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Yay! Progress! :bounce: I used that "manky old" craft knife and cut between the brace and the tank on the front right hand side. The blade slipped into silicone and I just pulled it through. Can't find any other spaces big enough but will try again later. Will have to get a thinner blade also.

No, can't get a scalpel, haven't been to hospital much lately Thanks for the offer but I'ma big boy, I can do it myself TYVM.

Can't be that old if I know it!

He did a thorough job, overkill is better than a soaking wet floor. It's the same on my 3 footer except another brace in the middle. Now stop marveling at my extreme bracing and halp! Pleeeease?

Pics P44! Don't needa post 'em here but at least gimme a link? Tony Bates (Goldfishman) made me it, and my 3 footer. He did a great job too. Why? Where do I start Barrie? Just with a blade and cut at the silicone?

Please! Don't draw pictures! Nooo! :lol: Here's some photo's: Right side: Front http://i445.photobucket.com/albums/qq17 ... G_4754.jpg Side http://i445.photobucket.com/albums/qq17 ... G_4755.jpg Left side: Front http://i445.photobucket.com/albums/qq17 ... G_4756.jpg Side http://i445.photobucket.com/albums/qq17 ... G_4757.jpg How did you make yor nano bigger?! (Kept on getting General Error)

Could I have some advise on how to do it. Do I just keep cutting away at the visible silicone on the inside until there's none left and then pull the glass off? Or is there a special technique? I'm not overly patient... Thanks for the offer Barrie but it'd be more hassle than it's worth. Seeing as I can't remove the sand from the bottom without causing more chaos, I'll just try myself thanks.

Okay first of all, how many are in the tank. Just the two? Secondly, is one nipping the other or are they sort of dancing and shimmying? The female should be rounder and possibly larger.

Well I cut down the silicone from the left side down to a few mm, the right side has maybe 1cm? I can't get the blade between the two bits of glass but I can sort of cut away at some bits of silicone. Is it safe to do it while the tank's full or will I have to drain it right down again? Can't remove the sand at the bottom, hairgrass nightmare

I was using a normal single edged blade on a million year old craft knife. Can we get one of those blades at Mitre10 Mega? Too young? Pssh!

Uh, it's just regular bracing I guess? :-? It's just two 10cm peices of 6mm glass siliconed on the inside to the tank ends. Do I need a sharper blade, anything else that might help?

Looking good Zev. Great job of the biotope.

Woah, major chaos. If anyone's keen for a read then here it is. So I started off the day by asking my bro' if he'd like to switch rooms. He was reluctant but then I let him play on my computer so he came around. We dismantled his bunk bed and moved his million's of tonnes of junk out of his room into the hallway and dining area. We then broke down my bed, moved the matress out and tried to get the base into his old room/my new room. Problem no. 1, my bed is a queen, his old one was only a single. Therefore it didn't fit down the hallway so we had to take it outside through Mum's bedroom door and round into the kitchen and back down into the hallway, and we're not muscle heavy guys either. Once we finally slid the base into his room, the matress seemed pretty easy. We moved all his bunk gear into my old room and left it. Mum came home and helped him reassemble it so I decided to empty the 54L. I took out the two killi fry and put them in a container in the 3 footer. Caught all the others (2 rams, 2 ottos and a platy) and chucked them in the 3 footer too. Drained their tank, moved it to my new room and then noticed that Mr and Mrs. BN have decided to lay eggs. So I quickly caught all the fish (except one elusive ram, who's caught now) and put all the platies (5 of them!) and the two ottos into the net breeder and the rams into a seperate container. I also tried removing the glass braces from the top of the 54L but didn't even come close. So I just gave up, filled it back up and hoped it'd clear soon. Do I need to take the BN's offspring out too or will he be fine with them? I wanted to take the eggs out but they're in an awkard positions between the DW and a rock. To make matters worse, I smashed up a whole lot of glosso trying to catch the rams. *sigh*. That is my rant, could I please have some advise on how to remove the rim? I was using a razor blade but it was only removing the silicone. Thanks

Aww, he's adorable

Woah, those are some mighty fine fish

Sounds like you've been busy. I trimmed my hairgrass outside the tank but I think 1 inch is enough. The old hairgrass on the right side of my 3 footer looks darker/dying but the newer stuff from HFF is green as and spreading well.

Float on icecream container with some tank water in the main tank. Put the eggs in there and let them hatch. Feed the fry as you would if they were in their own tank. Try and get a net breeder from your LPS or LFS. HTh

Yeah I digitally "hacked" it off (wasn't rendered in the 1st place) :lol:

Thanks for the offer Morcs but I'd like to be able to take photos of the tank by itself, nearly nothing visible. If my plan fails then that could be my plan B. Turns out I might swap rooms with my little brother, far less sun in his room. Just have to see what he says about it though *fingers-crossed*

I bet you can get the same things at Bunnings for a mere fraction of the price! I don't know, the walls just seems safer the the roof. Will upload a sketcup of my proposed room change. The tank needs to be moved out of the sunlight anyways, it's rather annoying having to cover it up all the time :-? Who gave you the pointy stick, where do they live and what are their weaknesses? :lol:

My lighting setup isn't heavy, I just don't know how else to mount it :-? The roof is now a no go zone. So, you gave yourself the wand?

They're not born with spines! http://www.smartcommunity.co.uk/communi ... id=LC00003

NVRM, just did a quite search on TM and realised what they are :oops: Might use those instead of hanging from the ceiling. :-? Haha, did the ponity stick choose you or did you choose the pointy stick (Harry Potter reference :nerd-face: