got a couple of fish from a friend(platys & swordtails) and left them in that tank for about 4 days before they went on a road trip. Those fish went down the line on the 28th of Dec and are still all fine. Our platys on the other hand They started darting around, flashing off things,fins clamped and the skinnier one started getting like rot/fungus just before the tail, then another developed quite a big abcess/ulcer. So I lost those two and then another that had been hiding all the time was sitting on the bottom a bit wobbly on it and died. I couldn't really see anything on that one apart from the hiding and being really skittish. We now only have three. I was worried it was the daltons mix as that was the only different to all my other tanks and was told it was meant to be under a decent layer of sand and it was all mixed up so changed to stones like I'm used too. Quite happy I did as some Malayian trumpet snails hitched a ride in it and I didn't like the way everything sat on top of it. But sadly my problem still remains. I have tested my ph and ammonia and all fine. Out of the 3 fish I have one very happy one who doesn't hide and always greets me. One that hides but looks alright and one that is terrible. It always hides under the log and eats but not alot. Flashes off things, fins clamped,skittish and has some blood under the skin under her gills and around her bum and belly. I think the last two breath quite rapidly as well. So I'm thinking velvet or some kind of parasite but I have no experience with either of these and my local shop doesn't have a wide range of treatments. I have tried some Melafix which hasn't helped. Sorry for the long post but wanted everyone to know the full story. Any advice would be great because I am going insane and my daughter is pretty much put off platys. Seen the rest of the platys from that shipment in the shop and they are all fine

This is my first one like that also. I like it because its differnt too. Nice to see its not the only one I must have had over 150 fry from this trio and never got another.

I found this also. I had a pair and a pair of spotted but nothing ever happened. Whereas my longfins I got which were half the size breed all the time. I think its like Caryl said they either do or don't. I have tried a few different caves and everything, done more water changes than ever and nothing. Same with my friend they have 2 males and one female and caves but nothing ever happens. I'm not worried now I am over run with longfin babies.

I recently had young from my trio of browns (1m, 2f). To make it difficult for my boy the girls spawned at seperate times instead of together thats how I know I got albinos and browns from one and browns and light yellow/white with blue eyes from the other one. Poor boy was in the cave for weeks and so hungry at the end of the second spawn. I knocked the cave over for a week or two to let him recoup because the girls were ready again. Just stood the cave back up on thursday and have him guarding eggs from both girls this morning. My browns started out very pale with almost see through tail ends and over the week or two have darkened up. But the albinos and whitish ones have never changed at all. I find it funny how with albino young you get some that are yellow and some that are almost white. Have seen it in the adults with the females nearly always being the white ones. The white albino also seems to be growing alot slower but had the same conditions as the yellow ones.

I am definate Sims player. I did play the one on Facebook but also tired of it quickly. I only have sims 2 and open for business expansion, hubby told me to sell them all to buy sims 3. Then I missed it so much I went and got those two. Have most of the sims 3 and play quite a bit. Only missing two stuff packs I think and am also looking forward to pets. I would love to buy Barnacle Bay and the other new place off the website but don't have enough credit. Also bought the sims medival which hubby quite enjoyed. Nice to to their are other sims fans!

There is no aggression that I have seen, they all stick together at the top of the tank because the severums seem to be having eggs every week and they get quite grumpy. When I went in yesterday I think she was going to move the choc cats out to give the baby sevs a chance, she feels sad for the parents. Apparently the tropheus dub had a mate but its passed away. I always really like the demasoni's and the blotchy coloured ones. Do they require alot of water changes? I already use oyster grit in my filters, how else can I buffer the ph? I had never thought about keeping them. I have just set up a sunsun 200l so far all I know is it has to house some plants and my trio of long fin bristlenose. I do miss having some of the bigger fish all I have now is tetras The sev's were pretty cool but don't really want to devote my new tank to just them and don't need a whole army of baby sev's.

There is 3 or 4 cichlids at our petshop and I'm fairly sure they are the higher ph type. I always feel for them because I think they are meant to be keep in a species colony? I know I can't keep them my water is really low ph straight out of the tap but would like them to at least be id'ed in the hopes they can find a better environment. At present they are in a AR620 maybe with 2 big choc talking cats (15+cm) and a breeding pair of severums not quite full grown. Sorry about the poor pics. I recognised one out of smideys for sale ad but I think it is meant to have a patch of yellow not faint white I know the last one is really bad but I figure someone will know! Thanks for any help I get on this

I have had many a try at goldfish and it always ends badly. Funny enough for me the fish that do the best are my pond fish that live in their green yucky pond and the ones I look after at the local kindy. Which only this year got ungraded to a 2ft tank and pump otherwise they had a plastic tank and no filter. All I do for them is pick them up at the end of every term. As far as I know they do nothing except feed them so no water changes for about 8-10 weeks and then home to their plastic tank for two weeks. I think one of the things with these fish is I have always used fish I have bred myself so they must be extra hardy. Thank goodness for the yucky pond:) This reminds me of the times I have tried livebearers and goldfish (seperate tanks). Everytime I try I go all out and put on a great filter system and try my best and everytime it goes badly. Whereas people I know that do nothing and have a basic set up crack it! I just stick with my tropicals now!

Hi everyone, I recently bought a second hand 200l sunsun tank in Whangarei. At the time we were getting a new station wagon so was going to collect in that. Now we are still getting the car but have no idea when due to it having some mechanic issues seller is going to fix first. Trader asked me if it would be economical to get a carrier of some kind to do it for me? They are not worried about waiting its more that I don't want to wait even though I have no idea where to put it. Is there any couriers out there that take fishtanks? I was thinking about pbt or someone similiar. I can't even think of a friend I can pay gas money too for their help. Or anyone coming up this way? Thanks for any suggestions. Hubby said I have mts but I was never cured just on a break

Was missing the clear piece under the light. Didn't realise til we bought a second one and it had a cover.

I got an old AR380 for my daughter and I'm having a real problem with condensation. I just put a heater in it a couple of weeks ago so she could keep her bn for winter. It didn't come with a cover over the light but we have made one. Have been through 3 bulbs since we bought it and apparently they are getting hard to get. Does anyone have this problem with any of those enclosed style tanks or is it just me?

I could put a crypt or two in there they don't need pruning or anything. I have a sword plant of some kind (evryone did tell me once) maybe if its got really good lighting it might enjoy the height. I thought depth might be a problem too but I think I would rather the slighty bigger one than the AR620. I asked a q on their auction and they never answered which im disappointed about and their measurements don't add up to the popular tank sizes thread. So thinking they didn't have a tape measure but has made me wonder if its a T or normal one.