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Are you a a member of the Catfish family?

When you wash your filter media how do you wash it?....ie under the tap or in your old tank water? Also how well do you wash the sponges etc...lightly or really well???????? If you are washing the sponges under the tap DONT as you will wipe out up to 98% of the friendly bacteria contained in...

I think there is m8......especially with larger fish and Catfish for definate lol 8) All of my BIG fish have such endearing characters that they must have feelings.......and most of the big ones like a bit of playtime too (Oscar even likes a belly rub lol) which they all seem to enjoy so im...

Well my Red Tail Catfish sulks if i dont feed him on time and tears up all the airlines and filter inlets/outlets etc in a fit of temper tantrum so i think fish may be more human in thier thoughts/feelings than we give them credit for :what: :P :hehe: :look:

That is an anabantoid you tart lmao :P :laugh:

Ok im gonna take a wild stab in the dark here...... Is this fish a member of the Anabantiod family?

A Pike Cichlid would go well in there m8 :D And they are a little unusual too ;) :D

Cant stand football sorry m8 lol :what: :laugh: :hehe: :laugh:

Botia?

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No probs mate thats what we're here for lol ;) :laugh:

LOL ok so i got the name wrong.........and im a mod too........this is not good............well for those interested my excuse is.................. My wifey is preggers so im feeling a little tired at the mo..............she's wearin me out lmfao :look: :hehe: :laugh: :hehe: :blush:

Are you a fish that stays small? :what:

Its bercher m8 lol ;) :P

Congrats may be in order to you as well gaz for taking the record for the most smilies in one post from me lol :P :hehe: :laugh: :hehe: :alien:

I have kept and still do keep Lamprochromis Lelupie and Juli. Marlerrie in with my Malawi's (Yellow Labs as all the others got swapped for less aggressive fish due to space limits) and they all get along fine but the fact that they all grew up together may have something to do with this? :what...

I must admit that when needs must the devil drives here too sometimes m8 :what: and i too have had to keep Convicts and Malawi's together before now out of sheer desperation lol I have also kept Malawi's and Tangenicans together too :what: (not good) lol :o

LMAO i could tell you what her problem is m8...............she's a "annoying" freak!!!! lmfao :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

No Shark Cats are not Pangasius but look similar in many ways to Pictus Cats (same sort of body shape size etc) Pangasius are a very quirky fish that are far too nervous to be kept in an aquarium and should be left in the wild IMO as it saddens me to go to lfs's and see these fish with smashed...

Sorry to lower the tone of the forum by introducing my maid, cook and child grow bag ........ oh and not forgeting bottle washer lmfao :P :laugh: :laugh: OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that one hurt :but: :but: :o :o :blush:

Be careful what oddball you get as most get big, BIG enough to clear out your Cichlids in no time lol :o :look: Arrowannas need a very large tank and specialist feeding and a tight fitting coverglass as they jump extremely well :what: Lungfish can attain an enormous size and are highly...

Shark Cats are a brackish fish and will quickly die in a normal tropical set-up :what: for years people thought these fish were just not suited to aquarium life but then it transpired that they were "brackish fish" and all is now well with them so long as they are housed appropriatly :D If...

OK so sometimes even i get things wrong lol My pike is actually a ........... Crenicichla johanna (male) :P :laugh: He is feeding well on pellets, sprats and sandeel fillets and generally doing well :D

COOL :D Might have to get me some of that lol ;) :laugh:

So basically its a 6x2x2 in feet? Nice tank i have one myself housing my RTC and large Pleco's :D This tank should be fine but if your Ghosts are THAT territorial you may need a bigger tank or another 6x2x2 :what: At least you have housed them in a decent sized aquarium ............. not...

Not found anything yet but im nothing short of determined lol ;) :laugh: :laugh:

LMAO ................ MACCCCCCCCCCCC!!!!!!!!!!!.......the pennies just dropped you tart!!!!!! lmfao OK ok you got me lol :P :blush: :grumpy:

ROTFLMAO :hehe: :laugh: :hehe: :laugh:

I am saddened by your loss but it was to be expected :what: :( Perhaps you should go to the shop you bought the fish from and have a bit of a winge at them about not telling you that they were "tattoo'd" fish and that you feel after looking at how the process is undertaken to dye them that...

Thanks mac.....at least you can be bothered with me lol :P :laugh: :blush: After further inspection i think he might be blind :o but im hopeing not :what:

Yeah they do get rather BIG lol :P ;)

Well ................. yes i suppose that carbon could house bacteria but i can think of plenty of better medias lol As for using it only when wanting to take meds etc out of the water this is true although Juwel actually recommend replacing it every 4 weeks as do Fluval for thier filters but i...

Well most of the silty brown stuff you are washing away actually contains the bacteria as they are working on it to break it down and a layer of silt deep in the gravel is actually benificial to plants etc so by washing this away you are doing no good at all to the whole ecco system :what: As...

It was just pointed out to me ina P.M that surely my last post refered to only UGF tanks..................im afraid it doesnt just apply to UGF tanks as gravel even in an external filtered tank houses billions of bacteria and if they get mixed up by gravel cleaning they will die and pollute the...

With regards mrv's post about vacuming the gravel every week!!!!!, DONT do this as it will upset the biological balance of bacteria held within the gravel :what: it is a common misconception amoungst fish keepers that they are helping the ecco system by cleaning the gravel every week but in...

You can remove the carbon filter sponges as i have done on all my Juwel tanks (3 in total) but i would strongly suggest adding an extra filter as the standard Juwel ones just cant seem to cope :what: The lido is a very nice tank (mine are all Rekords, a 96 and 2x 120's) but dont overlook the...

I have a very nervous Synodontis Robbianus in with my predators lol, this may sound silly to you but........... He is the largest fish in the tank at least double the size of everything else in there at the moment and he has plenty of cover but whenever anyone goes past the tank or does any...

Labidochromis caeruleus (electric yellows) are a truly stunning fish and relatively peaceful too, i keep these and they have to be one of the nicest looking fish i keep :D

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DRACO.....................do i know you?.........you seem familier somehow???????????? :what: :hehe: :laugh: