SamH
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Most plants grow fine in regular gravel/sand but this would be interesting to see. I saw someone on the PT forums who put just topsoil under their gravel and it worked well, no cloudy water or anything. Make sure you get just topsoil though, no additives, and place it under the substrate where the fish can't get to it or else you'll have an opaque tank.
Good luck, keep us updated.
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Nice fish! Are they yours?
BTW, hand looks gnarly too. :lol:
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Most loaches seem to be great community fish. What size is the tank?
And what's the matter with snails? I have heaps and they do no harm at all.
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Now I'm keen for pics.... :lol:
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Submersable means submersable and as far as I know, the aquaone heaters can and should be fully underwater. I have mine on 45's or straight up, doesn't seem to matter as long as you have good flow, especially in a tall tank.
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*Drool* over the above.
I can just imagine a nano planted so bright you need to wear sunnys just to glance at it.
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Nice try! I need the money for better lights
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I already replaced the bulbs but the black algae continues to grow
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I'm running a regular 23w 6300k? cool daylight bulb over my HG tank and it's going sweet. Plant growth bulbs aren't always needed, normal bulbs can work too.
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Ooo! Those are niiice. :bounce:
But I'm still along way from getting my tank made, due to the acrylic still not arriving!
The lights on my 3 footer aren't growing me plants (anyone WTB aquaone 3ft double lighthood with working bulbs?) so if I don't sell the hood I might have to make that plantless tank
. Or a blackwater tank!
OR if I get some new lights then I'll replant or make that a paludarium, if boss lady says yes. -
Aww. I'nt they cute?
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I even have 1 and a half bags waiting to be used under the substrate of my next tank, might need to grab some more.
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Hey! I'm not dissing (disrespecting) NZ aquatic life, I'm just saying they blend in very well and aren't noticed. I too always look out for fish, plants and other things in the stream but most others don't. Good point Stella, all the displays I've seen are usless, further borifying (that's not a word is it?) the people who look at them.
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How about painting the sheet of polystyrene under the tank to look like gravel or sand?
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Welcome to the forums.
I've also found fighters hard to keep, I've recently had three die from disease
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Yeah. NZ fish and other aquatic life being rather dull and inconspicious means that they don't attract attention to themselves. Good against predators but humans don't care for them. If the fish was a pretty as the tropical species then people would probably care more, but they're not.
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Seems a bit better this morning so fingers crossed that it's getting better.
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Animates does little 150g bags of Brooklands peat for $1.95 I believe. Nice fine stuff too.
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Yeah, me too. If it doesn't work then I'll have to tear the tank down and start over again. Don't wanna do that 'cause I've come this far without problems.
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:evil: :evil: Blacked out tank, had a peep in this avo and the algae has gotten worse!
Hopfully it'll all die soon though, I'm getting rather annoyed...
Clay balls, apparently the mixture is 50:50 PMDD and Clay. Just roll them up and let them dry for a bit, maybe add a bit of sand.
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Animates Botany seems to chuck guppy fry in their plants for sale tank.
Doesn't look like a guppy fry, does it?
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Congratulations. Maybe now we can replace twitchy lip :lol: with a real LOL smiley?
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Purddy
CFL's over T8's?
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I might just replace both the tubes in my current setup even though the bulbs are quite new. Do these look any good?
http://sog.open24x7.biz/catalog/product ... 303df99df3
http://sog.open24x7.biz/catalog/product ... 303df99df3
Thanks