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Sorry I can't make it but a few bits of advice.. 1. Get a van. 2. Ideally, have 6 people moving the tank. (4 minimum but make sure they are strong) 3. Do it on a dry, fine day. All learned the hard way lol..

I vote for the one on the right.. Looks more like a Japanese-style hardscape. The one on the left looks a bit 'unbalanced'..

Looks like your BTS is a bit of a wino eh? :slfg:

No doubt that goldfish are smart, but oscars have also been trained to do tricks (going through hoops, etc).. So maybe the researchers only used goldfish because they are the 'go-to' aquarium fish instead of using a variety of other fish to compare IQs.

:facepalm: It's Poseidon! ...after 3 years at uni, that's all I've gotten out of it lol :smln:

Do you get Sky in that car?? :sml2:

I would say, enlist the help of an expert (lots of them on this forum), do some research and get a sump/ canister combo. I love my sump because it can hold sooooo much media (I have about 7-8kg of bio-media in mine) and it also hides the heaters. I also run an FX-5 alongside it for bio-filtration mostly, but it also does a great job on mechanical. The great thing about this set-up as well is that any floating particles are filtered by the overflow into the sump while the particles lower in the tank are filtered by the FX-5. After flooding your living room once or twice, a sump really isn't that hard..

Thank you, Captain Attention-to-Detail! :thup:

:rotf: If you can't find the actual person, why don't you donate it to a museum? That way in another 20 years, children will remember that we once had books and paper instead of iPads.

Ermm... I really don't think it's a good idea. Nori has all sorts of preservatives in it which might not be so good for the fish. I've seen proper seaweed for marine/ freshwater fish at HFF, you might want to consider those..?

That's what I thought too. The algal bloom was probably caused by too much nitrate, which suggests that the bacteria is there. The tank might already have been cycled but maybe with a recent addition of too much food, it could be going through an ammonia spike and mini-cycle. That's my guess anyway.

The temperature shouldn't make a difference to the cycling since outdoor ponds also need to be cycled and house beneficial bacteria.

I don't know to be honest, I'm waiting for them to give me a ring back so I can get all the details. The other option I found was Unitec but that course runs for a year and doesn't allow the flexibility of correspondence.

Hi all I'm considering taking a correspondence course with TAFE College, but I don't really know much about them. I've seen their ads around before, but I don't know how good/ recognised their qualifications are. Has anybody done a course with them before; or knows a bit about them? I just don't want to waste my time/ money on a course if the qualification doesn't end up being very good or recognised by employers. Thanks!

Haha, I know. Mythbusters proved that goldfish can be trained to go past obstacles to get food.

1. How can it accelerate the maturing of tanks if it has no bacteria?? 2. Ammonium (ammonia at pH <7) has been proven to be harmless to fish, even at high levels; while ammonia is the one to watch out for - but Easy-Life evidently hasn't received the memo. 3. I wonder how it can promote breeding of both freshwater and marine fish simultaneously! :love: (Must be something in the water..) Sounds like the old Chinese folktale of the merchant who sold both the unstoppable spear and the shield which couldn't be pierced!

I think what Zuri was asking was whether there is a maximum claimable amount from the insurance company, i.e. if they don't have the same colour, will they repaint the whole car? I suppose they would, lol.. (wouldn't they??) Otherwise it'll be a pretty funky looking car!

I think that the insurance company will direct you to one of their affiliated workshops anyway, so I doubt if it will be a dodgy shop - unless it's a dodgy insurance company..

Fore! :lol:

PM Henward about his tips on getting eels to feed haha. He's got a monstrous eel, really cool fish. Some things you can try are: -Garlic Guard -Soaking the prawns in bloodworms for a while before feeding (to acquire the same smell/ taste) -Starving it for short periods at a time (if it doesn't work, feed bloodworms for a couple of days and try again) Fish are like kids, continued exposure to new foods will help success rates.

I've heard so many bad reports about charcoal that I don't use it at all anymore. Some people say that once it has reached its capacity, it will release everything back into the water (unsure about this one), but the micro-cavities definitely do fill up quite quickly. My advice to anyone using charcoal is to only use it as you need it (e.g. to remove medicines after treatment) and then bin it after <1 week. Personally, my first treatment for fish is always salt and then maybe Melafix. Since both are 'organic' treatments which are relatively mild compared to other treatments, I don't need to rush to remove it from the water. But even then, I prefer to remove them through regular water changes instead of using charcoal. Some people also say that prolonged exposure to charcoal leads to hole in the head disease in cichlids, that's why most cichlid-keepers tend to avoid it, just in case. If you're thinking about using charcoal as a biological media, ceramic noodles are a much safer and cheaper option (in the long run).

Yeah, air stone and a bottle will be better for polystyrene balls. Wouldn't work for Henward because he's using a compartment in his sump tank.

Personally, I would say that frozen bloodworms are cheaper than freeze dried. Also, I reckon that frozen tastes better too (based on the fishes' reactions, not first-hand experience). On another note, bloodworms don't have much nutritional value, so it would be better for you to train your eel to eat pellets or raw prawns. It would probably be more economical too.

Yeah, agree with the previous posts. I put mine in small plastic drawers with several layers of cardboard on top, inside the hot water cupboard. I think the higher temp makes them slightly more active, but I generally don't observe their behaviour haha. All I know is that they crawl around and my mealworm supply never runs dry. :lol: