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Not to sure with you fish but thought it was interesting to share one of my stories.... Had a male who I bred about 6 times he was a great fish and bred in a community tank 260L. About 8months after owning him he decided he didn't want to breed anymore and ate about 150 eggs and died shortly after it was a sad day and I have no idea why/what made him eat so many eggs in one go... Sometimes its just random

wow awesome!!

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I have a black orchid crown tail pair. They are a pretty nice fish! There are a couple on chch with them who are having trouble getting them to build nests so would be interesting to see if they can get them to breed again

got some cool colours going on!

Splitting can be quite difficult though but yea definitely agree if you can do this. I remember I brought this 90cm tank of TM I cleaned and cut for AGES but not matter how much I tried I couldn't split it.... :gigl:

It's pretty easy to do it yourself if your handy ? You will need some special silicone that can be used in tanks (about $15) a silicone gun (about $5-$35) a set of super thin blades (not the craft knife style you can get thinner better ones that are similar to the old school shaving razors about $10). From there its CAREFULLY using the blade to cut away the silicone (although I don't recommend it for first timers you can use turps to remove excess but it needs a few washes and dry outs before it safe for fish use). From there you can lightly apply a bead of silicone all around the tank(less is more seriously you can always add more but removing is messy) and use either a Popsicle stick or your finger to press it down. If you aren't confident with silicone (and who is haha) you can invest in a roll of painters masking tape to use down the edges to get the perfect line. also forgot to say you need a rag or paper towels for clean up Its a fiddly job an usually takes a few hours to do it... but its easy if you take your time, put on some music and do it in the sun/shade :thup:

gas heaters are cheap, easily obtainable(even 2nd hand), can be moved around and last a while when used right.Just a thought for those who are currently using electric heaters. I don't think you really have any sort of question on your hands to be honest. Having a wetback system VS a heat pump its pretty obvious what is cheaper... The only advantage to using a heat pump in your situation is that you have the lazy and easy technology thing going. You can set it to turn on before you get up and before you get home and its the click of a button to have a somewhat instant heat source. As opposed to setting and lighting a fire and maintaining it through out the night. Another thing to consider would be having showers while the fire is running to really take advantage of the wetback...

Very nice :thup:

Thanks everyone, you have given me loads of ideas

Heading to Auckland for Easter tomorrow. Wanting to know cool sights and must sees places? Also what petshops are good an what locations are they in? I want to get a super nice halfmoon this weekend to take back to chch with me

I miss my killifish stupid earthquakes

lol that was pretty funny. A better response would have been, you can have your laptop back when when you have a permanent job as it sounds like that was the real issue. Personally I think its somewhat the parents responsibility to "help" the kid get a job. Its not as easy as you think, I applied for heaps of jobs and never even got a call back. If it wasn't for my brother helping me get a job I doubt I would have got one before i was 17 Getting your first job and learning how hard it is to earn your own money really turns people around

Unit 1, 38 Dakota Cresent is the correct address :gigl: