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:drool: I've seen that discus before, i'm sure of it... You're from cumbria too, was it a discus from maidenhead aquatics @ houghton hall by any chance?

When does this topic hit the 'error' stage? :fun: Upload a picture of your DIY CO2 aswell mate, you've broken mine :lol:

I like marmite though but i'm going to guess you've not a clue what that is :lol:. Might try liquid CO2 myself as my DIY CO2 is becoming a nightmare since minnnt made me tweak it :sly: LOL. Look forward to the updates :good:

very nice, only thing i'd suggest is maybe sinking them rocks around the wood into the substrate a little? they're kind of eating the wood.

I dont like mustard :unsure: Are you still dosing ferts ect btw?

I always thought snowball needed very soft water? My GF always wanted a snowball plec :lol:. Now i'm back to picking a pleco :lol:

Will give it ago once i get a hold of a pleco, thanks for help :good: LOL, wasn't sure at first then kay mentioned you was after a tank or something on facebook then the picture of your baby fish finished the puzzle off :lol:. Might see you at fish addiction anonymous too uh :fun: It's...

Throw it this way but make sure there's an L182 sucking on it first :hyper: You could try turning it around and slotting it into the right side of the main scape so that the little twigs are popping out between the plants?

3year here, i bought a powerhead to solve the problem :lol: Though i plan on giving them a good clean when, sorry if we get some sun shine again.

I'm going to need some drawings soon, this is getting all too confusing for me :lol:

N and P ? :S

Last time i checked my LFS was running around 6.5pH, i've got some wild caught apisto panduro currently in my 20g at roughly 7.2pH. They normally sit at around 5.5pH in the wild, i think? Guess the only way i'll know is if i try it uh? lol.

L183 white seam starlight was the plan of pleco, after doing a little reading a few people say they really need a low pH but then some people say they're not too fussy. So now i've stopped reading before i get a headache :lol: 55g pH never really seems to move, plan on stripping it down to...

MBOU has thrown the book at me :lol:, I'll try my best to answer all of that. Both tanks are water changed with the same tap water on the same day, i've got the big tank hooked up with hose while i do the small tank with a bucket :lol: . I'd say the water change % is roughly the same, give or...

This isn't really a problem but more of a why? 55g tank sits at 7.6+ pH, playsand and a massive piece of wood that's turning my water to a cup of tea with no milk but still no pH drop. 20g tank sits at 6.8-7 pH with the same playsand and less wood. Now the 20g was set up using RO water but...

Guess i'm not just a special customer after all :sad: lol. Hey minnnters, what pH is your L182s in? I'm really scared of buying fancy pleco's as i've never had much luck with em before :unsure: I know my pH was sitting at roughly 7 with the playsand, never tested since changing substrate...

I like, makes me want to scape another tank :sad: lol. Did you buy that wood on the left or steal it from a tree? I really need some more wood but it's pretty expensive stuff, talking £10 for pieces like that and then there's massive chunks for say £20, makes the £10 price look even worse...

No, there's no salvini on that list :lol: 3 L182s is to many too, take a trip to carlisle :hey: Edit: Had to google the Pelvicachromis Subocellatus Matadi, females are stunners :drool: remind me of parrots a little though.

Ask Nigel @ MA hun, he's pretty good at getting fish in :D Minnnters, what's the stocking on this mopani tank? cmon put some effort into your topics :fun:

SALVINI? :hyper:

The female spent a day in the breeding net, released her and had some fighting but all has settled alot better then before. They're now sharing the tank with the odd flare at each other but nothing serious, major progress from having the male stuck behind the heater. Here's a few pictures...

LOL, this gets tank of the year.

Wanna scape my 55g? :lol: GT would look sweet in there :drool: but prob rip the plants up :sly:

First post updated with some newer pictures, not new enough to have the 11 cardinal in them yet though :lol: After doing a little research i think my apisto seem to be panduro instead of nijsseni.

Did you manage to get any cardinals? :lol: Mine look cool in my tank now :P Yeah i've heard alot of people mention that about clown pleco's, more of a plec you'd get for a big community tank with some other species of plec uh. So far im thinking starlight plec, my GT might not see it as much...

Almost bought a clown pleco today for the 20g but stopped myself so i could grow a pleco in there for the 55g :lol: There was some king tiger plecs in today too :drool: Came home with 7 cardinal in the bag instead of 6, must of been my comment on her catching fish skills :lol:. Bought a...

You need banned from my topic mate, most people would of just recommended a pleco i'd of heard of :grr: hahaa! I had a little read on a few of the pleco you mentioned, fell in love with the L183 after some of the youtube video's too. How much we talking roughly for each of these plecs; L106...

My green terror used to do that, he stopped it after losing most of the tank territory though :lol:

Agree with this, don't think any cory catfish would work with a GT as they can't defend themself and they're pretty slow too. Pictus should be okay but you'd have to check with somebody else about stocking what into a 50g, i'm just giving idea's what could work with a terror.

Do you know if the GT is male or female and what size roughly? Depending on its aggression will depend what you'll get away with, seen people manage a few things and some people manage nothing but a GT in there tank :crazy:. I've not a clue about panchax, i've been recommended bleeding heart...

She did put a 'fun' face after her post to show she was only joking :unsure:. @ topic, not a clue but cory seem to put there eggs into some strange places :S

If by GT you mean green terror, it will possibly munch everything you've listed :unsure:. Not sure on the Panchax though, depends how big the terror gets?

Not really sure mate, would like something small but not small enough for my GT to munch. My GT is like a giant cardinal though, most of the stocking has been moved because he'd get bullied so much. LOL, hopefully if i get a pleco he'll have a healthy snack then :lol: MA @ Houghton Hall is...

Been thinking about it, not sure he's got any more in stock though. They're still pretty young (slightly bigger then my largest cardinal) so things could change? :S lol. I hate that plant man, it looks like some kind of vegetable but it does a nice job of filling in some places :sly: lol. Going...

Ah that sounded like my apisto destroyed the panda cory :crazy:, I'm not 100% but i don't think the apisto had anything to do with the cory problems. Not really sure if the apisto are ever going to get along though, the female is always chasing the male away. Another tank would solve all my...

Fish and water is overrated mate :lol:. Should be able to get some more pictures up tomorrow, the gf has my laptop while i build her a PC and that's the only thing with a SD card reader on it. It kind of just looks like an empty tank at the moment as my apisto are at war and some of my panda...

I'm not a fan of big chunky wood but wow, you've pulled it off perfectly. :good:

Might try the lilaeopsis, my alternanthera rosaefolia was doing pretty well before i chopped it into pieces even though alot of places say it needs high lighting :fun:

Didn't even know you entered tank of the month, i stay away from that section of the forum as it makes me want more tanks :lol: Grats on second place though :good:

What are them foreground plants you mentioned like to look after? My plant skills are minimal :lol: I did have plenty of vallis but it just never grew so i ended up binning it :/