Phil Posted January 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Nice Olivia!! There is a nice Albino longfin at work i want to bring home with me, did you get your others? I added a cannister filter to the tank today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leela Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 What sort of filter Phil? You should get the albino! No, the others didn't come in on Monday.. .. apparently the supplier from Melbourne is a bit unreliable (well, Victorians, you know.... ) Hopefully Wednesday! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splendidbetta Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Hey! That's hardly fair! If anything, it's the Queenslanders who can't be relied on :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbies Betta Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 (well, Victorians, you know.... ) :D :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leela Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Hey! That's hardly fair! If anything, it's the Queenslanders who can't be relied on Wow Stefan, you're right! That's a really good argument.... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted January 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Yeah that is a great argument stefan! Here is the filter. A damn chunky one. I had to get rid of another tank to fit it on the shelf below! YES>>> a very exciting photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 *fanning myself over the HOT photo* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leela Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 *faints* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted January 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 If that gets you girls hot wait till i post a photo of the heater!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splendidbetta Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Wow Stefan, you're right! That's a really good argument.... rolleyes.gif whistling.gif Well I was on the debate team at school last year - NOT! Really cool filter Phil! Love the green on it Looks like a computer ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterJ Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 You tell em O ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figure_8 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 whoa check out the reactions ... what brand filter is it Phil? And did you have to be over 18 to buy it? :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted January 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 It is an Aqua Nova brand. It seems to be the brand of dry goods we sell at work. It is extremely quiet, i cant even tell its running!! Yes, you have to be over 18 to buy it. I am sure the young ones like Stefan would mis-use it somehow :( I seem to be growing a lawn of algae on the surface of the sand. Oh well, i guess i wont have to bother with low groundcover type plants lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splendidbetta Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 I can get dad to buy me one if I wanted one... :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterJ Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 love the lawn Phil - you'll have to set up an underwater bowls club... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted January 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 Updated pic. Last night i went and bought some more plants to put in, just 4 bunches at the moment. I brought some fish home from work but didnt have much success with some of them. I put in: 20 Rummy nose tetras 4 Dwarf gourami's - 2 powder blue, 1 neon and 1 orange flame 4 Black mollies 4 Black Kuhli loaches Unfortunatly i lost all bar 3 of the rummy nose tetras last night, i should of taken it seriously that they were difficult fish to acclimatise and probably should of waited a few more months till the tank was fully established. But you learn!! i might just go with 30 cardinal tetras or something similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebetta Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 No no no. Get your fish playing the Aussie sport. CRICKET. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted January 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2007 A couple of days after that photo above, i was faced with this: I did an 80% waterchange yesterday in the hopes to clear it up, it made it abit clearer, but now it is all cloudy again. I have never had anything like this before. It is green, so i think there must be some sort of algal bloom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leela Posted January 31, 2007 Report Share Posted January 31, 2007 Good heavens! You need to fire that bristlenose!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish4nic Posted January 31, 2007 Report Share Posted January 31, 2007 WOW That filter is impressive... Do you need a license to drive it? WOW Sure is the greenest tank I've seen....you could play 3 dimensional turf sports in that arena Can't wait to see the heater Nic :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callatya Posted January 31, 2007 Report Share Posted January 31, 2007 Dude, our water supply sucks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted February 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2007 This tank is a joke, the water is 2wice as green today, pea soup water, this isnt a damn pond in full sun!! Its meant to be a planted tank under fluro lights!! You may be right Abbey, might just be the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howlsn Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 My fry tanks are the exact same, admire the bubs one day can't see em thru the soup the next Algae is just going nuts everywhere except my 4' female tank & I thought it would be 1st to go due to location, lighting etc. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted February 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Might be a water issue?? I did a 100% waterchange today and the fish are looking MUCH happier so hopefully it wont happen again. I was using a pond dechlorinator, its the only thing i can think of, since it started happening since the waterchange i did with that product. I bought a new dechlorinator today on the way home from work so hopefully thats the problem. If not i might have to just whack a UV light on there ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren MacFish Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 I'm waiting for the smiley to wink... Nup. Algae is a good indication that things are on the right track. Are you fertilising the plants? The algae is getting nutrients from somewhere. Maybe toss lots of duck weed in there to suck up the excess till the tank gets established. A few snails? Snails tend to bloom just after an algae bloom... and only take a few weeks to clear it up, IME... then you just clear out the snails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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