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...only problem is I've an open top aquarium :lol: so i don't think it would work! The problem is as well the reason I want an external is due to my Fluval being rubbish and if possible I would like to free up space in the aquarium. thanks!

Ok, I'm having real trouble with my new fluval 2+. It needs cleaning out every week at least and it's only 3/4 weeks old! Compared to my eheim ecco which I bought secondhand about a year ago now and it has only been cleaned out about 6-7 times! The flow rate on the fluval is great at first, but...

Ha, sounds good...only problem is a shelled out 20 odd quid on this piece of cr*p already :lol:! I wouldn't think I'd be able to take it back either, would I?

Thanks for the input guys! Fella, I'll have enough filter media (+ spare filter and heater) for the 7 gal. :good: I'll also make sure that the lfs will take the Dp's back if I have major problems with them. iSnail- This is probably one of my main reasons for even thinking about DP's in this...

Ok, well here's my plan. As some of you may have read my pair of Apistos died within the last month because an infection. So I now have an opportunity to try out some DP's in my planted 15 gallon tank! The only problem is I still have 5 ottos and 5 corydoras pygmaeus in the tank! I was...

DON'T get a fluval 2+! I have one on my 15 gal planted. It has been on roughly 2 weeks and i have cleaned it out 3 times and is needing another. The power on it is great for maybe 2-3 days after cleaning, but then just drops suddenly. It is a pain in the backside!

In the DP tank, what is the plant on the left handside behind the hairgrass and riccia?

no, not at all.

I took him out and killed him. I didn't see the point in trying to get him back. he was as good as dead. He did go thin, but only today, not at all yesterday. Could an infection (bacterial or parasite) change a fishes condition that quickly?? Should I do anything to treat the tank? There are...

yesterday fine. today i got back home and my Apistogramma Cacatouides (AC) was lying on the bottom upside down, but still breathing (very heavily though). Immediately I did a wter change (roughly 30%) and added an airstone on full pelt. It is a very dark colour (almost purple/green) instead of...

If you put a fish with long fins ina tank with Tiger barbs the fins will get nipped. As already said, put them in a big shoal and make sure the fish they are with are either fast or can really look after themselves! I've got a group of 12 in a 45 gallon with Tanganyikan cichlids. They've been...

:good: i'm sure someone posted an article on here about "true" freshwater nerites. Ye i read about the cycle before, but i think some do live and breed in freshwater. There was a guy on here from Asia somewhere (malaysia kinda sticks) that had nerites that were breeding and survivng in his...

ye that would be best actually. Just a group of shelldwellers. 4 or 5 multis loads of shells some rocks fine sand maybe some vallis, anubias or java fern ...and you'll have yourself i nice little, active tank!

It's best if you keep them seperate IMO. What's your tank's dimensions?

How big are they? How far are you moving them? As in inside your house or a further away?? If it's only in your room, just net it and quickly transfer it (if water heat and stats are the same). If it's a bit further you maybe want to put it in a bucket of your tank water. It's really up to you...

there are many different "nerite" snails. Some brackish. Some coastal (as in can survive periods in and out of water). Some purely freshwater:- these live happily, breed happily and babies survive happily in freshwater. In fact i'm sure there are some on ebay just now. (maybe snailshop or...

For kuhlis i'd say nearly every smallish fish is possibility. Even some nippy fish should be fine...again as long as they're not too big. I've happily kept them with tiger barbs. Get a group of kuhli's, but i never really saw mine at all. Once a month if i was lucky.

i doubt a ADF would be able to catch them, but as ICE said, i would say around an inch. Maybe slightly smaller.

i had a group of twelve. Very nice looking fish as they mature and settle. Males get an amzing creamy stripe down their face ine the mornings when they're after the ladies, but I didnt find them very interesting. Really nice lookers, peaceful, quite active, but just lacking a bit of personality IMO.

bejebus :rolleyes:

i wouldnt put any fish in a tank without a filter. They may be able to survive without one, but it's not the best idea not to have one in there!

Yes, and the fact it's not just your average (if a bit larger) communtiy tank. There is an arowana in there! Do you expect a school to put an arowana in a tank for a 12 year old to look after? I may be wrong FishRfine, you might be sincere and this may be your/your uncles/a "retarded school's"...

all this tiger barb hate mail!! :lol: personally i think they're great! Even better in a big shoal (ie ten +) and aren't as aggressive. They aren't the best community fish in the world, but when they swim around fighting between each other in a close group they are amazing! :rolleyes: all you...

You joking? :unsure: It looks alot better now, but that gravel will mix with the sand. I dont think it'll look bad, it just mean you'll have bits of gravel in your sand...which is fine. From the pictures it looks a if your substrate is very thin ( as in not even an inch in places). If you're...

amazing tank! any chance of posting pics of your terrarium when it's set up? That's one thing i want to do, set up a planted terrarium with poison frogs. What species are you going to keep? D. Lamasi look really nice!

Probably just a colony of shell dwellers in a 20g. Maybe even a pair of julies. I have heard danios are fine with Tanganyikans. Maybe 4 (1m 3 f) shellies and 6 or so danios? I have asked the same thing about other tetras and barbs (tiger barbs particularly), but haven't had a conclusive answer...

ah right. yethey'll look good on wood, nice plants :D

oh i wouldn't bet on the other plants strangling the duckweed out! :D I did the same in my 45 gal. Put water lettuce, salvinia natans and indian fern in the tank after washing. About 5-6 water lettuce, 2 or 3 indian fern and about the same of salvinia...so at most there was about 3 duckweed...

If your light system can draw a max of 25w (therefore will give up to 25W of power to the fixture) then you'll not get 100w out the other side in the lights surely.

:D there's always time to have a look in fs! I would recommend them definitely. Especially since you're able to keep so many in a relatively small space compared to normal cories.

have you thought of getting corydoras pygmaeus or habrosus? They are "mini" cories and you could probably keep about 8 in your tank.

it does look alot better :good: one thing: the plants in the foreground where your bumblebee goby is sitting, you'll need to make sure there rhizomes (the bit the leaves are attached to) aren't buried. You can still bury the roots, just watch out for the rhizome because it'll eventually rot...

Any updates to add? Has anyone heard about the Aquatic Rooms new shop yet? Has it opened?

Is there going to be a hood on the tank? With some echinodorus sp. they look really good when theygrow right out of the tank (like grandiflorus or cordiflorus). For long and thin, what about bleheri or osiris?

i'll be entering under 17...could do with £250 in the back pocket! :D

anyone have any ideas?

The anubias is amazing! Especially with the roots sticking up like a cave!

depends what nerites you get. There are different types of true brackish, true freshwater and, i think, land nerites. not sure about asexual etc though.

Basically everything I thought, tank is quite planted though - vallisneria nana, anubias, cryptocoryne balansae, microsorum pteropsus "narrow". Very low wpg around 0.5 wpg, short photo period, so algae isn't out of control, just some on the rocks that grows sometimes. Just could do with that...

I'm looking for an algae eater in my tang tank. Plecs are an option ( BN clown golden nugget etc etc), but what else? Would SAEs be ok, or flying foxes? (large ones obviously though) Greg EDIT- Also, would large Tiger Barbs live happily in there too? Fish in tanks just now- 2 L. Leleupi, 3...