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I have 2 computer chairs in the fish tank room, along with my desktop computer and a fantastic sound system. I sit for a coiple of hours a day, when I'm not actually doing something in or for a fishtank anyway, and have the movie of Andrea Bocelli's love in Portofino playing in surround sound...

I have 10 Emerald Rasbora in a similar size tank along with Black Carbon Rili shrimp There were 4 of them bit I guess I'm running up to around 15 now. The Emeralds are so small but also so gorgeously marked. They are quite happy in the tank as I have a good mix of plants and wooden bits and...

This is the setup I followed. I got lots of information from both James and Nicole at Horizon as they are an easy drive away. The result is very satisfying but although I used cycled filters and put fish straight into the tank I had to water change regularly every couple or three days until the...

I have it sorted now - I HOPE. I have been doing a shuffle around of all the tank electrical connections, airline inputs to both sponge filters and air bubble thingies. I had 3 spare air outputs on the pump so I joined them all together with Y junctions to give an increased flow into a single...

That might make a difference. The neon tetra would be at or over its temperature range at 28C. Can't say for the cory though as the species is so diverse. Just check out on the preferred conditions for your own.

If you like a nibble, you should buy Garra Rufa.

I just squashed at least dozen all around pin-head size crawling up the front of the tank. God knows how many are hidden on the plants and the other sides of the tank that I can't see due to the plants. Anyway, I believe I have found the answer to ridding myself of obvious ones crawling on the...

Removal by Visa card is great. Just get someone else to do the job then pay him by debit card

I find my webcam focuses with a larger image than my phone. My phone does 10x and my logitech webcam goes way beyond that.

Another sensible person. Just think how bad this could have been if you weren't vaccinated. I just hope that long covid doesn't affect you.

Just wondering : Have you been vaccinated?

I guess it's down to each one of us how we look at them. Personally I consider them as cockroaches of the fishtank. If you need snails to clean the tank you can easily choose one, or more, of a larger species that aren't as quick to multiply. Or of course you can go for fish or shrimp that eat...

R,I.P. guppy. Looks sort of terminal doesn't it? I've never seen a fish recover from that sort of problem

I had Odessas but to be honest I was like a kid finding a new candy shop when I got them. The tank was way too small and already had a good but too large collection of other fish right down to Neons. I also had a couple of pearl gouramis. The Odessas only really interacted with themselves. I had...

Yeah, I go with that. Water hardness up to 175ppm and a pH of less than 7. I lost a few myself in hard water and I now keep them in a water mix of tapwater (treated at 420ppm) and rainwater and bottled water of 115ppm. Mixed in right volumes to achieve the right water parameters. Also Neons are...

Everyone to their own but I think they look absolutely crazy ugly. All they need is a lip job and boobs and get a part in a scifi movie.

I wouldn't say Danio Choprae would suit cooler water, and to be honest they may just be a bit on the small size. It seems to me that if you're looking for colourful, busy fish that can stand almost temperate conditions then I would look closely at the Odessa Barb. It's OK with lack of anything...

I prefer the thumbfish. I'm beleaguered by damn bladder snails. I just can't seem to get rid of them. Even on newly set up tanks I find them racing around the glass. I tried the usual chemical method that didn't work for me. Now I've reverted to thumb squashing them every time one dares to crawl...

I have a sponge filter which was taken out of an existing tank. This was put in this tank after the filter I bought for the tank resulted in increased toxin build up even after fully cycling the tank. It's an Oase in-tank filter BioCmpact 50. This was put into the tank when I first started the...

Typical but the Chinese are already copying it.

You know what.... ìm gonna let it live. Its ìn a jar with some of the expired daphnia for food. It'll be kind of interesting to watch it develop.

Yeah, I'd go with mayfly larvae as set out that one of these has only a single hook on each leg end. (foot perhaps?) It seems they are eaten by birds, frogs, fish etc, but you know when something doesn't look particularly appetising and you back away from it? Well this beastie is not feeding any...

I got a few pouches of daphnia (in pink water) at the weekend. I am using a pouch a day between my nano fish tanks and I took another out of the fridge today and met a strange fearsome looking beastie swimming along with the daphnia. The thing is, the daphnia were mostly docile due to be being...

I have a couple of tanks that have been aquascaped, ie plenty of wood in them along with many plants. Both were properly cycled and even had filters taken from existing tanks, along with some of the substrate. However I'm getting damned annoyed that I'm getting constant low but worrying...

2ltr tubs seem a bit of an overkill. Surely the best thing is a number of small tubs of less than half a litre each, or even smaller initially, perhaps even as small as an old coffee jar. That way the addition of infusoria doesn't get too diluted and difficult for the fry to find. I'd say the...

Just love the "let's give it a go" attitude of members. Nothing's too much until you've tried all known avenues to sort things out.

Bootiful and genuine inspiration to all new members looking for something to imagine themselves trying. Well done.

Ah, thanks but the Oase filter I have is internal. However now you've drawn my attention to the range of their canister filters so I know a strockist locally and will ask them about the 100 model. Twitch is something my grandson introduced me to for the games he plays so I saw an opportunity to...

So here's the thing. I have a 50ltr tank fully aquascaped, ie loads of plants with 15 small green neon tetra, a pair of scarlett badis and 4 oto's to scrape biofilm off the wooden architecture. I don't have much room to fit a good size internal filter in the tank and have bought one of the Oase...

I just bet your water authority loves you introducing these into the natural habitat. Just kill the buggers. They'll take over the world soon if we let them get away with it. Seriously, as if my suggestion to kill them isn't serious enough, they are air breathing hermaphrodites that multiply way...

It's my experience that most un-named things are a direct copy of someone elses stuff but aren't named to avoid any potential copyright issues. If you really want the full spectrum then honestly I collected my Chihiros Vivid 2 yesterday for my 60cm wide tank, and it's just fantastic. I'm in the...

Visit their AliExpress store here then look through the lights

Can't see a brand name. However I can testify that it's good value for money. I've had an assortment of lights over the years, mostly either ebay or aliexpress that have been "inexpensive" and this is the best I've had. That said, I'm collecting a new Chihiros viviv 2 from my specialist LFS...

Ah, it's an AliExpress purchase that arrived on Wednesday. It does WRGB with dusk and daybreak, fish setting and plant setting. It can be faded in and out and set to whatever times you want. It isn't infinitly variable like the Chihiros Vivid for instance but the intensity can be decreased by...

Those are the ones Wills. 1-2 Grow. I know that the liquid is some sort of fertiliser but wondered which one. I have some cuttings and scraps I'd like to grow on and out of water too, so I think the Tropica stuff would be very good.