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Guts, I don't think I'll stock livestock until we come back from holiday to be safe. If I decreased lighting, no CO2 and no Ferts for a week, would riccia and dwarf hairgrass be fine? This way I shouldn't have algae problems I think...

Hi I don't think you'd cut it with two. I don't think you can definitively sex whistlers apart from males whistle. Maybe start with 20 chuck them in a pond with some oxygen weed and othe rplants and let the breed, just make sure the pond is free from predators. HTH

Haha jokes, was taking you too literally... Good night :yaw2: :digH:

Yep a little to much me thinks, drink safe, g'night :sml2:

He's saying it's an old thread back in October :facepalm: time to lay off the booze me thinks :smln:

Agreed, but I've never heard that terminology be used in that way. :smln:

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Hi Jennifer, Thanks , I have my macros in the soil, and will dose comprehensive every second day. I have another quick question, what do people with high tech planted tanks do while they're on holiday?

Hey, sorry for late reply That looks cool but what one is the 1/8" one? I don't do inches I'll get some next week if I have enough funds. I am testing it tying it to schist at the moment do will see how that goes. I gave up on the DIY external as the container still leaks do of anyone has a HOB filter please PM me. Also have got to go and buy some new tubes as well. It's getting expensive...

Yeah +1 on microworms, like an endless supply of live food for fish :thup: ask if anyone in AKL will set you up with some (sure someone will), either wise I can send you some if you want.

It's sad because I normally have to mow the outside lawn as well. I think the good thing about a riccia lawn is that you can pull the whole stone out to trim without disrupting the substrate. <--- took me about 6 tries to spell disrupt. Ahh holidays :lol:

Cool thanks Sophia :thup: I hope to mass grow it in this nano, and share the riccia love throughout FNZAS, such a cool plant that's so uncommon. Aqua world have sent my filter so hopefully it arrives by next Monday, and then I can get this tank up and running properly, as I don't want to make my riccia lawn without it being heated.

Okay, I have received my riccia and dwarf hairgrass today. Both of the plants look great, but appalled at the fast post service. I spent a few hours picking out shards of the plastic container out of the riccia and the container the hairgrass can in was badly smashed as well. Im Disappointed NZ Post. They look great an I spent about 1/2 hour filling it up. Looks good apart from the floating container of riccia. So I will post pictures tomorrow, if my filter arrives. The water is Luke warm at the moment. I don't have a spare heater because I have one in a filter and one in the turtle tank. Oh well the plants will survive. The co2 diffuser looks terrible in the tank. Ill have to buy a glass ceramic diffuser. Got some hot glue on the way home from golf (I played well a few birdie and a few pars). All in all a good day.

Yeah I don't think I'll be able to do that. The heater from the nano has gone into the big canister filter, just to keep the bacteria alive, so the bacteria would die in the new filter in cold water. My new filter is on its way I bought it from aqua world :thup: . With this little filter I will wait tonight for the silicone to set. We shall see. Well there's not going to be much progress today on the filter because me and my mate have both finished our exams now and are going to hang out today. My plants should arrive today. So would riccia and dwarf hairgrass survive in cold water for a while? Or should I stick them in a container in the turtle tank until my new filter arrives? Thanks Matt

IMO I don't really like boxing as to say a martial art with kicking. Why use a punch, when you can generate more power and have greater reach with a kick. Punching is most effective short range, but foot movement ties it all together. If your out of their range they can't hurt you. Simple. Some argue that punching is faster but I have seen some great martial artists that can kick faster than people can punch, plus their flexible so they can go straight for the head and KO someone first kick. I'm not encouraging violence here, just saying that the martial artists that do fight competitively are really good and use a combination of kicking and punching. Sorry rambling on blah blah blah... And a few pics I think people might enjoy of joko ninomiya I trained with him last year, really nice guy.

Got my new filter, bigger and better. I grazed my leg and ankle on a rock. Note to self: cut+herbal medicine with 2L of gin=Fire burning feeling on cut :an!gry :facepalm:

Haha it's great right? Plus it helps you keep fit and you learn skills from it. Spent about 1/2hr on it today when I broke my filter... :an!gry oh well more of the excuse to get a bigger filter now :thup:

Only problem I can see with that is the two bits sticking together :slfg: and having this unopenable box that you end up raging at.... Haha I will keep that in mind obstacle, if it doesn't work this time I'll try that I forgot to go and get hot glue sticks today :facepalm: oh well that's tomorrows job :yaw1:

But with that it makes it less pleasing for them to leave as well.

Cheers, that's what I tried to do but was to impatient and pulled the lid off after about 4 hours and none of the silicone was set, so I'll wait till tomorrow for this one to set then take it off. Thanks

I know, I guess you go this far and all you need to do is seal, drill a few holes and seal some more and that's it, you don't want to buy a filter. I'm buying a filter today anyway because the one on my 200L decided to snap so I'm going to be a bit out of pocket after that.

Yeah Ive got some glass silicone but I couldn't make a seal with it, where can you buy lengths of rubber?

Okay, I don't know where to go from here as a majority of those have msold resistances or mildew resistance... Custom O ring with silicone maybe? Only thing is you many make it too fat either wise the obtained doesn't close, I thought about using airline tubing but that was too thick

Okay here's the container I'm trying to get pressure/water tight! Any other tips on making it water/pressure tight? I'm pulling my hair out trying to get this done! Thanks Edit Can I use caulk? Or any f these products?

Cool, handy tips. I will start to drill holes and seal it up again tomorrow. I need t go and get some more hot glue sticks first.