Caryl
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April meeting of Christchurch Totally Tanked
Caryl replied to Loopy's topic in FNZAS & Afflilated Clubs
but the question was how many angels -
Hmm I never fed mine anything very often. The shrimps would reproduce and the young get eaten. I made sure I had varying sized shells for the hermit crab to move into as well as he grew. We gathered our critters at the rocky outcrop by Half Moon Bay.
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What is in the rock pools you will be collecting from? Use similar. I gathered rocks from around the rock pools - especially if they had anemones and chitons stuck to them, and sand as that is what was in the pools (I went down the Kaikoura Coast)
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What sort of trouble - you weren't rabid about it were you? :lol:
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Yeah, just a bucket
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We use 30L barrels we got from a paint shop. They were used to transport paint powder from Italy apparently.
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I answered in the other section
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I'm at work and didn't offhand know what that was in litres
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I have never treated any driftwood I have added to tanks. Just gave it a thorough hosing and a scrub with a nailbrush or similar and made sure there was nothing stuck in the holes and crevices.
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I would assume so. I only used an AquaClear cos I had one spare Be careful of metal parts as they will corrode in the salt
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As long as he has plenty of places to hide he should be OK. Keep an eye on him though.
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Not sure offhand what a 15 gallon tank is but, assuming you aren't overstocked, what are the water readings for pH, ammonia, nitrites and nitrates?
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Many of the odour removing products have baking soda as the main ingredient so save money and just use the baking soda
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Thanks for that. Have passed on the information and given contact numbers for your club.
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I didn't change the water very often at all. About once every 3 months or so if I got around to it. You don't replace all the water anyway, just some of it.
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Hi guys, I have just had a query as to when and where your next meeting is. Any idea? I assume it is this Saturday.
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Depends on your house Milet and insulation. My tank was fine here over winter, it was the summer months that were a problem. I rarely did water changes and rarely fed the inhabitants. Occasionally I would get some sea lettuce and drop that in. Not only did they eat it but it would be full of all sotrs of greeblies for the little anemones and things to eat. I did top-ups when necessary with fresh otherwise went to the beach to get seawater.
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The recommended antibiotic is Erythromycin and is used as a last resort. It is a prescription only medicine. It works well as long as the cause is also fixed. Try blacking out the tank for a week. The fish won't mind but the plants won't like it as much. They will recover though. Do not feed the fish during this time either.
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It is common in a newly set up tank and hopefully will disappear as the plants grow and the tank matures and balances. Just wipe it off in the meantime. Why are you doing so many water changes?
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I asked about it, I didn't say it was dark. I assure you if I am in a bedroom, I am not under the bed! :lol:
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We were freezing 3L bottles of water to float in it but it was time consuming and the poor freezer was running constantly in an attempt to keep up. That is why we dismantled the tank until we could afford a chiller. Although I must admit, we actually bought a chiller a few years ago but haven't got around to setting up the tank again :-?
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Isn't it dark under your bed??
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What sort of fry? Sounds like some sort of infection or parasite in the bathtub. Are the fry inside dying as well or just those in the tub?
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No Milet, just had the filter on it. No lights, skimmers, sumps, wave maker thingies or anything.
