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looking good. how you getting on? little while since an update 

so a slight change to the plan, as there was a chance that i would be off of work today, yesterday i took the plunge and ordered my stock from tonys african cichlids knowing that even if i was at work today that my partner would be at home to take delivery and is more than capable of dealing...

cycle finished earlier this week but looks like i will have to maintenance feed for a week or so due to not having a day off to accept a fish delivery. think i shall be getting my fish from tony african chilids as my lfs selection is pretty poor.

hi all.   I am nearing the end of my cycle however once complete i will be maintenance feeding for up to two weeks. my question is do i do a water change at the end of the maintenance feed before adding fish, at the end of the cycle as per the directions or both?

i always use a layer of polystyrene regardless of whether the stand its going on is perfectly flat or not. the only exception to this would be a juwel tank that has a built in frame.

hi,   sorry i didn't realise you was in the uae. have a look for fluvals roma range of tanks, similar to the juwel, also aqua one and eheim make some nice looking tanks.   eheim filters are good but if your on a budget have a look at the tetratec, or even see if all pond solutions or similar can...

hi, in my opinion the standard filters in those tanks aren't good enough on there own. if you decide to go with a juwel i would replace it with an external, no only will you have better filtration but also more tank space and a better looking aquarium.   Have a look at ND aquatics. i have...

thanks ch4rlie, glad you kept a tank, think i would be lost without one now! i have started a little journal on the old world cichlid section, wont be a in depth as this one but thought id better do one.

a couple of the night time blue  

Managed to find some ali u bar this afternoon to construct a simple sliding light rack. The whole thing start to finish took just over an hour to cut to length and build etc.   The two main light consist of an iquatics marine white t5 tube and an arcadia standard tropical bulb both of these have...

Next up was a scape. I managed to get a couple of pieces of egg crate from a friend which was a bonus and it fitted in the tank nice.   then the holes got filled with coral sand to the top of the egg crate and the rock scape added. i apolagise for the bad pics i will get some decent ones soon...

Hi all   Just thought id start a little journal about my new tank setup that is in the process of been put together. This will be my first mbuna tank, although im not new to fish keeping, so im sure there will be many questions along the way.   The tank is a custom ND aquatics 46 x 18 x 22 withg...

So, after 8 months the rio adventure has come to an end    Having recently having a baby finding the time that the planted tank required was becoming harder and harder so i have taken the decision to close the planted tropical down. However a 46x18x22 nd aquatics tanks seems to have appeared in...

81 views no response! any how seems i can use lava rock, bn plec should be ok and i may req a wavemaker. as for the stocking who knows!

hi all   i have my new tank arriving at the end of the month and have decided to go for a cichlid setup instead of expanding my existing 125ltr planted tropical. my new tank will be 48 x 24 x 18 (w x h x d) and filtered by an fx6, 2 x 200w heaters and coral sand.   i have a few questions im...

option 3 would be the way i went but thats just me, decent clean under tap water, soak in prime or equivilent then add back into main filter for the next time.

any one else care to share thier media set up?

been working perfectly on my existing filter for the last 8 months with perfect water quality so will stick with it.

hi, should have said that it will be set up with seeded/cycled media so cant see the purigen being a problem.

Hi all   just wondering what media setup people are running in their fx5/6? will be setting mine up in a few weeks and was wondering what media to go with. i was thinking of swapping out the biomax in the middle tray for some matrix and using the purigen in my existing filter in the bottom tray...

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hi all. just wanted to know if you can keep purigen in a filter while dosing meds?

sorry suppose I should have mentioned that. will be between 350-400 ltrs depending on final dimensions I decide on and décor displacement.  can also add the the eheim 2076 into mix

Hi all.   After some opinions on a couple of filters for a new tank I will hopefully be setting up in a month or so. i'd like to know which you'd choose and your reasons for doing so plus any experience of the filters you may have.   The three choices are, fluval fx6, eheim 2080 or the eheim...