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Hey all   I've gotten a small 12litre plastic tank for treating sick fish for the rare occasion it occurs. I have a heater for it now just thinking about filtration.   What kind of filter will suffice? As it's not going to be in use 24/7 how would one deal with the lack of bacteria when needed...

I'll stick with the twin 15w t5. Allpondsolutions do them both for £12 delivered!

Hey all   I have an All pond solutions tank - they don't do it anymore - roughly 60cm width by 40cm depth. 100 litres (I believe).      The bulbs are T5 15w (two of them) and most local shops don't stock it. All pond solutions have the pair for £12 odd including delivery.    Now I was getting a...

And then put the old filter media in with the new, put the fish into the new tank and thats it - no cycle needed as the filter media would share the bacteria so to speak?

Hey :)   About to upgrade from 70l to 100l (not large i know but the biggest size will allow!)   Anyway, never changed tanks before. Whats the best method for transferring to my new tank - when the new tank needs to go in place of the old one! Whilst maintaining all the bacteria etc. too!   Want...

feck that won't fit the only place the parents will let me have one.   looks like its the 100litre tank for me!   still £199 all in is a good buy...still tempted by their external range though. shame they dont do a 150lish one

Yeh I'm in the UK. Dont think there is anywhere local tbh. I'm between Hereford and Shrewsbury. I'll check pond solutions out thanks. Looking for about 150-180l and spend about 300 all in hopefully!

Hello :) In the quest for a new tank I'd rather save money and get a basic tank and cabinet with standard t5 lighting than get a branded tank with internal filter/heater and just get a decent external filter with inline heater. Sounds a plan? Is there anywhere that fulfils this? Cheers :)

Ooh very nice. I was aiming to go external filter and heater this time round as internal was always a pain to clean and media is always a bit proprietary. What about led conversion?

Hey. Time has come to upgrade from my 70l to something a bit bigger and substantial. I'm limited on budget and size and was looking at this http://fishkeeper.co.uk/site/product/aquamanta-eco-80-aquarium-cabinet-external-set It actually comes with the ex1000 not ex200 external filter. I was...

Thanks ill check them out :) My first tank is getting a bit long in the tooth and i think i've outgrown 70l :)

Does anyone have any recommendations for online retailers for buying an aquarium/stand etc. in the UK? Local shops are either too limited or too expensive :)

So basically a small tank, plenty of places to hide and a small filter that won't suck them in!

Any recommendations on tanks, features, filtration etc. for a newbie ....on a budget :P thanks

I'll try it and see how it goes. I'll remove what I can by scrubbing/spraying with excel and then dose the tank appropriately unless the same can be achieved in the tank without affecting livestock? Carbon filtering won't remove excel will it?

Thanks I do usually get the water the day before and use an airstone to bubble it up. There is pretty good surface agitation however i did suspect 36w was quite high. I do usually do quite a large water change around 40% each time - that might not be helping. Is there an easy way to measure...

Thanks very much! I have a 36w daylight plus (interpet) light on it. What would you recommend? CO2 increase or just a change in water changes?

I know its bad asking for the easiest route, but I am only back and forth from uni on a weekly basis and the brush algae has started to take over. What is the easiest way to beat it back? Nowhere around here ever have flying fox in stock. I don't have a large enough budget for CO2 equipment I...

Thanks for that :) will take a look!

Where abouts in Birmingham? :)

Good idea! Any ideas on specific makes/packages or just go for a brand I recognise?

Hello Got my girlfriend interested in keeping trops :) After some recommendations on tanks/setups please :) She's after a nice smallish tank which looks nice. Mainly she wants to keep guppies, mollies and even a Siamese fighting fish! Not sure whether to look at package deals or buy...

Just went to do a water change and managed to drop the #41#### thing. What a mess! Anyway, a lot of sweeping and hoovering later, I need to buy a new heater. This is just really gonna be used for heating water changes. Maybe a temporary backup. Water changes are only about 20-30L. Recommended...

Found some please close :)

Hey all I would like to stock my tank with some cherry shrimp, a mixture of males and females please :) If anyone has any I would be very grateful. Cheers! Sam

Found them £20 here http://www.cdaquatics.co.uk/catalog/interpets-watt-twin-daylight-plus-compact-aquarium-lamp-p-1545.html Ordered a couple in case stock gets lower :)

My grandad has recently fitted a TMC 200 skimmer to his marine tank and its gurgling like hell! As if water is being taken in with the air. Its spot on with the recommended water level. We tried raising it higher and the gurgling noise is still the same - offputting! Anyone got an idea on how...

Hi all I've found these lights harder and harder to get ahold of recently. I've never tried any other brands but would be ok with it as long as it works :P Needs to be ok for growing plants, 70litres of water. £27.99 is what I've found the 16" 36w daylight plus for...A bit expensive...

Indeed but i need slow growers/low maintenance I dont have much time for maintaining but when i do, i dont wanna spend time cutting back a jungle :P

Had to strip my tank recently due to too many plants for me to maintain it (fish were getting ill, couldnt siphon gravel etc.) So now I need a plant pack not expensive, easy to keep etc. but not going to outgrow me in weeks :D

ok thanks guys :)

Hey all Recently had an issue with the tank so i've transferred to a temporary tank for now.. Just need to catch all the shrimps to move them across too At the moment I am trying to get them by leaving the net in there with some algae wafers on...not working too well ideas?

thanks lee k! ill check the species index and ask the OP if its ok to use the content thanks

Hey guys I need to make a mock website up (aka it wont be going live) and I need about 30 popular tropicals to recommend to beginners. Ranging from tetras to catfish ya know. Also with royalty free images/images on the forum where i can ask for permission :) thanks

Hi guys I am doing a bit of research to find out the age ranges for tropical fishkeepers for a tutorial website I am developing for new fishkeepers (for tropical). Please choose the relevant age range from above as accurately as possible :good: Remember I want the age at which you started...

Hey Looks awesome - Easily modded for external too Love the structured background, think il get similar Did you silicon the background to the tank? Sorry dont recall seeing if you did or not in the log

Shopping list then: Tetratec ex1200 Trigon 190 40w T5 (if two lights that will be two 20w then?) Got any specific species of plants to ask for? 200w hydor inline heater Uv thing on the inline pointless? Eco complete substrate With that substrate I wont need to dose ferts etc. will i unless I...

i was looking at a trigon and fitting a tetratec ex700 to it how did you sort it and what does the final product look like?

the hood supplied with the trigon looks like it would have to be cut or somethin to accomodate the pipes so for the 190, a tectratec ex700 should be good to go? I'm aiming for an inline heater too to keep the tank less cluttered - which wattage for such a tank Also what wattage of lighting...

hey perhaps no co2 wud be cheaper and easier then? some people had problems with the venezia and condensation on the hood i think - my stockist can get the trigon 190 tho, it wud need modding for an external tho =/