Snowman

Treehugga, sounds like you were at goldfish pagoda today, wouldn't be you that bought someAlbino Ancistrus from there would it?

Greg in Manukau does the same price, 1220 x 450 x 450 for $85, as per usuall i find this out after buying mine LOL although i had a tank with a broken bottom and lotsa fish in poly bins so needed one urgently. Might have time to ring around next time :lol:

Shae, do you have loaches and B/Nose in the salted tank with the guppies?

Prices can vary considerably, i bought a 1220 x 400 x 400 mm from Jansens in Auckland, they are a mid priced shop and i paid $108 so that gives you some idea.

3.5mm or 35mm ? Must be 35mm. My GBA are about 10mm when born, i like to wait till they are 40-50mm long.

It is allowed but i think you have to pay up front for the classified and if it sells via auction he'll have to pay again.

LOL get em while they're hot :lol:

I have 2 clowns in with 3 GBA and tons of guppies and swordtails to try to control snails...... that i ended up with from shop bought plants :evil: They get along well, i would say don't go for the burmese tiger loaches or angelicious loaches as they can be aggressive. Chased for long enough by my angelicious loaches my striata, queen,clown and yo-yo loaches will definetly defend themselves but i have never seen them being the aggressor.

I suppose that is possible but have never encountered it (crosses fingers) LOL

$14.80 for 10 at Hollywood Fishfarm, the same guy has 2 Trade Me ads for 1 car

I run 300 watters on all my tanks, from 50-200 ltr, my only consideration is will it fit in the tank horozontaly. There is no down side, the only difference to running a smaller heater is it will heat the water faster. dee jay 01, why wouldn't you go bigger?

Check out Pet Planet in Whangaparoa.

The polystyrene evens out the weight of the full tank over the whole surface area, all it takes is something not much bigger than a speck of dust to cause a pressure point that will eventually crack. I had to clean up 160 ltrs of water off the carpet at 10pm one night and i definetly would not recommend it, as well as trying to rescue fish at the same time. Ever seen 160 ltrs dumped on the floor in 10 mins

I feed mine courgette with the seed part cut out, i put it in hot water for a couple of hours before giving it to them to get rid of excess juice (seems to pollute the tank less). From what i've heard don't leave it in to long as this will also pollute the tank (24 or so hours), i put 2 pieces of lead through it to keep it on the bottom. They seem to love shrimp pellets as well although they can disperse quickly making a mess in the substrate so i use a glass container about 120mm long 80 wide and 70 high to put the pellets in which keeps the pellets in one place and stops the messy substrate problem. I know of others that feed them JBL Pleco chips but mine seem to prefer the shrimp pellets. They used to eat Nutrafin Bottom Feeder tabs as well but seem to have turned their nose up in favour of the shrimp pellets.

Hi, i'm sure you will find this site as usefull as i have, if your after tanks and up in Auckland check out Greg in the Private Trade & Exchange who makes tanks and has awesome prices. How are the Goldies going? Should be a good size now :lol:

Depends on how much you slow it, if its not adjustable i wouldn't slow it to much, a couple of layer of something like pantyhose over the intake may do it.

If you could slow it down it would be better, when you put it in make sure the fish in the old tank aren't stressing, will the 204 spray bar fit in the tank? If it was me i would give it 1 week then put it in your new tank with a couple of smallish fish for another week then slowly build up the stocking levels. Good luck Greg Shane

Personally i would set the new filter up on the old tank, would be the quickest way i think.

For the first 2-3 weeks i would do 20-25% changes twice weekly then once weekly, that should keep you fishy friends happy : -)>

When you first start the tank you really need to have 1 or 2 hardy fish in it so there is some waste for the bacteria to convert (think of fish waste as food for the bacteria) Waiting a week will give the bacteria a chance to multiply to keep up with the waste from the fish, more fish, more waste, more bacteria needed to convert it. The amount of fish you can keep in there depends on how good the filtration is, what sort of fish and how often you do water changes.

It wouldn't hurt to pair up the Molly, but i would wait a week or two until the water stabilises first.

I would do the water changes but still get the test kits when you are able as they make life a lot easier when there are problems by being able to check water quality. You could even do daily or bi-daily water changes if you wanted, it could only make the fish more comfortable and would put your mind at ease. Hope your enjoying your intro to fish keeping, watch out for MTS though theres a lot going around :lol:

Did a good wheel alignment for a guy one day, next day he brought me in 2 crays to say thanks (turns out he's a commercial cray fisherman) beats the hell out of a dozen beers and made my weekend. Mmmmmm crayfish

Yep they should have it, you may be better off seeing if they have a master test kit, usually includes Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate & PH, works out cheaper than buying them seperate. These are the main ones you would use although there are others depending on how far you want to go/budget. I use these 4 and a phosphate test kit (this one because of my algae problem). When first setup your tank (fish waste & excess food) will produce a lot of Ammonia, next it will produce Nitrite and finally Nitrate. Ammonia and Nitrite are relatively toxic to fish and Nitrate is toxic in high concentrations. One form of bacteria will change Ammonia to Nitrite, then another form of bacteria will change the Nitrite into Nitrate which live plants use or you dilute with water changes. Basically it will take a few weeks for the tank to grow the bacteria and go through the stages of high Ammonia then high Nitrite then finally Nitrate.

Pies, would you pay $15 for a glass shrimp?