Wellydave

my god they are the coolest creatures ive ever seen!

hey what are those little white and purple spotted slug looking things? theyr freakn cool!

:nfs: looking gooood!

looks awsome man! :thup: :thup:

!drool: !drool: !drool: i would love to go there it looks so peaceful and clean!

yeah i was realy dissapointed any chance youve got some more youd like to get rid of? :thup: photo period at the moment is 9am - 9pm for the two life glos and 12pm - 6pm for the two power glos i think its a bit long but have no issues with algae yet and as i said some of the plants have started absolutely taking off

some good news! thanks to sophia i now have some dawf sag so today i removed the big sword in the middle of the tank and replaced it with a whole bunch of dawf sag and also the twisted val behind that sword had died off so i replaced that with some c.balansae that arrived as well. also planted the rotala wallichii and camboba that arrived in the back right hand corner of the tank so its starting to look good unfortunately the camboba that i brought from trade me was patheticly small (max 2 cm) so it has alot of growing to do but tanks starting to look how i want. getting good growth from everything hair grass is cranking! the small cripts around the rocks on the right are growing steadaly and so is the zelandae the water rose has died off and shed alot of leaves but is starting to make a come back and everything else is going nicely only problem realy is the widelof java which has leaves turning brown im hoping its going to come back in time now that im dosing fert and the co2 is right i currently have 3 guppies and two bristlenoses in the tank helping it cycle and added media and alot of water from the other cycled tank so the cycle is going well still havnt had any ammonia nitrate or nitrite rise yet tho :dunno: and it has been over a week but fish seem happy as larry so im not too worried. bristle noses have been the shiznet! theyve been cruzing round the tank keeping it spic and span so i couldnt be happyer at the moment now for photos!! view from bed hipster shot left side right side male guppie all 3 guppies both bristlenoses and the stupidly small camboba bigger of the 2 bristlenoses and camboba again and some of the swords

Ive only named two of my fish my betta is called sid fishish and my algie eater is called ali-g i used to have a female betta called fishtina agulera but shes since passed on

Haha yeah that was a design he did for a girl we know whos started a clothing label she makes all kinds of crazy tights haha And yeah speaker shall be moved will have to extend the speaker cables haha

yeah it sounds like quite the opportunity judging by the vagueness of the letter you'd be silly not to go into partnership with him!

i was keen as he sounds like a legit guy :facepalm:

kinda tempted to email him and see what the buisness deal is :slfg:

haha how do you think i get away with spending rediculis amounts of money on fish tanks montys cool he looks like my old cat from when i was younger except mine was fluffy as hell (probably why 5 year old me called him fluffy :-? )

oh yeah good point i didnt think of that lol i will have to move the speaker as for the art its all done by my flat mate hes super talented and has done heaps of big murals and dose heaps of canvas's as well! check out his website here http://gwilart.com/ and his face book here https://www.facebook.com/gwilart?fref=ts

heres a couple pics of the kitty i brought my gf for her bday/early christmas pressie her name is lola and she is mental! me and lola hide and go seek again schnugs with mum her and mash this morning keeping dad company in bed while he had a serious case of man flu

im really not that keen on another densly planted tank once the big one takes off that'll it make 2 densly planted and i want something a little different and more chilled in the lounge lol and also where it sits it will only be viewable from the front heres a pic of where its going to sit i was looking at led's did you see the link in the original post? how do you think that would do?

