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I've got an acrylic aquarium with two 25mm diameter holes for the filter inlet/outlet pipes. What kind of pipes would I use to connect the filter to the tank, and what kind of screw fittings would I connect the pipes to the tank as a watertight seal. Thanks

Hi guys, Thank you kindly for all of your advice. I've just looked and it hasn't emptied anymore. I've taken some more water out so it's just over half full. The corner where the leak occured is now dry, I think it's only an area at the join of around 1cm where the sealant has failed. Could I...

Hi guys, I purchased a 4ft tank from my friend's dad around 2 months ago. Up until today it has been fine, but I just got home from work and around 1/3 of the water is now soaked in the living room carpet! I have made a pen mark on the front of the tank and the water level doesn't seem to be...

You should just keep an eye on ones on eBay in your area, you can get some real bargains. I nearly did, but then my friends dad was selling this. Gouramis would be a good idea, do you think my black widow tetras would be tempted to nip them though?

I got this tank second hand from my friend's dad a week or so ago, and have just set it up. I'm going to move my existing fish from my small tank once this new one is ready (the ones in my signature). I am not sure what else I'm going to add so far (except for increasing the numbers of...

Hi guys, Thanks very much for your kind advice! I've got the tank now. It came with an under gravel filter tray and pipes etc, 4 pumps and 1 internal filter. I think he was using one of the pumps for the under gravel filter, and the internal filter too (which is only a couple of years old). I...

Hey guys, My friend is selling me his 4ft tank with cabinet (not sure of the exact internal size). At the moment I just have a small 50 litre tank, so it's quite a step up. Currently in my small tank I have 4 black widow tetras, 5 neon tetras, 2 albino corydoras, 1 peppered corydoras, 1 algae...

Wait, you mean Walmart actually sell fish in conditions like this? I thought you were probably in America as soon as I saw the pictures. We don't tend to do things like that in the civilised world...

Hello The one on the left is the only real plant at the moment, but I got that MONTHS ago (February time) and hadn't noticed any before.

Hello, thanks very much for your post. I've had this algae eater for over two years now (he was one of two, the other sadly died). He has grown a lot, but stopped growing ages ago and seems to be in good health. I know they don't really eat algae from the tank, but that's okay, because I got...

Hi, thanks for the welcome. This is the type I have, it's a chinese algae eater (or whatever the correct name for them is, I've heard them called lots of different things):

I will upload some pics once I've taken some. Thanks for the welcomes :shifty:

Hi Thanks very much for your reply. The reason I got confused about Silver Dollars, as I mentioned, was because I saw some in my local Sealife Centre that were HUGE (I mean too large to keep in any home aquarium). Could these have been wild ones?

I've got the answer to this topic... take them out for dinner and see what happens! Boom boom.

Hey, I really like the idea of keeping some Silver Dollars in the future when I have a larger tank. My question is, what is really the minimum tank size you'd reccomend? I've seen people keeping them in quite small tanks, and yet at my local sealife centre they have some which are HUGE (and I...

The current fish I have are: 6 Neon Tetra (I've had lots of these in the past. I started out with 8 this time, but lost a couple somehow and this latest 6 have lasted ages) 6 Black Widow Tetra (These guys have done really well and I love the way they shoal) 1 Black Molly 1 Silver Molly 1 Algae...

Wow, they're lovely!! But realistically, what is the very minimum sized tank that these would thrive in?

Okay, thanks very much for the advice guys, I will start the hunt for some really nice gravel and ornaments. And I think you'll find that I didn't 'admit to illegal acts', I merely suggested the possibility of committing one.

I don't really like sand much, but black sand is an exception for me. I do much prefer the type in ianho's picture as opposed to the type in the other pictures. Black sand really hides dirt nicely.

Hi guys, Would that be okay to rehouse the fish for a few hours and then transfer them back into the tank if I kept the same water and filter media? I am planning to get a small tank to keep a betta and shrimps, so I could buy that, use it to keep the fish in for a few hours before I set it up...

Hi guys, When I first got my tank, I kinda threw everything together in a hurry. I am very happy with the collection of fish I have, and also the water seems nice and healthy now, however I'm not at all happy with the decoration. I used sand for a start, which I personally hate. The ornaments...

Great looking tank, and really nice to see them breeding!

Hello, Just wondered how many people here prefer sand over gravel, and how you keep your sand clean? I found this so difficult that in the end, I purchased some gravel and covered most of the sand with it. Also, I have an Algae Eater which lurks on the bottom of the tank, and he races round...

Hello guys, Just thought I'd also introduce myself as a newbie to this forum. I don't have anywhere near as many fish as most people on here, infact I only have one 60 litre tank at the moment which houses: 6 Neon Tetra (I've had lots of these in the past. I started out with 8 this time, but...

This topic came at just the right time for me, as I was going to start one. I've seen some really beautiful Male Bettas at my local garden centre. I've been thinking for ages that I'd like to keep one, but just haven't had the money spare for a tank and all the 'extras'. Now I've seen a small...