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    Juwel Rio 240 Litre Setup Questions

    i've always used eheims on my other tank and have had no problems at all. how do tetratec;s compare to eheims?
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    Juwel Rio 240 Litre Setup Questions

    hi, I'm in the process of setting up my tank and could do with some advice! the tank is going to be fully planted with Caribsea Eco-Complete as the substrate and either Caribsea black marine sand or tahitan moon sand atop. I have taken the internal filter out of the tank (takes up to much...
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    Accidental Breeding?

    in turning the heater off and changing the water you have done to main things that trigger spawning in corrys.
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    Corrys Spawned Again.

    how long should it normally take for the eggs to hatch?
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    Corrys Spawned Again.

    well if they hatch i'l pop down the shop and buy some more good frozen food, probably worms, they should be ok for a few days with eating there egg sacks.
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    Corrys Spawned Again.

    no ive removed them from the tank with a credit card and put them in a breeding net, il wait a few days and see if they hatch. if i'd of left them they would probably be eaten by now.
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    Accidental Breeding?

    can u tell if u defiantly have any females? the females generally are bigger than the males. Maybe they have spawned but the eggs have been eaten by other tank mates
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    Accidental Breeding?

    with my last setup my corries used to spawn fairly regualry, all i used to feed them on was sinking pellets and no live or frozen food. The main thing that triggers them is big water changes. how many do you have and what type?
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    Corrys Spawned Again.

    ive been feeding a lot of frozen food and have been doing 50% water changes seems to have got them going. ive had corrys previously and they have spawned alot more than these have. although the previous ones were bronze and these are peppered corrys.
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    Corrys Spawned Again.

    there probs about an inch in length mayes a bit more, i bought them when they was about half an inch in length. will they increase there spawn once they get older??
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    Corrys Spawned Again.

    feed my corrys some frozen food this afternoon and then watched them spawn about 8 o'clockthe 2nd time this week!, they never seem to spawn overnight but allways seem to spawn in the evening and aternoon. is this normal behaviour? i have 6 peppered corrys and can deffiantly tell that one of...
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    Sexing Mollies

    thanks
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    Sexing Mollies

    at what age is it possible to sex mollies?, i have 26 that around arround 1 month old in my community tank.
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    Julii, Albino/bronze Or Peppered?

    whatever you go for you will enjoy them, they are very active fish, darting around all over the tank and up to the water surface and back. you should have some sucess in breeding both ur guppies and the corries assuming u get some male and females.
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    Julii, Albino/bronze Or Peppered?

    i have 6 peppered corys and have had bronze ones in the past, i'd have to say i like the peppered ones the best and they have grown pretty quick as i bought them when they were small and have only had them about 2 months. it all depends on what ammount of space u have available in your tank, if...
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    2 Missing Neons

    there not in the filter as i cleaned it the other day and i can see all the plants and they dont seem to be in them. would the fish i have eat them? seen them about 3-4 days ago.
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    2 Missing Neons

    i brought 10 neons at the start of the week and 2 have gone missing, cant see them anywhere in the tank, i only have corrys, 3 adult mollies, the neons and 5 small plecs around an inch long. would any of them have eaten them?
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    Peppered Corrys Spawning ;)

    the tanks only just started to become clear as i have a large piece of bogwood in and it keeps releasing tannin's into the water, i dont know if that has affected them in the past. anything i can do to protect the eggs? what do i need to do if the eggs hatch into fry?
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    Dyed Fish Sales Not Being Outlawed In Uk

    i sent mine an email, that sounds horrific. should be banned and everyone should support it
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    Peppered Corrys Spawning ;)

    thanks for reply using another tank is not possible as im at university and only have the one tank in my bedroom, most of the eggs are attached to the side of the net that is neer the side of the tank, so it will be hard for them to get to the eggs. what is that methyblu u mentioned? any...
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    Peppered Corrys Spawning ;)

    changed the water in my tank two days ago and lowered the temp of the tank by a few degrees which seems to have made my corries want to spawn, just found around 5 eggs on the side of the glass scouped them out and placed them in my breeding net inside the tank. Should be plenty of waterflow for...
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    Overstocked?

    cheers, i thought it might be plan on gettin a big tank, i dunno what size yet a i need to find a place then work out what space i have available. all the fish seem happy and theres no signs any are in distress, my plecs are growing pretty fast now i let them out of the breeding net and look...
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    Overstocked?

    this is what ive got in my tank its been up and running a couple of months now, the tanks 22 gallon US or 19 gallon imperial 3 mollies (1 deffiantly looks pregnant) 26 baby mollies around 1cm 8 neons 5 bristle nose plecs around 1-2", brought at 1cm in length 6 peppered corrys am if...
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    Starlight Bristlenose Success

    ive got a few young plecs myself that someone sent me in the post, how big are those u cant really tell by the pictures?
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    Ammonia In Uk

    have been in two boots and they dont sell it, we have a jeyes in town so i might try there, i even gave homebase a ring and they also said they dont sell it
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    Ammonia In Uk

    anyone know any brands of ammonia that are suitable for a fishless cycle? the problem seems to be that ammonia is good for making bombs and not many places sell it! thanks a1dutch
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    Glass Inlet - Outlet And Spraybar

    all you would need is a whole on the underside of the pipe, and you should be able to pick up a suction cup about 3mm diameter
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    Glass Inlet - Outlet And Spraybar

    are you going to enlighten people with the price?
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    New Trank Setup

    im not exactly sure on the size tank i have, i think the dimension are (length) 2 foot (width) 1 foot (height)1.5 foot what gallon tank would this give me? i also want some nice looking plants in here but it only has gravel in it currently, would this work?
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    New Trank Setup

    when i talk about setting it back up i mean the tanks been in attic for last two years as im at uni, so im sure any bacteria i had would be dead by now. just been down the local pet shop as well an he has a nice big selection of fish in there too, there was some nice tiger ocsars that i facy...
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    New Trank Setup

    ive found the eheim 2224 on the net for 71.95 including fllter media, outlet spray bar and inlet side bar at http://www.aquatics-online.co.uk/Z029049.asp. in terms on noise are we talking about the same sort of noise as an air pump? a1dutch
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    New Trank Setup

    hi, im looking at setting my tank up again its just a 35 gallon tank, which will sit nicely on my computer desk, i have a few questions tho, 1) currently that tank has both undergravel filter and a fluval sponge filter thing that sits inside the tank, im looking at getting rid of these and...
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    Terrapins In A Tropical Fish Tank

    thanks for replys and hello to you all, im just interested in setting up my tank again and went down to the local pet shop and seen these terrapins in a tank there, they were really small about the size of an old 50 pence piece, just thought they would look cool with some tropical fish and...
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    Terrapins In A Tropical Fish Tank

    does anyone have any advice or links about weather it would be possible to keep terrapins in a tropical fish tank. i currently dont have the tank set up but have kept tropical fish is the past. thanks a1dutch
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