Finznfangs

You could ask at Bunnings, m10 etc for ply wood cover sheets, they sometimes keep them and sell them at a cheap rate. The problem is they will be inconsistent sizes. I also have access to a discount card my work has at Bunnings that may save you some cash. If you send me the sku numbers for the ply I can go in and see how much I can get it for.

Yeah I can't remember what they are, they are Botha male so I going to either rehome because one of them is a pain in the bum chases all the yellows. Not sure.

Lol, I know it's going to bend, I am just trying to control it so it doesn't bend too much. No I am not a control freak! :facepalm:

All the leaves are the same height, I do pull out the ones that go brown. I will just need to get a bigger tank. :rotf:

Really?? Hmmmm i dont want to have no high plants in my tank.. will look very bare. I think i will just leave them alone.

OK..... Dumb question time. I have some Twisted Val and another tall non twisted plant that have grown rather long aroung 1M, now i am wanting to ecourage more shoots and growth so should i trim the plants back down the the water leval??? Tank height around 550mm. Cheers

is it a kenyi ????????

I am strugging with val in my discus tank bending in the current, i think i am going to change that to a ducks bill just to see. But i think i really need to trim my val and some other plant i dont know, they are nearly 1M long! Hopying the trim will promote more shoots. On the original topic note, i changed the spray bar last night to the end of the tank with the inlet pipe, put the airstone at the opposite end, and put the HOB filter just past halfway at the opposite end of the spraybar. They seemed to like the change, they are very active around the HOB and a few of them are dancing around the spraybar. :thup: I am keeping a close eye on them.

Yeah I think I will be getting a wave maker.... Just handy to have, How's Upper Hutt going, it's my home town. Yes I did just admit that. :facepalm:

Number one. Number two. This is the dominant fish in the tank. Is that normally the case when you are a lone species???

I was doing the math also before i went out and purchased.. With all the rocks in there with water displacement also. I think i am going to take your advice and change the position of the spraybar to the end of the tank, obviously shorten it because it wont fit thus that will make the flow faster with fewer holes etc, if it seems to be struggling to get the water back into the tank i will drill some more holes in it. See how they react to the change.

I can also help with lifting etc. Thats a BIG tank!

I have wanted to try the SUNSUN, but by the time you get them shipped here its cheeper to get one at the pet shop. Ok, will get these cichlids some more filtration and flow. Exciting times. cheers for your help And Cam - did you drain some of the water from your tanks after the quake??? Mine are still about a third empty. I had some spillage!

do you reakon a CF500 would be big enough???

Spray bars at the ends of the tanks for the flow?? rather than on the back of the tank?? or would that create a washing machine type flow??