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Cool do you work at a glass cutting factory? Oh man I just got to this 3mm glass today.......absolute DREAM. 6mm is way too hard. Well 6mm is okayish for 9cmx3cm oblongs but way too hard for 26cmx3cm. 3mm glass no sweat doing 26cmx3cm. Just broke it off a straight wooden edge. I got pics for the AW article. Also for the last cut, i.e breaking 6cm into 2 3cm strips I used a piece of dowel under it and applied even pressure, no sweat.. all good. Now I just need more 3mm glass! Off to the building recycling place tomorrow

Ouuu nice tank bruv.... do it justice and fill it with Amazon fish though man. Like the shirt. How are you going to move it around/get it off the floor? lol

Hey guys i'm loving those tank dimensions and wow that's thick glass..I bet it was heavy. You'll have a nice glass safety factor there. What would that be Warren as opposed to your standard 10mm glass? I like that driftwood and love to see some plants in the background at least....although sounds like you may have some vegetarians in there. I love the congos they'll enjoy the length of the tank.

Abuse them till they get you some Haha David yeah that's the one my friend

Oh I didn't realise you'd be willing to swing that far out of your way, thanks anyway. -Glass is 6mm (I have just found some 3mm which i'm hoping will be easier!) -Glass I'd estimate is pretty old not sure exactly -It's quite hard to get an even cut across the whole thing, especially when starting off, i.e can't get right to the edge, but everything I read says only make one cut

Looks nice David. Jayci you can get fine black pool filter sand (has been sweet with cories etc) from the pool shop near the Hillcrest New World. Just the other side of the road, on the left before the round-a-bout if you're heading towards Tauranga.

Thanks..I've been meaning to come out there at some point I think I'll try this pencil underneath idea

WOW great shots.....those fish are absolutely stunning examples.... get those fry going! get some green water.

Okay so I just started doing some of this, no oil on my cutter either. I'm finding it very difficult to cut long thin bits off a wider piece. Glass pane: ========= <<--want to cut eg edge off for an egg trap ---------------- I've using two vices to hold the bit I want to be broken away but it isn't working and lots of glass going to waste. I've cut some smaller pieces (9cm x 3cm) no worries but I want 26cm x 3cm and these are the tricky ones. Any advice?

haha nice

When do you need it in by? I can do one on these rare fish I'm breeding. At the moment I'm just making the egg traps though trying a design of my own. I'll get heaps of pics just in case.

Yeah when they near breeding they switch to an exclusive diet of live fish only...must be condition themselves up. If you read the whole article ie the comments at the bottom of the one posted above you will read some very good arguments for why they used hormones. I'd rather see hormones used than these beautiful fish go extinct in the wild.

mmm love gold rams

Great pics aye... so good to see such goodlooking fish with hundreds of fry

Albino fish cannot see as well that is why i will not buy fish that have this trait bred into them on purpose

Yeah I also thoroughly suggest a BB tank and also want some fry when they're big enough hehe Pics from HannahBell:

98SE was good, XP is good too

Went to a seminar on biofuels monday night, algae was raised....and dismissed rather quickly. It may play some part in the future but it won't be a big one, the effort in to the 'bang' out is low. Low compared with forest/woodchips and of course with fossil fuels.

Thanks Ronnie I found that interesting

Hello how's it going? Welcome

Wow interesting... I have some big clowns...but I note that they did not mention what the hormones were! haha. I like that idea that someone mentioned about releasing captive bred fish that are hard to breed or endangered BACK into the wild...i don't think anyone does this yet but it's a nice sentiment. This article is different to the one I read a while ago about a natural clown loach spawn. Sounds like from this article that none of those ended up surviving??

Have Pm'd you, I can help with the pic

Hey HannahBell sounds like you're doing everything right keep it up! If you still have 75 that's awesome! Good to see a Tauranga breeder. Keep us updated. Any pics? :bounce:

sounds goooood post up if it's any good

Cool..Is this in the shop? picssss