malawi_man

Well here is how I made some DIY box filters. Start with a glass box - 7x8x12cm, glued together with silicone. Get a piece of stocking place carbon in it and tie it off at both ends, place this in the bottom of the glass box. Get a 14cm length of any type of plastic pipe and place a piece of airline down it so the airline just comes out the top. Place this in the box with the bottom in the middle of the carbon sack. Place filter wool all around the pipe to hold it in place. You have a box filter (or 5) How it works. Air passes through A and air bubbles come out at the bottom of the tube and pass up again through B. When the air bubbles go upwards they also bring water through with them. This creates a water flow where the water flows through C and D and then back up through B. I hope you understand. :roll: :bounce: Enjoy

soooooooooo......... when are you selling them lol

Alan, we went kayaking up a 50m deep gorge and drifted down with our feet in the water, lukily no eels lol.

20 guppies and 2 bristlenoses going in a poly box to queenstown overnight. will this be alright without a heat pack??

would i need a heat pack for shipping guppies??

sent my fish lot of fish by mail yesterday, fish arrived in good condition aparently i guess i will ship alot more fish in the future. Daniel NZKA 268

Does anyone know how much air a Silent Flo 5000 and 7000 would pump out?? i am thinking about getting a bigger pump but cant find out how much these ones pump to see which size i need. thanx for any help Daniel

I just put my pair of scheeli that i got from Alan into their new 11litre tank, they were swimming around happily yesterday but this morning they are hanging around on the bottom apart from when i fed them. is this normal?? thanx in advance for any help

frozen shelled shrimps from the supermarket, mine love them.

yeah just the usuals, e. yellows, and sp. of zebra (pseudotrpheus/maylandia/metriaclima) maybe not hap because some get quite big and some aulonocara sp. as well. also bristlenoses make great cleaners

is this safe for fishies??

i saw lots of differnt trios and pairs of killies in Auckland for around $50 per pair, could be a guideline.

why not get eggs sent to you?? :bounce:

Over the last month or two i have had 4 fish die, one almost dead from the same symptoms. Very disorientated, nomally standing on head for a few days and the end up floating at the surface dead a few days later. All of these fish were tanganyikans, one male Altolamprologus in one tank dead, a pair of Neolamprologus Pulcher dead in another tank, and a male and almost a female neolamprologus bricardi dead in another tank hope someone can identify this diease, should i do anything to the tank before putting more fish in those tanks?? also lost a 4cm altolamprologus compressiceps last night after i brought it in auckland yesterday for $75 its gills were red and its mouth was wide open and it was on its side on the bottom this morning. Please help Anyone have tanganyikans for sale?? :roll:

that was me that was bidding against you wok :lol: :bounce:

How many people did you sign up at the last waikato meeting, i'm very glad you came and it was probably the best meeting this year so i agree :bounce: Bring Back Alan :bounce:

i was wondering about thins to as i have read this article before, let me know what happens.

i find that silicone doesn't stick to the plastic :-?

mine arrived today woohoo another great aw :bounce:

would you be able to make your photobucket album open for the public so we can see all of the fishies??

i have fish that spit at 3 days so i get out eggs after 2 days and put them in a 400ml glass jar, hanging on the side of the tank with an air stone. i have had good results with this (50 cyrtocara moorii, 40e.yellows, 30 aurtauses still have eggs sacks, baenschis, and quite a few venustus although quite alot of the venustus are infertile. thanx Daniel btw never thought of using a paper clip. :bounce:

how do you harvest them, what is this about the glass?? thanx Daniel

i can always stick heater in if they prefer hotter temps. anyone have a list of all the killies avaliable in new zealand?? is there a nzka website?? i remember going on one a while back but can't find it now. thanx Daniel :bounce:

Hi Just enjoyed alans superb talk at the waikato aquarium society meeting in hamilton last night. I joined nzka and came home with a pair of Aphyosemion Scheeli and 8 Gold Lineatus Fry. Ok so now i'm hooked lol. looking at setting up a killie tank stand. Are most killies ok at 18-22degrees celcius because thats what temp my fish room is so would i need heaters. Does anyone have killie eggs for sale?? pm me if you do. Also any infomation on killies would be helpful. Thanx in advance :bounce: Daniel

When i was in dunedin at christmas they had an automatic water changing system, it was around $30-$40 i think, i had two air line tubes connected to this thing that hangs on to the side of the tank and syphons water out and squirts it back in, does anyone have one of these, i would have brought it but i dont have access to chlorine free running water. hope this helps Daniel :bounce: