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Hi! I recently added some new clown loaches to my tank to take my total up to 7. I noticed last Thursday that one of the clowns was starting to show signs of ICH and so I immediately went to my local aquarium who recommended 'Anti White spot plus' (Interpet No. 6). When I got back (about 10...

Hi chefkeith! There are some nice pics of your clown loaches! :-) My clown loaches seem to have learned about the bridge the quickest, maybe because they are the most playful, and won;t stop swimming between tanks! :-) I think I may have found one problem though! My dwarf gourami keep trying...

Myself, I put a sheet of 3/4" ply underneat my tank stand to ensure that the weight is spread uniformly. Oh and of course it is essential to have the tank adjacent to the rafters!

Hi guys - thatks for your positive feedback! It is so nice to get some positive comments, when you have been working on something for so long! :thumbs: I always get confused between UK and US gallons but that tank is 48"x24"x18" which is about 350litres and the tank it is linked with is...

Hi all! I am in the middle of a combined tank project over in the DIY forum, and wondered what anyones thoughts are of my tank so far? I appologise that it is a crap camera! Thanks...

Ok I promised I would take some pics when I got home! What do you think of my tank set up so far? Link to fish pictures

Hey. Probably an obvious point, but I will make it just in case - keep the gravel wet with the old tank water! Tap water would kill of the bacteria! B)

That my friend was a genious Idea! I gave up trying to buy clear plastic pipe and a couple of days ago one of my air pumps decided to pack up.. So I went to 'Index' and for £19.99 bought a 70cm bubble lamp. I had a £1.99 hack saw from B&Q and chopped the pipe of cleanly. I found the pipe to be...

Of course I am with you all on this one.. Just one question though - do we all need to write a letter (Which the effort is likely to put a lot of people off) or could we just start an online petition and see how many people we could get to sign it? I am sure I could set up on online petition...

Hi All.. My clown loaches have started showing signs of ICH, and I have started treatement for whitespot. However I have heard rumours that this can be easily mis-diagnosed as something else. My Water parameters are fine (amonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 7). Is there anything else I should be...

Just thought I would appologies for no updates for a little while, I am in the process of planting out each tank etc, so that both tanks are ready when I put in the water bridge! Will keep you all posted! Chris

I am hoping that my new clown loaches are going to enjoy any extras that may have shipped with the plants! :unsure:

Hi all, I have a 4ftx2ftx18" tank which I believe is 63 UK Gallons. I have built a custon hood with the following lamps: 38W Arcadia Origional Tropical Lamp 38W Arcadia Freshwater Lamp 30W Interpet Blue Moon At the moment the 2 38W lamps come on at 0900 -> 1400 and 1600 -> 2200. At 2200 the...

Mmmm.. Maybe I was lucky then! :rolleyes:

I know that this forum has been subject to a great deal of information about bad LFS, but I really wanted to commend java-plants.com. They sent my order of plants to my billing address, as opposed to my delivery address by mistake. However they admitted their mistake straight away and sent me a...

Mmm... I built a very basic test to see if this kind of DIY CO2 system would work for me, and bubbled the CO2 through a bucket of water overnight. I was quite alarmed to notice that the Ph dropped from 7.1 to below 5 (off my scale). Is this not really bad? Presumably the plants are not going to...

Hey! Well I have now discovered that my Neon Tetras are more than happy to swim back and fourth through the 19mm pipes.. :crazy: Which was a bit of a surprise! Particularily when they had to pull some netting off the pipe to get into it!! :grr: Therefore as I am on such a tight budget, as...

Hi Danio2004! I am glad that my playing is of interest to someone! The following diagram shows more thouroughly what I am doing: And yes it works! Obviously as the water gets higher in one tank, the presure increases to keep the two tanks level so there is approximately 10mm difference in...

Just a quick picture to show the layout of my two tanks and the pipe that I am using to return the water between the tanks.. Hopefully this piping should be replaced by a water bridge soon! :-)

Do you think that this would work for diffusing the CO2 into the water? basically the tube runs down the inside of the pipe, out through a hole in the bottom, and spirals up the outside, until it is pushed back in through a hole at the top. The end is then loose in the pipe. Any opinions...

