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Can someone let Pat know that the Oscar is on TM again?

How are the fish doing now? We didn't see you on Sunday... maybe next time.

Where have you been hiding Luke? Were there a couple of slates that fell off? there are a couple of glue spots that I haven't removed yet - Any ideas?

Easy to find your way with Google Maps

Check with Stella, she's our expert

I've got a spare tank you can borrow. PM me if you still want the tank

Calibre (PC Program) will let you read or convert ebooks to other formats. I use it for putting books on my Android

:smot: What's EBJD?

Welcome! Glad to see another from the bay! Yes we have a club, this month's meeting is on this weekend! http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=58987

Looking good! The ply on the outside would have been enough, Overkill is peace of mind. A bit of paint will fix that. The Windsor magnets are the best IMO. Schlage and Miles Nelson just aren't as strong.

If you catch them yourself, you have a high chance of getting a female with eggs. From my understanding of it, they're not the easiest to hatch and raise. The farm selects a few out of the hundreds to raise, and the rest are left to be caught.

Hmmm.... they should make little mirrors so we can drop them in the tank and look under the log....

While it was still soaking outside, That weird algae was growing on my large piece of driftwood from the beach, along with some mossy green algae. I gave the wood a brush down with an old toothbrush, did a 100% water change, and never saw it again. Then I moved it inside and :smot: flooded the lounge. :oops:

:smot: My Router's called IceCrown

If you want to make some money back, you need to find something that is in high demand, but low supply. Best of luck with that. Guppies will sell if you get a rare colour, which is only rare until you sell them. We got a beautiful tuxedo red, when all the petshops had yellows and blues. Now you cant find a shop that isn't selling exactly what I thought was rare. But by the time I've got blues breeding, they'll be back in the shops. Some really nice fish are the special types of pleco's, but some of these have a lot of difficulty breeding in captivity, and they're not cheap to start with. However, I really do like the fishroom idea. Heating - panel heaters are good for taking the edge off a room, for true heating, use a heatpump. Make sure the room is well insulated. With the sump idea - If you must have one sump shared between tanks (and for a fishroom - you probably will), I would try to have multiple sumps so that it's only 3 or 4 tanks sharing each sump. It's more expensive, but it's better than 7 or 8 tanks sharing a sump. Grow out tanks - With eggs spawning every two weeks, I would like to have at least two grow out tanks per spawning tank, so I can even out the growth and keep a close eye on them. Some plants can help with filtration, and they help some fish de-stress by providing hiding spots. As for the size of each tank, I personally believe that anything under 60L is cruel. The bigger the tank, the bigger you buffer is for dealing with spikes. With the aging water, I would keep this as independent of the rest of the system as possible, because if something goes wrong with your water supply, it could be a massive issue to try and disconnect it to sort it out. It may also pay to think of a failsafe for the water removal to your gardens... You don't want to forget that you left it draining and come back to find the fish in the yard... Most people would keep an eye on it, but sometimes things come up. Best of luck, hope it goes well. Please take lots of photos for us.

Welcome! May I ask how you stumbed across us? I'm looking to increase the public's awareness of us, and I'm always looking for more ideas :thup: Very nice tank, I think it's much better planted :spop: Enjoy your time on the forums

We didn't see that part, Lucie found the kid's ones :slfg: I'ld get worse than a jandal if I posted...

He may not have a spare white / neutral light to use for a photo?

Early on it looked better, as it had a very "beached" theme. The introduction of more plants, especially the red ones, has drawn away from this. Still looks awesome.

Royce's Artwork

Won't the leaves decompose?

Neon tetra's are hardy enough. As long as there is sufficient filtration and frequent water changes. Adding Aquarium Complete works wonders. I'm sure there are other brands that call it "cycle".

I'm glad someone said it, the wife said I wasn't allowed to

His son Shane works for him also. My meeting is with Shane.

I have a meeting this Saturday :bounce: