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thanks it was just an idea and youve helped clear things up. i was mainly worried because in summer were expecting temps up to 40 degrees c or 100 + farenheight. just hope our house cooling systems can keep the temps low enough

currently i have 2 frshwater tanks and was thinking about moving to salt water in a year or so maybe more depending on money. i was thinking of running my 4 foot 44 gallon as a fowlr and using the 20 as a sump, then many years down the track ( as in when i have a decent job) upgrading to a...

would it be better to use natural light, i.e have your tank near a window (as we have great light were i live) or use an exspensive lighting setup. As far as i can tell all your doin with the light is trying to simulate sunlight, arnt you? please correct me if im being an idiot :roll:

thanks a lot for that, helped with my understanding.

dont you have to seed them with a bit of dirt or sumthing and the pearl is a coating that solidifies and is the oysters way of stoppig it irritating them, thats my basic understanding of cultured pearls

im just trying to get information for when i plan to have a SW tank, what is it that a skimmer or protein skimmer actually does? i thoght the weir could rplace it apperntly m mistaken p.s im about to finish my high school exams and have loads of projects in mind

as far as i can tell the smaller one doesnt have any filters and the like or have i misinterpreted it? so those cost may add up to make the difference

if you have a drilled tank and say a corner wier, if you use fine filter media does it remove the nedd for a skimme? as i understand it a skimmer is to clear the surface level of water so the weir should do this right?

once my clown loaches have been moved all i will have is 6 neons and 1 CAE in my 20 gal do you think i would be ok with 2 males and 3 females in there. I like the idea of being able to have a flame red and a blue neon in the one tank

as this is a beginners thread im gonna ask what is probably a very stupid question, from my understanding you can use plain sand that isnt silica? based and seed it with live sand, as i live relatively close to beaches would it be posiible to "borrow" some. p.s i dont plant to go into S,W for...

im not too sure but what fish you can get depends on the temprement of your betta. i kept neons and a betta fine, but a more agressive one may be a problem with tetras, can anyone confirm this??? but what ever you do dont kepp dwarf gouramis there bright colours will make him a target

ooh i didnt know that the airstone could deprive my plants of c02. i have to HOB filters they dont create many bubble but move the surface a fair bit would this create enough oxygen for my fish?

wish my problems were like this. yesterday temps reached 36 degrees C and my 20 gallon raised 2 degrees above normal temp. i used floated platic cups of ice to keep temp regulated/down. this is goin to be my plan over summer theres no way i can afford a chiller.

upon a bit of research it is apparent that hatchet fish are practically impossible to get hold of. i was particuarly interested in them ad they are active top dwellers, what others could fulfil this role in my tank??

thnks for the advice, now comes the fun part of trying to find some, havnt seen any hatchets or oto's in my LFS