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Pretty well. The johanni is definitely dominant and will give chase and lay down the law every now and then but he doesn't do any damage. He has HEAPS of personality! Def my fav fish :thup:

On another note, at least the female has gone solid yellow. That's an encouraging sign.

Totally agree ryan - I'm still not 100% either. There are plenty of photos on reputable websites with vertical barred johannis, but I still consider my adult male to be the benchmark. He is a great example. Having no experience with raising these fish, I'm wondering if the vertical barring is something that fades over time. He certainly hasn't finished colouring up at 6mths.

OK thanks for that. Probably would survive the summer but will need to add a heater for the winter. At least I can get both tanks up and going immediately. Thanks again

I currently have 500w (a 300w & 200w) heating my 540L tank (probably more like 500L of water). I need a heater for my new 200L so was thinking about snaking the 200w out of my main tank. Will the 300w handle the job on it's own? The tank is in our lounge which is always reasonably warm as it's our main living space. Room temp would be 20-23 most days & nights.

OK I'm sure I'm going to get some stick for this, but I had a bag of fake plants so I thought I'd chuck them in the 540L to see what it looked like. At least the fish can't wreck them! What are your thoughts on fake plants?

Photo update of my dom male and one of the females from the 9 I bought (not including my adult male in my 400L) They still have some growing and colouring to do, but this is at approx 6mths old. Dom male Female

I have a canister filter which is rated at 1200L/hr with no media in it and at tank level. I have three trays of media and the top of the filter is 87cm below the top of the tank where the outlet enters. My outlet hose is also approx 2m long from the canny to the spray bar. Based on this, does anyone know roughly how much preformance is lost? If I was to lift the cannister up 30cm so it's approx 50cm below the top of tank, how much more flow am I likely to get? And the same goes for shortening the outlet distance - would that also help if I dropped it to say a metre?

I think you may have misunderstood me. I'm not interested in the court case, or at least discussing it in a forum, I'm interested in the sweet fish tank and want to give props to the guy who set it up. Mark "the fish man" did an amazing job and it's a real shame that this tank and in particular, the fish, got caught up in all this. Hey, it's not everyday our hobby is front page news! That's worth discussing here don't you think? PS I see you already did the editing for me. Interestingly enough, if you search for that word it appears in 9 other posts and if you search for the the present tense of the word, it appears in 852 times! tut tut tut

This looks a whole lot like my females... http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonimage/id124555/

I wasn't after his full name, date of birth or anything. Just wondered if he was known in the hobby. He got a pretty sweet job with that client! Dotcom: "I want you to set up the best aquarium in NZ" Mark: "It'll cost you thousands..." Dotcom: "Make it hundreds of thousands and we have a deal" Mark: " !drool: " I accept on one condition Dotcom: "What's that?" Mark: "name suppression" Dotcom: "?" Mark: "I don't want people knowing how freak'n amazing I am at setting up and maintaining kick a$$ tanks..." Dotcom: "anonymity... My kind of guy! You're hired!"

You can get a brand new 100W heater from http://www.thefishtank.co.nz/ for $17 plus shipping Could be a good investment and you could use the other one as a back up

Just a matter of time I guess

Anyone know who Mark "the fish man" is? He got a license to print money with that job! I wonder what will happen to the fish? trademe auction me thinks?

From Lake Malawi of course :slfg: Seriously though, I bought a complete set up about 8-9mths ago that came with 40 adult africans. When I got them, the male hadn't coloured up. The previous owner had listed them as sunshine peacocks which is most typically maleri but also used as a junk draw catagory given to all sorts of aulonocara. I wondered if the females were jacobfreybergi?

!drool:

congrats on the freebie! Looking forward to seeing some pics once you have it set up!! :thup:

just bought 5kg of sintered glass for $53 to my door from http://www.thefishtank.co.nz/ Going to give it a go in a couple of my cannys and hopefully be back for more!

Thanks Lynda. Looks like i'm going glass! :thup:

My best guess is stuartgranti maleri based on internet images

I need to buy new filter media for my aqua one 2250UV-C canister filter which I will be using on a 200L tank holding africans. Which media would you recommend? I'm looking at bulk buying (up to 10kg) so that I have spare media to rotate out my 3 other cannys. I heard bio balls are best in a wet/dry or trickle sumps? I would normally just pull the trigger on ceramic noodles, but the sintered glass has got me interested. It's more expensive, so is it better? Advice please! :dunno:

The wifey is in bed early most nights so I get stuck into it then. Typical man pottering around in his garage at night time :slfg: These photos were taken around midnight last night! Seriously though, fishkeeping is a great hobby for a fam and especially young kids. The two oldest help me feed the fish each day and when it's time to strip a female, it's a famiy affair! All the kids crowd round to see and then count the fry. Plus, a bit of extra cash from breeding helps :thup:

I have the Aqua One 2250-UVC which is very similiar to the 2700 and it's OK, but the FX5 is in a class of its own. If you can get away with less filters (maybe explain what you're doing set up wise) then I would go the FX5. With this many filters and cost outlay maybe you should look into sumps? A good sump would blow any canister out of the water.

:slfg: Yes wife plus 4 kids... all under 5!

I increase the ISO setting on my point and shoot which helped heaps. Give it a go. :thup: