henward

Be careful, Dats can get stunted quickly if they dont get enough food!

the silica sand will probbaly stop your plants from growing well.

Haha, I like the parrots, also the wife loves them. but, Oscars cant cut it in the tank. the aro tries to kill them - not just a nip here and there to tell them to move away but the aro will actually swim under a rock and drift wood to bite them its bizzare. also the jag so had to get rid of my 3 large Oscars and 1 jag. small fish it doesn't bother, parrots it doesn't bother, silver dollars are ok. silver shark... marginal, we will see in a months time. bottom dwellers are definitely safe

You know you love it

no, this was from HFF, already got it before that one. i didnt get that one cos i already got this one. i am thining 3 dats total, has to be small, IF i do get it, may get an american tiger and a wide bar indo OR an odd ball patterned one. see how it goes.

if you mean catching him to get him out. well, at this size, impossible, there is no catching him, he is there to stay! when bigger, its easy - but at this size, there is no catching him and i dont intend on doing so. the arowana is ignoring a similar sized texas, tinfoil and red severeum i suspect that when these grow with brutus, he will get used to them as they grow. but the introduction of big fish, is trouble. he sees them straight away and attacks them. he leaves all bottom dwellers alone

currently fed twice a day, some days 3 times. like yesterday:D ate 3 times lol it will grow rapidly, as soon as it can, it will be transitioned onto massivore pellets - super food! I am also developing its ability to consume vast quantities of food by feeding multiples times during the day and keeping it always full.

He is very small, 1 week intro already, fully eating Sinking carnivore i will pump him as i do, i should get him to a good size in a few months!

Go EBAY EBAY has LED strips at $20 per meter shipped to your door! i would recommend get everythign on EBAY. NZ just has them too costly. you get kits too, and they seem pretty simple actually. If you want them to look 'cool' - then get stealth or something similar. they do loo amazing. but really, you can achieve the same thing through ebay stuff. i used carpet ends joiners and glued the stirps under that. its so low prifile you cant even see it when you are looking at the tank. LEDs are so cheap to buy - and the stuff you get are all the same so someone just assembles it for you in a fancy package and sells it for a few thousands % markup

The existing water in the tank should not have amonia if your filter is cycled. I put the dosage into the drum for wc only - this will prep the water for wc.

Just the picture. But back does have less. Just enough so you can have a perception of depth. Having clarity issues but I'll sort that out later.

I have installed the Lights today. 2x Low light LED Strips (2.4m) 2x Super Bright LED Strips (2.4) 2x double 4ft T8 fittings 1x single 4ft T8 Fitting (Old tanning arcadia bulb) The lights are controlled by timers and manual overrides. 1) Dusk/ Dawn Lighting - SO can view nocturnal fish. ON: (6am to 10am / 7pm to midnight) 2x Low light LED Strips (2.4m) 2) Daylight - Daylight, when I am not home, will just be enough to simulate 'daylight' for the fish natural light cycles. This is just 1 bulb. 1x single 4ft T8 Fitting (Old tanning arcadia bulb) - reddish tinge, not my preferred viewing light, but it will do for a daylight simulation ON: 7am to 7pm 3) Dusk/Dawn lights and Daylight combined - some over lap in the morning, and evening http://s136.photobucket.com/user/henwar ... sort=6&o=2 4) 'VIWEING MODE #1' - Manual ON switch - All of the above plus the '2x Super Bright LED Strips (2.4m)' 5) 'VIEWING MODE #2' - Manual ON Switch Super bright viewing mode, All of the lights on. VIDEO: of the lights in stages one at a time

cool. get it running! wanna see aro in it!

well, I put a little bit of salt in every water change. But maybe this one has better trace than normal salt. just wondering really. see wha tpeople think .

Hi All, Opinions please, scientifically, makes sense to replenish trace and minerals. this can be quite cost effective actually. any opinions? this sort of product exists with seachem etc, discus trace. this is an arowana trace. would love feedback, i know it isnt gonna turn my arowana red, its more for just good health, good measure. http://www.ebay.com/itm/AROWANA-MINERAL ... 3f105361d5

its ok, as long as the sides are sealed, dont matter if its diagonal or something right?

yeah, try it out. and play aorund with the configuration. looks awesome though!

try squashing it first, i think it will work fine y ou want no gaps on the side, overlap is good to make sure water has nowhere to go but through IMO. just squash it, you only take it in and out every couple / few weeks (thats the goal anyways) so really, it doesnt matterif you have to spend 2 mins extra trying to wiggle them out. look sawesome! looks effective!!

was looking into that. the extra water for the tank will cost very little and return on investment is quite slow, I did look into it and is part of my 'to do list' eventually. still haven't even insulated garage door haha I will go with the greenstuff stuff, then seal it in or something. also nowhere to put the water tank:D tight for space!

cant wait to see blacky in there. blacky I mean the black aro.... otherwise that would just be inappropriate to want to see a blacky in that tank. :digH:

no drip system. semi automatic.

To summarise. Correct me if I am wrong. Chlorine reaction g to stuff to sanitise will always produce chloramines We add chlorine to our water at the plant Chloramines cannot be removed by aerating In a nutshell... You say one should always use a product like prime or similar?

yeah, i have put the water in alreayd but i have been making small 10 to 15% water changes. but just checking. NZ water is generally good. i have oyster shell in the filter to add some buffering capacity. my ph is quite stable with this method and regularly calibrate the ph meter. good to know though, thanks! we are still waiting for your pics of the wild discus in the show tank:D

i dont use ager for my water in torbay, but new to massey, so making sure someone is also using tap water with no ager my drum eventually will have a aerator as i usually do. just to aerate it but making sure that straight tap water in water changes is ok:D

cool you on tank water or mains water. is that source the same as massey?