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Hey. Glad to hear some of the fish are still around! Is the angel I gave you still alive, he was always one of my favourite, even though he wasn't terribly bright! Not too sure why the SAEs should suddenly fall out they were alway best mates, and I had them as adults for a fair while. A...

If the tanks is glass then I would avoid the boiling water as the sudden change in temperature may well crack the glass!

Hi, I use hydor heaters on both my Rio 240s with fluval filters. They work well but I found that due to the ribbed nature of the tubing I found that I couldn't connect it to the heater without it leaking. To overcome this I bought a couple of extra fluval rubber adapters (the ones that...

Try Fishbiz or Rift Valley Cichlids I've used Rift Valley cichlids and was pleased with the service, postage a bit pricey though, never used fishbiz!

Hi, I've just setup a similar rank myself, I haven't got any pictures at present but I'll see if i can get some for you. In the mean time I found this useful: http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/...?article_id=143 Becs

Hi, I'm currently treating for Ich in my malawi tank and was slightly concerned after something I read that porous rock in a tank can effect the medication (malachite green in this case) and effectively reduce its concentration rendering it less effective. I have been treating the tank for 5...

Oops got a bit confused, ment to post this in african cichlid forum! Please ignore my rantings!

Where'd my posts go?!!

Hi, I'm currently treating for Ich in my malawi tank and was slightly concerned after something I read that porous rock in a tank can effect the medication (malachite geen in this case) and effectively reduce its concentration rendering it less effective. I have been treating the tank for 5...

Anyone?

How long would you think before I should see an improvement? And the medication that I bought says to treat every other day, but I have read various places that you should treat every day?

Thanks for responding! I'm a bit hesitant to increase the aquarium temperature above 28oC as the with the meds, ich and increased temp already I don't want to stress the fish any more, a couple are looking not to pukka already!

Hi, I noticed on Tuesday that my fish, all malawi cichlids, were acting stangly and scratching on the rocks like crazy, also one fish had salt-like grains on it which looked like ich to me. I have kept fish for several years and this particular tanks has been running for over a year, but have...

http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/...em.php?news=220 Thought this might interest you!

Cheers!

Hi, I'm thinking about getting some Neolamprologus ocellatus, or similar size shellie, and was wondering what kind of size shells these guys need? I've found someone who sells turbo snail shells which I thought would be ok but was unsure how big they needed to be! Thanks :D

Thanks for the input! So you reckon the Cyprochromis would be ok in that tank, its big enough? Also what kind of water movement do these fish like? The tanks is currently filtered by a fluval 204, do you think this would suffice? Cheers :)

Hi, I'm thinking about setting up a tanganyikan community tank in my 160l (40 usgal) tank of dimensions 100cm x 40 cm x 40cm, and was wondering if anyone had advice on stocking. I've been looking and was thinking along liked the look of the following species that I thought might work in a tank...

In an established aquarium your ammonia levels should be 0, as ammonia is very toxic even at low levels. This may have something to do with your disease problems, as this will stress the fish making them more susceptable to opportunistic organisms such as ich. Becs

Hi, Thanks for the ideas! Have thought about some of those, I fancied inparticular Afras, or red zebras but were concerned about their levels of aggression?! Most the fish are about 3 inches at the moment and it is indeed a 4 foot, do you think another species is pushing it? That's why I was...

Hi, I was after some advice on stocking my 55 gal tank. Currently I have 4 labidochromis caeruleus, 4 pseudotropheus socolofi and 4 pseudotropheus acei (all 1m 3f). I also have 4 maylandia lombardoi but although recommended by the guy in the fish shop have got too aggressive with the male...

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone can help with some weird symptoms that some of my fish are showing. I've got a malawi 55 gal setup which includes in it some yellow labs, and recently I have noticed that some of them, 2 inparticular have developed a dark colouration to their skin, its a grey/black...

Anyone agree about the parasites? or anyone know a good remedy available in the UK?

Haven't noticed it poop, I'll keep a look out! I don't think you can buy that in the UK as antibiotics aren't available over the counter as far as I know.

Hi, I was wondering if anyone had any ideas what's up with one of my yellow labs. She's kept in a mixed mbuna tank (55gal) with ps.acei and socolofi, and other yellow labs and recently seems to be loosing condition. She seems to be having trouble eating although she's keen to only manages to...

Hi, Just to let you know I keep a 5" RTBS in with my mbuna - ps acei, ps socolofi, yellow labs and kenyi, and I have no problems, he's certainly the boss at the moment but has never caused any damage to anyone, he's too slow and stupid! Becs

Thanks for replying! Have you or anyone got any ideas what other species would work with what I've got already?

Hi, I was hoping for some advice on the stocking of my 55 gallon malawi setup. Currently I have in there 6 pseudotropheus acei, 6 pseudotropheus socolofi and 6 labidochromis caerulus with the intention of removing excess males to get a 3:1 m:f ratio when I can sex them. Also in the tank is 5...

Anyone???

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help diagnosing my angel fish. Overnight he has developed what looks very much like a blister you or I would get on the top of his head. Its about 4-5mm in diameter and about 3mm raised from the surrounding skin and translucent white. He seems absolutely...

Has anyone had any experience with apple snails in a planted tank, do they eat many plants or do they prefer algae and dead leaves?

Hagen do a phosphate and iron test kit for about a fiver each which you can buy online at aquatics-online.com amoung other fishy websites. I have a planted 35 gal tank and was troubled by hair algae due to high phosphate levels which I solved with the use of Rowaphos. Also it could be me but...

How well did you wash your sand? When I added coral sand to my 55gal malawi tank it clouded the water even after rinsing it about 10 times. You should find it clears as in settles and gets filtered out, mine was clear in less than 24 hours.

I have a school of zebra and leopard danios and they dont seem to notice the difference between each other!

Sounds normal enough to me! I used to have a rainbow shark in my community tank and he was really greedy and would swim where ever he could get the most food, be it the surface of bottom!

Can anyone recommend a filter that would offer good mecahnical filtration for my 60l tank. At the moment it is filtered by a small rena internal filter which supplies all the necessary biological filtration but the mechanical filtration is very poor and i end up having to hoover the substrate...

Coral sand substrate, and fish are iodotropheus sprengerae, pseudotropheus acei, pseudotropheus demasoni and labidochromis caeruleus.

What does your tap water test in terms of pH and carbonate hardness? It sounds like you may have something in your tank which is releases carbonate ions increasing your pH and carbonate levels. Did you test your gravel with vinegar to see if it fizzed?

Hi, Finally got a my 55 gallon mbuna tank sorted and stocked but was wondering how much lighting do you guys run on your tanks, at the moment there is one 40 watt bulb on mine but I was thinking of increasing this to two. Is this a good idea or will this be too much light as I've read you can...

Thanks for all the info I think I have a slightly better idea of who's who!! I am taking a load of them to my LFS this weekend to trade so I'll see what they make of them!!