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Sorry - that should have read that I haven't had any problems. Apologies.

Sorry to be puerile and lower the tone, but this made me laugh out loud. I too have sand and have had any problems with gas buildups in the tank and my sand in places is probably 2". I have to say that I didn't appreciate that the harmful gas doesn't dissapate into the water, so I guess if...

A slightly cynical view (to which you are entitled) but it is not backed up by enough validated research, but I see your point.

You do have a point, undeniably - global warming is happening. I was merely referring to being fed up with the sensationalist spin that is portrayed by the media as being gospel truth, when clearly it isn't always. I have read the much of the research available on the subject, which is...

Ha Ha - I was going to say that too, but thought I'd get shot down in flames if I did. Very good point though, i agree with doing our bit, but be be force-fed "it's your fault the planet is dying" propaganda by the media every day is tiresome.... :rolleyes:

I couldn't believe it either!! As you say, it was great to hear that no one was seriously hurt. I too live in Kent, but in Tunbridge Wells and I didn't feel it over here.

Nice tank! Looks very nice. Looks like they will have a whale of a time in there. A very interesting topic about plants too. I wondered if anyone could recommend an Author/book to purchase in this regard asI too have had problems finding reliable sources of information. Sorry to hijack...

Ha ha ha ha! Very funny! :lol:

Hi, Yes, I have, his name is Brian and he is currently 5inches. He's got bags of personality, he spits water, drags his lip up and down the glass so he looks like Elvis, poops tonnes and dances a lot. I got him at Christmas. He's currently in a 6x2x2 which is no way going to be big enough for...

Great thread, sorry this comment made me laugh out loud for ages - brilliant. My mbu does the same!

ha ha!! thats excellent! How about Jonny Rotten as he looks like a punk rocker with his 'hair' and his little down turned mouth!

ha ha!!! that's brilliant, I'm no fish Psychologist, but if the volume is low and the speakers aren't up against the tank, surely it cant be bad? The little dudes just got rhythm! Oh please video it and upload it somewhere for us to see!

Hi, I too had a lot of brown algae on my plants for the first two months of its set up. I also read the pinned topics on algae growth and agree it didn't solve the problem. However, I did some more research and understand that it can be caused by a number of issues. Firstly, and probably...

Thank you Bignose, what a brilliant, brilliant post! I definately learnt something new.

I feed mine a variety, but he really swims for live river shrimp. The smaller ones he has difficulty catching so, if possible it might be an idea to try dropping a few of those together with some larger ones on the other side of the tank (the side he doesn't like swimming in) see if it'll...

How is your little guy doing? Is he still occupying the same corner? Did you manage to get your water checked? sorry for the 20 questions, I just hope he's ok.

I guess it's certainly possible. I know some puffers can be very territorial and this may be one way that he's marking out his territory? :fish:

Hi, I have got a (much smaller) mbu, he tends to confine himself to the right hand side of the tank also, however I've noticed that he isn't keen on the bubbles that are produced from the Ario that I have and he doesn't seem to like swimming in them. Well that's not strictly true, he did like...

Thank you for your kind comments. Yes, the blue gravel is not so nice is it? It was a present from my enthusiastic brother, who very kindly went out and selected it for me. As I knew I would be upgrading the tank very soon after getting Brian, I didn't have the heart not to include the...

Thought you might like to see some pictures of Brian, now he has settled in. I picked him up on Christmas Eve - best Christmas present! He likes to hunt live shrimp and he is very sociable. I spend most of my time sitting talking to him ( I need a social life really! :lol: ) He's 3" long...

Happy New year to you all! Sorry for the delay in my reply. Brian is doing well, settled in nicely, he is such a character! He is very sociable and will swim to the nearest part of the tank to you. I spend a lot of my time sitting with him and watching him fan his tail and I love his...

Thank you so much for your very useful advice, he is currently in the bag in the tank aclimatising. Hope you have a great Christmas and I'll post some pictures of him soon! Thank you again.

Morning, I wasn't sure whether I should put this question here or in the beginners section, so my apologies if its not the correct place. Firstly, Merry Christmas! :santa: Secondly (and most importantly) I am due to collect Brian the 3" mbu from the lfs today :yahoo: and I wondered...

I am so sorry to hear that you've lost your beautiful cat :-( its awful. Our cat went missing last year for two weeks! turned out he'd found himself a lady friend down the road and was spending time wooing her. I hope its the same for your little one. Good point about them getting stuck...

Hi, I'm new to this forum, but know a bit about wood. The staining is due to tanin leaching out of the wood. Tanin is found naturally in timber, it's slightly acidic. One way to get rid of it is to boil the bogwood for a couple of hours before adding it to the tank. I understand that the...

Thank you guys!! :)

My apologis if this has been asked many times before, however I couldn't find the topic in the search facility. Please could anyone inform me as to how Icomvert mg/l to ppm? I would be very grateful for any assistance. Thank you.

Fantastic Photos!!! :hyper: Were did you go in the Maldives? My fiancee and I did a spot of diving there in October and were staggered by the number of turtles that there were. We saw some hammerheads, but no octopus' :( Super cool place though - you canget some really cheap deals with...

Hello! I'm a self confessed fish lover of all kinds. I went on a diving holiday recently and now have my heart set on a mbu puffer, however I am keen to get the set up exactly right. I've kept fish before, but nothing in the same league. I've talked at length to my local aquatic centre...