Aaron

lol.... cool thanx for that

he guys long time no post well the cichlid tank has been up and running for nearly 3 months now and @ the mo there are only 3 fishies in it ...... anyway to the point i came home tonight and fed the fish and had a good look around and saw fry swimming round and thought how could that be? both the severiums are female i have witnessed them both lay eggs so im wondering if fish cross breed the other tank mate is a convic also i have noticed that they have paired up lately and hang out together, on top of that i made the mistake of putting my hand in the tank an they both went straight for it ? looking @ the fry they have the little bumps on their heads whitch is why im pointig the finger at my horny little convic or am i just tripping, she is definatly guarding them though!

mm.... take a closer look @ the first pic its on all the gravel ! might adjust the ph to 7 and if he snaps out of it

ok so i came home tonight and noticed my algae eater lying on his side looking like he's about to go to the big tank in the sky, so i had a real good look around the tank and spoted some funny green stuff on the gravel looks more like slime than algae and its consintrated in one area also heaps of white spores in different places of the tank now i know what ur thinking its just bits of food but the thing i havent feed my smaller tank flake food for awhile they have been only feed blood worms the last two weeks on top of that the ph is 6.2range but im in a catch 22 situation because i changed the filter sponge in the weekend cause the other one started falling to bits is this mysterious green stuff doing damage to the tank should i do a water change to suck some of it up there are only 5 fish in the tank as others are in the bigger tank will post some pics if you look closley you can se the white spores all over the place any help appriciated http://community.webshots.com/photo/143394839/178492506btUJdf http://community.webshots.com/photo/143394839/178492654TAAqvL

can anyone tell me a where is a good place to buy books on tropical fresh and marine also would like to purchace a fish encyclopedia have tried all the usual books storesbut there is very slim pickings and most of its not as techo as i would like .

cool thanx for your thoughts ppl you just made i decision that much harder

mmmm. thanx for the replies was looking the other day @ hollywood fish farm and saw some power heads there the other day so i might look into that! Also the had Aqua one canister filters there for $124.95 ......dam cant rember the turnover/flow rate though pretty sure it was 1000lph anyways i also asked about sumps and they said they could build me one for $130 which was about 80 or 100ltrs might give tough tank another try aswell

ok so time has come to buy a canister filter have been looking around @ a few shops now i really like the eheim professional series but not the price and from what i'v read on the fourms i wont be going for a fluval so what else is there? havent seent the Aqua ones around yet but heard their good, where are they? Also what are the brands to stay away from probably looking @ spending round $300-400 (also note that the substarte in the tank will be sand so there must be parts available if i need them)............................... Ok now im gonna Hijack my own post and talk About another subject, i want to use a sump but wasn't sure how the water gets to the sump in the first place? do i need another canister filter or do i use a pump?and does the canister filter go from the sump to the tank or vice versa probably just use a 60ltr fish bin from payless plastics what do you reckon.

Very nice david well looks like ill go withe the pool sand then !

sounds like you need some algae eaters i had the same problem bout a mont ago till i got a few algae eaters, with in two days the tank was spotless heck they even clean the plants!

i hear you can use bilders sand from place makers witch is bout $10 a bag .... might also go and look @ some pool places to as i hear the filter sand is meant to be pretty good aswell

Jansens sell not cheap though $35 for about 10kg bag

obviously not a very good quality heater the one i use is a jagar and it allows you to calibrate it if its out would have thought that most heaters would have this function.

sweet wicked i thought there would be something on here but there's so many topics searching for it becomes a bit tedious

Hi was just wondering if you could use sand in a cichlid tank, if so what type.....,probably looking @ around 15kg, im planning a south american tank, ive done alot of browsing the last few weeks on the net and have seen heaps of sand bottoms. Is this right ? I know Ira uses very fine gravel witch is the look im trying to acheive but he told me that he cant find it any more . also have seen a black gravel around witch really seems to bring out the colour of the fish Heres some information i found Heater (1 W for 1-2 l) Sand ( 1kg for every 10-15 l water) Stones (that you can add a well-looking decoration. Some species must have caves, look at the "Tanks"-Section) Styrofoam or similar stuff to put under the tank (place must be very straight). Plants Probably an air-pump and an air-stone, most of the cichlids need much oxygen. Some species do need special things, like the shells for the Tanganyikan shell-dwellers.