Recent content by JDs4me

great, thanks...its the main event in the tank when I add his veggies of an evening, with the other fish eager to share - strange that they don't just get in there and rip bits off, but they just wait around for him to drop bits! I will try these suggestions...

Now have the final LED lighting set up; added a set of three spots to lift the light level a little... using pond spotlights but not submerging them as the ripple effect is lost. The anubias seem OK; a few stems rotted off at the base but seems to be less leaf-loss now, the java seems happy...

So, my calico bristlenose munches away at cucumber (eats the pips...wondering if I might see baby cucumbers hanging from his bristles as I see no seed-shaped poo lying around :S ) and grins all over his face as I chuck in the occasional blanched courgette slice. Tonight he is sculpting a smiley...

my thoughts exactly! can't wait to get them in there....and the congo tetras should contrast nicely if they turn out anything like the WOW specimens. I might look elsewhere though as I want to be reasonably sure of the right m/f ratio if getting just 6-8. The powerhead works nicely in the...

Tank now ready for fish...I have been looking for an LED low-light set up; one guy told me he could sort a 5' tank for about £700, another showed me a rod of 5050LED's; £140...I like this 3W LED lamp personally; £20. So impressed that I have ordered another for the anubia end of the tank, which...

:lol: yes, I recall having to drag it the last 20M or so! Hey HMDD dude, get that wallet out! What do you have planned? The beast is nearly cycled; NH3 gone in 12hrs, NO2 in <24hrs...going to get the lighting off ebay (german twin T5 unit), already got LED's to stick on for moonlight; and a...

NOTG... PM'd you re. WOW; and please, no worries re. petrol money! Quite like the idea of the CT's now; will be no more than 6, and yes the males do look lovely! Thanks thereverendturtle dude, the reeds are a defo then! I am going to try to rig up some kind of blockage between the rear of the...

Thanks NOTG...hesitant with the congo tetra only because I don't want to overstock; would a small group of say 4-5 be good? Will look for the syno group first then; in no hurry to stock so a group of ten or so to start; I would let them grow out before adding the ABF's and bushfish which I would...

Glad I asked! Thanks :good:

My 5' nears cycled; so what order to add fish? My thoughts are to start with 2 bichir, 3 reedfish, 10 upside-down cats; then 6 leopard and 6 congo bushfish and lastly the 5 african butterflies... I realise I need to be aware that small will be eaten by large if I'm not careful; do any of...

Great looking set-up...worth the wait! I have salvinia natans in my 4' which has gone mental, gone from a couple of plants on ebay to half covering the tank in just a month or so; and thats ultra low-tech...bit ignorant where the CO2 is concerned, but if that stuff promotes growth then you are...

Wildwoods had some (buy online)...however I decided not to go for them in the end, prefering a group of Lake Kubutu Rainbow fish instead! Trouble is there are so many fish I want I keep changing my mind :lol: I have excellent experience with Wildwoods postal delivery of my fish and can...

thanks for that!

Thanks people...brain has since engaged and now firing on all cylinders! I even went down to the LFS, stamped my feet and insisted on them giving me dechlorinator that doesn't neutralise ammonia....and then suddenly the penny dropped :lol:

Like an idiot used seachem prime to dechlorinate; then realised that it neutralises the ammonia. So how long is the seachem prime active before I can add ammonia without it being neutralised? Or do I have to water change and restart (no big deal really as only started yesterday but it would be...