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I wish I had room for killies. Hopefully they'll still be in the hobby when I'm ready.

I want to see the BEFORE shot. Nice work.

Wow! Great job. But I'm tired just looking at that fabulous sanding and coating job you've done. *lol*

Find an LFS that stocks Aqua Worm by Aquarium Science. http://www.petshop-online.com.au/prod1082.htm It contains praziquantel I think. Other people have used Avitrol, a bird wormer. If you do a search on Avitrol you should find some threads that talk about it.

LOL we are so on the same page Paul. Unfortunately it's hard to avoid DIY altogether as a fishkeeper. There always seems to be something you have to fiddle with. Oh, and there was another little mishap that I didn't mention. One of the 2ft tanks I was intending to use has been stored under the carport for a number of years. I discovered it was cracked on one side. Grrr! More DIY. I'm hoping to find a replacement cheap enough for me not to bother with trying to fix this one. Although I'm considering taking it apart so I can use the glass for lids. But if I could neatly take off the panel, why not just get a piece of glass cut to replace it? Sigh. I wish my brain wasn't a merry-go-round. @fishbites: do you experience the same bowing effect that Brett mentioned? If I replace the large shelves I bought with the smaller one, it won't be quite tall enough to fit all the shelves and still allow sufficient room between the tanks. I was thinking that I could simply leave off the very top shelf, ie only attach 3 of the 4 shelves.

OK will see if I can find a rubber place. Used to be a Clark Rubber near me but I think it's gone. Re: the shelves. I went to Officeworks cos I'm lazy and it's 2 minutes away. I bought the 6ft high x 3 ft wide one for $99, it's got laminated shelves. I spent an hour and a half putting the damn thing up. But DIY and I are not the best of mates. I may have gotten distracted somewhere in the middle there. Anyway, my partner gets home and totally, I mean TOTALLY objects to the thing. "It's too big and we can't put the window blinds down." This is true. There's no way the window blinds can go down. So I rang Officeworks and asked if I could return them. The woman said yes, but I'm not entirely sure she was listening when I said that I had actually put the whole thing together and would now have to take it apart, possibly damaging it in the process. Ok I left out the possibility of damage part. Anyway, we'll see what happens. I was thinking of getting the smaller unit http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/products/Furniture/Bookcases-and-Storage/Shelving/OWPC1504. But now that Brett's said it bows in the middle I'm not so sure. Will see what I can find out about pallet racking. Sigh. This really seems harder than it should be.

If you used perspex instead of glass you could probably get a neater finish. You wouldn't need that outlet tube standing in each compartment because you could drill the perspex and have the adjustable nozzle fixed into the perspex. Or, you could cut a bit off the top of the glass so that the nozzles can go straigh over. Of course, I say this as a person who contemplates DIY but then lies down until the feeling goes away. *lol*

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I know how you feel. I lost 3 imported betta males while I was away at Christmas. Entirely my fault. Didn't really get things properly sorted beforehand and didn't provide sufficient care and attention after I got back. So I feel extra bad about what happened.

Now THAT looks like an Apache!

Welcome Shaun. Have you kept any other fish?

Crikey. Lucky you thought to look.

ROFL @ bee. Where did you find that? @Ness no it's not unusual. I was just trying to get Joan to pull out her camera.

OK, so I think the hammerlock shelving is the way to go. I saw one description that said each shelf can hold up to 350kg of evenly distributed weight!! But why the recommendation to replace the MDF shelving with ply? Is that really necessary? OfficeWorks have something called Hammerfast shelving for $49. That's pretty affordable. The other thing I need to find is styrofoam sheets that I can use to insulate the tanks. The spot these tanks are going is pretty cold in winter and I figure that if I insulate the bottom, back and sides the heaters won't have to work quite so hard. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Welcome to the forum. If you're building a new house, leave a space for a fishroom. :P

If Ness is halfway, that must make me three quarters of the way. Welcome Rojak. With a username like that I guess you must be Malaysian or Singaporean. Maybe "plenty of Melbourne betta keepers & breeders" is a bit of a stretch. I would say we're definitely doing our part. :)

I can't believe it either. I think I'll need a photo to prove it. *lol*

Welcome Tobz. Sounds like you've had a great start.

It's not intended as a display. But it will sit near the back door which is the entrance our friends use. Only the postman uses the front door. The tanks will be bare growout tanks so they won't be particularly pretty either. I don't mind that it looks functional but I don't want it to be completely ugly either. Thanks for those two links. They look like great designs. But if anything, they're cementing in my mind that perhaps this may not a project that I would particularly enjoy. I might design it but then find someone to build it for me. Or maybe look for something ready made.

The kits I've looked at from Ikea and Bunnings only hold 50kg per shelf. Anyone seen anything that holds more?

I need a 2-tier stand to hold 2 x 2 foot tanks one on top of the other. The dimensions (in cm) are W60 x D30 x H30 and W60 x D30 x H45. As someone who doesn't have any experience in carpentry and hasn't used any power tools other than a drill, should I consider doing this myself? Or should I just get someone to make it for me? I don't mind having a learning experience but I'd be unhappy about making costly mistakes. I have a friend with a power saw who would be willing to cut the pieces for me. But what kind of joints should I use? And what size wood should I use to bear the weight. I want the lower tank to be at least 45cm above the floor, ie approximately the height of a 20ltr bucket. Allowing for about 30cm between the tanks, this means the very top will be around 160-170cm above the floor. Will this make it top heavy? I suppose I could look at attaching it to the wall studs somehow but it's just an internal wall that I'm putting it against. Not sure how strong it would be.

I bet the other fish are nice too. :hint:

Bit of a cut n paste fail on the links there Ness. Fantastic butterfly pattern on Tim and really like the copper crowntail.