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  1. Fish have successfully moved from Melbourne to Townsville

    Hi all,

    just a quick update: looking at prices of Stendkers in the size range we had in Melbourne we found it worthwhile to relocate the fish, have done this with JetPets, and all went fabulously...
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    Dave @ Aquagreen

    Yes, I can only agree 150 % to all this - Dave is bliss for anyone far north, but also anywhere else in the country. Great plants, great prices and great advice. Give him a try & you won't be...
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    Tank builder in Townsville

    G'day Steve,

    thanks for the heads-up, and I'll get in touch with Mick shortly.

    Cheers, Florian
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    Moving fish from Melbourne to Townsville

    Hi all,

    can I extend this discussion a bit and ask for advice on whon to contact in relation to moving our Stendker discus colony, as well as our other fish from Melbourne to Townsville ?

    Tank,...
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    Tank builder in Townsville ?

    G'day,

    we'll be moving to Magnetic Island / Townsville in FNQ shortly & I would be interesting to learn if anyone knows of a quality tank builder in Townsville who has experience in > 1, 500...
  6. Stendker discus f. sale - Moving frm Melbourne to Townsville

    G'day all,

    we'll be moving (again) in April, this time from Melbourne to Townsville and most likely will have to get new wild discus in TV.

    Questions:

    1. Does anyone have an idea whom to...
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    Feeding beefheart mix in community tanks

    We feed Merrilyn's beefheart mix to our gang of discus, and the entire tank thrives on it - bristlenoses, catfishes, peppies, various smaller cichlids and the tetras.

    Frequent generous water...
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    You cannot order direct from Aquarium Industries

    Hi all,

    as my impression is that some folks here misunderstood my earlier thread I want to clarify that you cannot order fish directly from AI, as they are a wholesale importer only, and they also...
  9. Giant Pencils and discus

    Just a quick update on the thread: we have had 6 Anostomus anostomus housed together with our 15 discus for a number of months and had no major problem so far. A bit of nipping now & then, but discus...
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    Getting wild / wild-type discus through Aquarium Industries

    AI is a wholesale importer, correct, but you can coordinate your order with them and ask for delivery through your local fish store. Obviously they will charge a mark-up, but it's worth the effort -...
  11. Thread: silica sand

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    Sand for discus tank

    We're using washed playsand from Bunnings and it's great. Not exactly pure white, more light beige, but looks very natural, the fish like it and snorkel around in it for food.
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    This post is now obsolete, as we have great 'wilds' from AI

    :wave2 :wave2 :wave2
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    'Wilds' from Stendker via Aquarium Industries

    Hi all,

    I purchased a bunch of Alenquer, Santarem and Stendker Tefe from AI a while ago and am extremely please with their quality and price (100 bucks for a 7 cm adolescent discus including all...
  14. Any problems in keeping Anostomus anostomus with discus ?

    Hi all,

    we finally have a good-sized flock of young discus swimming in our 1,000 litre tank (1/3rd Alenquer, 1/3rd Santarem, 1/3rd Stendker Tefe) :wave2 and I am thinking about adding a few Giant...
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    Wild discus juvis available ?

    Hi all,

    with all the different wilds in the forum I wonder whether some of you have nice fry / juvis that you would be interested to part with. IWe are specifically after anything that is in the...
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    How do I bring out the colours in my fish ?

    G'day all,

    the problem I have is that while the plants in our 950 litre tank are taking off really well all the fish look pretty dull - my wide is beating the sh.. out of me for spending hundreds...
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    I have great success with sand for the kiddies...

    I have great success with sand for the kiddies sandpit from Bunnings; wash it excessively though, but it looks great - light beige and pretty natural.
  18. Sticky: Excel also promotes growth of BGA !

    Hi all,

    well, to add to the downsides of the Seachem Excel Flourish I'd like to mention that we recently had a huge outbreak of blue-green algae in our tank which was about to smother all our...
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    Playground sand from Bunnings is the way to go

    G'day everyone,

    I had a look at plain white quartz / silica sand and deemed it too artificial in look; finally we went with 300 kilos of kiddies sand from Bunnings, sold in bags at 9 bucks per...
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    Daschund = Dachshund = Dackel

    Hi all,

    no pun intended :D , but as I am of German origin and love these dogs the name needs to be adjusted - they are correctly called "Dachshund, Dackel or Teckel".

    These dogs have been bred...
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    Discus community in Adelaide

    Hi folks,

    and another discus lover from Adelaide; we´re setting up a 10ft / 1,200 litre tank at the moment and are looking for Heckel discus, as well as solid reds, eg Nhamunda, Ica, Traira or the...
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    Hi from Adelaide (another one...)

    Hi folks,

    we just recently migrated to this gorgeous place and are reestablishing our fish tank. Unfortunately the movers smashed one of the panes, so it needs repair - once this is done and us...
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