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Kleinz

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In Topic: Quick + Easy + Cheap Diy Led Conversion

25 July 2015 - 09:49 PM

Good job. At a little under 100lumens/watt it's going to be reasonably economical. If you are growing plants in the tank I will be interested to see how well the spectrum suits them.

 

How close are they to the perspex? They look flush in the pix. That would be my worry in terms of heat.


In Topic: Wtb: Shell Dwellers Cichlids

22 July 2015 - 10:11 PM

Have seen ocellatus of various colours at Morley recently.


In Topic: Lake Victorians

22 July 2015 - 02:21 PM

They are tricky to come by, and a bit sporadic.

 

I breed ptyochromis hippo point salmon and astatotilapia aeneocolor yellow belly alberts ( not strictly a Victorian, I think).

 

 Apart from latifasciata, I have seen enterochromis paropius, a peaceful and very pretty fish. There are some python island pundamilia nyereri about, as well as haplochromis sp.44 "thickskin. Also some haplochromis thereuterion and a few lithocromis types if you can track them down. Egyptian mouthbrooders ( pseudocrenilabrus multicolor) might even qualify.

 

These and others are floating about at sponsor stores and in breeders'collections, but not a great many. Have seen them at Aquotix, Vebas, Rob's, Morley, Midland . The main point is if you have more than one species of Victorian, don't keep them in the same tank (unless it's an all male display), as the females resemble each other pretty closely and the fry are pretty much indistinguishable.


In Topic: Can I Use This Wood In An Aquarium?

20 July 2015 - 11:14 AM

Just zap with pressure cleaner then soak and it should be fine IMO


In Topic: 10,000 Fish Die

14 July 2015 - 07:58 AM

It's arguable that Brazil already has the world's largest freshwater aquarium. It's called the Amazon.