Nanglebadger

legend...but who's gonna wash my car now! aye! never thought of how this would impact ME did u! ppffffffttttttttt!!! lol, really chuffed for u buddy, i know how much u wanted it!!!!!!!!!!! Phil.

he is either mentally retarded, or an utter genius. either way, his account got "Phil'd". Phil.

very cool man! Phil.

holy fuck. im on it. Phil.

hey dude, would u happen to have the headlight adjustment mechanisms at all? i believe they are some sort of bracket with a long bolt through them, possible with a ball on one end?? in good working order? Phil.

mollys breed like fuck. fact. also, coral...in a tropical tank??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Phil.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmega! Phil.

i reckon the K1's quicker........................................................... lol Phil.

indeed, u would need to insure the gravel is appropriate for them mate, its their barbs that are sensitive, wrong gravel can cut them. check with the LFS (local fish shop) first dude, even take a sample of the gravel in with u to check. Phil.

^^^^agreed, hence why i have the pygmies in mine! they rock! Phil.

BHP claims are to be accompanied by the graph in question or events guys will have to instruct the numpty in question to remove the sheets. Phil.

wow! thats immense dude!!! would defo consider a 5 after seeing that! Phil.

having read this, im inclined to stay away from Polys now and probably just stay with original ones. cheers lads. Phil.

cheers madmax! Bucket - the reason i asked about shells and burrows appearing is that they would be typical signs of a mantis shrimp, which is an out and out nasty bastard. at night, if u hear "pop" "pop" "pop" from the tank, that'll be one smashing out the live rock to make its burrow bigger. however, the fact that the shells are still in tact would suggest possibly not a mantis shrimp then. if u were picking out rock crabs it could have been those that got the snails, if they get big enough they can do serious damage to fish. Mantis shrimp however are bonified fish killers. and starting with a fresh tank may not solve much, if u put fresh live rock in you'll get fresh hitch hikers, and larvae can take a long time to mature to a stage when u will more easily spot critters in your tank, our marine tank was running 6 months + before the mantis appeared...figure that one lol! just some cautionary advice from some issues we've had lol. Phil.

sorry lol it just seems like the logical choice, rather than some poor person having to worry about that jazz too. host the template on the forum as a free resource, folk download, populate, print, laminate, bring with them, if they forget, they suck. and if someone's spec list is bigger than the template they just put more returns between the headers and populate away, then if its 4 pages long well sure its their windscreen their filling, not anyone elses. jobs a good 'un. Phil.

Zoe speaks the truth, cleaners are invaluable, hence my Otos and corrys and amannos. bucket - sounds like a good plan man. the bristles are comin outta the live rock man, u get a lot of hitch hikers in there, keep an eye out for claws hiding in holes in the rock. also, u say your turbo snails kicked it - any damage to the shells? and any random burrows appeared in the live rock or sand?? Phil.

no, because it looks utter bollox. lol two corals left, one of which isnt happy, and nothing but live rock and sand. cant figure it out, damn thing gets regular salt water and RO changes, its running a monster light system, two power heads and a completely separate sump in the cab underneath. we also have some sort of nasty hitch hiker fucker killing fish, and i cant catch the fuck, or our luck with it gets worse. general fish health has got alot better tho as we've evened out the levels and all 3 lions are ALOT happier. but we lost a tang and a copperband in the space of two days, for no reason, and there was damage on the copperband, hence i think we have a predator, not sure. its also riddled with tasias, damn things. need to get the lemon juice out to them. Phil.

can we not host the template on the forum, then folk can hard type in their deets, print it off, get it laminated, and bring it themselves, and if they forget, its their own tuff shite????? Phil.

I'm currently running 3 tanks, two are my own and the third i had to set up this week to house two ancistrus catfish that belong to Mark until he is ready to take them as they were destroying my big tank. First up here is my newest tank, she's a 200L running an external Eheim 2213 pump/filter and 4 T5 Marine bulbs. The plan for this tank is LOTS and LOTS of small fish and hundreds of Red Cherry Shrimp (RCS) and heavily planted. As u can see, its getting there. I got a bit side tracked with mark's catfish and I added a Queen Arabesque Pleco before realising it would hunt the RCS, so i need to remove him before i can add those. The two ancistrus were making a massive mess and were eating my Amazon Sword plants, so I have now removed them to a seperate smaller tank until Mark is ready for them, which is where i will move the pleco too also if i can catch him. then there is nothing stopping the master plan lol! The substrate is fine black gravel over JBL soil with some clay balls thrown in for good measure, and the tank receives EasiCarbo on a daily basis also for the plants, this will be supplemented with some Ferropol (spelling) soon too to also aid in the growth of the plants. The swords and the Cryptocorns ann Anubus are all showing fresh growth which is good, as are the other various plants and moss. anyways, pics: Overall view of the big tank: Some of the livestock: Overall effect again: Best part was, the entire set up was free(bar the live stock)! Mark's fiances' mum wanted rid, so it came to me and now resides in my man-den beside my room! win! The current livestock figures for it are as follows: Neons x 36 Wild Green Neons x 3 Ember Tetras x 17 Mosquito Rasboras x 32 Pygmy Corrydoras x 6 Danio x 1 Otocinclus x 6 Amanno Shrimp x 12 Queen Arabesque Pleco x 1 Blue Rasboras x 34 I plan to add more neons and more ember tetras as they shoal together really well and the plan was for them to shoal through the heavy vegetation, so should look mega, and also the breeding groups of RCS. This is the second tank i've had to set-up to stop the ancistruses eating and shitting over everything! as u can see it's rather hastily thrown together. You can see the Starlight Ancistrus on the pump and the Albino behind it: And this of course is my one-off custom fighter tank, home to 6 bettas and 7 amanno shrimp: My dad's rocking a marine tank with 2 yellow tangs, 2 lion fish, 1 Volitans lion fish, a white flounder and some hermits but we are having nothing but bother with it. Phil.

i've been using a K&N for the last 6 years, it rocks the Kasbha! Phil.

oh. my. word! WANT! Phil.

nice purchases dude! didnt realise Jay was selling the magazine, I've perused that bad boy a few times, it is MUCH winz! Phil.

much win. Phil.

im no MX5 fan, but that is sexual! Phil.

schtop whinning and get the car ready to fit it u crackwhoreslag! Phil.