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  1. Jamesthecat

    Water changes; 30% daily vs 75% weekly, what's better overall?

    I do a 25-30% weekly and a 60% once a month and that’s been fine so far. The % depends on the bio load and filtration you have. A light load and good filtration shouldnt need a large change weekly.. Theres a number of people quoting that large changes can affect the bacteria colony if your...
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    Adobe Illustrator - Vector

    Thanks , didnt think about using online converters. cheers
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    Custom Aquarium controller - ‘ Malawi-Pi’

    Ive also bought some of the EL tubing to border some of the equipment mountings
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    Custom Aquarium controller - ‘ Malawi-Pi’

    How much was it do you mind?
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    Adobe Illustrator - Vector

    Can anyone help me? I need my Malawi Pi logo converted into a vector format - i think with Adobe Illustrator but i don’t have the software. Does any of my fishy friends have the ability to do this? thanks
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    Trevor

    Every night there’s a big furry beast snoring and trying to kick me out of bed
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    Custom Aquarium controller - ‘ Malawi-Pi’

    I wish! Heres a better example of what an electroluminescent sticker is: It’ll be the Malawi Pi logo but all funky and glowy
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    Custom Aquarium controller - ‘ Malawi-Pi’

    just a quick update as the build starts Thursday. ive ordered the logo to be made from this electroluminescent place along with some EL strips. Its hard to get an idea of what will look like but ive attached some pics of examples So it will be the Malawi Pi logo but with a weird Tron effect
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  15. Jamesthecat

    Pleco L number

    Polka dot lyre tail maybe?
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    L Number plecs for sale

    He’s quite clever... ill have a chat tonight, give him your address and pop him off at the beach.. give it a week or two and hell be with you
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    L Number plecs for sale

    Where are you based? As I travel up and down the country with work
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    L Number plecs for sale

    Im in Solihull which is a town in Birmingham
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    Thinning the herd...

    I posted a few pics of some new L numbers I’m getting hopefully tomorrow or Wednesday - a red phantom and green etc.. Ive posted a sales thread in the livestock forum but if any fellow plec owners want to take on these please let me know. ( L097,L001 & Choc Albino )
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    Hi!

    Hi and welcome - Post a few pics if you can
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    L Number plecs for sale

    Hi all I have the following for sale if anyone is interested in making a sensible offer. For those who may follow my threads youll be aware I have a 5ft Malawi tank so these little boys have been looked after - sorry for being anal but i will require a tank pic or some info about the tank your...
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    Help with carpet

    Hi guys Just after some regarding my tank below. You can see the left side just has the big pot and some rocks. I really fancied started converting it to a planted tank - pretty basic nothing that required too much light etc. I was going to start by growing a carpet of the dwarf hair grass...
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    5 ft Malawi Tank -

    And a Fluval Ocean Powerhead. Need to stop sitting in bed shopping for this damn fish tank
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    5 ft Malawi Tank -

    Thanks Just ordered myself the Fluval Prism .. And some plastic sandwich boxes with a tub of aquarium silicon so i can use that as the base of the mound not my dads glass bowls lol Got a few more foreground plants coming too
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    budget quarantine/hospital tank/tote?

    Something like this you can stick in the garage or out of the way. Minimal lighting, good external filter so if you need to add medication you can along with UV somewhere in the system
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    New tank choices

    Or im going to enquire in a couple of weeks when they cut the glass about getting it built on site.
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    New tank choices

    problem is to get into the bedroom there’s too many tight turns. So the only option is to take the window out and pass it through straight into the bedroom. Ive seen it loads on Ultimate Reef where there were quite a few large tanks being built
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    Is jasper o.k. to use in fresh water aquariums?

    Yup Jasper is a micro crystalline quartz and apart from being very expensive is also a member of the limestone family - thus changing the pH and hardness.
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    New tank choices

    Yeah 7ft - I was pretty happy with the 5ft but ive made some livestock choices that are going to need a bigger tank. Im not a fan of offloading fish onto the LFS when they get too big so this boy is going to need a bigger tank soon. So 7ft is realistically the biggest i can go for. It’ll sit...
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    Are these snails? If so safe or not

    I actually bought a couple from my LFS. But yes keep an eye on them or you’ll be overrun
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    Would this setup be okay for African cichlids? (mostly small mbunas)

    Mostly ok mate, maybe add some terracota pots for caves. The more hiding places the better as they will form territory based on them. This is my old tank and you see how ive tried to give plenty of space to hide and free space to swim when they want. If you can try to put in some Texas Holey...
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