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Hi, if you like wildlife pics you might like these: Wildlife pics

Hi Firstman and welcome to the forum. Denbob is right about reversing the UGF so the water flows up and out through the substrate. Have a look at this article:Potplants and UGFs

Hi Brookie, you may be interested in this article. Potplants

Hi, Bogwood is the name given to pieces of trunk or root which have been preserved by organic acids in peat bogs: this makes bogwood very different from drift wood, or dead wood found in a forest. Bogwood can be bought in aquarium shops or sometimes obtained from people who have found it...

Hi Brookie, it all depends on what variety of plant you are going to grow. The fish will provide some fertilizer but there will be macro and micro nutrients missing. If you just want to keep a plant alive and not too worried about strong growth it should be ok without fertilizer if you do...

Hi Christine, is sounds like your tank is going through another cycle probably because your filter broke down. If the bacteria were killed off when the filter broke down it will take a couple of weeks (roughly) to build enough bacteria up to use the nitrites. You should then start to see...

Hi people, I cant believe I,ve just spent most of the day reading the articles on this site. They are great! Anybody wanting to learn more about growing plants or setting up a planted tank should browse through here. Its made me rethink a lot of what I thought was gospel. The beginners corner is...

Hi, with the figures you mentioned you should have around 15-19ppm of CO2 which is ideal (Provided you dont have any buffers in the water). You dont want to go any higher than this otherwise its harmfull to the fish. Raising the KH will not raise the CO2 level, it dosen,t work like that. The...

Hi, have a read of this, it will show you where you are in your cycle. Safe Cycling

Hi, Nitrates are the last stage of the nitrogen cycle. Nitrate levels that are too high are toxic to fish. To learn more about the nitrogen cycle have a read of this:Safe Cycling

Hi Anna, the packets you are describing sound different to what I had in mind. I thought you meant potato chips from the deli etc. I tried a simular reflective material and it was ok for about 3 months but then become very brittle and as soon as you tried to touch it, it just broke up into tiny...

Hi Guys, I,m wanting to mount my CO2 kit on the brick wall behind my tank and I was concerned about the vibration and noise hurting the fish. Has anybody ever drilled into brick or concrete near a fishtank? Anything I can do to protect the fish while I do it? Thanks.

I had a quick think about this and I reckon the best way would be to drill some holes into the rock using a masionery drill. Slip some wall plugs into the holes and then use a 1-2 inch piece of brass screw thread to join the pieces together. It should be very strong and wont have any parts that...

Anna, be carefull if that packet gets warm it desindergrates very quickley into tiny peices which will fall into your tank. (I,ve tried different reflective materials in my growroom) I dont know if you remember but in one of your ealier posts I suggested mylar which pretty much looks like the...

Nice stand and tanks Mike. I,de oil the stand for some protection without changing the colour.

If you look at the website on the bottom of the photo its a algae remover product. This tank obviously has had a brown algae outbreak. The company probably used it to demostrate thier product.

Hi Angel lover, I have about 20 odd plants of which 6 are in pots. There is no noticeable difference between the ones in the pots and the ones which I planted directly into the gravel. I think they will grow either way provided all the other elements are there.

Hi Guys, I came across this site "Chucks planted aqaurium" and found some really interesting reading among his articles. I especially like the one about cycling a tank with plants without fish. His articles are well sourced but very easy to read and covers everything from starting a new planted...

Hi Lizard, Ok, it sounds like your tank is in the first stages of cycling. Your ammonia level is high because this is the first stage but also the most harmfull to the fish. You should read Alien Annas pinned article on new tank syndrome if you haven,t done so yet. You will get an idea of what...

Hi Knutty, before recommending any tubes I need to know what fittings you have. If I read this right your tank is 4 foot but your light fittings are 2 foot, is that right? How many tubes do you have now and what wattage are they? It might be easier and cheaper in the long run to upgrade to 4...

Hi Lizard, did you test for ammonia as well? All the other readings are fine provided your tank is cycled. Did your tank cycle? You will know if it did because your ammonia level would have gone up, followed by the nitrite level going up and then the ammonia and nitrite levels should drop and...

Silicon is what tanks are put together with in the first place so theres no problem using it to do repairs. Just make sure you have one that dries clear not white or some other colour.

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:hi: Hi Cate, have a great time here, I do!

Hi Pamela, welcome to the forum. You haven,t mentioned any water parameters, have you cycled your tank yet? Also be carefull about using salt with plecos, it can burn them. Also the treatment for whitespot should be used at half dose with the pleco and its a good idea to treat longer than 5 days...

I found my tigerbarb but I,m afraid its bad news. The poor little fellow must have got trapped inside a sea shell. I thought he was in there the night before because the TBs were all pointing to the shell. I took it out and washed it out under the sink but there was no fish I could see in there...

Colin, its important that you get a tube with the right spectrum. Incandescent bulbs have most of thier light spectrum in the yellow range where plants don,t use it. Specially made agraculture tubes have thier main light in the blue and red spectrum to promote photosynthesis. However different...

Last night while doing a headcount I noticed there were only 5 TBs, one was missing. I looked everywhere, removed the stones, looked behind the plants no TB. He wasn,t sick and I,m sure he was there in the morning. I have glass covers over the tank so theres only about 2x 1 inch gaps in the top...

Hi Debo, unfortunately it does sound like nitrite posioning to me. I went through new tank syndrome about 3 months ago and what you are describing is exactly what happened to me. Even after water readings levelled out fish were still dying for about two weeks from damage already done. If you...

Gooday dunk man, I,m not sure where you are but if you live in the states, Cichlidmaster has some unusual plecs listed in the buy sell swap forum.

I,m pretty sure fish have some sort of emotions and thier body colours reflect this. Happy fish seem to be more vibrant and colourfull. Some fish loose all thier colour when you first bring them home. After a day or two they regain the colours they had in the shop.

I was in the local pet store the other day just browsing the fishtank section. I overheard two young guys telling the shop assistant how they had bought several fish only to have them die within a week. The shop assistant then went on to describe cycling and the nitrogen cycle etc and why thier...

Hi Kimmyfishy, I don,t know why tigers have got such a bad rap. In my tank the 6 TBs are the one of the least aggressive species in there. They like to swim just above the bottom so they go well with platys who like the top and cats who like the bottom but I,m not sure about tetras as I don,t...

Oh Bugger , I was just gonna say I like his signature :D Welcome STaNgXs.

Thanks for the replys. I tried breaking up a couple of algae biscuits but the little bugger of a BN decided he wants them all and races around harrasing everyone as suemack mentioned. I must admit its funny to watch though, the tiger barbs pick up a piece and are off with it in their mouths...

When I first put 3 Bristlenoses in my tank there was plenty of algae for them to eat. Now they've cleaned just about every nook and crany and they are looking for alternative food sources. When I put an algae biscuit for the corys or drop a block of brine srimp in the largest of the BNs chases...

Thanks Anna I,ll do that, thats because oxygen levels drop at night yeh? Can anybody else help me out here, where do you have your CO2 output? Anybody, hey MR V are you there, can you help me PLeaseeeeeeeeeeee :)

Gooday Mr V, no doubt there is, I just havent looked well enough. I know theres a perth cichlid society but most of the other societies are in Melbourne and Sydney and Adelaide. Poor ol Perth only got 1.8 million people so sometimes we miss out. But I was thinking something more intimate like...

Hi People, when I was a teenage boy I used to be interested in model railroads. Theres only so much room and money a teenage boy has so my setup was rather modest and small. Oneday I learned of a model railway club down the road so I decided I,de go take a look. The first time I walked in there...