F15hguy
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interesting article on these in the TFH magazine I got last week
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don't need to worry about the snails though, have about 20 infested tanks, will just make myself a snail trap.
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lucky bugger
I was fascinated by their story when I was a wee one
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cheers for the info, thought I should learn about them a bit more to give the customers a better chance with them.
dunno the species as the wholesaler only lists "freshwater puffers"
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or if there is other fish to keep with them to make the tank pretty
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I am getting a pufferfish or a few for our shop tanks, I have not dealt with puffers before and know they can be nasty little critters.
They will be going into a VERY snail infested 100L tank and I was wondering how many should I keep in there at a time?
they are supposedly 1.5cm long atm
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have been thinking about making a high current coldwater tank and was wondering what sort of plants would be appropriate. the end plan was for a high current down each side with a slower water area at each end for NZ natives.
and also while we are on this topic, what about for tropical as well?
im assumuing the plants will have to do well in a rocky substrate as sand will get blown away
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the next thread should be "if your missus was a fish what type of fish would she be" :slfg:
mine would be a convict cichlid, cute and friendly when we first met .......
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woops
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that not a thorny,
that a thorny
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didn't think it was legal to keep them even in Australia without a Zoo licence due to their specialised feeding methods (they are exclusive ant eaters)
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the choice of substrate will be a limiting factor as well, most fine gravels buffer your pH towards 8.0, and some that are sold as Aquarium gravel buffer towards over 9.0
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always thought they needed to be constantly grazing on algae and stuff off rocks,
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good point, the smallest I can get from wholesalers is about 12cm, must have a private breeder which makes the list of possible problems increase
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I think it was more the volume he was moving that was impressive, a couple of hundred L or so every few hours
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its my understanding that higer lifts can be achieved by using smaller tubing (less weight of water to be lifted), have seen a header tank in a single story house filled by a constantly running AP-950 air pump (didn't get to see the workings of it but was assured that thats what he was doing)
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white whiptail looks to me to be a Rineloricara parva, awesome fish, love the red whiptail
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depends what cichlids you have
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wow, thats good for that camera, I had one a while ago (the screen died on me)
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Its all a balancing act i use to have ridiculos amounts of tanks that took up too much of my time.But she has always come first and always will its very cold on my couch haha
balancing a house is the same as balancing a community tank, well thinki9ng of it that way made it easier for me
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awesome talent shining through there, love the detail levels. what camera are you using?
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"Ducktape is like the FORCE. It has a light side, and a dark side, and it holds the universe together."
This is an easy way to sum up my wife. She has her moments where everything goes together perfectly, we agree and everything is great. She also has her moments where we disagree, and she points out ALL of the problems with my plan.
she must be a great help when setting up a new tank, I tend get too focused on my plans without looking at negatives, takes a bit to tell myself to back off for a moment. my missus just ignores my hobby until it comes to money (she sat up the other day and said " when did you buy fish for your tank?", she had finally noticed the favinogobius (cheeky lil sod) I have in my NZ marine tank (free) after 2 months of having them :roll:
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what sort of nitrate readings do you get in there?
Discus Lifespan in NZ
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all depends on the temp, water quality, lighting, stress levels, feeding regime etc.....