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hi.. does anyone have a copy of the practical fishkeeping direcotory..it lists vets in the u.k. that will treat fish , prescribe antiobiotics.. cant find mine at the moment..can anyone post some contact names and numbers from the list if they have it please ? thanks Jon

hi im think about moving over into marines in the near future. with an eye on costs ,i was just wondering is it possible to mix live rock and base rock ? after a time will the base rock become live rock completely ? or will it be less efficient ? how long would it take aprrox for the base rock...

hi 1 of my altum angels is not swimming normally..he swims ok 1/2 the time but the rest of the time he is falling backwards / swiiming lent back ..im pretty sure this is a swim bladder infection.. just looking for advice on the mosts sucsessful possible treatments for this. i live ive in the...

thanks so nothing for sale at the moment i guess ? is there anywhere that has a good selection at all ?

hi been looking at the kg betta site... http://www.kgbettas.co.uk/ but cant see where the link to the shop for buying a fish actually is.. can anyone help ? thanks Jon

hi..thanks..just looked.. seem to only have a choice of 2 males.. i was hoping to have agood choice to pick from.. are there any others ?

hi..can anyone give me some good links to buy a betta online please ? thanks Jon

i have planted the ozelots fopr about 6 weeks now.. they seem to be producing new laves ok but getting any great height [with only 1 reaching 4/5 inches...] how long so they take to establish and what type of height has anyone managed with these plants.. i bought of the ADA multi bottom and...

just wondering if i can use a my handhled tds meter to accurately measure the kh of my tank ? if so,,,how do i do the calculation ? thanks jon

hi, i would ideally like to find a tank that would be suitable to go on my kitchen windowsill... ive seen some specialist betta tanks on the counters in variuos fish stores ...just not sure where i might be able to buy these ?? i do have a 12 inch 5 gallon cube that i can use otherwise . id...

hope you dont mind me just throwing this in my experience of aquamas was not good...maybe largely due to my inexperince seting it up or possibly that my equipment was faulty .. 2 weeks after i set it up i came back from work and fish were dying due to the co2 going mad and pumping out like...

very interesting...if i take the plunge again i will consider the tubing... overall as u can gather im not totally happy with the quality of the gear i got in general ..i had to attach the solenoid to the regulator by co2 tubing becuase it wouldnt connect any other way... suffice to say that...

glad i can answer this without any doubt at all... YES ...sulphorous....always the same Jon

thanks for your replies... my experience of aquamas was not good...maybe largely due to my inexperince seting it up or possibly that my equipment was faulty .. 2 weeks after i set it up i came back from work and fish were dying due to the co2 going mad and pumping out like crazy.. i took the...

hi just looking for any buying advice or experiences with the following regulators/solenoids ...aquamedic . jbl or deletec...or any others ? there also seems to be to be some reasonably priced ph contollers on e bay ... ph controller any thoughts on the these ?? cheers Jon

these really if possible

hi ... not my tank but id like to know what plants this guy has if possible.. thanks Jon

have u tried ultimate discount aquatics ? thats where i got mine

hi...just making a start on setting up a dwarf puffer tank my equipment so far is a 6.5 gallon aquacube with an interpet internal pf2 filter [which is relatively oversized for this size tank] the filter is in my 90 gallon altum tank ph around 6.0..i bought some seachem onyx gravel which has...

god, this is terrible to tell but either due to me not reading the instuctions correctly or faulty regulator i came back from work on tuesday and my altums were all dying in front of me .. my presurrised co2 had gone mental pumping loads of co2 into the water... i did a 50 % water change as...

thanks Steve... these are real altum angels...in the shops you see alot of peruvian altums which are silver with black bars and not the same indented snout.. imho...altums really keep a nice slim shape ...not like ordinary angels at full size. hopefully mine will grow to 12/14 inches height...

well the substrate is mainly gravel with 2 bags of seachem flourite mixed in.. i was thinking of either going staright into ei....or more likely trying Tropica Plant Nutrition liquid..looks good as i have a relatively high fish load ... i presume i am doing the right thing by using co2 from...

[/img][/img] [/img] [/img] took out all the old planting yesterday... 90g tank ive got the german ebay c02 working but so far the bubble rate doent seem to be completely stable.. lighting wise ive got 4 x 39w t5 [2 deltec sunlight 6000k and 2 dletec aqua flora...] ...rena xp3/ehim 2026..15w...

hi i just switched over to 34" 39w t5 bulbs...2 running out of the 4 to break my fish in gently.. BUT,,,stupidly i bought 4 X deltec daylight 6000 k bulbs ... it is very yellow .. what i want is a " normal balanced " colour of light...my lfs suggested i get some 14,000 k bulbs or would...

hi im looking to add some darker gravel to my 1 inch layer of pea gravel.. basicaliy i want to darken the appearence and increase the total volume of gravel.. i aim to mix the 2 types of gravel... i think my best solution is going to be to use seachem flourite or any other brown gravel...

hi i really like the idea of buying just a basic open topped tank and then buliding up the lighting etc. myself.. any ideas where the best value would be for a 10 or 20 g in the uk ?

hi. let me just say that 1st of all unfortunately this is not my nano tank.. but god id love it to be check it out http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/sept2004/aquarium.htm id like to get into the nano tank world..[i currenly have 90g with altum angels that is going to become fully...

hi, my new equipment is arriving in dribs and drabs ive got a co2 unit from german ebay seller..arrived in 2 days but with german instructions which have now been replaced by english ones thank god.. got 4 X 6000 k 39w deltec t5 tubes...just waiting for the starters arcadia starters and...

thnkas.. by that do u mean it took a while to be delivered ? how long ?

just wondered if anyone has bought one of these german co 2systems ? http://66.249.93.104/translate_c?hl=en&ie=.../language_tools my tank is 370 litres...will i need a reactor or woulkd i get way with just using the diffuser ? ..or will i need the reactor ? also i was thinking of mixing...

hi.. i'd like to turn my altum tank into a great looking planted tank... i have a rena classic 120 x 50 cm 360ltres approx... the tank does not have a conventional hood but metal lighting bars that currently hold 4 X 30w t8.. as far as ive read my best option would be high output t5 rather...