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Sorry all, I intended to edit the post and add a new picture, which I've done now, but I edited the post and then forgot to add the updated picture.

As quite a few peopl in the UK are having snow I thought I'd post a picture of Fred, my Snowball Pleco. I've had him just over a week, he's very shy and seems to spend most of his time hiding under the piece of bogwood you can see him peering out of.

a. What started you off in fish keeping? To be honest I don't really know, I've always been an animal lover. We had a cat for 17 years but when she died and we tried to replace her with two kittens we found that our youngest son was allergic to cats. We subsequently got a hamster, which my wife...

I'd got a bit behind with my tank maintenance so decided, yesterday, to have a good clear up. Water change, good vacuum of the sand. trim the dead leaves from the plants etc. To help with this I decided to remove all of the ornaments and bogwood to make access to the sand easier. I have a Trigon...

Here's mine, a picture taken on a visit to The London Aquarium in June 05

Cheers Bloozoo, I'll have a read of the planted forum to see what advice they have, at the moment I'm just enjoying the tank. (Edited for stupid spelling mistake)

OK I think I'm finally happy with the results I've achieved. I ordered some plants from Java Plants and have reorganised the root ornament and the pieces of bogwood. New fish have been added, as per my signature, so I'm going to leave it like it is now........................ until the next change

Ok, I've been to LFS and have bought 5 Peppered Corys and 5 Cardinals. Everybody seems to have settled in ok but I'll wait to see if GSL starts on any of the other fish. (LFS said that the GLS shouldn't bother the school of corys......we'll see)

Hi all I've been offered a couple of angels, which are currently about 2". Should I accept them? I am sure that I've read that they do eat smaller fish, once they get bigger. In view of the fact that I'm going to be adding smaller fish I thought I'd pose the question before accepting or...

Thanks very much for all of your replies, Wolf, I happen to like Zebras, they're very lively and I think quite pretty. Although my wife likes Pearls so we'll come to a decision between us!!! She actually chose the Red Eye Tetras.... Pica - Thanks for the info on Clown Loaches, on the basis of...

Evo Thanks very much for the link, a very interesting site. I'm holding fire on adding any new fish for a week or so and will see whether any more suggestions or comments are forthcoming. I do know for certain that I will be adding Cardinals and Danios but the rest we'll wait and see. Gary

Any suggestions or comments? Please!!!!

I've upgraded from a 60l to a 190l and am unsure how many fish I can add to my new tank. My existing fish are shown below in my signature......I'd like to add 4 cardinals to give my solitary cardinal some company, 4 Zebra Danios, 2 Dwarf Gouramis and some Clown Loaches. I would also like to...

Whitey, You're spot on, Swallow Aquatics is my lfs. I really like the shop, the selection is good, the layout is good and so are the staff. I've actually added some more plants today and I've got another piece of bogwood, which is much bigger than the existing piece. When I take out the old...

Bloozoo I've transferred everything from my old tank into the new one as I didn't have space for both tanks. Thinking about it maybe I could just have added the sponge from the old filter into the new one to help the new one establish itself. As mentioned above I am testing daily to ensure...

Are these not real fish then..........

OK, I've now set up the 190, having transferred the fish, the plants, the ornaments, the filter and some of the sand (in a pair of tights) from the old tank. Tested the water for the first time this morning and all appears ok. I'll be testing daily to ensure I get no problems, and once I'm...

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Having spent ages sorting my tank out I've now bought a Trigon 190. The only problem being I don't have room for both tanks. I'll be spending time over the BH weekend sorting out both before moving the fish into the new one.

Have been to LFS and added 3 red eye tetras to the set up, I've also added three new plants and taken out the tree ornament. I've also got rid of the background and changed it to a plain blue one. I think it looks a lot better. And I'm going to try to get some pictures without the TV reflection...

Yes, I'm aware of the reputation of the CAE's although these are the second and third ones that I've owned, and so far no problems.................famous last words. If they decide to get over aggressive with any of the other fish I'll be sending them back to the LFS. The two of them do tend to...

A better view of the whole tank, sorry the pictures came out bigger than expected..(Now edited again with a smaller picture)

Long time since I've been here but I've changed the tank around, changed the gravel for sand and added some bamboo. Real plants to go in at the weekend when I can get to the LFS. (Edited to replace large picture)

Here's a slightly different angle , hopefully this picture will fit better.

OK, Ive updated my tank since these pictures were taken and it now looks like this hopefully the picture will upload.

Hi all I came back from holiday yesterday evening, my Mother in Law had been feeding the fish once a day whilst I was away. Anyway I have lost my loach, which appears to have died and been eaten by the remaining fish. I've also lost 5 Danios, 1 of which my MiL could not find but was wedged...

Thank you all for your replies. The Ph of my lfs is 8.2 as well, I checked this before purchasing an earlier number of fish from them. I have no intention of messing around with it. I have no idea what the red marks on the Danio are, they were definitely beneath the skin though. None of the...

I added 5 Cardinal Tetras to my tank on Sunday afternoon, one of them died on Monday night, one on Tuesday night and one this morning. I have now discovered one of my Zebra Danios dead as well. I tesetd my water on each occasion after a death and my ammonia and nitrite have been and still are...