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To be honest I'm wanting out. The new house is carpeted and the thought of having to drain it again when we change them in the future doesn't work for me!! I just want it gone!!

Age and condition: Tank - 6 years old (Brand New). External filters - both around 5 years old (bought brand new). Quantity for sale: 1 tank 2 filters Reason for Sale: Moving house Delivery or Collection: Collection ONLY Sales price: £200 (?)  offers welcome Willing to Ship (Yes or No): No...

Hi, thanks for the reply. I haven't added anything new to the tank for months. I wondered if our Christmas tree was to blame as it was right next to the tank, but i find that hard to believe!

Hello everyone, Not been around for ages, which I guess shows my tank has been functioning perfectly! It’s just turned 4 years old in the last few days and suddenly the water seems to have got cloudy and I can't clean it up. I have tried a massive water change, approx 60% but no joy. Have...

Got my vote....

If I was watching the world cup a glass of cyanide would be welcome. If I was watching proper sport, i.e. not a poor excuse for exercise, I would want a pint of Bowman Ales - Wallops Wood. The best ale in the world. Roll on 2pm when I wake from my night shift today!

A good method of target feeding is to setup a ledge near your output flow. It will soon find its way into the flow of water. When you feed the fish I used a pipette to suck up some flake and send it his way. Sadly I have failed to keep a filter shrimp alive for longer than 9 months :( They...

Nice pics mate. I really should try and grab some myself with my Nikon but without a tripod its a little difficult! Love the whole tank pics, it looks a very tidy setup you have.

Cheers everyone. Not selling them as i've posted before and its a real PITA. If you live near Winchester, your welcome to collect some! Just got a Eheim Electric Gravel Cleaner. Possibly the best gadget i have for the fish, gravel vacs are now fun!

I have hundreds if not thousands of shrimp in my 240. They don't seem to add much of a load, if anything they clean the tank, constantly!

25 kg deep!! You can never have too much gravel! Plus my plants love it, the roots creep all over the tank and sprout up everywhere! I've always gone for deep gravel, allows loads of bacteria to develop, just need to keep on top of cleaning it! My secret to healthy shrimp? No fish that eat...

I brought 10 cherry shrimp off eBay about 18 months ago. When I added them I was sure most got eaten. 18 months down the line they seem to be ok!!! Sorry for the quality, Iphones are rubbish and I’ve had to recode so the video is correctly orientated!

It’s all down to the right knife!! Go to your local hardware shop and buy a pallet knife. I tried all types and once I had the above it is dead easy!!! Get a big one as the lower suckers will need a good bit of work to remove. I did my RIO 240 and it adds so much more space! Also, don't...

Can a mod move this to the tropical discussion please.

I work for NATS or National Air Traffic Services as we are more commonly know. You may have heard of us over the last few weeks!!! :look: My role is not to talk to the planes, I’m responsible for the FDP (flight data processing) system that drives the whole show. Interesting work, pays well...

So, I’ve been wondering if it was worth buying one of these for a while, my usual method ends up with me draining about 75 litres and only cleaning half the tank. It would also suck up my gravel too. So this morning after waiting for a few days my eBay item arrived. £40 all in. Fired her up...

PM'd, looking for the gravel cleaner and Filter.

I'm looking for some dividers for my rio 240 but cant find anything suitable anywhere. There seems to be loads of 11.4 inchers but nothing that will fit mine. Do i need to buy two sets and cut them up and tie together??? I must be able to get a proper one from some where!! Any sites of...

Hi all, not been around for a while, work, life etc.... Anyway. A few months ago now I brought some plants of a member here and they arrived with some duck weed included. At the time I didn't realise the pain it would be come in the future! I find my RIO 240 gets covered in around 3-4 weeks if...

I had the same yesterday in a brand new tank i have setup. The mother died after producing 3 fry, so you did ok! She lives on by her babies. Good luck.

As i expected she popped her clogs last night. No chance of fin nipping really, only plecs and some cats, they have been tank mates for yrs. I'm just wondering if it was an old age thing. Most of my corys are 2-3 years old now. Any ideas how old they live?

1. All Water stats within limits, tested yesterday. 2. A full description of the fishes symptoms. - Tail is almost missing, red marks where it once resided. 3. 20-25% every 10 days 4. No chemicals or treatments used. 5. Tank Mates - Plecos, loads of babies, guppies and a couple of glass cats...

I have a cory that appears to be loosing its tail, i noticed about a week ago that its tail looked sore and since then the tail has pretty much gone. She's now got half a tail and a sore red end. Age wise id say its probably 2-3 yrs old now and has spawned a few times along the way. Any ideas...

Updated, thanks.

Certainly would. Once i have a new tank mind......

Thanks

Hi all, Well the wedding is out of the way now, it was wicked and i've finally been given the go ahead for a large tank (and new car!) I currently have a Rio 240 but i was looking to go for at least 450 ltrs, maybe bigger, the wall i plan on having the tank against is 72 inches long so 6ft...

Very impressive. I borrowed a macro lens for my nikon and i have to say i didn't quiet get pics like that! Macro lens are very difficult to use on fish tanks IMHO!

It will only sticik to a surface that has something to grip onto. Ie if your rock has lots of jagged edges and pits it'll be fine. If the surface is smooth and shiny it will not stick, you will need to key it up first.

My Jewel RIO 240 lightbar just died. I didn't change the bulbs for 18 months and it cooked the lightbar. i will change then every year now! Thankfully i remember my new one (£70) is from Germany!

When I kept fish as a youngster I had a skull that I used to have in my tank. When I broke it down it ended up on my dads study window sill where it stayed for 10 yrs + 3 years ago when I got back into the hobby again I stole it back much to his annoyance and it now homes my adult male BN!

Hi all, Not been very active recently due to wedding (15 days) and work being very busy. I'm just about to shift my entire stock of juvie BNs out of my main tank. I counted 60, yes 60 babies the other day during feeding. Most are now developing bristles so I need to move then really. My LFS is...

Kinda hard to say for sure. Might just have been the shock of moving to a new tank. Did you have a long time between tank to tank? Is there anything in the tank that might have attacked it?

Yes, i put her out of her misery that day, it was clear she was going to die. Will do a water change 2mo as you suggest. Cheers P.s nearly at 10,000 posts mate!!!!

Thanks Wilder for the response. It's looking like it was just the one fish as my other cories are still very active. First time i've ever had a problem with my tank :(

I'm been searching around and i think it looks like some kind of bacterial infection but wanted to run it by the experts anyway.... I've lost an albino Cory two days ago, he had some major red streaks running from top to bottom, looked like he was bleeding internally. I watched for 24 hrs and...

I have 9 albino corys, they produce about 100 eggs over a 4-5 hour period when spawning. If i leave the eggs they will all be gone within a few hours. I have never had a baby, hatch, survive and grow out in my community tank. If you don't want more, leave the eggs, they will get eaten.

Sort your title out and you might get some replies!!!

So, I read the first 5-7 posts then gave up. My experience: I have had two bags of carbon in my 305 for around 9-12 months now!!! The same carbon as it came with, I have simply not bothered to replace it. My tank runs perfectly balanced and i only water changes every 10 days.

Sorry to hear about your filter problems. I always try to run two of everything, builds in some redundancy in case you have a hardware failure like this. I've had the same happen, but luckily noticed the open pipe before any fish got stuck. Probably lost a few cherrys but i've hundreds of them...