HI, ANOTHER AUSSIE

[Brengun]

Endlers and cherry shrimp are good.
For water barometers tho with juvies, you cant beat those rainbowfish.
As soon as their colors go off, I check the water ph, nitrates and phosphates.

Caught my pH at 5.3 the other night, phos 10, colors off on the rainbowfish.
Did a waterchange, took out a bit of old gravel, added in a bit of gravel with crushed coral, added a phosban bag to the otto internal filter cup and the rainbows colors came back so vivid they almost looked to be dripping bright red.

 

[MICKSNOWDOG]

what other pleco's i meant. i kinda reckon i have got the bug now. also i would like to put more in the l397 tank when they arrive what other pleco's will go in there ok, diet and reproductive wise.
what are the dearer plecos out of all the ones available in austraila?

 

[Brengun]

I would say you should buy this book to learn the different pleco families.
http://www.aquariumproducts.com.au/catalogue_products.php?prodID=4161&catID=67
Use the search in the Australian for sale section. Just type in L397 for eg, and it will come up with a history of those which have been for sale here in the past year.

 

[Breamlegend]

:*:

 

[BENNO]

i would like to say welcome but wow 5 oscars in a 5ft tank thats not right
it should be 1 oscar per 230ltr i have had my 2 oscars for 4 years now and i have 2 in 6x2x2 with an fx5 you should think about rehoming some of your oscars
and nice lot of plecs you r getting..
and i am sorry if i come across rude i am truely not trying to be
but oscars are a very messy fish..

 

[berwickdave]

thanks all i got a lot out of this

CHEERSDAVE

 

[berwickdave]

WELL HELLYEA SOME 1 JUST PUT THE LIGHT ON LOL NOW THATS THINKING

 

[Mooo]

How come your flag is not an aussie one?

 

[BENNO]

i am geussing he is some other nationalerty but lives in aus =]

 

[Mooo]

that could be same for many of the members, I thought the flag has something to do with your location ,

 

[BENNO]

you would think so

 

[MICKSNOWDOG]

i would like to say welcome but wow 5 oscars in a 5ft tank thats not right
it should be 1 oscar per 230ltr i have had my 2 oscars for 4 years now and i have 2 in 6x2x2 with an fx5 you should think about rehoming some of your oscars
and nice lot of plecs you r getting..
and i am sorry if i come across rude i am truely not trying to be
but oscars are a very messy fish..

All good mate, i'm here to learn and hopefully one day to contribute as well. the oscars are only 2 inches long a t m. they are all healthy and seem happy a t m.

 

[MICKSNOWDOG]

thanks all i got a lot out of this

CHEERSDAVE

no idea what you're talking about

 

[MICKSNOWDOG]

How come your flag is not an aussie one?

dunno why that happened. i'll try and change it.
i'm aussie thru and thru. born and bred here. as were my great great great grandparents

 

[BENNO]

no worries mate its just when they reach 5-6" your filter wont be able to cope with the bio-load..... so your ammonia & nitrates will clime very very quick

 

[MICKSNOWDOG]

there's a pretty good canister filter hooked up.
i'm chasing around for a good 8 footer now anyways.

 

[BENNO]

good to hear i have a fx5 it is the best filter i have ever bought =]

 

[Gem400]

Hello and :welcome:

Cheers
Gemma