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Oki... will see if they have it.. :unsure:

I went back to the shop. They swear blind its aquatic. They have a suppliers index and a color picture chart also claiming its aquatic. - aluminum plant 'Aquatic variations'. As they are the only shop for many miles, and are connected to a wholesaler in Sydney, I didn't push it further.. I...

OK. thanks both )

yeah i stuck it in a vase of water, to see if roots grow, and gave it to the wife to put someplace. She seemed insulted that the pet shop would be able to trick her about plants. this coming from the woman who kills every potted plant she has ever owned. :huh:

Tnx Mate.. Found some pet shops are just dodgy, guess these guys get added to the list.

The power head on my UG just slots into the actual plastic that sits under the gravel, so if yours is the same, could you just find pipe that slots into it and hopefully it also slots onto your filter. Maybe even some basic plumbing if you need to match pipe sizes (No experience in doing it...

I have the same scenario. Freshwater creek flowing down from a mountain spring. I found a nice piece of semi petrified wood and some great stones in the creek. Boiling water over it all numerous times and scrubbed it with a new, no chemicals used, laundry brush. The wood has come up great (pic...

My wife bought this from a cheapie pet shop. I don't think it is even an aquatic plant. Sorry about the quality.. my phone camera sucks.

My daughter now wants a tank (27-30 litre) in her room. :/ My question is: Can I put her filter (power head not under gravel) in my 125 L tank to get it bacteria laden, lessening the cycling I need to do, and how long would it need to be there for? Also: will this spike my 125L tank when I...

Now I am in this situation.. a guppy I didn't think was pregnant.. has popped 17 fry out overnight, crowding my already overfull 27litre tank to extreme. Home made breeding net (sterilized plastic 'gutter guard') to the rescue!

PAINFULL :blink:

Piece of timber I mentioned.. all soaked and clean. It looks like rock but its partially petrified. Photo doesn't do it justice (terrible phone camera) but hoping some java moss will take to it and become centerpiece of tank. container under it is creek gravel.. pondering using it around the...

OK, noted. Thanks all.

Cruising through the many great threads on here.. I see pictures of some great tanks, and notice in a lot of them people have their heaters at an angle like 45 degrees or so. Did i miss a topic as to what benefits this has? The heater I just bought just had a diagram showing it be straight...

Guppy vote here.

I was told if I had extra fry my LFS would swap them for food/filter wool, etc. Might just be the friendly guy who owns it, but worth a try in your local.

Yah they look crowded. One of the male guppies is at this moment just sitting on the bottom of the tank. That stress from the crowd? The fact that one of the females looks square enough to pop fries has me worried, as my bigger tank is nowhere near cycled to take them on. How many harlequin...

Harlequins. that rings a bell. How many Harls make a shoal? These 2 stick together a lot. The tank was a kit on a $50 special.. for sons room as a nightlight. Bought 7 fish, dropped them in a day later and only those 2 survived. (went back and went off for not giving relevant info to a newbie...

Not sure what these 2 fish are..

My sons has a angel260 tank (26litre? all in one type tank) with 14 guppies, a bristle-nose catfish and 2 other fish I don't know. One of the females dropped 7 fry 2 weeks ago, all of which survived. To me this tank looks over crowded.. I am currently trying to set up and start cycling a...

Sorry. was posting at 2am ) lol. will do on the ammonia/water flow path.

Bought some gravel and an internal filter from the LFS. I want use gravel from the under gravel filter (as fluttermouth suggested above) to seed the filter for this tank. What is the best way of actually doing that.. there is no room in the filter body to put gravel next to the sponge.. would...

Gratz! and well done with the patience required )

Sounded too easy) ONLY reason i even looked at it is because we have a galv roof with galv tanks, and told the tank water can affect fish in tanks. tnx for info )

Do these work, and how well ? http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/BRAND-NEW-BOX-HANG-NITRATE-REACTOR-/190560939756?pt=AU_Pet_Supplies&hash=item2c5e512eec

Fish newbie. Learning daily.

Ok. Will do !

Next question.. timber in the actual water (so sitting on the bottom of the creek) just needs a good soak for a few days in old tank water and it's OK to use in a tank? Found a nice piece of partially petrified wood..

Awesome, and I will remember the gravel idea. Tank has only just been cleaned, so jumping way ahead. It has the old metal/stainless steel trim, so trying to decide whether to leave it and be retro, or find some neater black plastic trim. Glass has a few healthy surface scratches too. Being a...

Its one of those all in 1 for $50 deals, with an under gravel filter. Planning my tank to have a media type filter. Taking some gravel from his, suspended in a new stocking for them to leach into the water and into a media filter would work? (been browsing threads.. think I read that...

Thnx for the replies. The rainwater isn't an issue atm.. half the state is flooded (http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/man-dies-as-further-flooding-hits-nsw-20120304-1uak6.html) Nothing from our house goes into the creek area. Like the clean environment. Rainwater is great.. no air...

G'day and Hi from Australia. I am just getting back into fish tanks after having one as a kid. I live in the rural area of New South Wales, and picked up a 125litre 20 year old tank that was refurbished. It has been sitting outside in the elements. Checked all the seals and it holds water...