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Yes, I'm hoping in time that the hairgrass will provide a nice blanket at the front. I'm using the lights that came with the tank, Juwel Muktilux LED, and dosing liquid JBL Ferropol, in accordance with the instructions on the bottle, when I do my water changes.

Here you go, after a haircut yesterday! The tank itself is about two months old and is running with both the Juwel internal and a Fluval 307, which was running my old established 100 litre tank. Water parameters are good, Ph 7.4, ammonia and nitrite 0, nitrate 5, Gh is 13 and Kh is 8. (Edited as...

I have a Rio 240 planted community tank which has the following fish: 8 Pentazona Barbs 10 Cardinal Tetras 7 Ember Tetras 12 Ottos 3 False Julii Corys 3 Salt and Pepper Corys and a Snowball Pleco The Pentazonas are my favourite small fish, very colourful and very active at feeding time!

I had to do a bit more trimming back yesterday. The hygrophilia (I think that's what it is!) on the left hand side of the tank as you look at it was getting out of hand and I also trimmed the smaller one on the right hand side of the tank. A couple of pics, the first before, and the second...

Yes, we transferred the water sprite from the community tank. It’s grown quite a lot from when we got it so we’ll probably halve it and put the other half back in the community tank.

The recovery continues. Leaky's tank has now been moved to my son's bedroom. The substrate and plants have been added and he appears to be doing well, we'll still be keeping a close eye on him to make sure that he continues to recover but so far so good.

Here's my juvenile Snowball Pleco, named Olaf. He lives in my 240L community tank along with 6 assorted corys, 12 ottos, 11 cardinals, 7 pentazonas and 5 embers. I've had him just under a month and he tends to hang about at the back of the tank which makes him quite difficult to spot. The two...

Ok, so Leaky is still with us. As mentioned above he's in a new 30 litre tank on his own. I've ordered a stand for the tank, the tank is currently on the dining table, a heater suitable for the tank, some sand and ordered some more plants. He looks brighter and has been swimming around his new...

Thanks all. I've set up an emergency 30 litre tank, which has water from the community tank, the floating plants, one of the coconut shells and a sponge from the existing internal filter. The tank didn't have a heater so I've added one and currently running at 26 deg c. I've also added aquarium...

My Betta, who is in a 240 litre community tank isn't well and I'm not sure how to help him. He was introduced to the tank on 13th July after a very traumatic journey through the post and seemed to settle in well, he was feeding and swimming around the tank quite happily. I introduced some water...

Hi there, and welcome to the world of fishkeeping. My son had this tank, and the cabinet that you are looking at is designed to go with the tank. There used to be a model which had a white door as well, but that doesn't seem to be available any longer. We still have the tank, which is used as a...

Guppies. Whenever I’ve had guppies in the past they have never lasted very long despite excellent water conditions. Now I won’t even consider them, attractive as they are.

I've got a small shoal of pentazonas, 8, in my 240 litre community tank, along with cardinals, embers, mixed corys and ottos. They are my favourite small fish, here's half a dozen of them swimming around (not the best photo!)

Here's my new Snowball Pleco, L102. He's been named Olaf.........

Did a bit of pruning this morning and I also have a new pleco. It's a Snowball Pleco, L102, obviously only a juvenile but it seems to be finding it's way around the tank ok. Lots of hiding places in the lava rock and a nice big bit of wood should it need it.

Ok, so here's my entry to August's tank of the month competition. A recently established, 2 months, attempt at a planted tank. It's a Juwel Rio 240 (53 gallons) with 2 filters operating, the internal Juwel one and an external Fluval 307. The inhabitants are as follows. 1 male Betta 7 Ember...

It's another couple of weeks since I last updated you all. Since then I've added some more dwarf hair grass, some water sprite and a piece of rock with java moss attached. You can see that I'm suffering from a bit of brown algae and I've added 8 oto's to help clear that. I am now well stocked...

Yes, when he knocked on the door he told me that the package had leaked and did I still want it? Knowing how bettas survive in the wild I thought there was a chance that the fish would still be alive, not accepting him would certainly kill him. As it happens he was still alive and we managed to...

Thanks, quick question. Do bettas prefer to hide at the top of the tank or elsewhere? So far I have seen him hiding in the gap between the rocks on the right hand side of the tank, underneath both coconut shells and in amongst the plants.

Interesting, I ordered a male betta from a UK betta specialist and it arrived via Royal Mail. I think it was guaranteed next day delivery, however the bag in which the fish was contained split and the box arrived very soggy. The fish survived, and is currently swimming quite happily in my 240L...

Ok, so here we are two weeks later, so I moved the pentazonas, corys and embers over to the new tank a few days after it was set up. The Fluval 307 was also moved before the fish, so I'm running the Juwel internal plus the Fluval. I've subsequently added 5 more embers and 4 otos and finally a...

So, as I mentioned in my introductory post, after 15 years away I have rekindled my enjoyment of fishkeeping. I have purchased a Juwel Rio 240, as I am not allowed to get a dog or 4 kittens, and have decided that I'll set up a low maintenance planted tank. So here are a few pictures showing how...

Here's our King Tiger, the first picture is April 2015 and the second is May 2021

I was a member between 2004 and 2009 but stopped posting when I fell out of love with fishkeeping, my youngest son continued to have fish and we've kept a tank going in the meantime. I'm now looking to upgrade our current tank, a Boyu 100 and am looking at either the Rio 240 or Vison 180. Will...