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Took the rotkiel to Maidenhead today and a few other fish, gutted that I have to give it away! But I have my reasons also shifted a few fish from this tank and another on. It was a nightmare with the rio I had to dismantle the full tank to get the fish, never again lol. But every cloud has a...

*opinions on the sex not second, stupid phone!

I have had my Salvini since the beginning of the year from a very small juvi, it has gone from no colour to bright red and yellows and now to a dark and bluey sheen which is a trait of a male. The dot on the dorsal fin stood out in the early days but now not so much. So I'm wondering what's...

Thanks matey.

The Ellioti will not have the tools to back up the gill flaring against a gt for sure and probably the jd, thorichtys are all talk but when it comes to actually lip locking and fighting they are very weak hence why there biggest form of aggression and intimidation is Gill flaring. If you start...

Thanks. It's a thorichtys Ellioti same family as the fire mouth. She is not all that well after losing my big male :-( this was my male

Yeah it is looking a lot better today, need to have a bit of a shuffle and change the tubes, but so far the fish seem happy and so am I, wish I could say the same for the misses

Love the hoplos. They are great, friendly giants. Eventually look like a fat cigar.

Nope, I have ferts and liquid carbon but barely use them. Depending on how the severums are feeling they don't tend to last long looking good. I have attached some java ferns and moss on the background, you can't really see it in the pictures. I just hope that they grow quickly before they...

A picture of the Trigon to refresh your memory

Hi guys. recently got offered a rio 300 in excellant condition for a price i could not refuse,so i did'nt. bought a few more rocks and plants and kpshipped everything over from the trigon. It is a work in progress and still have plenty to do, the fish are in and the scape was instantanious so...

this tank has now gone, the fish have now moved into a rio 300 so i shall start a new thread.

The Tesco cat litter will be absoloutely fine some grains look big but although they are not hollow they seem it so in water they seem to be light and can easily be shifted. I found the pets at home stuff to be larger. I have clown loach and hoplos and have also had corys at one time and it...

ooh you will have to get used to the gill flaring if you have two thorichtys in your tank as said above will either be courtship or dominance but they should not lip lock and if they do it will be a very last resort, Thorichtys have notoriously weak jaws and mouths.

They are predominantly nocturnal so when happy within a cave or somewhere dark this is when they will usually rest. Do you have anywhere dark for the knife fish to rest or is your tank quite open which would explain why it is never on its side.

Depending on stocking but i would not advise elliotis, they tend to be terretorial and do get large once full grown. Some like small aquidens species,anomalachromis thomasi,flag cichlids and ofcourse apistos.

That is incorrect. Have you owned one before? Totally normal behaviour... they lay on there side just like clown loach do, You have nothing to worry about.

Thank you :)

My salvini is in with Severums and elliotis cichlid wise and also hoplo catfish, clown loach, a couple of plecs and some dither fish which are rosey and emperor tetras. The thing with me is I got the salvini when she was so small and all the other fish was much larger so I have not had many...

Some upto date pictures Got 10 emperors as dithers last week to add with the rosy tetras Tried a random shot mode on my phone

I have a female, very placid so far although growing in size she seems to be finding her feet, had her for around 6 months from about an inch long with no colour to what she is now Salvinis are very hit and miss, always be prepared to rehome or separate, they are not like Thorichtys species...

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Getting bigger now

Anomalachromis Thomasi is referred to as a African butterfly cichlid if that helps?

Are you sure there is 2 females and 1 male? Thorichtys species are notoriously hard to sex also dynamics in Thorichtys species is ever changing even with breeding pairs as I have found out first hand. Your tank is on the small side and if they do pair off then the one left put will have to go as...

A quick update on the salvini, she's coming along nicely with lots of personality.

Mine are fed alsorts I have a large mixed tub and it has prima, spiralina , hikari gold and staple and other random food that I can't remember then I feed frozen mysis and bloodworm and Ofcourse some cucumber once a week ooh and mealworms are by far there favourite intact all my cichlids...

Elliotis have had a major falling out, think I may have to rehome one of them. :/

Nice fish elliotis but they will get either the same size as a BA and probably bigger but not by a whole lot. I have a pair and they have been paired up the last 6-8 months and in that time they have been terrorists and trouble causers in my tank, never damaged another fish but alot of flaring...

An upto date one of my trigon

Fingers crossed for you bud, geos are short in numbers in these parts the only ones iv seen lately are tapajo and steindachneri.

No problems. It's well worth a ride out every now and again, he has some bargains.

Also a update on the salvini, she's coming along nicely now.

If your in the hull area go check crystal clear waters in conniston, I picked up a fully working second hand 3000l/h powerhead and hydor external heater for less than £10. Failing that all ponds solutions have good bang for buck powerheads.

Sorry for your loss matey I feel for you. I'm in a very similar situation with moving and what not. Hope your choc sorts its act out.

Decided to change my tubes today for arcadia "fresh water lamp" and arcadia "tropical sunlight, not sure if I like the colours or not but hoping it will benefit the plants better than my 14k white lights.

Thanks for the advice bud. One is on lava rock and the other is on a small bit of bog wood.

Thanks matey. Yours looks very good too. i love the rock hardscape in yours it suits your style of fish very well. The trigon is bigger than what people think to be fair and across the front there is a good ammount of swimming room but still i can't wait to upgrade. Ah cool, when i come to...

Nope I did not make these although I have made some before but I cut the coconut in half so it made it easier to scoop everything out. I picked the ones in the tank up in a pet shop in the reptile department.

private videos eh :hey: