F15hguy

would avoid beaches over TGA ways just incse of oil contamination

I saw a Triops kit (yes the one with the cheesy volcano and googly eyed kids on the box) about 2 months back in a box lot at Tauranga Auctions, I missed out on it cause some one was on a kids toy mission and the box lot went for $100. But they are definately in the country, and if someone can find them they are supposedly easy to breed

supposed there is records (none that I can find) of a 225year old koi, so I think lifespan is a big ?

ummmm... reptile?????

I've always hated it when people try to tell me that fish will only grow to the size of the aquarium, I always come back with "If I sold you a kitten and gave you a carry cage and said if you keep it only in here it will grow smaller" some people don't like me

was it used gravel, maybe lotsa dead bugs in there

I have good success with hang on style filters as they are very efficient for the flow rates

if your doing a NT biotype tank I would reccomend adding a few VB stubbies and cans, they seem to grow well up there. as well as a couple of salties and an emergent plant covered in fishing lures

as long as it is VERY small raises at a time

I've found that limestone and coral are great for maintaining a high pH, but need a bit of a boost to raise it initially, but then again slow and steady is the name of the game

Have just been speaking to a local aquatic gardener who was talking about using liquid CO2 to combat outbreaks of BBA, makes sense as BBA can sometimes be caused by excess lighting with insufficient CO2. has anyone else tried this before, and with what results

or you could freeze carbonated water to achieve a more distorted look, or mix in icecubes of differing composition.... the list is endless

and a lot of feedback shows that the ADA system is more about marketing and looks than actual science. http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/showthread.php?t=77551

agreed, they are far more knowledgable than I, but i prefer to learn from as many as possible than listen to just one

if you have gone past the ruturnable time, they should be able to order in just a replacement shaft instead of a whole impeller kit

do it do it do it :nilly:

I would look at building the rockwork in the african tank a bit higher to provide more hidey holes, and to hide the equipment, I prefer a black or dark coloured back ground to make the yellows and oranges and whites show up better. love the apisto tank

forgot to add, it was a black ghost knife fish

my bullies started on frozen bloodworms within a day and moved to pellet foods after a couple of days

watch out tho, a lot of those are highly illegal

where were you?

an interesting quote ....

nice, are they smaller growing similar to zodiacs???

I stand corrected. I don't believe that its for more natural growth, from the ADA australia website, I read this as it provides the best Veiwing of the plants, i.e. it provides the green light to make the plants prettier to the human eye. also most plants do not come from a poetic forest floor area, most come from lakes and marsh areas in water less than 2m deep, so the effect of water absorbing the light is very minimal. if a plant come from these areas they are normally sciophytic and grow in areas of the tank that should be shaded from above by other plants, naturally filtering and reflecting the light to a more green wavelength anyway. from the Barr report or you could just look at what light chlorophyl absorbs, as proven many times over by science....

from the barr report that you linked us to. The blue light is better for marine tanks as blue light penetrates deeper and provides a better quality light for the photosynthetic algae in corals. (and red light disapears a lot quicker in marine water.) also I believe the only real reason they sell green lighting is to be used in conjunction with red lighting to provide the 'glowing' look people like in their tanks (try it out and switch each colour on and off individually) hence my preference for multipletubes with different wavelengths (p.s. look at amano's tank specs in his nature aquarium books, he doesn't use green lighting) then why not give it to them???? the original question was what type of light provides the best growth.