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His Discus are amazing... Was almost tempted.....

could place it somewhere on the bottom of Lake Pupueke for yah.... lol

That’s not art that’s cruelty...

I use an upside down coke bottle sitting in its base. Put some lead from anchoring plants around the end of the air tube to keep it right at the bottom. I use and $8 desk lamp with a 60 watt bulb as a heat source and light... Seems to work pretty well..

Don't the Aussies call them something else? I think they eat them too? On a clean-up dive in Frank Kitts lagoon in Wellington I grabbed one thinking it was a piece of rubbish... Gave me a little fright!

Hi all, am thinking about setting up a sodastream CO2 system. Those of you om here and use it, do you switch it on and off with your lights? How long do you think one of thoose bottles would last at about 2 bp/s?

go and buy a cheap chilli bin from the Wharehouse?

I had a rather large in my 4 footer once... It sure did poo alot!

nice fish and tanks :-)

I think anybody caught stealing fish should be put through a wood chipper and feed to them.......

Thanks guys, I might use a 60watt bulb in a desk lamp as my light source and see how I get on..

Would it be a silly idea to put a 25w heater inside the upside down coke bottle to raise the water temp?

ummm Good luck with that!!!

Thanks for the advice. I might just leave it and see what happens.

Do you think it might be worth putting a bit of backing soda in with the water changes? To try and get it up initialy?

I think its 7.4 I put some limestone ships in the filter and added some to the coral sand subtrate. Dosent seem to have moved over night. Will give it another day and see how it looks.

Awesome thanks!

I was thinking of using some limestone chips in one of the canisters of my external filter to hopefully keep my PH high. Any thoughts on is or this a silly idea?

found this on the net, thought it sounded like a good option maybe? I recently read about a clever trick, which would prevent any of the above catastrophes. This ingenious aquarist used pumice stone, which is an inert volcanic rock that floats. It is also soft and very porous. To prepare the pumice, he boils it in a large pot, holding them under with a heavy piece of granite or basalt. After 10 minutes or so, he removes the pumice and drops it into a bucket of cold water, and again weights it down. Once the pumice cools, it will now sink like a feather through the air. How does this prevent toppling or possible cracking? Well, with ever so light rocks, you can pile these up high in the tank without having to worry about their pressure on the glass. And their rough surface helps hold them together. They have two other advantages. Their porous interior provides yet another niche for denitrifying bacteria to live. You could easily drill pumice with a two-inch bit if you wanted to create tunnels or caves.

Hi All, I am in the process of setting up a new African cichlid tank. Does anybody know where in Auckland I could find some large pieces of pumice or suitable rocks? Appreciate any advice or ideas. Cheers

I used to keep seahorse.. Remember your salt water tank will take alot longer to cycle.. I gave mine two months.. Getting a good supply of mysis shrimps can be hard at time as well.

Well I have 7 of the orignal 40 approx mollies I caught on the hunt, which are doing great. growing really fast... Drove back from Auckland on Saturday so I caught 11 on the way home. This time I took home the water to keep them in... I will slowly add water from the tank they are going into. Only one death so far.. I am hoping for a better result this time fingers crossed.. THe only problem is all of the new ones apper to be females... I hope at least a couple are already pregnat!!

Found this pic on the net. http://www.rodmorris.co.nz/images/fish1/gallery5.jpg So how are everybodies Mollies doing? I've got 8 left out of my orignal 40 odd.. They seem to be doing well though, no deaths for 6 days.. They are growing fast!!!

Well done!!!

Is in mine..