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The Task: To write some content (Library Article, How-to, etc…) here on SKF that helps existing and new members in furthering their knowledge in the hobby. Publish it to the appropriate section of the site and place a link back in this thread. I will select a winner the day after the competition closes. Because you are contributing quality content to the forum, I’ll waiver minimum post count for this comp. Due to shipping costs, this is limited to Australian SKF members only. SKF staffers can also participate as they will not be part of the winner selection process. Timeframes: Start: Now Ends: 21st December, 2015 Winner announced: 22nd December, 2015 The Rules: Must be your original work Can’t be published anywhere else Own pictures should be used – where there is a legitimate reason to use an external image, this will need to be referenced appropriately All reference material should be cited correctly – plagiarism = no entry Hints: Pick a topic that is unique or hasn’t been written about too many times Paragraphs and photos make for easy reading Look at some of the frequently asked questions by newcomers for topic ideas The Prize: A portable RO unit, kindly donated to us by FSA.

Up for grabs is one awesome BossAquaria pack which consists of the following items: 1. 1 Shrimp Crack 2. 1 Baby Powder 3. 1 Snow 4. 1 Mineral Balls pack How to play - Each member can pick one number until the draw on the 24th December 2015 between 1 - 45. If there are extra number available closer to the draw date I will allow people to pick extra numbers. Once you pick your number for the day you can NOT edit your post. Any edited post will not be counted. I will advise the winner once the Powerball has been chosen on the 24th December 2015. To be eligible to play this competition you must have a minimum of 10 posts on the forum and based in Australia. Other moderators are eligible to play. Good Luck and Have Fun!

So I put the tank together on Friday evening. Jumping the gun a little, I cleaned it early Saturday afternoon, and resealed it Saturday evening. It is now Sunday early arvo, The cure period isn't over yet, but I just want to flood it... If you want more pics, I posted an article on how to build a tank.

You need to just get a bigger tank.

A close call but @perplex takes it out by 1 vote. Send @ageofaquariums a PM to organise at your earliest convenience.

my crs tank is close to needing a cull, I've wanted to have a tank like this since i started looking in to shrimp. Crs every where! Haha

Congrats @keego you have got your self prize number 1. Very methodical way of picking I think. Good work. Prize #2 and #3 to go. Good Luck.

This took abit longer than expected and they didnt do what i wanted them to do but this will have to do :P And yes you can feel them picking away lol

Give it a few minutes to finish uploading

Congrats to the winners so far @keego @kizshrimp, I will hold off shipping until all items won!! remember to get your guesses in!!

I have been using the fans for 3 years now for my CRS tank and really haven't had an issue with the shrimp. I have shown the huge colony I had in the tank on another thread. The only reason I'm changing over is the fans look untidy during the summer. This last week here in Adelaide we have had 4 days over 40 degrees and the tank never went over 24 so it is possible to use fans on bigger tanks. I don't think I would recommend them on small tanks as the volume of water isn't big enough to stop large swings in temp but the larger tanks remain much more stable.

Here is my entry for this competition :) Breeding Celestial Pearl Danios Good luck to everyone entering!

So I've been meaning to post for the last week about my experience with macropore, but life kept getting in the way! For anyone who comes across this thread in future, better late than never I figure. Step 1: checked my test kit by testing RO water at the same time. As you can see, the test kit was reading fine but my tank nitrates were through the roof. I added 375ml of macropore to my 440L tank last Sunday. I didn't have time to dismantle the filter (plus something always goes wrong and I end up dumping water all over the carpet), so I just hung it in my tank in front of the power head: After 24 hours, I did the first test. Nitrates were way down to 10-20 already. After 48 hours there wasn't a huge amount of difference, but it was closer to 10 than 20. After 48 hours I got bored of testing my nitrates every 24 hours. Jeez, do I hate that test kit. </rant> Ahem. So after 1 week, I managed to get the macropore into the filter (without too many accidents) and the results are great - looks like 10 to me :) Can't say that the shrimp look that much different yet - I don't know how they survived so long with such high nitrates (and don't get me started on the Ph), but for now it appears to be stable. Thanks everyone for the input!

Apparently the 2213 can work well with a resun650. One of our members recently was telling me that was what he uses on his 3 ft tank. I did a bit of research and ended up getting the resun 650 for my 210 litre tank . We have sponsors here that sell chillers so we can't give you any external links of where else you can buy chillers but you do get a discount for being a member if you use our sponsors. Most of the chillers are now all made in China anyway. I have been keeping my 210 litre cool with 4 computer fans linked to a temperature controller. The tank is in the house but we only have evaporative cooling for the house aircon - except in my shrimp room they have refrigerated aircon but the 210 is in another room- however the fans have kept the water below 24 even with the 44 c temp that we have had here in Adelaide this week . I haven't connected the chiller yet as I'm waiting for some taps to come so can't say how much better a chiller is but I'm sure it will be worth it once it's finally connected.

Thanks guys. Nogi has got my first lot of culls but I'm sure I'll have some more soon.

It didn't have to come down to it, he had the votes anyway.

Aww bugger the Co2 is goneeeeeeeeeeee :P

if the quality was there i'd agree with you but there are lots that aren't up to my color standards. i culled 3 males (as a start) from this tank and 3 blond tiger males from the orange eye tank. i have some pics on the dslr that i need to get off now that i think about it!. i found a nice dark baby tiger as well when i was watching them I've seen a prl/crs pair that has prompted me to put my breeding box's to use! so ill be isolating them soon to hopefully produce some nice bubs, the only issue is shes dropped heaps of eggs from the last couple of times berried.

sorry @FMuscle thanks for the comp and thanks @ageofaquariums

... I need that soil :( Good job @perplex

Wow that's so cool and detailed. Looking forward to what others post as well.

F14

Here is my entry.

Congrats on the win mate

I forgot to add thanks heaps to newbreed for putting up these items and perplex if you win the net I'll do a swap with ya lol

A different type of dinner time!

E8 pls let it be substrate hehe love your work newbreed :-)

Mint cheers iv been experimenting with making my own lol

Try polyfoam.com.au product code E-50-2 or phone foamex and mention the same code. They don't advertise they have them but if you ask then they will get their equivalent. I tried emailing but they didn't answer any of them. Polyfoam and foamex are in most states.

Full tank shot... Taken and uploaded from my phone. Full tank shot... Taken and uploaded from my phone. And a few more close ups of each side