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  1. the-obstacle
    Collected another 40kg of black sand from Muriwai. Should have the big tank ready to add fish by this time next week.
  2. the-obstacle
    I made my reactor - it's really easy with a bit of pvc and some hose connectors.
  3. the-obstacle
    Battlefield 3 Beta starts on the 29th. Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines.
  4. the-obstacle
    Are they really likely to hurt themselves?
  5. the-obstacle
    watching americas cup match and fleet racing replay and getting ready for a week at the mountain. Fresh snow is calling.
  6. the-obstacle
    Never mind. I bought an eheim today. This thread can be deleted.
  7. the-obstacle
    So I've finally set the sump up on the big tank but my Pondmaster 4900 is making one hell of a noise. It's like a washing machine with an off balance load trying to spin at full speed. The resonance is just right that is makes the whole house feel like it's shaking even though the sump is on a concrete floor. I'm assuming it's the impeller? so will look into that. any other ideas of what it could be? are these pumps just noisy anyway?
  8. the-obstacle
    Looks good. can't quite tell but could it benefit from a background or is it viewable from all sides?
  9. the-obstacle
    LOOK OUT! :lol: well done :thup:
  10. the-obstacle
    get a ps3. :thup:
  11. the-obstacle
    and that is why I don't go anywhere near pitstop or midas for anything at all. They've failed warrants for which I've taken straight to VTNZ for a second opinion and they've passed it straight away. The time I was charged 8hours labour when I dropped the car off at lunch time and picked it up at 4pm to have the brake pads changed was the final straw. Never again.
  12. the-obstacle
    If you had a pipe coming at least half way up the overflow space you'll find a huge reduction in the gurgling sound.
  13. the-obstacle
    Not on Steam but I play a lot of Bad Company 2 on PS3. Hanging out for Battlefield 3 in October.
  14. the-obstacle
    Lego - you can't beat the original. Red couch or white couch?
  15. the-obstacle
    Nope, managed to put it off for now so I'm going to rebuild the big tank for now. No more aqua mix though, that stuff was awesome but really hard to control.
  16. the-obstacle
    as above they're doing what they're good at. I'd add a couple of powerheads to increase the circulation but you will always notice fish poo on coral sand.
  17. the-obstacle
    just emptied 2 wheel barrow loads of substrate out of the big tank. I've got new plans that involve black rocks and black sand, many caves and a few plants.
  18. the-obstacle
    Isn't 'addicted' the more appropriate term?
  19. the-obstacle
    you've changed... :roll:
  20. the-obstacle
    My vote would be for a red sea max also. They're all in one and they're awesome apparently.
  21. the-obstacle
    don't transfer the fish into the swordtail tank - you could contaminate the swordtail tank. Treating with salt and water changes should sort it out but you'll likely lose the one that's swimming upside down. Good luck.
  22. the-obstacle
    Ahh, that sucks. I lost 2 of my 6 a while ago but the remaining 4 are all good. well they were until yesterday when I found one had jammed itself behind my 300W jager overnight. It now has some serious heater burn on it's head but is eating and getting better. I wonder if there are any left in Auckland? anyway, awesome tank I like the use of 1 hallide too.
  23. the-obstacle
    anybody want to dig all the old substrate out of the big tank? About 100 litres of aquamix, sand and river stones. One day I'll get it all out.
  24. the-obstacle
    Looks awesome. Nice to see some more heckelii out there
  25. the-obstacle
    Give these guys a call/email. Always really good pricing and they're more than happy to post/courier to AKL.
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