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is the picture the amount I will be getting for £6?

remove the adults (aka the breeders) and squish/remove any and all babies you see. So long as you don't get any adults, it may take a while, but you'll get rid of them eventually. Other than that it's take everything that you can out of the tank, and have a good look. Turkey baste or squish any...

I'm going to swap out the java on the wood for weeping moss or fissidens when I can get some. I may get another "tree" for the other side, because I wanted something to hide the filter, alhough I need to remember, this is only a mini 12 litre tank, so the footprint is tiny (20 x 25cm floor)...

do you have any resin/plastic ornaments in the tank? I bought a "resin" tree planted with something on top. I put it in the tank, and within hours the the shrimp were literally hurling themselves out of the tank. All dead apart from 9 cherries. Disposed of the evil planted tree and did a 100%...

Hi guys My shrimp finally have a new scape!! Now I'm not so terrified about them dying (a nasty purchase from PatH poisoned my tank and wiped out the majority of my shrimp) I decided to go buy stuff for the tank. In there now is brown/black sand, a piece of mopani root (not presoaked as I'm...

Wow! That pic was deceptive... that's a HUGE amount of moss!! :D Arrived this morning, is now in my tank being manicured by my shrimp :) Thanks ever so much :)

no can do :( sorry

I'm ringing around now trying to find a lift to manchester.

where are you based? Someone on here from your area may be able to donate some filter media

I'll take it. pm me your paypal :)

omg I could cry this is so awesome! I'm going to do a similar one as a christmas gift for my nephew.. it's going to be a surprise and he's going to DIE when he sees it :D Keep us posted!!

While I was reading the first few bits I thought "GENIUS!! You've just solved my dilemma of a christmas present for my nephew!" so I was thinking of lego starwars, and there you go linking Faildeadlys (which I'm about to read :D) Thanks for the insiration! I love natural tanks, but I ADORE...

I've looked into this myself as I'm planning a move to Holland, and that will be a 12ish hour drive. The way I see it though, is that if online order companies can send fish out next day delivery, then it must be possible. From what I've read, you need to bag up the fish and use an oxygenating...

well 2 seperate threads is ridiculous! How is anyone supposed to keep track?!

from personal exerience I wouldn't house dwarf gouramis and guppies together. My male DG was VERY territorial, and I looked into the tank one day to see him actually tear one of my guppies tails from end to base. I thought it was the tetras fin nipping that had ruined the guppies tails, but...

even if she forgets and only feeds them once while you're away, they'll be fine :) So no to feeder block, yes to fishy feeder friends :D

so much for forum rules of keeping discussion about it on here and only PMing once price etc had been settled. Is the moss still for sale?

so, I'm still confused after the second vid... Is it the tannins released that make the difference? not the actual leaves themselves? :unsure:

I'm not familiar with the biorb filtration system, but, if you can put the filter media from the biorb into your new filter, then the fish will be fine as the filter will be cycled for them. BUT, before adding anymore fish, keep an eye on your water stats. Then add only a couple of new fish at...

Any pics of the moss?

WOO! £1.10 for a sheet that would cover the back wall of my shrimp tank, compared to a silly amount to make a couple of inch squares :D Thanks everyone :D

oh yeah, I forgot about the platies... either no HG and put your platies in, or rehome your platies and get the HG if that's what you'd like.

hi guys so I was in my local Hobby Craft at the weekend and I picked up some plastic canvas with the thought of "sewing" some moss to it... However, I'm not 100% sure it's safe. I'll probably end up buying some stainless steel mesh from ebay, but plastic canvas is cheaper. Any thoughts? Has...

so far, I've only fed him peas, but I fed my trops peas, corgette/zuchini (spelling?) blanched lightly just to make it a tad softer. Only time I've ever fed lettuce was to act as a trap for some pest snails I had - put the lettuce leaf in, wait for them all to climb aboard, then lift them all out :D

It's pea day for my ryukin... can't wait to see him go mental for it. He gets all :hyper: ZOOM :hyper: ZOOM :hyper: haha

my gourami was a bully. However, I've heard lots of good things. so maybe 6 pygmy corys, 6/7 CPD's and a honey or dwarf gourami would be fine

I give my fish and shrimp peas which they love. I get the peas, stick them in a cup, add boiling water for about 2 minutes, then take the "shell" off and drop the little halves in. The peas last seconds with my ryukin, and 1 - 2 hours max with my shrimp. My LFS puts corgette (zucchini?) in the...

a pic would be good... I had a snail problem in my old tank. I just crushed any I saw on the glass and my guppies wolfed them down. Seems I got them all cos they never became a problem. But a friend of mine has loads of pest snails, its terrible, but she cant bring herself to kill them :(

His memory will live on! Especially in the random giggles I will be having for the forseeable future, as I wander around work going "ERMERGERD FLAYKS!!!" especially at feeding time (my feeding time, as well as the fish's). regardless of how long you've had a fish, unless you're a complete...

if you get any more please PM me. I can't get this anywhere round here :(

I've also been told in numerous places that a 10gallon tank for the CPD's (or fireworks rasbora as I've seen them named) is fine for a group of 6 as they are only small. However, if you want a micro species that would be compatible, then how about Rasboras brigittae? (I've put the latin name...

now on EBAY

Any left? I've been after this for my shrimp tank for ages!!

Oh no my internet was out all weekend :( Are you still interested? **apparently bu.gg.er is a swear word**

so you're the one who beat me to eggos bargain? *shakes fist*

Ack! now I want black sand in the 90ltr I'm planning!! :( *looks lovingly at limbs and prepares to say goodbye* I've heard different things about different types of sand available, for example, the tahitian sand is apparently sharp and therefore not so good for corys... anyone had any problems...

I'm very confused on the gallon front... do we go imperial or us? As for shrimp, cherries are a good choice, they're easy to keep, easy to breed (and if you have them in a tank with fish, your numbers won't get too high :) ). They also come in a wonderful variety of colours - red, yellow...

I have some pieces of mopani root in a box from my old tropical tank, and I currently have one in with my ryukin, which I'm tempted to take out... but theyre too big for the shrimp tank :S I think I'm going to order some lava rock off ebay this weekend, along with some moss, and have a play...

Where abouts in Doncaster are you?

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