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About £3 - £4 each down here lol so like i said before they were a real bargain m8 As for breeding i'll ask my m8 when i see him next :D

Geeeeesssssssssssssssssssss that was a bit long winded lol

Shouldnt be too much of a prob as your moving in the summertime and the ambient temp is up so it will help maintain the temp of the water you will be transporting the fish in Firstly you will need an insulated polystyrene box with lid (obtainable from your lfs usually at no charge)' several...

I blame the aliens........hence all of my fish now wear tin foil hats curtesy of Mr Kipling lololol

£1.50 each :0 a real bargain m8 trust me lol And as luck would have it one of my lfc members has not long bred these particullar fish so again i'll try to get some advice for ya ;) By the way my lfc is a BIG club........we cover the whole of west cornwall lol.........some ppl drive 45...

And let me guess youve called him Rudolph lol Trapped in a snail huh? thats a first lol........was it one of those Apple Snails? as some of them are really quite big Nikki's sadly departed Farrowella (Stick Pleco) got his nose stuck in a Fluval Biolife filter not so long ago when something...

Yeah i'd like to see some photo's of it too..........it'll give me an excuse to set up another tank (not that i really need an excuse lol) :P Good luck m8 and keep us posted ;)

Hooby??????????? whats a Hooby??????lol Is it one of those Muppett things ummmmmmmm what are they called?......................ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm...........................oh yes the Hob's lmao :P So that'll be totaly hobacious then huh? lmao Thanks for the tip-off adeyc lol Be ruthless ppl...

I am hopeing that maybe a few of you can put my mind at rest on something here?........one of my many Common Pleco's has a very unusual habit :what: He resides in my Malawi Cichlid tank and most of the time behaves like anyone would expect a Pleco to behave......cleaning algae of the rocks...

Right how many of you keep Corydora Catfish out there? and if so what species? They are quite possibally the most active Catfish your money can buy and are forever foraging on the bottom looking for a quick snack. Although some of them seem to cost a fortune for what they are there are some...

I very much doubt that they are Leechs...........however If you have added plants or decor that has been imported from a tropical area of the world this could be possible :what: If they are leechs or another form of parasite then you should medicate with a suitable treatment that kills...

OK firstly hi and welcome to the forum :D its nice to have another new member Red Claw Crabs hmmmmmmm speaking from experience theyre a pain in the butt lol, you will need to have either an extremelly tight fitting cover or possibally even have to go to the extent that i had to do and tape up...

Just a quickie to say that i have recently noticed a lot of guests viewing the forum but no posts in this section????? Are you all afraid that we bite? or are you afraid that we are yet another one of those elitist forums with no time for newbies and that if you ask a question you will be...

A couple of days ago Davy asked if i had ever kept Freshwater Stingrays ...........well just to let you all know i will be setting up a Stingray and Arrowana tank in the next few weeks as i have a spare 60x24x18 tank lying around empty at the mo :D The Stingrays will be hopefully arriving in...

But how could we? lol

LOL but of course :P

The Giant Snakehead!!!!! now theres a name that would strike the fear of god into most aquarists lol, but there are a few of us out there who either already keep them or aspire to keep them. One of our members already has a couple of small ones (adeyc) and i personally intend to get some in the...

Well im gonna go look on the net for some info on em as they may be a useful addition to our aquarium systems lol You never know lol :P

Ok then i'll go see him tomorrow night and find out when they will be ready :D Also see post in the Livestock section lol

Well that explains it then lol Typicle Americans always gotta have something better than us Brits lmao j/k :P

The Blue Acara, aggressive, monsterous appetite and stunningly colourful............ahhhhhhhh everything a Cichlid should be :laugh: I have just got off the phone a friend of mine in my local fish club and he has told me that his Blue Acaras have got lots of young Blue Acaras swimming around...

Sorry that was a s**t link but go to the link and scroll down to ............. AGAMYXIS PECTINIFRONS and look at the pics lol

Yes i know how much a new tank can take over   ;) With regards the latest info you have supplied on the Convicts i think i can safely say that the Spotted Cats are the cullprites for the lack of babies after a few days and not the parents as the Catfish will have raided the spawning site after...

I have never heard of a "biowheel"?????? i'd be intersested to learn the manufacturers website so i could go look it up if you dont mind :D

OPPS!!!! Sorry folks lol trust me to screw up on my first day as a moderator :P Oh well we cant all be perfect all of the time like adeyc can we? lmao Just kiddin m8 thanks for putting it in its correct place and putting me in my place lol :laugh:

Hmmmmmm caniballism is a sad but true Convict problem :( Personaly i always remove the parent fish after the first 3 days of spotting the "wrigglers" as i too have had this same problem, the fry once free swimming and having absorbed thier yoke sacs feed well on TETRAMIN baby food and ground...

Hi and firstly welcome to the Tropical Aquariums Forum :D Now down to business lol I personally run 3 of these new FLUVAL 3 internal filters but can only give you a rough guideline as filter cleaning all depends on size of tank, real or artificial plants, stocking levels (no not the nylon...

Well if that lfs still has some please contact me as i'll have em in a heart beat lol You do know how big these get dont you? lmao

You lucky git youve got Channa micropeltes the Giant Snakehead !!!!!!! :0 You really feel on your feet there m8 ;) I would love some of those lol Keep me posted on their progress please as im on the phone to the lfs tomorrow to see about getting some for myself lol

Ha beat you to it lol Ok then cichlids ..........ummm..........ok well i keep lots of Cichlids.........Angels, Malawi's, Convicts, Kribensis and of course my prized Green Terror (even if he is a bigger murderer than Oscar the Red Tail Cat lol) Most of my Cichlids are kept in species tanks but...

I could also do a feature for the newsletter on how to keep them if you like lol

No i havent and i dont know anyone who has but they are probablly the one kind of fish i dont own that i would really love to keep (aside from marines :P ) I will be in contact with my lfs tomorrow and see if he can get them.........thanks for jogging my memory m8 lol ;) I have just taken...

Right how many of you either keep or would like information on oddball fish eg: Eels, Arrowanas etc If you either keep or want information on these fish please leave a post and i'll do my best to help  :D lol lol

I only use the best sites m8 ;)

LAUGHING? MOI?????? lol Ok a R.O unit will sort things out but they are expensive.... about £200 for a half way decent one and if your on a water meter you'll soon notice your bill increasing :( I am soon to get one of these for myself as i am setting up a Discus tank :D and as anyone who...

Well ive always got Red Tails needing new homes so keep me posted as to when you want one lol :P But dont for gods sake put them with anything else unless you want one big fat Red Tail lol

I was just wondering if anyone else keeps big fish out there and if so what is it that you keep?, ie........Catfish, Sharks, Cichlids oscars etc or Odd Balls. To give you all some idea of what im talking about here's some of the more unusual and large fish that i keep...... Oscar my South...

8x8x3?????????? :0 :0 Not 8x8x3 8x3x3 lol My missus would kill me lol :P I would build my indoor pond if it ever came to needing a tank that size lol :laugh:

Yup you got it lol :laugh: :thumbs:

Believe me it does make a difference as i have learned the hard way in the past. The problem is that the bacteria live at differevt levels in the gravel, when you use a gravel cleaner you essentially mix up these layers and thus all the bacteria contained within..... This causes the bacteria...