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Hi guys, just a quick one, I have set up my 2/3 gallon old goldfish bowl type tank for a copepod culture today for when I hopefully get a pair of Mandarins and SH's for my 62gallon which will start to be set up next week. Anyway I have put in this, an old piece of ocean rock that was sitting in...

Thanks for the reply. I did think that, and i see most people keep pipefish and seahorses together only. However my thinking is that a Boxfish is pretty similar in that it will keep itself to itself and its not the most mobile of fish either. The thinking being these would all just ignore each...

Hi guys, well after much debating I finally emptied these two tanks today and took the occupants to the shop for trade in, never done too bad actually got £212 in credit. Anyway, I am now setting up the 180gal 6x2x2 as a coral reef tank but I also decided that I would set up my 62gal 2.5'x2'x2'...

It will be fine m8, there is quite literally hundreds probably, got them in a 4ft tank pretty much to themselves really. Let me know when you can get down to pick some up and I will get them ready for you, same goes for you Deg.

I live in the Walton area m8, let me know, I may end up just keeping these but if you want some you can have some because there's literally hundreds anyway

Livestock: Cherry Shrimp Quantity for sale: tons Reason for Sale: closing down all my tanks Delivery or Collection:collection Sales price:free Postage & Packaging:no Location: Liverpool Photograph:if necessary Need to get rid of these as I am closing down all my tanks besides the 6fter which I...

I am turning my180gal tank into a marine and so would like to sell the current occupants on here rather than have to take them to the fish shop. Pictures are available if requested. Livestock: Quantity for sale: 15 Reason for Sale: changing to marine Delivery or Collection:collection Sales...

Can I have the link please?

looking good, thats a lot of rock, how many kilos is it roughly?

you still by any chasnce got this? If so where abouts are you in the UK?

can u link me please? just had a look and cant find it in the classifieds.

Yeah what I meant with the choice was it was either Tangs an triggers etc... OR the reef. I wont be mixing an matching as part of the joy of the reef will be all the inverts. I am almost certainly going to get a reef now although I dont think I will be buying 40 kilos of Live Rock in one swoop...

Thanks for the replies, the QT is a must may swing it towards a reef now then. I dont really have much room for another tank unless I get rid of some of my others. I really like the look of full reef systems and love shrimps, crabs snails etc.. These are probably my favourite part but I have a...

Thanks for the reply. I will obviously do a lot of research on the fish before I buy them, I was just after a general idea for now. I am still debating on invertebrates or larger fish, cant make my mind up but think it will prob be the larger fish like Tangs, Angels etc...I want a Snowflake Eel...

I have a 6x2x2 an think I am finally in a financial position to do a proper tank so I'm gonna do it gradually. I was just wondering though about the thoughts on fish. I am debating puttin some more larger fish in there like Angels, possibly a Puffer or Eel. Is this tank big enough for that kind...

I think it must relate to a dry season in the wild which must induce hormones to induce breeding. I was told that removing water slowly over the weeks and then in one shot add it all back gets them to breed. I just added my own theory to it about the hormones. Presumably just means that where...

The very same m8. Seems like a good bloke, very knowlegable too.

Yeah got mine from Col Nelly. He is a private breeder Simon from a different site, Nelly put me onto him. Feel quite bad actually I havent been to his site hardly at all since I finished uni. I was gonna start doin some research an stuff with them but havent had much time. I will soon. These...

Thought I would throw my 2 assams in. Definately a pair just not got them breeding yet. Been taking water out slowly an gonna top back up in about 2 weeks. Last time I done that it was over less time and they definately started courtship behaviour but nothing came of it. Anyway, the pics...

Lovely fish. Makes me wanna go to marine as well. Those Picaso Triggers were everywhere when I went diving in egypt, I think they are my favourite marine fish.

Frozen Prawns are a big favourite of my 2. I would actually recommend a different style of feeding for predators such as Bichirs. I tend to feed mine every other day rather than 3 or 4 times a day like other fish. It is more what they are acustomed to in the wild. If you have to feed other...

Half expected a Moray to come out an eat them all there, or a massive Puffer, thought you only done marine, lol

Very nice, love these, opted for the Fire Eel instead though :good:

a large silurid apparently in terms of care. Main suggestion for actual species has been Phalacronotus micronemus. He's definately adapting nicely now, starting to colour up nicely and venture out for food a lot more, glad i bought him

Haha, sounds about right, they used to put their noses in the outlet of my filter an wriggle about for a bit. Funny to watch

Yeah, cant remember the name off the top of my head, got it saved on my other comp, I will edit it later as I'm in work at the moment. Think its gonna be a 2fter by the looks of it but just gives me an excuse to get my 9x3x2 quicker I suppose. :good:

Just figured out where to drop prawns and land them right outside his pipe he shares with the two bichiirs. He threw them back vert quickly, full prawns too. First time i've seen him eat so good signs.

lookin good m8, will be a lot better with more plants in like you say. Everything go ok with those Loaches?

I am definately gonna try that for the Ornate, Senegal and Fire Eel now. I am not proud of it, but up till now I have been just overfeeding to make sure the 2 Bichirs got some. Been doin roughly 3 water changes a week as well. Just use the hose pipe tho so its quite easy.

Not too bad thx m8, urself? See the move appears to be gettin close. Dont envy you moving the tanks. I hate doing mine. just on the look out for a Lima Shovelnose at the minute, find them cheap enough but delivery is always stupid prices, one was 3times the price of the fish.

Good to know. I will give it a go in a minute. Thanks.

Thanks m8. Looking a bit empty now all the Cichlids an clown loaches have gone. Need to start looking for some oddballs to fill it back up

haha, thanks for the replies. Noticed he wont touch the whitebait m8. Dont think he has settled totally yet, havent seen him eating. I have left stuff in just before lights off but its tough to know whether he got it with these Ganet Tinfoils. :rolleyes: I will try Prawn over the next few days...

Title says it all really, i'm not great on nutritional values in foods so I was hoping someone could tell me which would be best for my fish, a staple diet of Whitebait, with mussels,squid, and prawns as a treat, or the other way round? I also have tinfoils an a flagtail so have to feed veg but...

Haha, you should get one, they're great, lol. Yeah the fire Eel putting in a little cameo in the Severum pic. He is part of the reason I took out the filter. I had tights over it to stop fish gettin in but he had appeared to rip them, break the top off, and settle in to the bottom of it within...

Nice, love that bottom pic. got one myself for about 6 months now, very shy though.

Thanks. I think the ornate is possibly my favourite fish, unfortunately I have had a massive Juwel filter in there with holes everywhere so I never seen him. I have just took it out now so I need to quickly purchase a new big filter.

Thanks Chef, think a few are on there way soon though to make room for more oddballs, decided to keep the Tinfoils now though, they're great.

Thought I would get some pics of my new fish and the tank after a little rescape. Any comments welcomed :good: I had just that minute fed them as to get some of them out an about, hence all the prawns lying round. Think I need to clean the tank too, didnt look that messy in person One for you...

I may be way out here an you would definately have to look it up but I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that if you put rocks in the tank they will use this themselves in order to keep their teeth under control. Looking from another angle it would make sense as where would these fish get the...