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libbyb: thanks!. The leaves last about a week. They are indian almond leaves/ketapang leaves which is used to lower PH and create black water. So because my dwarf cichlids come from black water i know it's compatible. Also another way to figure out when to take them out of the tank is when they...

plants plants plants and a pic of the apisto female and rams "schooling".. having a girls night haha. It's hilarious how much the apisto female loves the rams.

they are very pretty!.. i'm a bit disappointed i didn't get a male.. these girls are so pretty so i can just imagine how awesome the male would look. Update on the planting i've done.. not happy as of yet but tomorrow i'm going to pull out some plants from my works pond ;) hahaha.. i was...

oh my goshhhh!! A few times i've seen the 2 female rams about to fight each other and just as their flaring and about to ram each other the female apisto comes out and goes in between them and then the rams back off from fighting.. I'll try and get a pic next time.. It's amazing :D

Actually i think i might go with the rasboras :) .. thanks to all for the suggestions. Once again i was about an hour away from home and checked out another fish store.. and for the firdt time i found good quality german blue rams.. so i bought a pair!! however when i brought them home and...

thanks!.. the tank looks horrible atm tho.. so greeeen from meds haha.. ive actually put card covering the front to hide the tank and telling people the tank is "currently under contruction" :P yeah i know their ment to be peaceful.. but mine arent. So over all the fighting and the no...

My tank at the moment:

thanks! i'll try and take some decent photo's when the sun goes down. Fish problems aren't fun especially when i thought i was doing everything carefully and slowly. anyway i'm really struggling to find a small peaceful schooling fish haha.. maybe i'll scrap the schooling fish altogether :/...

I've finally gone and bought some black card for a background!.. i like it :) and it sorta goes with my unintentional amazon river theme (except for the plants... no idea where they are from >.>). sorry about the horrible photo's.. my camera is giving up on life. I'm still having problems...

Here's what i've done... it's not much of a change tho haha but it's all i can do for now with what i have. When i get a chance i'm going to try out a background as HN1 suggested. It's super cloudy as i scrubbed heaps of brown algea away.

here you go jason: I don't think i'll stick it on the tank but it can live where it is in the pic's for now. I'm also rearranging the tank.. not sure how i want it tho! I'll have a little play around :) also thinking about swapping the neon's for another schooling fish.. But dunnnnnno i'm...

haha It's a sticker and when i saw it.. i just had to have it! I got it from here: NEW Sticker decal for aquarium fish tank marine cabinet - eBay Fish Tanks, Fish, Pet Supplies, Home. (end time 27-Sep-10 12:40:28 AEST) But that sticker has a different description and picture... But same...

ah well.. it was only a few bucks. One of my 30 litre tanks came with Styrofoam built in the bottom hahaha

OHH and i got something for my fish tank from ebay!. I think it's essential.. as important as the filter >.> haha.

haha she probably realised she can't eat it haha. here's a pic of bailey trying to steal attention away from the fish tank when i was setting it up... i have never seen him lay like this before hahahah

ok thanks everyone. The store i bought it off said that the Styrofoam spreads and absorbs the weight of the tank and without it, it could crack.

Update on my apisto male: he is looking more pretty each day and has been showing off in front of his woman (I've decided it defiantly is a female >.>). The female is getting fatter so i won't be surprised if they spawn any time soon. Still have to make the cave cory proof tho!!! The couple have...

aww that is so cute tho! when i tell my dog to look at the fish he just looks for a couple of seconds then looks at me like.. "SOOOO??" ..If he can't eat them, he's not interested haha.

Hi, I had read that someone's tank cracked because it wasn't positioned properly on the Styrofoam (however it was alot bigger than mine and older). My tank is not on the Styrofoam properly :( . In your opinion do you think my tank will be ok?. here is a picture showing the left edge hanging...

The fish man: I got the tank from a small pet store that specializes in fish. It was the only largish square 1.. looks amazing compared with rectangular tanks imo. hahaha dragonfish, your dog sounds just like mine except he's not too interested in the fish he only looks when i point at it and...

hehe same! I just thought they were cute little round catfish.. but their personality is very cute and funny. I did buy a lid with my tank but they never called me when it was made and so i forgot about it until we were pretty much moving over. thanks mandy2936.. i've found that having black...

These cories are a bad influence haha. They swim around like crazy and up the sides of the tank and now Mr Apisto is joining with the schooling especially copying their 'swim super fast up to the surface' routine.. makes me nervous that i don't have a lid!!.. i think i better go get 1 made...

mellowyellow: thanks!.. I think the wood is leaching tannins because when i put them in they dropped the ph (which is what i wanted) and also when i take any water out of the tank you can see the slight tea colour. I think the lighting i have makes the water look clearer, i have 2 pink globes...

wooow 13 hours!! I'm glad it went well for you!. haha at the seat belt around them!.. got to keep your babies all buckled in and safe hehe. I've got another update on the tank :) i was about an hour away from home and checked out a fish store.. it was really nice and big but sooooo busy...

thanks everyone! HN1: I might see what a background looks like.. do you think just plain black?.. i really wanted to make 1 of those 3d background or even just buy 1.. but i dont think i can be bothered now since everything is in it already.. i think you have to silicon those backgrounds in...