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Hi there Catfishlove, I have about 12 varieties of plants in my tank. One of my albino corys loves to lay in a plant called Ludwigia repens, or common name is the green rampant ludwig. They also like the soft leaves of the Cabomba varieties. I love the corys, they have a totally different...

There seems to be a difference of opinion on the effectiveness of carbon. So many people swear by it yet others say you don,t need it and not to waste your money. It is used in filtered water (reverse osmosis etc) to remove chemicals and minerals. In a planted tank, plants need those minute...

Hi gf225, I,m supprised your heating cables don,t have a thermostat? It dosen,t make sense to me to have your heater on with your lights as heat is generated from the lighting anyway. If you are going to put the cables on a timer why not have them turn on for 15 min every 1/2 hour or 15 min...

Goodaye Mitch, sounds like you do have hair algae. Florida flag fish are supposed to eat this type of algae but I don,t know if they are available in Australia or not. Have a look here to see what this fish looks like. Flag Fish

Hi, just a thought: maybe your lighting is getting old and weaker?

Thanks for that Jackson, I have just ordered one via mailorder. It should be here next week, I,ll let you know how I go. BTW I had to order one via the internet becuase only one LFS (I phoned at least 20) had any idea of what I was talking about and they didn,t stock them. Even the nutrfin yeast...

Hi Feline, after Anna said Bristlenoses don,t eat hair algae I wanted to find out what type of algae I did have in my tank. From what I could make out although I still didn,t see the exact same algae in any pics is that I had some form of Brush or Horses hair algae growing from the driftwood in...

Thanks Anna, I will look into the grass carp, with koi being carp they should get along ok.

Hi Anna, any chance of asking your LFS what species it is next time you go in there? Ste2k3, I love plecs but I know how big some of them can get. I thought if I was to buy a species that can handle cold water I could put it in my mums pond when it outgrows its tank. I reckon it would be cool...

Hi people, I was looking into getting a CO2 injection kit when I came across a new product that claims it produces CO2 by way of electrolysis. It plugs into the mains and uses disposable carbon plates. They want $250 aud for it which is cheaper to setup than gas but the carbon plates cost $70...

Welcome Newfish gal, great bunch of people here will give you plenty of advice. The algae eater sounds like a Ancistrus Temmincki (Bristlenose) or a Hypostomus Plecostomus (Pleco). :hi:

LOL...so thats what it means, in oz its slang for...well just say breeding...LOL :lol:

Dosen,t anybody know or was this a stupid question?

Sorry I cant comment on the mollys as I don,t have any. But if you want a genuine hard worker you cant go past a bristlenose or two. I wish I had taken a pic of my tank two days ago. It had brown algae and hair algae growing everywhere. Now it looks like I set it up yesterday! Its so clean...

Yes Newboy, thats about the length of the front, I worked it out to be about 145cm or so. I,m not going to make it myself but I,ll probably either make or modify the cabinet as I,m a secondhand furniture dealer and come across corner units all the time. With the sump I estimate it should be...

Thanks Newboy, that was very helpfull. I was thinking of a 1 metre x 1 metre (sides) x 70cm high which is I,ve been told is the maximum height you would want for the surface area to volume ratio? And I would like to make a below tank sump/filter which will be concealled inside a large corner...

Lateral next time you come to oz, come and see me. I,ll buy you a beer and we can talk about sand v gravel amongst other things. I wasn,t trying to put him off sand, personally I like the look myself. I was just pointing out some of the pitfalls. Thats the beauty of this forum is people have...

Does anybody know of a freshwater catfish or pleco that would survive and flourish in a large unheated pond with hundreds of Koi?

Hi William, my brother and myself have built a couple of ponds with good success. Ours were made from concrete but the principle is still the same. We lined with thick black plastic, the same stuff they lay down before pouring a concrete pad. I wouldn,t use carpet or carpet underlay though, it...

