Caryl

To work out capacity, multiply the internal length, height and breadth in cms and divide the answer by 1,000. This will give you total litres. Don't forget to allow a wee bit for however far from the top your water level is and the amount of gravel and rocks etc added. 60 x 60 x 30 = 108 litres

Bristlenoses are nocturnal so drop their pellets in just before you turn the lights off. Guppies and platies are middle to top feeders anyway so the BNs should get their share. Have you any floating plants? Try feeding the main lot out the front and train the betta to come up to a corner separated from the rest by plants (like water wisteria, sagittaria, cabomba etc) so he gets his share tucked behind the plants and the rest can stuff themselves in the front of the tank. Rasboras or glowlights would be fine.

Excellent pics as usual suemack. Corys love being in a group and are a lot more active when there is 6 or more of them.

We had a 3ft tank. We visited some rockpools down the Kaikoura coast and filled containers with rocks, water, and critters. Took them home, arranged all in the tank, added an AquaClear and that was it. Didn't do anything else to it. It occasionally got more sea water added to replace microscopic nibbles and we added sea lettuce every so often. We had shrimps, crabs, triplefins, starfishes of various sorts, a sea cucumber, anemones and an octopus (until he played Houdini and was found dried out on the carpet the next morning). We had to dismantle it though after a couple of years as we had trouble keeping it cool in summer. The room sat at 28 - 32C and they need to be 15C or lower. A chiller was required but we didn't have the $1,000 to buy one. All sorts of things were tried from running water through a chillybin type chiller to dropping frozen bottles of water in it.

Hi and welcome neopole. Must be something to do with the tropical side as I too kept a cold water marine with nothing but an AquaClear filter. My problem was overheating during the summer months. Our cold water marine was the most interesting tank we have ever had.

I think you will find Brooklands is wholesale only and do not sell to the public. Perhaps they have changed though.

Oh to have space like that under your house I think we need to move.

Are you sure that's what you felt? :lol:

Hi spooky and welcome to the fishroom. I would suggest rummy noses and some bristlenoses for the bottom perhaps. There is a fish club in Dunedin too. They meet 7pm every 2nd Tuesday of the month at The Pet Warehouse.

Thank you chimera. Ignore those others. You are right, just because it is old news to them, and they know everything, doesn't mean others won't appreciate it.

You need to talk to Peter McLeod in Rotorua. Not too far from the Waikato is it? Peter belongs to these forums. Look for him (under that name) in the memberlist and send him a PM.

Nice pic nc. I assume he has a back end? :lol:

You are able to join a club even if you are unable to get to meetings fins. My club has members all over the country and it is fun when we get to meet some of them like we will when we go to Napier. Make sure you join a club with an informative newsletter though

I don't know much about disease but I understood loaches were very sensitive to white spot meds. I assume the new tank was set up using filters that had been running in the smaller one and some of the old tank water so you didn't have to cycle it? Were the clowns not quarantined first? They are very susceptible to white spot. Perhaps the behaviour is a leftover from treatment? Anyone else able to help?

Tip: You need at least one of each sex :lol: Welcome to the fishroom. Sorry but I haven't bred rams. Hope someone else can be more helpful. Perhaps we will see you in the chat room sometime? Several of us are there most nights around 9 - 9.30pm onwards for an hour or two.

Murphy's Law Ira

What is an Otto 750N? Any possiblity of something being sprayed near the tank? I assume it is a well established aquarium and been running for quite a while with no problems? Do you know what caused the whitespot outbreak? This is a result of stress or poor water conditions. You say they are sick. What symptoms do they have? Lesions? Rapid breathing? Off their food? etc

What a pity Kim. You could have been the first club to have a president voming at your meeting! :lol:

Sorry that doesn't make sense now Bruce but after I discovered your post re accommodation in another thread I deleted my post here :roll: :lol:

Mine don't fight and are the same colour as the ones in the pics too.

I have some of them and was told they were the ahli

Yes it is Redwood's. It isn't for sale either I don't think as it is in their display tank. They used to have two but I could only see one this trip.

How can they be exactly the same if the colours are different? :lol: These are different to those you find in the shops. I believe it is an Altum angel

LOOK OUT REDWOODS HERE I COME!!!!!