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That's great, I've heard mixed things but I think that usually comes from potted plants being in the emerged form and it failing to transition to submerged - did you get it in the sealed 1-2-grow style pots?

Is that Blyxa Japonica in the front corner? The grassy plant? I've always wanted to try it but been a bit scared as it has a mixed reputation. Wills

Thanks everyone :) this is the kind of pond vac I've found https://www.pondkeeper.co.uk/pondhero-sludge-muncher-vacuum/p3845?gclid=CjwKCAjw-eKpBhAbEiwAqFL0mpVAkuHa-WwEsJN0U8RZRja0vjd357RMDyno_-Bz9Ziv1SqKtWoUrRoCvt4QAvD_BwE So I think it is basically a wet dry vac which will definitely work and...

It's not strictly pond or aquarium-related but hoping someone here can help. We've got a flooding problem in our basement at the moment and I'm stuck in a bureaucratic circle between insurers and contractors claiming they are not authorised/won't pay for anyone to remove the water out of the...

If you do the Jewels go for the Turkana Jewels, quite a new species in the hobby but not impossible to find. Really bright colours but also meant to be more peaceful than regular Jewels. If you go down the Central American route, do 2 pairs/ groups of calm Centrals. My first choice would be...

Hooray! Thankyou for doing this quite obvious when you do it like that haha! There is a bit of real world addition to it as there is no way its 9 mins at the moment but I suppose the water has to travel down the pipe and into the sink which includes an uphill section, probably closer to 30...

Hmmm thats interesting... I found these two https://www.allpondsolutions.co.uk/products/4500lh?_pos=10&_sid=e48e9ae69&_ss=r https://www.allpondsolutions.co.uk/products/3500lh-submersible-aquarium-pump?_pos=7&_sid=e48e9ae69&_ss=r All pond solutions is pretty solid in the UK really, the...

I want a pump to speed up water changes on my 75 gallons and found this. £12 for 5000lph is very cheap! Its a bit bigger than I'd have liked as a unit but overall not bad...

You get things like Siamese Algae Eaters and Chinese Algae Eaters - quite a few in that group that sort of look similar. Some of the smaller gobies are worth a mention like Stiphodons and Sicyopus as they behave in a similar way. Wills

I agree with @Ichthys great info - sounds like you have put in really solid research as well and its great to see :) I had one many years ago when I didn't really know what I was doing but really enjoyed them. Just to add to the above advice I would go for really really fine sand as they do...

Fish don't have introverted behaviours or a egos thats really projecting human emotions onto them... you are describing a fish in a stressed state so you need to work out what is stressing them. Phosphate wont be the answer, I've never heard of this even being a contender for fish health...

Hi welcome to the forum :) So first thing with an American Cichlid tank - it is best to keep South Americans or Central Americans, it is possible to mix them but generally they have different water requirements and their behaviour and aggression is different and displayed differently which can...

I just don't think I'm going to see the females for this species and even then its hard to get people to sell only females - they always want to do in 'pairs'. I did consider keeping just single male and maybe get some Tankanyika Killies but that is not an easy ask... some people use Endlers or...

Yeah I’ve decided to wait for a trio or pair of mixed genders. Just feel bad for these three males as don’t know who will take them on

Really good point there are a lot of angles into it for me really... These are the ones I was looking at - Neolamprologus Brevis Moba Most of the point of keeping Shell Dwellers is the breeding behaviour with the fish living in shells and raising the colony, some species end up with multi...

No not yet these would be my first. I can't find a definitive answer, the obvious choice is both genders and do one male with one or two females but there are just these three males left and the strain is quite specific so unlikely they will get mates as is. I have an incline it might work but I...

I've got a chance to get a really nice strain of N.Brevis but the store only has 3 males left - I'm tempted to try it but wondered what people thought? I'm not too bothered by the breeding but do feel like I might miss out on that unique behaviour. In a terms of success rates what do you think...

