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I'm not sure if aquarium plants are "special" to be honest. As long as there is no glue i cannot see a problem. Plastic plants are plastic plants wherever you come from.

Hi all, This is my first real attept at an aquarim design. It's 100ltr and just finished off this weekend. Left some algae on the glass for the algae eater. Might scrape it off as the pics don't look there best.

Thanks to all who helped with this. After a while the Gourami settled. So i introduced some of its friends. Now all the fish are back over and everyone seems very happy. They seem to like there new surroundings. I guess i just panicked with the Gourami. Thanks Guys

Sand came from local fish shop. BD (or river) sand. It's actually clearing not bad now. I probably havn't washed it enough. Thanks all, from (Half a job bob) as the wife calls me

All matched, I took the plunge and put 3 more fish into the tank which seems to have perked him up a bit. The other fish seem happy. I assume he was scared but now he has familiar faces he's calmed down.

Yes. All the same except smaller. Just noticed he goes down the bottom and seems to lie sideways onto the bogwood. Then straightens himself up. just scared to move some of the other fish if there all gonna give up. All levels ok..

got a common pleco. 2.5"

Just moved my gourami back in the original tank after water and gravel and sand change. Put him in first an he instantly sank to the bottom. Seems really stressed. Is this normal. BTW he's been moved twice today. Could this ba a factor.

Thanks for all your help

Angels are small, quite young, checked substance today when i was moving gravel and adding sand, no jumpers. Must be something eating them but no bones.........................i'm baffled

Hello to all, Had 5 neons last week. Now have 1. No floaters and no remnance on the bed of the tank. Same happened to 2 Emperors. Looking at my signature does anyone know if one of my fish is eating them. Thanks

is looking at a cloudy tank

Thats great, Thanks for the info. Just out of curiosity, Did i do it right ? With the water and that......

Hi All, Firstly i must apologise for my lack of involvement on this site, but to be honest i have had no problems to speak about in the last few months. Today i decided to make some changes to my tank. I have moved my fish into a spare tank for the duration. I will go throught my steps, 1...

My Other Half has never offered me a tank but does buy me fish. I'm working upto the big question. So i'm having to be nice. When i say the big question i don't mean Will you marry me more like i'm getting rid of one of the sofas for a new tank. Wish me luck !!

Tropical for me everytime. Love my Loaches.

Hi All, Recently added some new wood to the tank. Made all the proper precautions. Boiled, Baked Scrubed the works !! Added to the tank on Saturday and all has been fine until today when i noticed some of my fish have develpoed red gills, Clown Loaches, Serpias, Lemon Tets and Neons have...

Thanks for this info guys and gals. Much appreciated. i think i'll take the sensible route and boil - bake - boil - bake scrub - scrub - submerge - scrape - submerge and the into the tank.

Hi all, Not been on here for a while...sorry..... I have a question tho i hope someone can help me with. I have had my tank up and running for about 10 months now. No probs and fish seem happy. I was out walking the dog the other day and saw a piece of wood that would look amazing in my tank...

Congrats dnn3 on the wedding. Hope you have a great day.

Well Done.

I net it out and check for any marks or signs. Then Google the type of fish and look for pics to help me identify what it could be. If i can't find anything i do a water change. If i do find something i do a water change and then buy the appropiate stuff for the water.

Crackin Tanks Mate. Looks Tops

Must admit tho, It is quite rewarding and satisfying. "at least someone in this house likes me" lol

Hi all, Bought 3 Platies approx 4 months ago. Lost one in first few days. Other 2 seemed great. But recently i have noticed one is atleast 2 times bigger than the other. They were both the same size when put in the tank. i was wondering if either, One was male and one female or One gets to...

Tragic loss, Talent lost.

Don't really know if this is good or bad. :blink: Everytime i walk past my tank my fish follow me. :hyper: I was just wondering if because it is only me that feeds them they recognise me as the feeder. :shifty: They don't do it to the wife or kids. I really didn't think fish would be...

Thnks for the help waterdrop. I did mean should i actually build my tank from scratch, silicone and all. Thanks for the insight into the heater and filter choices. I think i'll do my research a bit more and buy seperate than a kit. Like it. Guarantee !!! never thought of that. :good: Where...

Not sure on how to do it properly yet. I'll keep glued to this forum for info on how best to do it and how best to stock it. Gonna be mabe 2 months before the new tank is up and running. But deff getting more otos. I think i will be able to get all the info i need to do this change over...

Congrats. :good:

The filter i am using is an underwater bio filter. The one where you use the air stone in the tube. I have noticed recently a very small buildup of grime on the bottom. I have now bought a device for cleaning this up. I assume that this is because of the over stocking. Thanks again

Thanks for the great welcome. I have taken your advice onboard and i have loads of questions. I'll go looking round the forum to find out where best to put them. Thanks again

Algae eater is a "Otocinclus" :good: or "houdini as we call it. You can never find it. Seems to blend in !!

How many fish should i have in the tank ? I started with 10 neons but the tank looked kinda bare. I am hoping that using this superb community you have here will help me greatly. I have got quite attached to my fish now but i want to make there life stress free and give them a good life...

Set up for 4 months The fish seem really happy and they seem to swim in layers. Platy's toward the top silver tips and Lemon Tetras around the middle and Neons kinda shoal around the bottom. i am going to upgrade to a tank in the next few weeks. not sure on the letreage but it will be 4ft wide...

Hello All, Fairly new to having fish but having great fun with it so far. I've been reading some of the posts on here and i am getting a bit worried. I have a tropical tank (40ltr) with mainly tetras inside. 15 Neon Tetras 3 Lemon Tetras 3 Silver Tips 2 Platys 1 Algae Eater I change the...