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Just found this article which may be of some interest. It appears that the growth of nitrobacter and nitrosomonas are inhibited at any ph under 6.5. Also at the temp and ph my tank is currently at a ammonia level of 10mg would be considered safe (or at least non-toxic). Will attempt to do a...

Does anyone know if having an extremely soft water tank can have an impact on the time it takes to carry out fishless cycling. I have carried out fishless cycling before and it has a;ways taken about 3 weeks in total before the tank is fully cycled. This time it is taking ages and the only...

He does look very cute, how old is he because he looks very young in that picture?

Thanks folks. We got Thaisun via a breeder in the UK after doing lots of research. Burmese are the dogs of the cat world, very people orientated but also strong willed. There is a Burmese cat society in the US that has lots of info, and should run a list of reputable breeders as well as rescue...

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I have a few more pics of Thaisun my Burmese. Here are a couple of him taking over the sofa resting in my arms and finally one of him taking an unhealthy interest in my tank

If I am totally honest with you then it is not the best zoo I have ever been to.The fish exhibits seemed far too cramped and unnatural. The reptile and insect section went along the same sort of lines. Its a tenner to get in. I'm sure they do conservation work and it is a balancing act between...

Recently went to Blackpool Zoo to pass a few hours, here are the pics I took. Otter Red Panda Lion Lemur Ostrich Orangutan Llama

Picture of Thaisun and Louis Nominated here

Have you tried using Feliway spray. Its a spray that mimics cat facial hormones and helps deter them from doing marking behaviours on areas you spray it on. We are quite lucky as our two lads just lie on there back as if they are in a health spa when we clip their nails.

Thanks!! His breeder thinks he is fantastic as well and so he is entering his first show next week in Manchester. Fingers crossed he'll win.

Thaisun is our Burmese kitten who has just turned 5 months old, and Louis is our Chocolatepoint Siamese who is 4 months old.

Well they are free swimming now, hundreds of the buggers. I have posted pics on another thread here

Well after only fourteen days of having a pair of Rainbow Cichlids, I had free swimming fry today. There are loads of the buggers and they have pretty much taken over a whole half of the tank. Very good parents though. Here is a pic of some with the proud father.

I bought a pair 10 days ago and now have wrigglers. They laid eggs on the side of a plan pot and then transferred them to a pit they dug at the back amongst the Vallis. They appear to take turns in guarding the eggs. I had been feeding them frozen food, then the same day I gave them live...

The pilgrims will be marching on Rawtenstall tonight. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/4667610.stm

I just found some today. Aquahome in Leyland, Lancs has a tank of them. They are labelled up as Flying Foxes but the majority are in fact SAEs, with a few false SAEs thrown in. In fact I didn't see a single flying fox in the tank. At £1.89 a pop I got two of them which should shift my hair algae.

Here is another modified one The action can be obtained from here First link

I do a lot of diving myself and take the odd underwater pic. If you have photoshop I have a really good action file to use as a plugin which is great for diving pics and adds all the red back in. I will do a demonstration on some of your pics to show you what it does if you want. Could email...

Definitely a Colombian Tetra as others have said. Never really saw them as being hardy and suitable for cycling a tank. I currently have 11 of them, they are great and even breed although most of the fry were eaten by some miracles one survived and is going great now. Few pics of mine. and...

Well here are the latest ones of my tank, its getting a bit overgrown but I like the wild look. a few of my fishies

Pics of Cookie, my ex Parrot (she was a Meyers Parrot)

Me diving in the Red Sea and one of me snorkelling

You should be able to transfer the fry from the tank into a breeding net by using a clean turkey baster.

Well I spent three months in India, up north and during some of that time I had a bit of a go at fishing for Mahseer, Otherwise known as Barbus Tor I think. Although don't quote me on that. Actually the best freshwater fish I have ever had the pleasure to catch (and release) ever,

Just seen it move, maybe all is not lost. Fingers crossed. If it survives it will be a true Vampire shrimp, may Nosferatu survive, I seek your prayers.

Rollocks, Ijust found my new addition dead. Am gutted, thought he would pull through. Am in two minds to take him back although I was warned by the lfs, but then he was going to be pasted if I left him. Also my car is in the garage so I can't take him back, oh well £7 to the shrimp suicide...

Thanks for the comments I find I have to trim it almost weekly now, especially the Nymphae. I also have a bit of a problem with duckweed, I'm being overun with the stuff and am chucking out loads weekly. I have about 13 shrimps in their keeping on top of the algae, although did have a slight...

They do change colour. I find both of mine become very light when they are out over my light coloured sand, but then once back on the bogwood they darken up again. They also appear to go lighter when startled, could be a sign of stress. If they are light coloured all the time then I would...

Jimboo, Are you covering yours in Riccia or leaving them "naturale"?

Well I saw this thread this morning and thought the shrimp looked cool. Then I went to my lfs this afternoon and found this fella in a tank of Wood shrimps looking a bit lonely, so I had to buy him. He's about 2" at the moment but they had some bigger ones in another tank that were about 6"...

Here is a pic of my car taken at the Peak District near Buxton. Also here is a video of my car taken by Blueflame exhaust for marketing purposes after they fitted my exhaust nice and cheap. http://www.jagspares.co.uk/mx5/movies/mx5mk1.wmv

You should try sweet potato My plecs love it and the Kribs have a good go at it as well. I just slice it and clean it and then par boil it enough so it sinks. It remains quite solid which allows the plecs to rasp on it

When I see that tank all I can think is that "Finding Nemo" has a lot to answer for.

They had some of these in Aqualife in Leyland Lancashire a few months back. Apparently they are the best algae eaters out there. The lfs had them stickered up as Rhino algae eaters. Seemed quite shy and for some reason I resisted buying one, mainly because I knew nothing about them and didn't...

My juwell filter in my Rio 180 came with a black plastic cap for the top of the filter, I find that stops anything jumping in there.

Colombian Tetra fry (a lone survivor)

I got mine from Homebase as well. Its a a white bottle with blue writing that says Household Ammonia. Its about £1.99 for 500ml I think.