Hi Anna, I agree with Lateral, I don,t think your light intensity is enough. If fitting another tube is a problem an alternative could be to go to the Hydroponic store and get some Mylar (highly reflective film) and roll it down the front of your tank when the light is on. I use mirrors in my...

Now I,m not going to get into a debate with lateral on this as he obviously believes sand is ok and I,m not saying it isn,t. But there is a difference between making do and doing something properly. Here is a piece from the complete book of aquarium plants. ON SAND: Sand always has the same...

Hi Newboy, I noticed you have a corner tank. I would like to get one myself and was wondering if there is anything you might recomend to get or not to get. Do they have any problems like access or anything else I should know about first? Whats your dimensions for a 50 galon? What sort of...

Hi Infant, you did,nt mention what lighting you had so its hard to recomend any plant varieties. Gravel is great for growing plants although some varieties don,t like to be buried they have to be bound to a rock or driftwood with a rubber band or something. To save yourself some money, take the...

Hi Trebor, I think you need to think about whether or not you want to use CO2 or not and then configure your lighting around that. If you plan as you said on having a "dutch tank" you will probably be considering the CO2 anyway. No serious dutch aquarium would be without it. If thats the case...

Goodaye Kip, I figured you,ll probably add more plants later on. I just want to say when I said I thought staggered lighting was good I meant switching between one and two globes and then back to one again. I don,t like the idea of turning lights off in between sessions, it might work to cut the...

Sand should be ok as long as its not too dense. Plants like oxygen around the roots and if the substrate is too dense not enough oxygen can get through. Some people mix a corser sand or gravel with the sand to make it more porous. I disagree somewhat with lateral in saying sand is better than...

Hi Skiltrip, that sounds like a good setup although a bit of overkill for one plant. I think the staggered timing is good and you could take it one more step and have two slightly different light spectrums, red and blue tubes. Have the blue come on for four hours, then have the blue and red...

Gee you gotta be happy with that! I scored a bargain myself. I,m a used furniture dealer and get offered fish tanks all the time. I was never into aquariums before so I wasn,t interested in buying any. Then about 4 months ago I tore a bicep and couldn,t do too much in the way of playing golf etc...

Hi all, I have finished treating for whitespot (ichthyophthiriasis, try saying that three times quick). The last treatment was 2 weeks ago and everything seems fine. All fish are happy and the white spots have all dissapeared. I would like to know do I have to put activated carbon in to remove...

Kossy, can you pin one of these sites for easy reference? Please!

Hi Kevy, youre right on the money there. You might like to check this out:Methylene Blue Treatment for fish Might have to get some of this stuff myself! :#

A lot of members on this site are from countries using metric. Also the UK and US gallon is different. I have found a good site for doing quick conversions. Maybe one of the mods would like to pin this one. I know I will be using it quite frequently.Conversion Calculator

Hi Mimifish, if you plan to have a planted tank you can,t have Cichlids. Also Cichlids and asian tropicals need different water conditions.

Hi Anna, I just did a bit more reading at the krib (I agree you need a PHD in chemistry to understand half the posts). It seems most KH kits measure total alkalinity of the water and not just the carbonate hardness so any buffers or peat will show up in the total reading giving a false reading...

Goodaye Death, I haven,t got the corner tank yet. I,ve got a small feature wall that comes out 3 foot from another wall and I,m trying to work out the maximum size triangle tank I can fit there. Knowing what size=what volume is going to help me decide what size to buy and what equipment I need. :)

Yeh mine suck on my fingers at feeding time. Just wondering if anyone keeps phiranas and how they go sticking fingers in there tank? :hyper:

Thanks guys but I,m still having trouble getting my brain around this. Whats the unit of measure to work it out in metric? If the tank was 1 metre triangle by 60cm high whats the volume in litres?

Hey Big Chief, hows it goin. Have you got any driftwood or rocks in there for them to dart in and around? Mine love playing around a piece of mangrove root thats got plenty of branches. They also like going through the "caves".