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mwg
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25th Jul 06 at 16:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Excellent. I'll do that then.

Thanks for the advice
Cosmo
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25th Jul 06 at 16:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
Excellent. I'll do that then.

Thanks for the advice


np. Just drop us a U2U if you get stuck!!
Russ
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26th Jul 06 at 06:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
To the tune of 10 green bottles :-

##4 dead neons, floating on the top, 4 dead neons, floating on the top##
GREG 1
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26th Jul 06 at 07:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Russ
To the tune of 10 green bottles :-

##4 dead neons, floating on the top, 4 dead neons, floating on the top##



You serious?
antonOO2
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26th Jul 06 at 09:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yes you found out the hard way ,neons will not live in a uncycled tank
Ally
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26th Jul 06 at 09:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Thats all Neons are for, suicidal tank cycling missions.

I hate Tetras
GREG 1
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26th Jul 06 at 09:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Cardinals all the way for me!
GREG 1
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26th Jul 06 at 09:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Problem is thats buggered up his tank now aswell.
Half Pint
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26th Jul 06 at 10:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'm just getting all the bits together for a tank but am missing one key component of the pump/heater i have and that is the tempature guage / control for a Eheim 232, has any body got one going spare?
Ally
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26th Jul 06 at 10:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I can only find the replacement pads tony

Have u tried calling Ehiem direct?
cunningham
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26th Jul 06 at 10:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
a want a tank i used to have a tropical one when i was younger but would love a huge marine tank
marklaruk
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26th Jul 06 at 10:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
place i work they never recommend putting neons in a new tank, they try and make it as easy and problem free at first by just putting 5 harlequins in and nothing else for a week or 2...

i know people do put neons in as first fish, but its a 50/50 thing

[Edited on 26-07-2006 by marklaruk]
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quote:
Originally posted by Ally
I can only find the replacement pads tony

Have u tried calling Ehiem direct?


Not yet, just been lookin around on the net, but thanks Ally
cunningham
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26th Jul 06 at 10:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
why whats wrong with neons??
Ally
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26th Jul 06 at 10:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I just hate them they are nippy little shits and do fuck all for a tank

oh look, a shoal, a shoal of little weird nippy little bastards that nip on other fish

DIE DIEEE
cunningham
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26th Jul 06 at 10:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
could you build your own tank if you had the glass etc??

im sure my dad made my last one and it was well smart

hes a joiner so could maybe rustle something up

do they attack other fish??

[Edited on 26-07-2006 by cunningham]
GREG 1
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26th Jul 06 at 10:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cardinals!!!
marklaruk
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26th Jul 06 at 10:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
neons are sometimes abit too delicate to go in a new tank and as russ has found out they sometimes don't make it

like i say people do it and have no problems, but its abit risky.

whereas harlequins are good hardy fish and we will always recommend them even if the buyers dont like them... better off getting the tank going with something your not too keen on rather than putting something nice in that maybe wont make it
Ally
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26th Jul 06 at 10:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Tetras do nip yeh, ok yes they do look good in big mother fucker shoals but i wouldnt have them again

Yeh your dad could build a tank as long as the glass was thick enough and he used the proper sealant, and had a lid with room for a light fitting
cunningham
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26th Jul 06 at 10:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
mmmmm chears guys is there any sites for building a tank and stand


my dad always needs dimensions to work from lol

i could even do it

aye just use water tight silicon for the joins
mwg
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26th Jul 06 at 10:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
you really dont like tetras do you
GREG 1
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26th Jul 06 at 10:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I would say Plattys, get x2 plattys and they will cycle your tank well..

If you go into your local fish shop and tell them you put fish in to help cycle they all died then they wont be too pleased!
cunningham
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26th Jul 06 at 10:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
what do you mean cycle??
antonOO2
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26th Jul 06 at 11:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
you have to establish the bacterial colonies in your tank that will turn the harmful nitrates into nitrites (think thats the right way round).I usually takes about 2 weeks but each case is different.
Dean_W
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26th Jul 06 at 11:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
My tank cycled in 4 days.

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