If it is a newly set up tank it will probably be caused by the silicates in the substrate, but also any new equipment can provide a source for them too. I've had 2 tanks go through this recently and it sucks! But it does burn itself out, one tank I scrubbed and scrubbed and it stopped the other...

What kind of plants do you want to grow? I have Pothos, Monsterra, Wandering Dude, Lucky Bamboo, Asparagus Fern and Peace Lillys growing in my tanks - though the Asparagus Fern is failing at the moment. Wills

It sounds like you want to do a rescape :) and its very doable - lots of good advice above. If you can simplify your equipment, get an external filter, move the filter to a corner, sand substrate and then add your rocks in. If you start with the hardscape first you can add the plants. You have...

The good thing about Geos is that no part of sand would stay still for that long, they are constantly sifiting it through their mouths so the chance of the issue you are worried about is managed by them - ideally with an external canister filter and its as simple as that. Same for the Cupids, I...

For me sand is something like this This picture is Wio Heaven sand which has a bit of a varied grain size but very natural looking - you can find good examples online. I understand you've got the under gravel filter which isnt compatible with sand but gravel isnt really compatible with...

One of my LFS has 2 of the gold strain adults in at the moment and they are super chonky! Really big fish, much bigger than I'd have imagined. Really nice though. Wills

I nearly went to get some fish for the Mbuna tank this weekend but the cycle isnt totally ready - I did a 50% water change Friday night, tested the water Saturday morning 1ppm of Nitrite and I didn't have time that day to do another water change and get to Wharf and back so topped up the ammonia...

Have you considered a Biotodoma species rather than Geophagus? As you say your tank is just about the minimum for the Geos but it would be a great home for a shoal of 6 or more Cupid type Cichlids. This is Biotodoma Wavrini in the wild, but I've seen these in a display tank before and really...

Hi welcome to the forum :) Pea Puffers are your best option - there is a lot of misinformation about Pea Puffers and dwarf puffer species out there. Pea Puffers in particular are a schooling fish in the wild living in quite big numbers in small areas. The minimum tank size recommended for them...

I've been keeping up with a bit of maintenance on this tank but lat night had quick a big chop back, I've got quite a lot of cladophora algae in here and it had taken over the right hand third of the tank so I've removed nearly all of the dragon stone, not sure if I'll put any back in or not...

Maybe an Asian bumble bee cat?

Hi welcome to the forum :) best time to join is at the start lots of mixed info out there on aquariums but I think the folk here have the right techniques :)

No from what I know if you put 2 males of the same species in a tank you will probably end up with 1... you need at least 3 males in a tank so you could do 3 males of 1 species and 1 male of another with the relevant number of females but I wouldn't do 1,1,2 or 2,2 - 1,3 or 1,1,1,1 :) Wills

Yeah sometimes you see a fish in person and its either not as good or much better than the pictures - sometimes pictures are just breeding dress etc. The four you've put there look awesome I love the Estheraes that have the blue dorsals, they get blue tips to their scales as well which just...

I imagine it will be a beautiful journey either way as well! I once got a fish from a store in London which is a similar distance and did that on the train. His stock list looks brilliant and some species and strains I’ve not heard of. I’d go with a plan but be prepared to have your mind...

OMG I am so jealous!!! Definitely use that guy if you can - I hadn't even made the connection... I like that 280 miles isnt 'too far' for you its twice the width of the UK! But I reckon definitely worth the trip.

Ah man talking to you has scuppered my plans... I thought I wanted a single species tank of Msobo Magunga but then thought I'll do 3 groups of them and 1 group of Socolofi, then I watched the white fin acei video and now I want them but 3 species wont work and now I need a 4th! My plan was those...

Yes I like that one but I kept finding beautiful yet obscure fish in the hobby, there are so many that just dont come into the hobby, so sometimes you see something really cool on that site and then realise not in the hobby or... one of the most aggressive in the hobby that generally are just...