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trying to find ribbed hosing, so its easy to work with, flexible with out crimping and constricting flow. basically, i want what the fx5 hosing but slightly thicker diameter. also any ideas on how to connect it to pvs hosing? cos fx5 hosing as that rubber bit on the end but if you cut it in the middle, then its just the hard plasic ribbed material, which may not be the bestwhen it comes to sealing against the pvc piping material.

i would think wafers? or pellets? they are not hunters like cichlids so brine srhimp would be too fast perhaps?

You can wait forever for fish you really want... like fresh water rays, piranhas, armatus, endlis, african goliath tiger fish, arapaimas, african arowanas, real life mermaids..... you can be waiting for ever:D

This guy musta known someone there or took it with out their knowledge. I know for a fact that they rae not supposed to leave alive, largely cos i have tried to source LIVE prawns for my arowana, smaller ones than that but i called this prawn farm in taupo and they sid that MAF requires them to have the prawn dead before any leave their premise. but cool pet though! wonder how long they live for.

lol i think we have forensic photo shoppers here:D

lol or the blood they put into the mince:D

yeah, i did when people attack me you see, i escalate. cant help it gotta be honest though, calling him a moron was satisfying. i wish i could do it face to face. dont matter now lol

I dare you to post that! say... "rate my so so red' its a very common topic starter. they will say, rate my so so, or average, blah blah... its a asian thing, false humble thing but implying its not humble....

Wow, love that jardinii, its like... a hybrid... super red jar! i will call it, strawberry jam jar:D Indeed they are taken under specialist lighting. I am not disputing peoles preference should be allowed, i was merely voicing my opinion. that it is misleading. as zuri puts it. you buy it, if you are a novice,and you see it under the normal light or sunlight or room light, you WILL be disappointed. i figured it out. its a marketing thing i find aro owners there buy and sell frequently cos they dont 'end up with the prime' specimen. thats cos the pics they see are altered. so they keep the market going this way. its a 'goal' to attain those colours and 99% will never do. its actually ingenious.

to a degree. but not anywhere close. aqua glo more so i reckon. powerglo as as much. but yes, to a degree, there is no TRUE white light. well, reptile bulbs are. im gonna use a reptile bulb as a replacement for my tanning light.

No, you stand corrected, a jardinii wouldnt look red in those likes, it would look SUPER DUPER RED:D i reckon you should sign up and post it, i dare ya:D they will think you are me! it seems that the last and few white light lovers are gone lol

LOL :sml1: I was thinking, those colour change rocks, you can make a sort of armor suit for your fish! so.... when your mood changes, you just touch the tank and the fish change too:D look at this,s orry, i cant help myself, the more i look into it the more it astonishes me http://www.arofanatics.com/forums/showt ... p?t=493413 and they tell me its not misleading? anyways, yeah i got bored, but not at the same time, what can i say.... i think i am a natural debater:D

He started it man! !drool: I never in any instance attack first and draw first blood:D but yes, it was out of hand I am having that discussion over here... we are having it now, abou the red light, but i am not being personally attacked, its quite an amicable discussion, tame really. i guess its a cultural thing, not country and racial but "hobby culture" thats my new buzz word yeah!! lets start using it:D

:dunno: I cant help myself arguing... when someone attacks my point, i cant help but argue. especially when I believe they are not making sense or providing a full picture of their point or rationale. Rational debates are healthy.... but, my problem is, i cant stop myself, and when someone gets a little heavy handed....... i tend to escalate.... i guess that was my own undoing :slfg: I am banned form arofanatics.com..... shame, but i guess, what it demonstrates is that website does not take about the input of other people. during the entire saga, i received numerous private messaes of support but urging me to stop - largely cos of what will come after... which i just found out. its a shame, seems the singaporean mafia that is in charge of that website, mainly vendors or having interest with farms took over and banned me. I just find, i like MFK and this forum, and planet catfish because people tend to be science driven, logical, rational and actually able to handle criticism. AF has one big problem, its driven and regulated by old guys with old views, any new views...put down - very asian thing. Thats probably why they still eat 'urine eggs' in china... anyways i digrss:D Lesson learnt?: ....................... i dont know, did i learn something? :digH:

we never know what is coming here lol i suggest buy, enjoy it now, or wait forever potentially lol buy it, and im sure it will turn ok. if not, sell it on and try again.

indeed :digH:

I am surprised at how much they love the red light lol

yeah he may not have white light.... wait, a supplier of fish.. no white light? lol no, they do, they use it to show 'better colour' hence why i ask every single photo poster for a white light pic. i am not putting down the fish, i just want to see the real colour! its misleading i think.

im currently having an argument about red arowanas and how in asia, they put red red lights to enhance the red ness. so basically orange becomes dkar orange, and dark orange becomes red so on and so on. this is on arofanatics.com i seem to be getting attacked cos i dont share the views they have lol i prefer aros under white and more neutral light http://www.arofanatics.com/forums/showt ... 215&page=3 check out the photos on the bottom of this page. tell me your opinion. do you think that when they turn off the red 'nan' light (which clearly is so red that it even colours the bubbles and the water itself) the REDNESS will step down a few shades? i think so, and experience from my red arcadia tanning light, it does. i cheekily requested from that guy white and neutral light photos lol that way, i can see the different my bet - he wont post it up.

yeah, i got a very very white oscar and my female flowerhorn killed it in a matter of hours! how are the FH duncan? growing nicely?

a female will not get big, i would say you could get away with a lightly stocked 150 to 200 litre max. for a larger make 200 to 250 lightly stocked, good filter as they eat lots. but breeding, thats hard. FH are known to be violent breeders. I know from experience, the male will almost kill a female. there are articles online that show you how to breed while there is a divider. in some cases, though people dont like to talk about it as it seems unethical and ruthless, let them breed, eggs fertilised and let the female die, cos you dont nheed her, the male will care for eggs anyways. thats wha ti found. but there are different methods.

yeah, it was very quick swollen eye was less than 2 days, then death. sad, it was a spectacular red sev!!!

Dead this morning :digH:

I think so. for a bit it was hiding in a fake log, lying on its side, i think the eye must have gotten scratched on the substrate or maybe rubbed too much on it. then suddenly just started to swell dramatically. looks like about to pop!

no, just a better colouration. he is imported. the nz ones are not as shiny and glossy in appearance, also the colouration is not as vivid. he is young, unsure of exact age but got him very small, a baby.