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Ah!! This is interesting! I have an Interpet PF3 internal filter and the blurb in the box says that I must replace the filter pads every 6 - 8 weeks, but this was flagging a major "####??" in my head because even as a newbie fishkeeper, I'm thinking that if I replace the pads, I'm removing the...

Question: When I was given my tank, etc, I also inherited some aquarium salt. How and when would you use this in a tropical, freshwater set-up? :blink:

I'm gonna ditto this! My Dad bought his Siamese Fighter two females and the bugger killed and ate one of 'em!! :blink:

I'm so glad I found this thread! My female zebra danios are total and utter piglets!! ANYTHING that comes into the tank (food, the water siphon, a new rock, phials to test the water, my hand, etc, etc, etc) is greedily inspected for it's edible-ness. :hyper: Even the sinking food that put...

Dang!! Just as I was about to order a pair of these: ...someone gives a sensible solution!! :hyper: You and me both! I'm the kind of gal who persues things to it's total and utter illogical conclusion! (Often at length...) :hyper:

See? Quality counties are a worldwide thing!! (I have rellies in Canada. Must go there sometime...) :good:

I'd gladly give 'em all the tea and cake they can eat and drink at the mo!! :D Yeah... That surprised the hell out of me too!! :blink: BLIMEY!!! I'm glad I don't live in London any more! Is there anything that can be done about that? *grins* Getting the water to siphon out of the tank...

Thank you! Glad to be here!! :hyper: Definitely!!! I think I've found another new home-from-home - and my fishies are gonna be a lot healthier and happier for it!! * :good: * I ain't jokin' here either - I've been given either wrong, bad or no advice from fish stockists about 'Fish...

OK... here we go: Today's feet-soaking-50%-water-change-and-a-coffee went as follows: Day 1 Pre-water change: 07:00am pH - 7.5 Ammonia - 0.1 Nitrite - 2.0 Nitrate - 35-ish 50% water change carried out: 08:00am pH - 7.5 Ammonia - 0.1 Nitrite - 0.5 Nitrate - 35-ish (The...

Argh!! I found out late yesterday that I've got to work both Saturday and Sunday if I'm to clear my schedule. Urgh... :sick: As they say in the movies: Watch This Space...

Well, the fact that I was told that the catfish only grew to 6cms kinda gave it away... Esp. as I was thinking, "I'm sure these ones grow to 20 inches..." ...and that the Flying Foxes like to live in a shoal when I read that they don't (My two get along fine tho'... there's enough room and...

This is what also[p/i] bugged me. I know what White Spot looks like from when my Dad kept tropical fish. My fish - I will bet any money you like - don't have anything that looks like White Spot. If Velvet looks 'furry', then what my plecs have, looks like Velvet, but it's not hairy (if that...

Hi there!! Sorry, today has been an absolute bloody MARE!!! Seriously... 2 coolies died: one in 'mysterious circumstances' (...and got half-eaten...) and the other decided to investigate the inner workings of the pump and promptly earned himself the fish version of a Darwin Award (must get...

Hee!! Will do!! :good: OK, I'm off homewards, I'll PM you when I know what's what work-wise and we can arrange a time/day for a swap! Once again, THANK YOU!!!!! :hyper:

Right!! Will definitely do!! I won't know until tomorrow what my totally ridiculous work schedule is gonna be like for the rest of the week/weekend (I work in TV, so nothing is ever 'normal'...) but as soon as Nick and I can work out a suitable time and day for a swap, I'll be over there like a...

I'll take you up on that offer! Bear with me, I've got to sort out what my (sometimes stupid...) work schedule is like this week and then we can work out a suitable time for me to pop over. Where do you get your filter foams from? Is there a specific model/part number? :good:

Nick16 has just offered to give me a mature filter foam from his tank set-up. He lives nearby, so I can nip round there with a new one for him. It's for a different make and model to my filter, but he reckons I can cut it to fit. Or I've read that just squeezing out the water from the foam into...

I've got a 1' x 3' x 15" tank, 83 litres with an Interpet PF3 filter in it. If you reckon that your mature filter foam can fit into my filter (or I've also read that squeezing the water out of it does the same thing) I'll gladly buy you a new filter foam, a beer and cover any postage/petrol...

No idea... That's the problem. People are advising me that I need bacteria in my tank/filter to balance out the ammonia/pH, etc doodah - but when it comes to what species of bacteria, I couldn't tell you. No-one at the aquarium shop told me about 'cycling' or how important it is to cycle the...

Fab!! Always 'up' for meeting new people, me!! :hyper: ... That's providing all my new fishies don't die coz the bloke in the shop didn't tell me about 'cycling'... All I know about cycling is that it's got usually got two wheels and a saddle. So I got handed a (tiny) bottle of...

