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My favourite is the Black Ghost Knife fish, they are unique.Beautiful fish, very lively, and the way they move just keeps me amused for hours. When I kept fish years back my favourites were Red Tail Black sharks, Clown loaches and Red Tiger Oscars. I am just like a big kid in the fish shops, I...

That's excellent thank you.I have ordered some medium and fine sponge,which I will cut to shape the bottom basket,and use biomax in all the others.Thank you for your advice it is invaluable.

Whats a bn ? and sspca ? I am not taking the mick, just want to know.I gues the sspca is the Scottish something for protection of animals, but no idea on bn.I think it is a good thing that you are reporting shops that do not properly look after their fish, or any other creatures come to that...

Hi , My Black Ghost Knife fish is fed every two days the same as yours. I usually feed with frozen or live bloodworm, sometimes live Brine shrimp.He is fine and never eaten any of the other fish which include 2 small cory's, clown loach zebra spiny eels two Angels and a dwarf Gourami. I have...

Thank you very much for your reply,it is most informative. I like the idea for slightly better mechanical filtration,so will look around for a suitable sponge and leave the rest of the trays with biomax. One more question: There are three trays in the filter,and each tray is divided into two...

I have a Fluval 305 and at the moment I have biomax in the bottom basket , charcoal in the middle and biomax in the top basket. I would like to know what sensible options I could try in the baskets.Looking at the kits available from Fluval I think they only contain biomax,charcoal,ammonia...

I have the fluval Roma 125 and I have been very pleased with it.It looks nice and is an adequate size for the fish I keep.I agree with the other comments about the hood being in three parts with the lighting unit being the middle part.This is well illustrated by the pictures kindly shown by...

The temprature in Kent has been up to 80degrees for past few days, so would be ideal if the heaters failed for a while.Don't worry if all your fish look normal,carry on as before :drool: :shifty: :rolleyes:

No not here, all as per usual :rolleyes: :blink: :drool:

Can anyone tell me if it is necessary to leave water that has just had a commercial solution added to it, to remove chlorine or chloramine, for any length of time. The bloke at my lfs suggests leaving it for ten minutes.I have checked the instructions on aqua plus, which just recommends...

Thats what I was hoping to avoid. I have a Fluval 305 on the go.having recently upgraded from a 105. I put the biomax from the old filter in to the new one,but no other filter media from the old one. The tank is up and running with fish and I started to get nitrite and nitrate readings (lowish...

Quick question: If I put an ammonia remover in my external filter will that stop any Nitrite build up ? As I understand it , nitite breaks down the ammonia,so presumably if there is no ammonia there can be no nitrite ? If the above is correct presumably the nitrate that follows ammonia...

[Hi, I just read your reply to using scrubbers in filters with interest.I currently use a Fluval 305 and wanted your advice on what else I can safely use in the filter apart from the charcoal and biomax rings that Fluval sell. I recently upgraded from a fluval 105 and put the biomax rings from...

Hi, Just read your post on using 'scrubbers' in your filter.What a good idea ! I have a flucal 305 and want to know what I can use as medium in place of the charcoal bags they recommend. Do you think the scrubbers will do the trick, or will my aquarium be missing out on something due to the...

Thanks very much for that information,it is very useful.In particular I did not know about the high O2 content for BGK. My tank is fairly well settled now with no sign of white spot.How long should I keep it blacked out for if it happens again ? I take it you mean not to put lights on, not...

I recently had a case of white spot in my aquarium and treated it with a conventional treatment.The spots disappeared but my young BGK died shortly afterwards. I had raised the temprature to 81degrees and added the treatment in the correct dosage. I know the BGK are scaleless fish and wonder if...

I recently upgraded my external filter to a Fluval 305 and placed the ceramic pieces from my old filter into the new filter. I have noticed the nitrite and nitrate levels have risen slightly. Disturbed by this I put some Nutrafin cycle biological supplement in to try and stabilise both.My...

Thank you for your help,but I am new to this and dont know how to 'pm' you on my ad ? Jon

I am after some Malayan livebearing snails to clean up the sand in my aquarium, so if anyone out there has some please let me know.I am in Kent and I am willing to travel up to an hour to collect or maybe they can be posted ? Thank you, Jon

Hi there, this is my first post and I want some help on what to do with my plants being picked at,and in many cases having holes bitten in to them. I have a 125 litre aquarium and have planted it out with some large green broad leaved plants which reach to the water surface.I do not know the...