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could always start a new culture with a few of the whiteworms and maybe keep it inside somewhere cool or somewhere flies can't get to it, or use a finer mesh. another option is to put a finer mesh on the current culture and remove the flies every day or so until none are left

try trademe

you can find him on 'the fish room' on fb

6 L140 Big Banded Tiger Plecos adults Have a bunch of juveniles from them now too for sale

wow verrry nice! awesome blend of green plants BBA seems to always become an issue, it can be killed tough with a double dose of flourish excel. then i guess just keep adding a bit to keep it away or treat again when it comes back i would just recommend to get rid of the macandra (?) in the back left as it looks a bit out of place/clunky/spread out to me. the colour takes away from the nice green medley elsewhere. also, although it's now nice and lush, i prefer the asymmetry of your feb 2014 pic for some reason. and the only other verrry minor thing i'd change is to have smaller fish so it gives the tank the illusion of being even larger. wicked job tho, is a lot of that plant actually growing on the wood? cool to see lemon tetras, love those fish

L140 Big Banded Tiger Pleco (have some for sale at the moment too, around 2-3cm, PM if interested)

lol if only i lived in southland i could've done so much better perhaps you're meaning without a heater and maybe outside? over summer it is definitely possible with cooler water species like danios and barbs. i've done it (during summer) in tauranga with barbs

sounds like they're going well crossing a melon (pigeon blood) with a turq will probably result in heavily peppered babies though.. :-?

hey megs great job! +1 to Discusguru's advice what kind of discus are they?

gutted mate in a lot of pain myself atm as my nephew accidentally unplugged my tank heater and i realised too late.. lost all 11 of my baby L140 plecs and a discus.. arrrrrrgh!! should've child-proofed the damn plugs

pics!

no but i had a discus that had its whole head go black from bruising caused by it getting spooked and smacking into the glass. did have a pic but must've deleted it

wowww stunning ronnie! and they are HUGE! how long have you had them? they look surprisingly relaxed edit: jaide discus prefer a deeper tank as their bodies are long from top to bottom. i think also the depth helps them feel safer from skyward threats. nice looking discus too btw!

wow. verrrry nice mate!! cool to think of how much water will be going through your wall everyday.. haha cracker piece of driftwood there too!

if you strip it back to just oxheart (and i recommend using gelatin as a binder) then they shouldn't be able to resist it.. just try a tiny bit at first till they get used to identifying it and get hooked; it will look foreign to them at first after other foods. Then the next mix you do you can add in other ingredients (carrot, an egg, spinach, multi-vitamins, little bit of garlic etc)

i had a 4 ft tank with pieces of slate (charcoal colour) simply siliconed to the back glass panel. i found even in a high-tech set up i never needed to clean it; it just got a little furry algae on it around the edges but you couldn't notice it, i think it actually added to the look. and i way preferred it to just a plain glass back

mmm love lemon tetras. if you have a nice planted tank they should colour up wayyy more than shop tanks, they should get a nice yellow body and the males will have a striking black anal fin. if you keep the water good they will spawn about once a week in ambulia or other fine-leaved plant depends what else is in there if just them you could put a lot more in there

nice

lol @ bout the timers. gotta make sure they don't go on too early at the weekends i am trying to breed some at the moment actually, but i know some are/were around for sale in auck shops so should be down there too? i'll still be a few months off

wow nice looking tanks. yes i've got some celestials, definitely recommend them, a school of them and otos would look awesome

a lot?? not a lot i think you mean WOW absolutely amazing looking tank. love that moss on the wood and the carpet in front, magic. what is the carpet plant?

i know what you're saying but how many people would realistically have a 30x30 tank that's 60 deep? lol the point is it's better to have a roughly workable formula that's easy to work out than for people to have to ask everytime

yeah whatevs not to me. how many people have a huge long tank that is not that deep??

you can also try a little methylene blue to stop fungus spreading good season for mosquito larvae... sorry neighbours....!

Your lighting is fine it's only 85w over 215litres.. that's actually low (<0.5w/litre), I prefer 1w/litre or more. I'd recommend some hardy slow-growing plants like java fern, you can even tie it to a rock, and it can survive algae attacks. you should at least that way get something growing to help to absorb excess nutrients I have an idea, those sponge cartridges you replaced, do they have carbon inside them? i came across some that did, possibly they are leaching phosphate (as you mentioned earlier re carbon). try the PO4 tests again on a bucket of tap water and bucket of tap water with the cartridge submerged, test every second day for a week or two I'd also recommend doing lmsmith's tests: