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Just curious about your Australian Freshwater setup? can you tell me a bit about it, i have been considering seting up something like that my self. What kind of dish and equiptment are you using for it etc
Thanks
Mick.

G`Day Mick

Ok its a 132 litre long tank (35g for my American Freinds )
I have two silver perch, a Yellow tandanus and a Australian bass in it at the moment oh and a Yabbie that keeps escaping LOL. I use low level lighting 2 corner filters and a Hang on whisper powerfilter. I keep the temp about 26C 78F. Ph is 6.5 at the moment. Im going to upgrade it as the perch and Tandanua get bigger. I do a 20% water change once a week as they are pretty clean fish unlike cichlids. I am also letting algea grow on the back wall and a large shell I have in there to help keep the nitrates in check, plus I like look of it

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yeh i have 3 yabbies,,, did have 4 until one escaped about 4-5 weeks back,, found it on the weekend - well atleast the dog did anyway, he found it pretty tasty too. They are great at climbing air tubes etc.
The yabbie in your other post is a different variety to mine i think,the variety i have is Cherax destructor - the last bit says it all,, damn things destroy everything, Rip up and eat all the plants, move the gravel and (small)rocks to where ever they want and kill any fish they can get a hold of.
I have a 2 tandanus one about 2 inches and another about 5-6 inches, they are pretty cool to watch, especialy when they go Digging. I also have 2 Salmon tail catfish about 8-9 inches long - i beleive they are Australian natives as well, gota watch those spikes though, got a nasty jab the other day when i was adding some more gravel to there tank, damn painful.
Do you know any good sites with Information about Australian native fish?? I cant seem to find any information on what PH, temp, etc these guys like, i have asked a few LFS and they all say the same thing about ANY fish "Keep the PH neutral". You must have quite a few tanks set up you seem to have a bit of everything,, how many do you actualy have setup?
Anyway Thanks for the reply.

I will keep an eye out for for Aussie sites for you

Yeah all those fish you mentioned sre natives here. I had a salmontailed catfish nut he got too big and was getting to be a pain.

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TONY
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What kind of affect does that shell have on the water, got several shells similar to that that have been picked up by the trawlers laying around at home.

Wish I did I paid a small fortune for that one. Not too sure on how to describe it but I suppose it gives a tranquil under sea sort of look. The pic doeasnt show it too well but I have a blue light over tha tank and really brings out the shells` colours as well as growing a nice green algea which the fish seem to eat a lot of.

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TONY
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