Don't forget to show us the finished product! Looks like it'll be great when you get it done.

My angels have spawned. I am now a spawn thief, i stole half to try to raise myself. Updates as i go, hopefully it will result in young angels!

My BN colony is growing again, i now have

1x male common longfin
1x female common longfin

2x female common shortfin <-----hoping to get a male for them this weekend

1x male albino shortfin
1x female albino shortfin

1x female albino longfin <-----looking for a male for her

1x marble, too small to sex <-----more to come

1x male peppermint
4x unknown peppermint (looks like it might be 3 females and 1 male, will still be 12 months before i can sex them i think)

And quite a few common LF & SF fry (male LF and female SF pairing result)

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Mmmmmmm.

Fish and chips soon?

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Calm, quiet, smooth, devastating

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I'll try to get some of the angel fry

The LF BN & LF/SF fry will be difficult because the breeding tank is the colour of black tea *L*

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Well, next time you're electrofacating them, throw some LED's in with the toaster and we'll be able to see them. You'll even be able to use them on the tree this Christmas.

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PF, these are fry, not boilers.

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Calm, quiet, smooth, devastating

*L* I neither electrify nor shoot my fish!

Now....sadly i lost all the angel fry Prolly a bit of a good thing too in that i have a new stand with 3 more tanks coming (i didnt really want the tanks but it was an all or nothing deal!) 1 of the new tanks coming is cactus and will be scrapped. So i am looking at moving the angel tank onto the 3 tiered stand, moving with fry would not be good, now i can move them and try again next spawn

I deally i wanted to put the stand where the 4ft is currently sitting, but lo and behold i now have brand new albino bn fry and they definately wont take a move well. So now i'll either put it where the 3ft Angel is currently or store it and wait 3 weeks or so til i can move the 4ft...decisions decisions!

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Due to a massive hike in power costs here (bastards!) i'll be insulating all my tanks 3 sides with foam to limit heat loss. I'll also only be running some tanks during summer when the heaters only have to cut in on occassion. Also will be running many of the breeding anks off 1 air pump for filtration.

In winter i'll shut many of them back down like i did this winter.




Ohhhhhhh i also have a new little planted octagonal tank (30litres) its housing 2 apple snails, Gary & Tas, also some malaysian trumpet snails and pond snails that hitchiked in.

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It sounds like the logistic planing room of the Pentagon.

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Yep bit like that!

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Always fun to come and see how the family is doing. Noah, you do wonders with all your gang! Thanks for sharing with us.

Bilbo bought me a new canister filter a weeks or so back! Anyway today i chucked it on the 2.5ft planted tank. Now its rated for a 200litre tank, personally i think it would be struggling to filter that amount, the tank its on now is a 130litre, so hopefully it will do the job ok.

My new tiers and tanks didnt arrive, the guy resceduled thrice, yeah ok shit happens, but when i have waited at home all weekend for him to turn up..grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I can't complain i spose he is delivering them for nothing. Still no word as to what happened to him today yet. At this rate our Ute will be on the road and i'll pick em up myself *L*

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We'll keep our fingers (or legs if that would relieve more pressure ) in hopes they arrive today.

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