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Very cool. I want to free up a small tank so i can try get some young killies. The female looks nice and plump, but they have tankmates at the moment.

4. I'd like to know if anyone has had any survive a reasonable length on time in a tropical tank... My brother and i had a few, maybe 2months was the longest we had one live, and theat was in an unheated tank. The rest didnt live too long. Also thanks from me

I bought some CPD's last week. Just found 2 fry this morning... separated them before the guppies saw them. Might chuck my CPD's in a different tank for a few days and let them do their thing! any luck with your ones? or do you not have any at the moment?

Dont get a volvo! haha, mine blew up

I have a happy colony living in a bucket of water with plenty of leaves in the bottom decomposing... And also a water trough under a tree that has plenty of leaves in it. The water is crystal clear now, but I still cant feed them to my fish fast enough.

They seem to thrive on green water over here! The clean it right up in no time.

I used to drill 10mm holes in wood and poke the plants in there. Not sure about super glue... but if its safe to glue us back together...

With the heaters in your tank, its also unlikey they are on 100% of the time. so you could maybe assume the equivalent of 400w constant power... which would bring you to around $60 a month for heating the tanks. If they are all on the whole time, you could be looking at $90 a month just to keep your hobby warm. Give us a list of your lights and filters. I'll put together a simple spreadsheet you can use to calculate your powere usage. You have microsoft excel i hope? Or if you would like to try work it out on paper, Cost per month = Watts/1000 * hours on per day * days in a month * price per unit Example: A 2400W electric heater is on 5 hours per day: 2.4*5*30*0.22= $79.02 per month

Not doing it at the moment, but i can see myself giving it a shot

In the past i have found networking to be the best way to find work. So thats through friends and friends of friends. Dont give up, stay at it. You'll find something. I'm guessing you have also applied at all the local supermarkets? Also a big thing to be aware of, its not always your skill set they are after... Its somebody that get on well with co workers or clients/customers. Im certain that's what just got me the job that i applied for a few weeks ago... i was up against people with more experience... and i virtually have zero in the industry.

get yourself one of these Power Meters and you will know exactly what your tanks use. Its what I, and im sure many of us around here have done in the past.

I have a small canister filter for small tank around the 20-40L mark. But its not ideal for where i have the tank situated and want to replace it with a internal, its about 4-5months old. (https://www.google.com/search?q=boyu+ef-05) Pm me if you might be interested. In regards to running 2 tanks from 1 filter, you need a reliable overflow from one to the other... otherwise one tank will get drained as the other one creates and indoor water feature. Best to stick with separate filters i think.

Start by creating a list of the wattages of every components, and how many hours a day they run. We can start working it out from there. What an even better thing to do, is to do that for everything in your home, and you will gain a better understanding of how much power you are using. Oh and heat pumps use a lot of power... sure they get marketed as being efficient, they are... but they still use thousands of watts. If its a big one, and it draws say 4kW, then you can bank on almost $1 an hour when you run it. 4hours a day, over a month adds up to $120 quickly. With our tanks lights and heating are the biggest component... the rest is pretty neglegible. To give you an idea, my 200L tank with a 200W heater, a filter that draws 25w and 60W of lighting costs around $3 a week on power. and that is sitting at around 26degC

Christmas came early for me! Today I got offered a job as a Hydraulic and Mechanical Draftsperson... Just finished studying so i hope it turns out to be a great job! Might allow me to spend a couple more dollars on this hobby :cr12:

I wonder if anyone does the dichroic type reflectors from MH lights? They are the type the 50w halogens have, where the reflector looks like a coated glass you can almost see through. It reflects light, but much of the infrared wavelength passed through it... thus keeping the object you are lighting cooler.

Sounds promising then. I'll give it a shot

I have a couple of troughs outside for the animals, and just curious as to what species may survive. Currently the water is at 21degC, and expect it to get a little warmer the further we get into summer. A few weeks ago the water was completely green and opaque, so i threw some daphnia in there and its now crystal clear. So there is also plently of food for the odd fish. I have some platys, swords, guppys i can choose from. Also curious how a pair of killies may do any there... Anybody have any advice or opinions?

I hang my pump in my cabinet, stops it vibrating and i cant hear it. Quieter than when i place it on something soft.

you can pretend the salt is more of a salmon colour... That way you dont have to worry about being overly manly in order to have the pink in there :thup:

Could be... but i was meaning getting out at the thermal springs :slfg:

Snorkel/Drift down the Waikato towards the thermal springs. Did that this year, its was a blast!

Agreed!

Lucky for some, it was around $5/hour when i started there! Woulda been around Y2K.

Yea pallet racking is great for it. Just the beams will bend a fair bit even within the rating (cheap ones that is), so it'll pay to use a thick layer of poly under the tank.

yea i pressed the button to use the old site. Its utility for me, i like function over form for somthing like that.