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agree with others - just use a bit of lead (plant weight). My clowns love it (as do ottos and Mr Plec) I add 2 or 3 pieces so that they can all have a nibble

don't cory's do this anyway?

maybe d. affinis are darker when smaller, although I don't recall mine being anything other than the champange colour he is now. Maybe others can enlighten whether they colour up as they mature. Mine's 5-6" now and I've had him perhaps 6 or 7 years

possibly some sort of distichodus but prob not affinis like I have as it's a silvery-champagne like colour

I agree entirely with you on this for a general overview re stocking levels, but an allowance should be made all the same (doesn't need to be scientific - just use internal measurements and knock off 5%-10% or so) but it could make a difference when using meds as ODing becomes a real...

why? what are they now? nearest I can get for macracantha is macra=thin, cantha=sing but that doesn't make much sense, unless it's (the sing part) to due with the clicking they sometimes make when they get excited or are munching on cucumber (well mine do anyway)

But this calc does not allow for thickness of the glass, displacement by gravel etc and also assumes the tnak is full to the brim. I would suggest a tank that measures 24x12x12 (or 30.5x30.5x61cm) would have internal dimensions of approx 60x29x29cm. If filled to within 3cm of the top this...

Hi all I've got a plant in my tank which has recently started to grow really quickly and requires regular trimming back. I originally thought it was H. Difformis but it the leaf structure appears different on this plant to when I've had HD in the past. A friend though it may be indian fern

does this not just mean the larger bottle has a larger cap?

botia macracantha botia modesta probably easy, but I'd still like to know.

i've got one SD (originally 4) and he's perfectly happy on his own (he's got a distochodus affinis for company). the two of them are always swimming around together, occasionally joined by my leporinus (who does hide in is cave for most of the day). not skittish at all. peaceful but does have...

sintered glass is a high pourouisity material that is used for biological filtration as it has a very high seurface area (due to pourous nature). I use it after the foam prefilter and before a final thin layer of filter wool (to polish water). How often do people replace their media? I've had...

i currently have a fluval 304 running with 2 chambers filled with sintered glass due to its high pourousity. I'm getting ready to replace it as it's been a while but cannot find anywhere that stocks it (is it still used?) what sould i be looking at for a suitable replacement. Whilst on the...

i've also had aponogeton (undulatus) flowering regularly a few years ago. don't think it's anything to worry about

excuse my ignorance but what are UG and HC?

hi all this may seem like a daft question but i've bought some tropica potted plants (including a really nice large echinodorus osiris with 12" flower spike from pets@home of all places - only £3 each) and was wondering if i should remove the rockwool or whatever it is from the roots or just...

I'm in the middle of doing this now. If you dose 3x recommended level every day for 14 days it should do trick i.e day 1 - do about 40% water change then dose 15ml per 40l (10us gal) days 2-14 dose 15ml per 200l (50 us gal) Continue with water changes, but no more that 25% per week. I've...

hi i've got a quick question regarding amano shrimp. my lfs has recently got a supply in and i'm planning to get some for my tank. is there a recommended stocking level for them (1 per 10gals etc) or is it fine to get half a dozen for my 60g? ta stu

tried that but only breaks it up for about 12" from outlet (spraybar). the other 5 foot has the scum. any ideas what causes it so I can rectify? ta Stu

hi all I'm looking at various lighting options for my 60US gal planted tank. Currently I have 1x40w (1x48" unreflected tube), 1x30w (1x36" reflected), 1x20w (1x24" reflected) giving a total of 1.5wpg. I'm looking at increasing this but due to limitations of my hood (depth) I think I've only...

Hi all I'm thinking of installing a surface skimmer to my filter intake in order to remove the slimey clear film that keeps appearing (see pic below). Does anyone have any experience of these - good or bad. Do they work, are they noisy etc ta

ditto - action of the filter re water flow (i think) moved everything around and even levelled my substrate over a period of time (couple of months IIRC), which started off banked up to the rear. never bothered again with any subsequent tanks

i've started to use flourish excel in an attempt to combat BBA after reading of several success stories when OD'ing it. I'm dosing 3x normal dose on a daily basis - 4th day today and no signs of any change yet. One thing I've noticed is that since I started to use it the surface of the water...

interesting comments about nannyspetals. I ordered several plants from them - most arrived, although it took a while. One should have ben potted and wasn't and a couple didn't arrive. Have emailed but no response as yet (4 days later). As the plants I did receive were good quality (esp...

Hi all can anyone identify this fish please. I've been told it's a siamese flying fox, but from what I can gather going through the forums they tend to get mislabelled. TIA

I've bought some of the tetra 5 in 1 test strips as they seemed a good buy (25 strips fro testing NO3, NO2, GH, KH and PH) but I'm a little concerned the results aren't particularly accurate. Every test I do reveals the same results NO3 always 100ppm (both before and after 25% water change...

I've connected return valve to my yeast bottle so presumably I won't need to add another, will I? It's all working well enough - I just assumed the inner-spiral was to allow longer contact with the water, increasing total co2 absorbed, therefore it needed to be filled but when I tried to fill...

this may seem like a silly question but how do i connect my diffuser to the co2 supply? by this I mean do I fill the diffuser with water before connecting or connect dry and place in aquarium. i realise this is probably a real dumb question so thanks in advance. the diffuser is pictured here

hi all i've just dismantled and relocated my tank and in the process found an aponogeton bulb buried deep in the sand. it's still quite firm so i don't think it's rotted. can i just replant it and hope it grows or will i need to rest it. i've heard that sometime these bulbs need to be stored...

I'm about to plant up my tank and have been looking at online suppliers. has any one tried greenline aquatics (www.aquaticplants.eu.com) or www.java-plants.com and if so are they any good. Or does anyone else have any recommendations? cheers stu

i'm about to resurrect my 72" tank and i plan to try and keep live plants this time (with general medium sized community fish). the tank is 18" deep and the lighting will be provided by 1x24", 1x36", 1x48" life glo tubes My question is re the substrate - currently I have a silver sand only...