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thanks disgustipated, all seems to be fairly calm in the tank over the last few days. Fred is still chasing everyone around but ive been keeping an eye on all the fish for fin nips etc... nothing spotted yet, he is not picking on the 30cm pleco either. My wife bought a really beautiful Azureus that dwarfs Fred and seems to now be the boss of the tank too

keeping cichlids in a planted tank probably wont go too well for you, they will like to dig a bit

livebearer_breeder im using something similar on my nano these days and having good luck with it. My issues are around not being able to use an automatic timer on getting the blues to come on as nightlights as it's a physical switch but once my big tank is running im going to butcher it and hook up my 12v timer system. Dave, stoked you had such good success with peppermint shrimp..this time around

I did a big tank move around today, put the cichlid tank in the lounge... at the same time all the rocks got shifted about i thought it might be a good time to introduce fred into the tank so the can all establish new places to hide but he still wants to pick on everyone http://instagram.com/p/dEhqLjnUKj/ this is a short video of said behaviour... the fish he is chasing is his own fry... they have been separated for about 7 months though any tips or am I stuck with a grumpy fish

so if the clowns dont like your nem... you should donate it to me bro

Checking the tank before work thismorning i see my peppermint shrimp decided he was too warm and has taken off his jacket His empty shell hanging on the rock Him hiding under a rock

you need this http://www.trademe.co.nz/pets-animals/f ... 585871.htm

being that you have no sump HOB is your best option, the PS1 seems to rate quite well and at that price not a bad option. Have you looked at reviews online for it?

looking good dude, mine are getting bigger too

he wasnt attached just trying to clean it off himself i think

CRAP, i was just gluing frags to my main rock and i think the peppermint shrimp tried to clean the superglue... hope he is ok

lost my bangaii cardinal today, not sure what the story is yet... have just removed him and will be doing a waterchange tonight, will test when I do that. I did score some new frags today though so that semi makes it better... pics tomorrow when they settle and open up

ditto i can only get them to eat frozen misys shrimp

What are you feeding the bangaii?

p.s. some of his last batch of fry are in said main tank and they are not aggressive toward the other fish at all and they are nearly a year old now

Im looking for some convict advice. My daddy fish Fred is currently in a 100l by himself because he keeps picking on everyhing else, is there anything anyone can suggest that will help calm him down if i put him back in my big tank? i dont want to have him pick on any of my nice calm fish

did you buy it? i was very close to buying it and building a new stand for it. I would build an entire new stand, that one just doesnt look like it would be safe enough for ~250 kg

I'd say soak it for as long as you can, a few months would be idea with water changes once a week

smith

a quick tank video firefish goby and peppermint shrimp are hiding but in there... sorry about the average phone video

keep in mind that is USD and you will need to factor in shipping too

how good are you with DIY type stuff? there are a bunch of good DIY kits out there that would suit being mounted in one of those hoods http://www.aquastyleonline.com/categori ... oller-Kit/

i'd image with that you could get away with thinner glass and low standard lighting though and your water changes would be never

nice work F15hguy any spare time i get is spent doing water changes haha

sweet thanks for the rapid replies gents, they are currently on the same timer as my Cichlid tank so coming on at 8am and off at 8:30pm that should be about right I hope