Thanks for such a fast responce! By this do you mean that you are putting the pipe inside the inlet tube to your filter? Would it work if I made a coil out of tube and let the air bubbles run around the coil as it would always be incontact with water inside the pipe? I might have to have a...

I am a little confused as to the best place to put the tube from my reactor into the tank. Should I put the pipe near the inlet to my filter, or into the tank via an airstone? Many Thanks!

OK - So I am half way towards the set up I am after! I wanted to also do some tests with only using one Filter (Rena XP) to filter both tanks and see if a water bridge would return the water quick enough! Using two 19mm tubes in place of the bridge both tanks stay nice and level! Will post...

Yup.. But I have strugled to get any bulkheads as well, so I am considering a water bridger design over the top as a next step. However I am loathed to do that with non transparent pipe as I really want a visual indication that there is water in the pipe!! Thanks..

I am guessing that 3 inches should be sufficient!

My two tanks are currently 10 inches (25cm) appart..

Hi, I am looking to purchase a filter for my new tank (4ftx2ftx18"). As a student the Atman 3336 seems to be a good bet at an affordable price. Has anyone had any experience with these? Many Thanks!

Hi Guys! Just a quick question.. I am ordering a filter heaters etc, for my new tank as well as plants from on the internet. The plants are likely to arrive a good week before the filter and heaters. Will the plants survive being put in the tank of water for a week? The plants are just the...

Hey guys! Thanks so much for trying to help! The only problem with this is that I am based in the UK and was sure that there must be somewhere here to buy some before paying the premium to import it from the US!! I have tried google extensively and it looks like buying from the US may be my...

Hi all, and thanks for your enthusiasm! It is looking increasingly bleak as I can;t find and clear PVC pipe anyware! Anyone got any suggestions or ideas as to a company that may stock it? There is a pint on offer to the first person who can give me a positive lead!! :-) I will find a solution...

Hi All! I am in the process of linking two tanks together, and was wondering if anyone had any experience of doing this? I was origionally planning to use a water bridge method with a pipe over the top, but I have recently been thinking that cutting holes in the glass and fixing a pipe may be...

Pets at Home in Bangor, North Wales. I am so glad that I found this forum before I bought any fish - If I had followed Pets@homes advice then I would have had problems. Not a clue they just wanted to make a Sale. The amount of dead and ill fish in their tanks really turns my stomache.. Then...

You would have to add 'Redline Tornedo Barb' to that list to get my vote! :-)

That is a nice looking tank! But I am thinking of taking things a little further.. The fish that I want to keep in the tank will be what I have at the moment :- 6x Neon tetra (Paracheirodon innesi) 2x Dwarf otocinclus (Otocinclus affinis) 3x Harlequin (Trigonostigma heteromorpha) (Will add...

Hi all! I am in the process of setting up my new 4 foor tank, and I am looking for insperation of how the tank should be set out. Could anyone point me towards any good designs and ideas that they have seen? I really am keen to find a good way to make caves out of rocks etc, whilst trying to be...

Is it just me, but I really don;t fancy the kind of stress that the fish must be put under in the post?

As a broke student, who has just bought a 350l tank I am looking for the cheapest filter option. Has anyone ever tried to make their own filter?

Hi Guys! Due to now realising how much fun fish are, and wanting to keep redline tornedo barbsm I have bought a 2nd hand 4ft tank. My questions are what size heater and filter will I need, and which would you recommend? I am a student in the UK so keeping the cost down is important!! The...

Hi! Appologies for asking soo many questions! I have just bought a 4ftx2ftx18inch tank because I now know that my fish will out grow the tank that they are in! As a student I am trying to keep costs down, although doing the best things for the fish. I am looking for cheap alternatives for...

Hi! I am after peoples experiences of the automatic fish tank feeders out there.. I will have to go away for a week with work in August and unfortunately there arn;t going to be very many people around who I trust to feed them! What are the best options? Thanks!