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small amounts wouldn't hurt though would it?... hrmmm Thiamine deficiency in humans is called beriberi and causes brain damage, and is atributed to alcohol consumption... beer and prawns, sounds like the diet of a certain country I know across a certain ditch

I know it works, i'm just wondering by how much

yeah but thinking a few more might jump on the bandwagon, setup cost is an issue, will have to do a full costing before submitting it, need to work out the potential average returns, if it cost $20 a week to run a couple of tanks, and we sell 1-2 fish with a profit of $40, then its not worth it, if we can sell 3-4 fish profit of $100 it is (mainly to cover risks etc...) I am avoiding adding potential additional sales such as filters, lights etc... to save that for my ace in the hole come submition day

ahhh I see the insulation trick in use any noticeable change in power usage yet?

Just out of interest (ATM) I am trying to find out how viable a marine fishkeeping retail setup would be in Tauranga. so atm just finding out how many Marine Fish Keepers are in the Tauranga area to see what the possible customer base would be like.

I love this gas heater trick, if its costing you $50 a fortnight to avoid an extra $50 a months on your power why do we keep doing it?. damn little psychological games we play

will notify after I get at least one good spawn out of them. have a tank sitting here waiting.... anyone got any good info on breeding them (temp, pH etc...) All I know is that they are really bad at eating their own young. Last time I bred them was chucking them in a plant pond and pulling out the babies

50% of cats get food from the supermarket and one collar most dogs get food from supermarket and a leash. (although dog care products are the fastest growing part of the pet industry) if there are only 5 (struggling) pet stores in Tauranga with a population of around 110,000 that works out a requirement of 22000 people per pet store. as for fish keeping it really needs an even higher customer base as there are less fish keepers per capita. and the costs of a fish setup are a lot higher. If a store can't sell enough fish the prices go up, and sales slow down untill said pet store closes. as seen in Tauranga numerous times.

even with that load $600 sounds high...

Every town needs one, preferably more unfortunately Pet stores need customers though

I've just been offered some breeders for the princely sum of $5 so will have some fun and hopefully there will be a few around Tauranga soon. If anyone else has some around here I would be willing to do a swap to keep the bloodlines strong

the cheap one are made with amorphous cells, cheap but die very quickly. You want a mono crystaline panel for longest life span, but they very expensive

most solar panels put out low voltages anyways, and should have an inverter to bring them up to 12V modifying the inverter should fix the issue also an option would be a wind generator made out of a medium sized stepper motor connected to an inverter to a battery system. Avoid car batteries as they have a very short lifespan if used this way, you will need a deep cycle battery to get decent lifespan

they were from a different supplier than usual, will have to check out what their holding tanks are like

they are in an uninsulated, open room, its more to prevent temp fluctuations than anything (the goldfish tanks can get down to 5 degrees on some nights)

will have to wait and see if wundertonic works, otherwise if they all die then tank nuke

ok im stumped. have a tank with white cloud minnows. added a few more the other day and now their all dying off, starting with the new ones but now the older ones are dying as well. symptoms: no visible signs until fins clamp up, the floating on surface dead. no skin slime problems, no dropsy, no gasping, just clamp then die over 24hr period. tried salt treatment no effect. Parameters: pH: 7.4 NH3: 0 NO2:0 NO3: <10ppm Temp: 18 degrees C (heater controlled so not dropping any lower) will try wundertonic today but really want to figure this out.

http://youtu.be/UcJDY2sB-MQ interesting lil video, might help you, if not still cool to watch

fair enough, I've had bad reactions from previous mixes so I just avoid any mixes all together nowdays. saves a lot of homework and trouble. plus Wundertonic on its own should do the trick if treatment is properly administered, then again, salt on its own should do the trick as well.

oh must improve skim reading technique....

were you in marketing in the 80's???

hrmmm.. most of my fish turned their noses up at this too???, anyone else had similar or different results?

a 75kg shrimp like me jumping up and stomping as hard as I can onto the middle of a board would put approx 1000kg of force onto a small area (according to the pub hammer game), could be fun to try after a couple anyways, just expect a few sideways glances from swmbo

those bumble bee gobies will do that to you now you want a dwarf puffer to control your possible snail outbreak.

try and get that foil lined bubble wrap and do 3 sides and a sheet for the top. Graham don't listen to her, My G/F is trying to blame my Clearview 200 hang on filter for our power usage nothing to do with her hair dryer, foot spa, 20 minute showers, hair straigtners, coffee machine etc.....