Recent content by craig855s

Hi all, i have i trigon 190 with T5 lights and a playsand substrate, some bogwood and live plants in there but easily changeable, the back walls are painted with blackboard paint so the back corner is a bit dark already. Im thinking of ditching the current stock and going with something more...

Second hand is the future so long as its in VGC, All my tanks have been second hand, from a roma 90, through a Rio240, a marine Redseamax130 and now a Trigon 190. My Rio240 cost me £120 WITH stand and was in immaculate condition, came with perfect lights and even the 3D backing stuff that's...

As said up the numbers of danios and neons, theyre colour and swimming will improve in larger numbers

definately guppy

I have a Trigon 190 that I am removing all my stock from today and want to repace the stock with something more eye catching and interactive (cichlids come to the glass to see you) The stock that will remain in the tank is a pair of kribs (which breed easily) a pair of agazzi apistos (which...

Another krib lover here, i have some apisto agazzis too but they do nothing and the female is so small i barely notice her. The kribs however breed regularly and arent a problem to the other fish if you give the other fish places to go that are out of the way of the kribs breeding area (put a...

I had a male fighter in a community, and although there was no fighting, he wasnt the best fish to have in there as he spent a lot of time at the back of the tank at the top (going along the length) but the problem is that area was quite shaded so it meant i coud barely see him, and never saw...

You must be quite unlucky as Ive never had a problem with my kribs (Ive had 2 pairs breeding in 2 seperate tanks) If the kribs are given a nice area to breed in the corner of a tank and the tank has plenty of furniture in such as plants, bits of wood/slate/rock etc then the tankmates can get...

I had an EX1200 for 18 months from brand new and never had the primer stick, in fact it was the best primer I've ever used (My current Eheim primer sticks, even after investigation) What I would do is take the top off, take it up to the bath (can easily clean the bath out afterwards, dont wanna...

Female, 100% Males colours are less vivid even when "in the mood" Males have a point to their dorsal fin, which this fish doesnt have, and males have a tail fin shaped like the "spade" on the card suit "spade"

Currently I have a trigon 190 with playsand substrate and low tech planted, stocking is; loads of platties 2 breeding kribs and 1 female (birthed by them and grown on) 3 bristlenose 1 common plec a few rummy nose tetras a few porkchop rasboras 1 female pearl gourami 2 gold gourami 1 blue...

I had an EX1200 in a Rio240, it fits with loads of room to spare

5 cherry shrimp sell for £10 at my LFS, i was there today actually and nearly got some, but im gonna wait until ive sorted out some new plantage

My solution was to put the pump inside a kiddies shoebox with sponge all round it (eggcrate shaped foam from inside triwall boxes) It made it silent, however part of me worried that the foam may catch fire one day as the pump wasnt exactly cold

They are beautiful, but because of their small size they didnt last in my tank.