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Can anybody link me to an ideal black sand for my ram tank? cheaper the better ofc. Also roughly how many bags do you think i'd need to fill out a fluval roma 90 that's going to be planted. Thanking you :good:

Nice tank and also very nice keyholes, under rated fish imo.

Yaay!! Thanks alot :good:

+1 the only thing clown loaches could do is knock it back into the water flow maybe so that the filter could possibly get it? I find my corys do it for me anyway, a little anyway.

Thanks for answer :good: it seems to be doing fine anyway so i'll just see how it ends up growing i guess lol.

+1 for 75g, think an oscar would pretty much destroy anything in a 55g but i could be wrong?

saved money runs out eventually, you'd need a constant income to cover it longterm?

Anybody? :(

Cheers guys, will look into them now :good: @ Stu40, the stones are pretty much just thrown in at the moment and i will be replacing them for darker stones eventually. I see what you're saying though and i'll watch out for the placement of the stones in future :good:

Clown pleco? not sure what they're like with plants though but i've seen them in a few planted tanks.

Kinda wanna paint mine now, could always get myself some wallpaper sample and then use the store bought laminated one behind it as to not get the wallpaper sample wet?

You're best off getting your own test kits too, some LFS do lie about the water sample so that you go ahead and buy fish. £20 ebay API Master Test Kit

Black background thing from the LFS here, you do get a slight light reflection from them imo though. I've noticed with people who paint there backgrounds dont get this (maybe camera tricks?) lol. I'm too scared to paint the tank myself as i'd like to be able to turn the tank around when i...

Little help to plant this tank please guys, i'm as new as they come with the planting side of things too :lol: No CO2, Lighting is 1x Hagen Aqua-Glo T8 and 1x Hagen Power-Glo T8 both 15watt i think, Using Flora-Grow Liquid at the moment as my LFS suggested it to help as my light unit broke...

Girlfriend came home with this plant a few week back, it seems to be doing okay so far. Any idea what it is?

Prob just becasue it's a new tank mate, if anything like my common i wouldn't worry. Also i wouldn't suggest having a common pleco with a clown pleco in a 39g myself either.

I think 2 males would be okay in a 125L, prob just as much hassle as having a breeding pair tbh. From my experience with german blue rams it really all depends on the fish, i've had GBR survive high ammonia spikes (filter died) and some not survive 'perfect' water. I think i'd personally give...

I'd say 75 minimum for an oscar personally.

Looks like 2 male german blue rams to me also, should be okay depending on the tank size. They're a more sensative then the bolivian rams but they happy to me from them pics.

Up the water surface movement when dosing meds, works enough IMO.

+1, a pair would be nice with some cardinals or neons and maybe some smaller species of cory? I've currently got a german blue ram that's hard as nails but i'm not having much luck getting another, sometimes wish i went down the bolivians route.

I feed both my plecos with cucumber, carrot, lettuce, tetro pro crisp (it sinks fast), algea wafers. Although the pleco in my 55g comes to the surface to be fed hikari cichlid gold pellet, i drop the pellet ball into his mouth and he takes it down to the bottom lol.

4ft for a pair of rams, really? :blink: Yes would be nice but it's not needed? I mean people are keeping a pair of salvini cichlid in a 4ft, numberous discus (obv not together), i've got a pair of 'smallish' green terrors in a 4ft? and so on. IMO 2ft for a pair of rams is fine, 3ft would be...

Thought i commented on this, guess i didn't click post :shout:. It looks epic, i'd love something like that but like you said - the bill puts me right off.

Possible the water company has done something to lower the pH and it could go back up? I dont know, just a thought :lol:

It got me doing a small cold water change at about 2am half drunk, managed to get it down to 28c where it's been since. We're back to english weather now so hopefully it'll all go back to normal, not sure what i'd do if we had proper summers mind lol.

What's the difference? :S I do agree that 20g was too small for them but buying them knowing you had no room? They could of just been in the 20g for the meantime until a bigger tank was sorted? i've seen my LFS do it sometimes too.

My tank hit 33c last night, normally sits around 25c. Doesn't help the room is small and jam packed with PCs that're constantly running mind.

39g, oscar? :/ Can't really help with the stocking as i don't know much about cons but +1 to nelly. :lol:

Couldn't help myself lol

Plan on putting a 55g upstairs in few month next to a bunch of heavy studio equipment, i'll let you know if it goes through the floor lolol.

Think golden nugget plecos need a higher temp, not 100% sure though.

salvini :D im gonna suggest this every time i see a topic bout stocking until i myself get a one B-)

+1 on the GBR, mine is similair with coloring at times.

v.nice, needs some rocks though :good:

Yeah, he'd sometimes hide from em too :unsure: lol. Good luck though, just keep an eye open :lol:

+1 i had a pair of krib gang up onto my male GT that could of possibly eaten them in a bite if he wanted. :lol:

Is the table the menu? :blink:

Not a clue mate, they're just on a shelf in the shop (Maidenhead Aquatics). Not sure but they could be sealed up and are hollow inside, so you'd just have the gap between the glass and suction cup. If they're not sealed up there'd be a nice cave for your fish, will they get back out i dont know...

My LFS has these backgrounds that stick on via suction cups, they're like massive rocks :lol: