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Because it fits in nicely with my other sad and tragic hobbies of gardening and allotment-keeping :lol:

Three LFS sell them near me - two at around £5, the other at £2.25 - but the cheaper ones are younger and less flashy-looking. So unless you know what an adult congo looks like in its full glory, you might just pass them by (also, I think they are difficult to sex when small ) I really like...

Yes, the API one for a start. Your kit must surely be measuring in a different unit . 0.25 is the lowest reading on the API chart that isn't zero :lol: Whatever the unit is ( assuming that you haven't misremembered, with it not being right in front of you ) you could always use The Online...

I can't really see that slugs *wouldn't* be OK - unless that disgusting slime is poisonous or something :blink: But on the other hand, fish eat snails just fine, and what is a slug except a homeless snail :lol: ? (and yes, I do know that they aren't really lol)

Well will they?? The other week I collected all the aphids I could find in my (organic) garden, and fed them to my fishies - heh heh, revenge is sweet :hey: Can I also feed them the small slugs that fell out the veggies I was washing yesterday ( or any other day, come to that) ?

Hmmm - doesn't seem to be much independent verification of this story...... Until proven otherwise, I say hogwash.

I am no expert, having never knowingly clapped eyes on a dragonfly or damselfly nymph, but I think this TFF thread would be of interest to you. The creature in it looks very similar to yours. They seem to have rather voracious appetites, and a talent in eating things that are quite large...

I am obviously missing something here :dunno:. During my fishless cycle, my pH dropped like a stone to umm, don't know what - but way below 6, which was the lowest my kti could read. Having checked out a few previous threads on the matter, it seems that this is a reasonably common occurrence...

Why does it make you sick? He is a fisherman. He went fishing . He caught a fish. He didn't recognise it, so he took it home - possibly because he saw it was unusual and interesting, possibly because he thought it might have some value (he probably isn't very rich). Added to which he could...

I got mine in Homebase. It isn't *pure* ammonia though in the sense of 100% ammonia - it is sold as 10% ( or 9.95% or somesuch) ammonia solution. However, the stuff that I bought only had water in it - certainly no soaps or anything. Worked fine :good: Small, independent hardware shops often...

No :lol: :rofl: :rofl:

There's a nice profile of congo tetras on TFF :nod:

I don't think there is just one answer to your question - if I have understood it correctly. Newbie is used to refer to someone new to the forum - and/or as someone new to the hobby. Usually I think people mean the latter. Further, there isn't one, single, definitive point in terms of time or...

Me! Me! I've got some - they're really beautiful. And very, very greedy :lol: I've just got some half-beaks this week, too - so I must have a *really* under-appreciated tank :lol:

Well, only today I overheard the owner of an lfs *recommending* fishy forums to a customer ( obviously I piped up and recommended this one :lol: )