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My daughter has a 17 litre coldwater aquarium with a shabumkin and yellow gold fish in but i do all the maintenance shes only 5 i kept platties and mollies aswell thats why i had it at 7ph could i use an orniment from my daughters aquarium and put it in mine when i am cycling it

I used a buffer i bought from my LFS and used tetra safe water conditioner i kept mostly tetras e.g black phantom, neon, cardinal, glowlight and few lemon tetras i also kept 2 gouramis and 2 rainbow sharks i did have a pleco which grew too big for my tank so i gave it to my friend who had a 6...

Counting down the days saving pennies for my new aquarium getting excited to owning fish again

I always had the white pad to cycle my tank it was around 5 to 6 weeks before i added any fish where i live its moderetly soft water so alway try and get my water to 7ph neutral before i add any fish plus the longer its left to cycle the better the results but thats my opinion though everybody...

Just had a look on amazon 1 metre for £7.49 thats going to work so much better in the long run rather than spending £6.79 on the juwel pads what thickness would you reccomend?

I only used my carbon filter pads every now and then i had my 125 for 10 years and couldn't fault it water was always clear and all my water test were the same everytime i live in the uk would filter wool be available at a lfs

Hi i am buying a juwel rio 240 aquarium very soon i was wanting to know if anyone has any idea if the filter media pump and heater is the same as you get with the rio 125 the last aquarium i had was a rio 125

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Denenitely female you can tell by the dorsel fin and anal fins females dorsal fins and anal fins are shorter and rounded where as the males have longer more pointed dorsel fins and anal fins

Red wag tail female

I've had these before i'm positive they were sold as tuxedo platy at my LFS i owned 5

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Wow never seen a planted tank look so bright i know what you mean now with the tubes the colours look amazing

Beutiful looking tank mate water looks crystal clear and plants look beutiful

They are 2 t8 tubes its a fluval roma 240 aquarium i won't be able to get that info until i buy my aquarium is it best to run a cycle for a week or 2 before adding plants this will be the first aquarium i will have had starting with real plants my last aquarium i used artificial plants and...

This is the aquarium i am purchasing.

Thanks for your help Byron the hieght is 21 inches i was actually thinking of trying 2 reflectors first then if it doesn't work i'll take one off and try that if not i will look into different tubes for it.

There are 2 4ft tubes which are built into the hood 1 on the front side and 1 at the back i used to use reflector panels on my old aquarium which boosted the brightness i have attached a picture of the reflectors i have mentioned

Thanks for the ideas are they easy to maintain

I it is a fluval roma 240 and it comes with t8 lighting.

Hi i am purchasing a new 240 litre aquarium and i'm stuck on ideas for plants to use in it i am defenitely getting amazon swords and jungle val could anybody help me with ideas with what would go well with them many thanks.

Thats what i meant i know my water around where i live is between 7.2 and 7.4 ph my gh in my area is 21mg/L of calcium and magnesium which comes up as moderetly soft i checked the local water authority website for my area i will be putting a buffer in to drop the ph between 6.8 and 7 as most...

Once i get my aquarium up and running i will be able to upload pictures and water quality information i usually tend to keep my aquarium between 26 degrees C and 28 degrees depending on the fish i am keeping i always try to keep my temperature in comfortable temp depending on what i am housing i...

Is there kits you buy for testing the GH? i have kept mollies and guppies in a neutral PH with softer water species eg. Tetras gouramis and few others i found that with regular water changes and maintanance they thrived they were always full of colour very active and i never had any problems...

Thanks Byron i have had pearl gouramis before and i think they were the best gouramis i ever owned i had 2 in my 125 litre and they never showed any aggression towards one another i think i will end up getting them again i will be purchasing mostly tetras with few corydoris aswell so they should...

I am thinking of 1 female golden gourami, 1 male opaline gourami, 1 female pearl gourami and 1 female moonlight gourami and a pair of dwarf gouramis

Hi i am purchasing a fluval roma 240 aquarium it will be a planted community tank i am wanting to know how many gouramis i can have living comfortabely together it will be the first 4ft aquarium i have had before the last aquarium i owned was a juwel rio 125 aquarium with 2 gouramis maximum as...

Thanks i'll try that

Its just going to be natural pea gravel probs 2 or 3mm grade

Hi i am buying a fluval roma 240 aquarium does anybody know roughly how many bags of gravel it will take to make a 3 inch deep substrate its the first time i will have owned a 4 foot aquarium always had 2 foot largest being a juwel rio 125 which was 31 inches

I'm a tropical fish enthusiast with over 15 years experiance keeping community tanks also kept goldfish before but prefer tropical fish

Hi you would probably best sticking with small fish such as neon tetras and couple other small fish but i wouldn't stock too many into it as the nitrates will become an issue i would also reccomend doing some research into some species aswell as some fish prefer acidic ph and some prefer...

Hi all i am buying a fluval roma 240 aquarium i was wondering if anyone knows roughly how many bags of pea gravel it will take to make a 2 or 3 inch substrate thanks