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Plasters are Bandaids Caper. Water gets under them though. I know some suggest going to a farm supply store to get the full arm length plastic gloves like farmers use when having to stick their hands up cow's nether regions.

We are not charged for water so no problems there. Draining it is simple as our section is right over an old river bed so water disappears very quickly.

about 6,600 litres

We have a big pond pump to operate the waterfall and filtration unit. They just aim the hose over the fence into the reserve next door

You're breeding dwarf pencils? :lol:

Today they drained the pool totally for a final seal. They will leave it until at least Sunday to cure then refill.

Welcome to the fishroom Jono

Your capitation is definitely in the works Rogan. Magazines were posted this morning. 8)

Yes it is well known you can catch diseases from your animals - fish included. TB is a biggy and can have devastating affects. It is a different TB Caper I believe. A past Aquarium World magazine had an article about it. Having peeled my finger last week, I had it in a tank yesterday. Will keep you posted.

Cyano forms a dark or bright green mat you can pick up in quite large pieces. It indicates things are out of balance in your tank. Try keeping the lights off for a week. Feed the fish very lightly. Vacuum out as much of the cyano as possible. Plant lots of fast growing plants. last resort, use Erythromycin. This is a prescription only medicine though.

No, but I am sending you a birthday present

they love duckweed and lettuce

OK, a few days late (but I enjoyed my holiday) but the magazine will be posted tomorrow morning. So many articles I had to rearrange the index page to fit them in! 8) Included are; The killie Aphyosemion sjoestedti Get some tips for raising egg layer fry Learn about pH and how to adjust it Find out how fish breathe and do human ears evolve from ancient fish? Snails, a new look at an old nuisance Non Infectious maladies Rules for buying new fish my pond and landscaping saga Peter Phipps loves to go a pondering too 8) Acanthuridae - surgeons and tangs plus lots more, including... Songs fish might sing and Top Fish Films

I'll carry your bags Steve

and what sort of salt are you using? It must be plain and uniodised.

An article, by Peter Phipps, in the Aquarium World said that his silver dollars and red head severums all happily devoured duckweed.

Good to hear things are settling down without any deaths so far Lorraine. Normally I would say to get someone to feed them since it is a new tank but in this case, I would recommend you leave them without food for the 4 days you are away. They will certainly not die of starvation in that time although they will be very pleased to see you on your return! :lol: If you can, give them a nice meal of live foods the day before you go. Do not be tempted to give them extra dry or frozen foods as these may foul the tank while you are away. Hopefully the rams will settle down. Keep an eye out for damage on the clowns though. If you find any, you will have to decide which ones have to go

Hi Kyle and welcome. Love the knife fish (and tank)

Because you want to leave plenty in the old filter as well

Without real plants you are more likely to get different sorts of algae than those that grow on plants. There's algae that grow with little or no light and as you will also be feeding algae wafers, your algae eaters will be fine.

Water level has dropped again but not as much and less so they are getting there!

pics are always helpful. Post here if you can or give us a link.

Excess algae can take nutrients from plants. If you have the cyanobacter which makes a bright or dark green mat over everything, it will kill the plants underneath. There is nothing wrong with algae in your tanks per se. After all, they are just a lower form of plant but if they take over then you have problems.

I believe water bed pads have been used unsuccessfully. We too had our wires made up and heat shrunk by Argus.

He is right, I do and Grant has built them. Amazonian does as well but not sure if he makes them for others. Both men mentioned have extensive electrical backgrounds and training.