Recent content by Crispin

You mentioned that you added plants a couple of weeks prior to losing the Corydoras. Were the plants sourced from a reputable shrimp and snail safe dealer? I ask as sometimes plants are treated with chemicals like copper or insecticides to kill off any hitch hikers. Years ago I fell foul of this...

Those are both male Guppies. The behaviour is normal, when you put two males together they tend to duel each other. When you have a bigger tank it should calm down somewhat as they'll have spare and more places to hide out and avoid each other. The second video I can see some flashing (where...

It's a novel idea to show it like that but appears to have been poorly executed. From watching the video it's quite clear to me the video is being shot with auto exposure on rather than fixed exposure. It's going to be difficult to see the real difference in colour saturation between the...

I'd use 2x Eheim Jager heaters and a heater controller if it was my setup! Honestly; I do not trust any brand of heater these days (hence the heater controller). I feel as though the Eheim heaters are at least well put together.. They feel reassuringly heavy - for what little that is worth - and...

I'm using large storage tubs and a cheap pond pump to change water. When I'm pumping water back into the aquarium to refill, what I do is place a piece of filter foam (basically a pre-filter piece) over the pipe to disperse the flow going back into the aquarium. I'm using very fine sand...

A couple of the garden centres near me carry rocks, It can be a bit of a mixed bag though, some have them others don't. To be fair you're less likely to get rocks like dragon stone from a garden centre, more just your normal stuff. I did luck out with one of the centres near me carrying black...

The plastic trays - are you referring to egg crate? I don't use them personally but I'd probably just purchase them from the likes of eBay. For rocks; the majority of what I have comes from the local garden centre and landscaping suppliers (I've seen petrified wood rock available from the...

Another option you could explore is using a bacteria culture (Tetra Safe Start is what I'd recommend) to 'cycle' the tank. I've had good luck with it the two times I used it, but try this only if the fish shop will not accept the fish back. You've mentioned the temperature is holding steady...

I'm using a very similar configuration to this in all of my tanks. Heater controller switching two separate 'small' heaters. On mine, the heater controller deals with the temperature regulation; the tank is set for 24.5c on the controller and the two heaters are both set for ~25.5c. With it set...

Sadly the poor lad didn't make it. Looked as though he was making progress on recovery as the black marking on his head had started to fade. I checked on him a few times a day and one minute he was looking well; eating, swimming and behaving just like a Guppy should, then within about an hour he...

Tank size: 240L - Currently in 70L quarantine tub pH: 8.2pH ammonia: Both 0ppm nitrite: Both 0ppm nitrate: Main aquarium 10-20ppm, tub is reading just above zero. kH: Cannot remember off the top of my head, it's hard water though. gH: 14dH Tank temp: 24.5c on the main tank and 25-26 on the tub...

A while back when I did an accidental fish in cycle I was having to do two large water changes a day with 6x juvenile Red Eye Tetra to keep Nitrite at bay. The Ammonia levels never really went above 0.5ppm, the Nitrite on the other hand would build up very quickly indeed. This was in a...

Byron, The tank has been setup and running for a good number of years now, I currently have an Eheim pickup in there (sounds similar to the filter you're describing!). One of the reasons I was considering the canister was simply ease of cleaning compared to trying to unhook the internal filter...