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Bump. Don't worry about it. In the end I purchased LEDs. Far superior to the crappy T8s.

I've owned my Fluval Roma 240 for 9 months now, great tank! Just one problem. It comes with T8 bulbs which aren't good for anything other than low light plants. The T8s are just about due for replacing (generally they're effective for 9 months). To cut a long story short I've decided to upgrade...

Thanks for the reply Baccus. What do you do with the extra fry?

When it comes to the subject of stocking levels the received wisdom is that for every male guppy, you should have at least two females. If the ratio was 1/1 it would result in the females being chased constantly; often resulting in death. Currently my tank is stocked with four males and...

Age and condition: Approximately 6 months old. Superb condition! Quantity for sale: 8. Reason for Sale: Inappropriate species for my tank. Delivery or Collection: Both. Sales price: FREE (To good home). Willing to Ship (Yes or No): No. Location: Swindon / Wiltshire Photograph:     I'm giving...

That's interesting because I heard Gouramis will only attack their own. There's only one male and two females in the tank. So far the only aggression the male has shown was towards the females. I agree that the Barbs should go but my missus loves them and I'd hate to get rid of them only to...

My only concern about cover is that it blocks out the much needed light for the plants. You see, my tank is the Fluval Roma 240 and it comes equipped with sub-standard T8 lights; not ideal for plants. Also I'd like some thoughts on whether by removing the Barbs, the smaller fish are more likely...

Hi Wilder and thanks for the reply. The tank's been up and running since December so ammonia and nitrites are down to zero and have been for some time. Nitrates are somewhere around 20-30 but I'm working on getting this lower by adding only RO water during water changes. PH is 7.5. There is...

I've provided a brief video clip below of my aquarium. I'm quite concerned about the behaviour of the Gold Barbs and Ember Tetras. The Barbs seem to spend most of their time at the front of the tank swimming against the glass as though they're constantly anticipating feeding time. The Ember...

To the dustbin with all the old MMOs!!!   Star Citizen is being released later this year. Best graphics of any game in history and it takes place in an enormous and expanding persistent universe.   I cannot flippin' wait :)

Update.   The male DG and other female are still alive and showing no symptoms of DGD. Today I took the step of introducing another female to replace the one which died. Every male needs at least two female so it was about time to source a replacement.   This time I went to a different LFS and...

And to think the guy in the LFS made it all sound so easy when first decided to enquire about buying an aquarium...

Pearl Gouramis looks very nice but we decided to get dwarfs because of the contrast between the blue and red stripes. Hopefully there won't be anymore deaths and the tank will settle down now. I'm just very slowly adding the RO water to the aquarium. I have to say, it looks much nicer with all...

Thanks for suggesting what might have caused it. Unfortunately she's now died. I found the fish laying motionless on the bottom of the tank a minute ago. I fished it out and gave it the clove oil and vodka treatment just to make sure.   To be honest I bought the females from the only place out...

I just noticed that she's made a few powerful efforts to jump out the tank before sinking to the bottom again.

Hi folks. For the past 24 hours I've noticed that one of my female Dwarf Gouramis appears to be isolating herself from the other fish and has clearly been stressed: Breathing quickly and staying near the surface as though gasping for air. We also noticed that her tops fins appeared to be mostly...

In the end I went to my LFS and the only Dwarf Gouramis they had were the remainder of a batch from the Czech Republic. In all, honesty the males were very small and most of the females didn't look particularly healthy. I had no choice but to buy the females from there because no other fish shop...

I used to suffer greatly when it came to binding keys in WoW but that problem was solved when I purchased a Razr Naga (thanks swifty) which has numerous buttons on the mouse. For raid healing I used the 12 side buttons on the mouse for my most common spells. In all honesty I liked having so...

I haven't tried ESO yet. Call this a wild guess... But I bet it's really similar to WoW in many respects? :P

Thanks for all the replies guys. How does a blackout work? Wouldn't that kill the plants or harm the fish?

My partner and I have decided to add 1 male and 2 female Dwarf Gouramis to 'finish off' our tank. Upon doing some research into the matter, it appears that Gouramis are notorious for carrying diseases; particularly those sourced from East Asia. I phoned my LFS earlier and hooray I finally found...

If they completely redesigned the entire graphics engine and visuals for WoW, a lot of people would consider coming back to the game; me for one. That being said, a lot of younger players would most likely not be able to play anymore due to having lower-end PCs (Yay!)   Unfortunately I doubt...

Hi Nijou and thanks for the reply.   The tank is a 240 litre Fluval Roma.

I'm just wondering whether it'd be wide to add a few Dwarf Gouramis (1 male + 2 females) to my tank; which presently contains 8 Golden Barbs.   The Barbs are fairly large and active fish and Gouramis have a reputation for being aggressive towards tank mates which are too active.   Any thoughts...

  Probably not. Despite the character-model overhauls, WoW is still essentially running a 10 year vintage graphics engine. It looks and sounds dated. I know that sounds fussy but I don't want to partake in a slowly dying game.   Sorry.

  OK will do. I'll reduce it to 8 hours.   Update: Today I went and added 10 Neon Tetras. They've settled in nicely and are schooling with the Cardinals :)

I found a good home for these fish locally. Thread is closed.

   But the 17 year old in the LFS said to use hydroch... Haha seriously I was tired when I posted that last night. In actual fact the PH is 7.8. It would be 8.1 but the bogwood reduces it a little. Doesn't cutting off the feeding for a week thereby also cut off the ammonia and cause good...

I've had my aquarium for over 8 weeks and it's now fully cycled. Unfortunately in the past few weeks algae has started to grow all around the tank at an ever increasing rate. The lights are on for only 9 hours a day and there are now quite a few plants in there which should help to some extent...

Loved WoW and spent 5 years of my life playing it from 2007 until 2012. ... Then Blizz ruined it.

Age and condition: Less than 6 months old. Excellent condition. Quantity for sale: 8. Reason for Sale: Wish to replace with tetras. Delivery or Collection: Both but delivery only in Swindon area. Sales price: FREE. Willing to Ship (Yes or No): No. Postage & Packaging Price: NA...

Thanks for the reply.   I'm going to check again tomorrow and again at the weekend. If everything's holding steady I'll perform a 30% water change and add 6 Cardinal Tetras.   Please advise if anyone thinks this is a bad idea.   Many thanks,   FF78

TBH I'm more concerned about the water hardness and whether the Tetras will survive.

  Thanks for the reply.   I forgot to mention that I plan on softening the water in the future. It won't be that hard forever.

As you can see in my sig' I already have a good variety of fish in the aquarium but it would be nice to get some reddish fish to compliment the other colours in the tank. After giving it some careful consideration the fish I'd most like to add are Cardinal Tetras.   Unfortunately the water is...

  Nitrites. I've been testing for it.   Update: Good news! I was performing daily 25% water changes due to high nitrite readings of around 0.125-0.5 and then I went and purchased some API Quick Start (Good bacteria). The very next day the reading was zero. I tested again today and both ammonia...

Thanks for the replies guys. Last night I conducted a 90% water change and thereafter took an immediate reading. Nitrate was undetectable. 24hrs has passed and Nitrate has risen to around 0.125ppm. Im going to carry out an immediate 25% water change and take a reading tomorrow. Also, tomorrow...

OK thanks. I'll get to it.

Immediate 75% water change? 90%?

Thanks :) The rocks will be complimented by smaller rocks around the base of the larger ones at some stage.