Mine was i think $250 in the shop but i spend so much bloody money down there between the dog, fish and kitten the lady told me shed do it for $200 i think because she knows if i get discounts im usually more likely to buy sumit :slfg: And as for the light tubes i think i will go with the tropical / sunlight

i wouldnt worry too much about gas exchange tbh if you really are just drill a couply holes in the hood or summit for the gas to escape of if its got one of those feeder flap things just leave it open haha co2 + good light and ferts = faster growth

i thought about that but i cant find any links with colour spectrums of the tunes :an!gry i havnt actualy found one thats like what i want lol i have the picture in my head lol this is the closest i can find i want the 2 smaller rocks closer to the large one tho http://www.google.co.nz/imgres?hl=en&safe=off&sa=X&tbo=d&tbm=isch&tbnid=GdVE9W8lIqgRrM:&imgrefurl=http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/nano-aquariums/47412-iwagumi-plan-cies-do-sul-4-a.html&docid=SGdmo6gt4hpl8M&imgurl=http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l207/deceptmasterjj/Iwagumi1-1.jpg&w=640&h=480&ei=fKW2ULfqLobrygHlzYG4DA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=989&vpy=217&dur=305&hovh=140&hovw=190&tx=142&ty=119&sig=111160406894625169251&page=2&tbnh=140&tbnw=190&start=20&ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:29,s:0,i:174&biw=1279&bih=679 and yes only takes one tube but you can buy ones that are half and half so half sunlight half tropical

whoops cancle that it already is one of those bulbs

my plan is to slope up the left back corner and have 1 large rock in the middle and 2 smaller rocks ither side and a few evin smaller rocks scattered around those. but we will see what happens still need to find me some rocks i like haha and yeah im not having a lot of luck with my glosso ither at the moment but im hoping it go's better in this set up. good to hear about the pl's tho im thinking if i keep them i will upgrade the bulb to one of these http://www.aquaone.net.nz/cart_product2431-1-2520.html?Title=AQUA%20ONE%20PL%20TUBE%2018W%20SUNLIGHT

yeah i was realy impressed with the plug and playness of this tank it has everything and looks great i think the only thing i will need to upgrade is the lighting like i said oh and my 120ltr tank is a snail breeding bucket :slfg: haha yep the gf thinks ive gone crazy

haha yeah its still not fast enough i get impaitent haha. i forget are you running co2? if not i highly suggest it and if you can upgrade your lighting (like i need to do) lol it will make all the difference

righto so yesterday i went down the lfs after spending the day sick in bed oogling nano tanks :slfg: (bad idea btw never go the lfs after youve been on the net all day looking at fish and tanks) so anyway story go's i walk in looking at buying a small 30 - 40ltr'sish tank to start a wee nano planted tank and whata ya know right there front and center staring at me is a aqua one aquanano 40.... so this thing is a 55l 40x40x40 cube it has a sort of sump system built into the back of it which consists of foam to start (going to replace with poret lol) then second chamber is bio noodles and in the thrid is the heater and pump (which is rated at 500lph so almost 10x's the tanks volume ) and a little 18w Pl light that clips on. happy days! i thought great this will fit perfectly in the spot i wanted to put a tank the lounge haha. so anyway i walk out of the store a happy man with my new baby get home and set the little bugger up then straight back on the net deciding what to do! what im planing on getting from this wee tank is a nice little iwagimi style tank which will house 4 - 5 micro fish ither Microrasbora ethromycron/emeral dwarf rasbora, Boraras maculatus/spotted dawrf rasbora and a couple ottos or corys or a couple dawf puffers oooor if my other lfs gets the little shrimps they had in a while ago mabie them :thup: im going to use flourite black sand as substrate this time so i can compare the difference between that and my monando in the big tank plants will be - glossostigma elatinoides foreground cover, dawf sag inbetween and behind the rocks and christmass moss on the rocks themself's im going to run co2 in the tank as i already have almost everything needed for it (bubble counter , anti return vavle, diffuser, co2 tank(ex paintball), adaptor for regulator) all i need now is the regulator and i will be using valrays ferts for dosing so what i need to know is the 18w pl going to be any good for growing carpeting plants eg glossostigma. or am i better off upgrading to something like this http://www.trademe.co.nz/pets-animals/fish/lights-lamps/auction-538247634.htm or any other sugestions? thanks! pics to come

hehe ive been keeping a sneeky eye on your tank :lol: looking good!