NEWDIGATE!!!! I LOVE NEWDIGATE!!! OK, OK, I'm one of the millions who see the sign for "Newdigate", immediately mentally change it to 'Nudeygate' and nearly crash the car laughing... :hyper: :hyper: :hyper:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Oh dear... Here's me hoping it would have got a 5. Or even a 3!!! :hyper: ( I was also going to ask the question, "Why don't they tell you about 'cycling' in fish shops?" I then immediately thought of the answer, "Coz then they wouldn't sell so much stuff coz most...

So what bits of Surrey are you folks in then? ;)

<-- *loves F1* My Big Bro lives near Silverstone and while tiz a shame it's moving, he's actually quite happy about it!! :hyper: Back on topic for a bit... I've been reading a couple of threads here where folks have been offering to supply mature filter media to noobs (which is great!)...

I'm in lovely Ashtead - the village where everything closes at 2pm and y'can't find a coffee shop that has soya milk within a mile and a half radius. Eep!! *twitches* :blink:

...and... <-- I love this lil' guy!!

*points up* Ain't that the truth! I'm a keen horse-rider and my Mum was a riding instructor when she was in her 20's and the change in how things are done, what tack/kit you can buy, training methods, etc, etc, etc have changed soooooooooooo much!! :)

Ooo!! Another Surrey-ite! I moved here a year ago after living in London for nearly 10 years and I LOVE it! It's so nice to be out in the countryside, yet close to the city!! :good: So... seeing as you more than likely know the area better than I do, where's the best/most helpful fish...

Ah! All the books I've read have said, "Age water for two days, add declorinator stuff, then-and-only-then pour into fish tank." ;) ... My dad would go NUTS if he found out I was changing water. When he kept fish (i.e. 25 years ago) he NEVER changed the water ...and ever since he found out...

OK... I did a 20% water change this morning (...and got wet feet, must remember to buy wellies...) and bearing in mind that a. we're not convinced this is the world's best test kit, b. I'm a noob and c. the colours will be a bit off coz of the camera, artificial lighting in my kitchen and the...

Hurrah!! I did my first water change this morning and apart from wet feet and the coolie loaches going AWOL behind a rockface, all went well. (I can only do a 20% change at the mo because I've only got 2 ten litre buckets... I know that's not ideal, but until I can get something with a larger...

*sings* It's cold outside, there's no kind of atmosphere, etc *dogs start howling, people throw things at the window* (The only way I can even LOOSELY call this on-topic is to point out the line in the theme tune about goldfishes with a foot fetish...) :fish:

Hi there!! I'm Linda a.k.a. B13 (it' s a long story!) I'm new to keeping tropical fish, but my Dad kept 'em when I was a kiddie. I've currently got: 6 Zebra Danios 5 Coolie Loaches (when I can find 'em...) 2 Flying Foxes 2 (mis-sold to me) Sailfin Catfish (I was told in the shop that they'd...

*waves* :hyper: Oh, that's very interesting... Ms Wiggle? Those are the two areas where you have raised concerns, right? P.S. Smegforbrains: are you a Red Dwarf fan, perchance? :good:

Ooo!! Thank you, I'll go have a look!! :thumbs: ... *two minutes later* Wow... it seems like my test kit may not be that accurate... Hmmmmm... a trip to the shop is on the cards, methinks. Still gonna change the water tho'...

Hee!! Like the Saturday Lad who told me on Saturday that the plecs would only grow to 6cms (I have to admit I raised an eyebrow then coz I was thinking, "I'm SURE those are the buggers who grow to 20 inches...") and then said that I have to put TEN feed pellets in per night for them... I...

Hee!! I can't say that I'm surprised when you say that what they try and sell in the shops is mostly next to useless: it's like the old saying, "Why do pet food companies exist? To sell pet food!" - which in the case of the well-known-brand-that-starts-with-a-T - is probably true! My Dad used...

Cool!! I'll do a water change tonight (or earlier if I can escape from work!) and re-test. (Is it worth getting a chemical 're-balancer' as an emergency measure?) I'll also do a test on the tap water. (Funnily enough, when I check the colour of the broad range against one colour chart, it...

Hee!! Hi Scott!! I'm all ears! And I'm now off to read Miss Wiggle's 'What's Cycling' info (...although as a member of a local cycle club, I may get confused!!!) :D

Hi Miss Wiggle! The test kit is something the knowledgable chap at the fish shop recommended (i.e not the Saturday Staffer!) It's an Interpet Master Pond Test Kit- which (to me at least!) seems to be a pretty comprehensive one with 4 phials + tablets for pH, ammonia, Nitrate and Nitrite - and...