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AquaMike

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  1. Ive got 2 neons and 3 wcmm in a heavy planted 28 ltr tank, should i have to remove them all? I only want a few fry to survive .?
  2. So i got two normal wcmm for my sunset male and man he has been vertualy raping them and nipping there fins and showing off his fins to my neons, how soon should i expect eggs
  3. I was actually wondering if you could breed a sunset with a normal wcmm? that would be interesting right?
  4. Yeah i had a feeling that would be the case, its hard as to catch shrimp, only caught one the whole day.
  5. Mind if i ask where you got the shrimp
  6. Arent eels native though? Why is it illegal to release them?
  7. OH TRUE OOOPS I ENDED UP DIGGING SOME OUT EARLIER LOL, AND FOUND A BABY EEL ASWELL, HOPE IT ISNT ILLIGAL TO TAKE THEM TOO
  8. So if i were to go on the hunt around the hamilton waikato region where would i find glosso living and how to figure out if it is even glosso as im sure there are similar types out there in the wild
  9. Hmmm i myt give it a try then, ive bought a 15 kg bag of play sand for the capping
  10. It covers the whole tanks lenght but only about 140mm wide, i can buy some feom animates as they have a few nice pots, i might try it with my current lighting as im on a budget now that ive just har a child born
  11. Hey guys i got a question that hopefully someone has more knowledge on than me, im almost ready to setup my tank but can figure out if i want glosso or microsword as the carpet, im leaning more towards the microsword side onlg bcoz ive heard glossostigma is a fussy thing, so heres my tank specs and hopefully someone can give me the answer as to if id have enough lighting foe glosso, if i got enough lighting then ill go that route. Tank specs are as follows: 600mm long/300mm high/300mm wide( ive worked it out to roughly 50 litres) Lighting specs are 2X18watt aquazonic max bright fluorescent about 100mm from the water surface. Substrate specs are: Base layer(1 inch) of darltons aquatic mix with a 1 inch capping of either black silica sand or black brightwater pebbles( 3mm to 6mm) from hollywood fish farm. Tell me what you guys think, im going for a sort of takashi amano style tank with heaps of java fern and a few anubiuses plus a carpet of some sort.
  12. Im just not an animal killing person sorry, my cat will probly end up eating it anyways bcoz he always tries to get the gold fish if i leave the tanks lid off for too long
  13. What do you mean a container full of illegal fish? I only caught one
  14. oh true that sucks then coz I hate killing fish, after reading that theyre very aggressive to other fish I took it out a put it in my outside plant tank and will just let it there as its only for growing plants and might help with plant growth from the fish waste. cant seem to find my white cloud though, hope the gambusia didn't kill him and then the gold fish munch him down
  15. Im a 2 birds with one stone.kinda guy abd want to.do.both, trap.in a certain spot and leave.it there for a few mins while im netting, will update soon
  16. hmm so that will explain what the other fish is that I chucked in my tank that came in the same net full as the shrimp, caught them both in the exact place, he also seems happy and is munching back the flake foodlol, and the shrimp is still good and living, hiding on my drift wood atm, does anyone know what food would attract shrimp into my net if I just left it on the bottom for a while?was thinking chicken heart but don't want eels in the net
  17. Im not familia with Gambusia, what is it? And next time i go i will take a bottle trap like the ones people use to lure aquarium shrimp in to move them to another tank, anyone reckomend a good bait/food to use to attrack them?
  18. Im also in hamilton and actualy caught my first one today, he is in my gold fish/minow tank and looks happy, all i did was stuff a $2 shop fish net in the weeds in the water and drag it through them and bam i had me a shrimp but took a wee while to finaly get one but i think my spot wasnt the best but id say go to the place where they do kayaking bcoz ive seen heaps and heaps of oxygen weed around there and not to mention if you swipe your net towards the flow of the water i reckon it will sort of over power them from trying to swim out of your net but send me a pm if you wanna know where i got mine today.
  19. So today i took i ride down to the river and managed to get a shrimp by simply waving my bet around in leafy and planty areas and got one, does anyone knpw where they would most likely be? Fast or slow running water and also shallow or deep?
  20. To be honest ill probs let it go jungle as for run in cycle and once cycled get to trimming
  21. sweet az im happy I didn't waste my money then, I was thinking of selling it by the kilo on trademe to help out people bcoz I know a lot of people cant seem to find it anywhere and I know how much the aquarium versions cost compared to this one.
  22. what would you suggest then if im looking for the best and fastest growth I could get with my setup I currently have? id like to keep anubias, java fern, rotala, cabomba, crypts, ambulia, amazon sword, hair grass, micro sword crystal wort and so on, maybe not all at once but I sort of want a setup that can grow all of those good enough to look nice and not die away. Also is Daltons aquatic mix a good choice for a nutrient rich base layer substrate? I was tempted to buy that aquabasis plus stuff but its abit expensive and figured that Daltons aquatic mix should be good enough. I was thinking an inch or so layer of Daltons mix and capped off with and inch or so of black silica sand.
  23. Ok cool, thanx and if i replace the pink tube with another sunlight tube would that make my lighting any higher or not? Im going for a tank that can grow most plants, might even chuck on a DIY co2 system as ive been told it helps even on low light tanks Depending on what you guys reccomend.
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