SamH

Like these ones? http://www.akvaristikayu.com/Octopus%20 ... allery.htm (Scroll down to Nano Tanks)

Nice! It'll be the light that does that. Love it when my plants go red. Keep it up, soon you'll be able to sell me some of that Glosso

Yeah, the fry always seem to arrive at the most inconvenient times :-? . My first BN spawn hatched at 7.30am, mad rush. The female seems to get progressively bigger, perhaps look in 28 days from now, she may drop then.

Yeah, I saw it at around $65.00 a bag Super gutted...

Thanks Smcoleman but Twinkles has just sent me some

Man I wish I'd done this 7 days ago, then I wouldn't have to wait 7 days for the silicone to cure :-? :lol:

I didn't see that one, I might have to order some plants soon, thanks. Very nice DW JK

...and then you sent some to me?

Welcome to the FNZAS forums. Filter, for Oscars it's going to need to be a big one. Canister filter will be best, perhaps a sump if you feel up to it. Heater, the general rule is 1 watt per litre. 340L tank = 340 watts. Standard heater sizes are 25w, 50w, 100w, 200w, 300w. Perhaps two 200 watt heaters and place them at opposite ends of the tank? Lighting, considering it's an Oscar tank, lighting should be simple due to lack of plants. You can slap on pretty much any Fluoro tube as long as it looks good . Being a DIY'er I'd stay away from the lighting setups from petstores as they're quite expensive. Hardware and lighting stores are often much cheaper and wholesalers on TradeMe are even better. Good luck

Clear? Yeah, the stuff I put on was clear. Used a meth blue treatment the other day, now it's blue Here's the tanks in its final resting place. Fingers crossed for acrylic arriving tomorrow. What substrate should I use? No artificial, light coloured sand or pea gravel. Hoping to do a peat layer under it, what's the best peat to use for this?

Pleco heaven :lol: I really want to go there right now.

I know I'm rather proud of my silicone work on the front. It looks tidy but I don't know how the back is going to look underwater :-?

Here's some pics: (Don't you dare say it looks good, because it doesn't and isn't supposed to, yet :lol: ) -Started off by running a small bead of silicone along the edges of the cut up real estate board then stuck them onto the back glass. This covers the mirror on the back (to reduce flaring) and hopefully the acrylic, which is yet to arrvie, will slot into the gaps. -Cut the plastic spines to fit and run a line of silicone up next to them. Pushed them down onto the line and smoothed out the silicone that came out the sides. -Done! Now all I need to do is wait fro the acrylic to arrive and cut it to fit.

Its great, provided you have enough light. It spread through my sand and gravel but tends to send out a straight line of runners. CO2 helps it even more and so do ferts.

Not yet sorry, it hasn't quite filled in. When it gets thick then I'd be more than happy to ship some out to you. If you have trouble sourcing it then maybe try these guys. Don't know if they're any good but the claim to have Hair Grass. http://www.aquariumplants.co.nz/index.html (Hairgrass) http://www.aquariumplants.co.nz/cart_pr ... =HAIRGRASS LIVE PLANT

I'd choose Hair Grass over Val any day. Bring back the CO2! :lol: I've got some Hair grass growing in a tank with a 23w energy saver and no CO2 and it's flying along.

Also, where can I get aquarium safe sponges apart from LFS and LPS? Thanks heaps

I also read on the UB forums that someone used magnets sort of like an Algae-Cleaner to attach the dividers to the glass. Can this actually be done? If so, where can I get magnets and are they aquarium safe?

I agree, Zev's tank is awesome. Especially love the foreground. Hair grass is it? Your tank looks cool too ADodge, no fighters though I see

Let's hope they behave themselves. :lol: I'll have heaps of tank space by the time you get back *hint-hint*

Or too small to do any damage?

Yeah but they got deleted. The scales were sticking out so I'm going with Dropsy. Now I have one fighter left and he's top notch. Flushing?! How could you say such a thing? Nah, she had a joint "funeral" with my CTPK Cambo that was euthinaised last night.

What?! Can't you just peg a cup onto the side of the tank and plop the fry in that?

Welcome, I like plants.

Turtles? What temp. did you keep them at? Thanks