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there pretty small still im not sure if i want to keep them anyway, back to the origional question would the fish be ok if i put some crushed coral into the filter canister?

not sure of the ph but 2 oscars 2 birchirs 4 moonlight gouramis 2 plecs 1 silver molly 1 soft shell turtle. 3foot tank right now waiting for the 4foot one

would normal tropical fish be ok if i put some crushed coral into the filter i have a canister Rena XP3 filter right now.

my apple snail is about 1inch maybe 1.5 but its gone from a lovly yellow colour to now a very pale yellow with lots of white patches on it does anyone know how i can sort this out to get snail back to its origional colour? thanks

Went looking for something to clean the bottom of the tank was ideally going for another senegal birchir but saw this guy, can anyone identify him for me Thanks

Thanks for the imput guys, im going to put some spong in the powerhead to slow the rate of water coming out and purchase a airstone an pipe an pump will see what happens thanks for all comments

I currently have a Powerhead which looks exactly like the fluval ones now im thinking about puting some sort of air stone with a pipe in there as the powerhead really is a bit too powerfull an blows the plants over a bit but i have absolutly no idea on how to do this what equipment would i...

This plant is the only one that seems to survive in my tank so where can i buy about 20 or so plants from? my local fish shop is terrible for plant stocks, any ideas thanks :)

yep thanks thats the one.

i went into this my local fish shop and have identified the plant as this Balis Sporalia its the only plant my fish an plecos have not eaten so where can i get alot more of this as my tank is very very sparce thanks :)

if i do that wont too much water come out into a bucket?

I bought an electric pump for cleaning the muck of the top of the sand but its absolute rubbish theres no power at all. so what is the best way to clean up the crap / muck from the bottom of the tank (just sits on top of the sand) ive also tried swizling the new in a figure of 8 motion to...

Hi all my golden apples shell is slowly disintegrating its gone from a lovly golden yellow to a very very washed out yellow / white colour and the small curl in the center has bits missing out of it. now all my other fish are doing fine in the tank is there anything i can do to help this guy...

ive had something very similar i had 7 guppies which 5 disapeared an now have just got the 2 but ive had these 2 for the past 1.5months so god knows where the other 5 went to. we thought it was the big eyed african catfish but he never moves from under his rock still puzzled by this all this...

just ordered there 100 budget plants from here. its only £11 something including shipping well see if there ok before ording more

them an a few more. yeah dont say it :P ill be getting another tank sometime soon

well i swapped the gravel for sand last night put quite a bit in an evenly distributed it but then i tried to bed my plants down an there wasnt enough sand so i had to wash some more an put in. and my tank looks sooo much better now. ok its still settling but i can almost see the back of the...

Flame where did you buy your tahiti moon sand from? idealy i would like some white sand but i doubt ill ge this

can i just use Builders merchant bags of sand (washed ofc) for the fish tank? anyone know or should i goto Argos an pick some up from there?

does Focus sell any decent sand? any sand i should be looking for or avoiding? an any idea how much i will need my tank is 36"" long / 12"" wide and 18"" high ive read that 1 - 2cm is all that's needed and to *rake* it once a week also my catfish and fire eel will help in this also :) btw...

thanks for your reply. im thinking taking all the gravel out by a net but i know this will stir a great deal or crap up thats sunk down there etc whats best take gravel out let the filter clean the water for a few hours then start adding some sand? whats best way to add the sand? by hand / by...

Well ive had my tank for about 3months now. an its got quite large rough gravel its white an blue stuff from the LFS but ever since ive seen tanks with sand or fine gravel. so a couple of questions where would i buy sand for the tank ? LFS or builders merchant? i presume a good 1- 2" level is...

im wanting some fancy Pleco next its just finding one first.

i have 2 in my tank for the past 2 months an they definetly grow fast altho they seem to fatten up first (or mine have) great to watch also

any chance of a larger pic? carnt see anything there

I have visions of my son doing this in a few years he's just starting to crawl right now hope your fish live through it :)

Well i bought 2 Golden Snails both quite big about 1.5inch in diamiter anyway after about 4 days one died the shell floated to the surface anyway i left it there for 2 days just incase it wasnt dead but its trapdoor thingy fell off and in the bin went the snail shell which started to lose its...

my fish is always hiding away even when the lights are off he's only been in my tank for about 1 week but this is not normal behaviour as all the other fish move around etc but he just sits there all day help :shout:

as the title says Will Giant Trapdoor Snails live in a Tropical 24c tank my tanks got quite a few fish in it and 2 plecs so after seeing these snails on ebay with someone saying they *eat* the poop and upto there own weight per dey so will they live or die in my tank? This is the Ebay Link...

Someone donated my tank heater and the filter which is a Power Head (M 2 J) or something like that im at work so i carnt check. anyway its damn noisey so my question is are there any silent filters, my tank is a 29Galon tank oh and also how often should i take the filter out to clean it? thx...

seperate them? they get on very well togeather always lyeing next to each other no fighting at all. i removed the shells last night and re-arranged my tank an bought 3 more plants but i found that one of my apple snails had died :( it had been stuck / caught in the filter

ill take the shells out tonight there no big deal anyway im planning on getting some more plants that will hopefully root in as the plecs have eaten my other plants

this forums great full of people with great advice :) thanks guys might check back here much more often i will try and get some pics of the crab and catfight tonight ive been thinking about removing the shells also incase they hurt the catfish an plecs when there swimming around. when i...

the crab is very similar to the Red Claw Crab but with only 1 claw its a very small claw also.

Personaly i origionally wanted another tank and we have room for one also just moved into a new house. so seems i will have to get another tank to house the plecs an catfish in time. the shells were from a big wood basket that i soaked in water an cleaned before putting in the tank an they...

I bought the crab this past sunday (todays weds) he is only small and pretty slow most of the other fish keep out of his way. im not sure if its right but he only has 1 claw on his right (hand?) but nothing on the left an its only a titch claw poor guy :) my wires are all over the place just...

thanks guys i currently have a 3foot tank and have been keeping fish for about 1 month now any idea how fast these fish grow ? hes about 2.5 or 3 inch now The Fish i have are I have had the tank about 4 or 5 weeks now and only had 2 black mollys die and 1red neon and 1 cobra neon (died...

Thanks for the reply the head looks like my fish altho the body is just one dark silvery colour an he is always hiding :( so i never really see him. thanks for your time searching by the way. ransom Found the little guy http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Summary/Speci...ary.php?id=9311

well bought one of these from the lfs and well i carnt find any reference to the little guy at all the sticker on the side of his tank said aliminium catfish (i may be spelling the ali bit wrong) does anyone know of this catfish and point me in the right direction to read about this species thanks