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yes i saved only 50 litres of the old water and had to make the rest up in new water. Have dropped an air stone in (just in case) or until someone can give me anymore ideas as to what i might have done wrong. Many thanks for your help though, i understand it is xmas day and everyone is busy

7.25ph nitrates at .6 mg/l yes they do look like they are gasping

no, but i am wondering if its due to the reduced number of plants to litres of water? The last tank was 240 litres, and had the same plants with the 440l Apart from volume of water (and obvious large amount of water change) nothing else is different apart from their surroundings have got a big...

forgot to add that it is a planted tank with no airstone, didnt know if that would make any difference

Changed tanks yesterday, kept filter and media and salvage about 50litres, remainder had to be new water, but fish were not readded until up to temperature, now they are all swimming at the top? any ideas???? 1. 10gh 6kh 7.25ph 0.6mg/l 2. all but plecos swimming at top 3. done yesterday...

thanks peeps, will run both, just need new media for the xp3 then. I have 2 300w heaters for it, more air pumps than i know what to do with (why do we need air pumps anyway???) and 2 new tubes, although i will up this to 4, 2 blue 2 white when i can find the right light unit

In need of some advice, I have just purchased a Rena 440l setup, that has come with the Rena XP3 (amongst lots of other goodies i might add incl a 4ft piece of bogwood!!) I curently have a Ultrajet 1200 (similar to EHIEM 2226) Both are around 12-18 moths old, but which is the best to keep...

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i feed mine cucuber...............they love it!

they are numbered very well........................and growing!! I don't remove spawning fish, rather let nature take its course, however this is not going to always be a great option. I have considered 5ft by relocating onto another wall, however the LFS are selling CLEAIR Deep bow tank for...

great looking tank, bigger than I am looking for but have pm'd an offer

I am after some advice on getting a new tropical tank. I currently have a 4ft Juwel 240 litre setup with external filter, but wish to go bigger. However, i can't go wider than 4ft in it's current location, so need to know anyone that does taller tanks? Failing that it would need to be moved...

good point, its a large tank (4ft) and there are only 12 LED's spread into batches of 4 along the centre. Plenty of shade and dark areas, but wanted to create a "in between" period of light from dark to full on light. This way i can still enjoy the tank without having all the lights on, and...

I just used LED strips that can easily be purchased off ebay and run from a small 12v transformer. I used ones that could be cut into strips of 4, so i could position them around the lid as desired. Only thing i am not sure on is how long they can be left on, as i didn't know if the fish require...

Have installed about a dozen or so small white LED's along the centre light of my tank, to try and create a low light effect of an evening, but i just wondered if they can be left on over night or should they be put on a timer like my normal T8's? I was going to make up a system so as the main...

can always get the windows to that room solar filmed. Stops up to 80% of heat penetrating the glass by reflecting it out. IE you can have a black leather sofa in the sun and it doesn't absorb the heat it normally would. Stops 99% of UV light too.

lol cheers Kenny but i got wise and rehomed mine asap!! Replaced with more friendly fish that eat the algae thanks for the kind offer tho

just like this angelic looking bugger then lol

a digital device IS probably the best. Have seen them over here used for outside pond keeping, Koi's etc due to money involved. Would assume its just like a thermostat that would send a signal (to switch on) and thus open the circuit to the alarm.

Hi, from expereince your going to have to win it's trust and that's gonna take time. Like any other animal its likely to be cautious of you but the more you handle him the better it'll get. Give him a bit of time am sure that he'll soon trust and learn to love you rather than hate you lol

lol just seen where your from...................................you need a heater in Australia??? With the amount of time its probably on and with your climate I doubt you'd have any issues, but you could always install an alarm that indicates temperature drop, that could either be audible or...

is that shed ventilated as gas heater creates huge amounts of carbon monoxide iirc, not sure how that can harm the fish but its enough to kill a human.

they get round that bell lark pretty soon i can tell you. have had cats for years and some will bring home "gifts" some don't. My last tom would bring home frogs that screamed all night, live birds to the bedroom, a MAGPIE!!! mice, you name it he'd bring it home. We tried bells, even had a ring...

i could be interested in this...........................pm'd lol

I had 2 CAE, one yellow in colour and one spotted (see pic) they were returned to the LFS after i found them chasing all the other fish and taking chunks out of my Gourami! I had by accident been givena SAE by the LFS at some point, and he gets on fine all on his own! Soon as i found out...

you read my mind. I have 2 Pepperred Cory's from ym original tank, these were the reason for changing to sand from gravel. Have seen that the LFS has a nice selection of these and have my eye on some Zebra cory's. They are albeit it smaller than my current ones but am sure they get on great and...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=170292177744 on ebay now feel free to make an offer

Yeah he knows more about fish than i do, and has taken that into consideration, transferred some to his spare 3ft tank then will slowly increase them. I have only plans for lots of small fish, the idea is to make the tank of constant interest for the kids, they love sitting in front and...

hi back!! :good: yes it was a lot of hard work, the tank was full when we arrived to collect it, so we had to rescue the fish that were in it!!!!! Then empty it and get it all in the car and home. Once there panic set in as there was no way i could get the tank back up and running for the...

yes its a Juwel, internal has been junked as it took up way too much space. Currently running 2 internals at present until/if i go external.

took your advice and went there today................WOW!!! That place has changed and were so helpful! Stock was mind blowing and prices were as cheap if not better than online shopping! So much so i am making a list already, and if you go................check out that huge tank as you go...

Just thought i'd share with you the new 4ft tanks, have gone from 125 - 240 litres, it was a right old state, but got it cheap so was happy to put in the effort to get it sorted. that is mould, its where an internal filter (seen in pic one) was siliconed to the glass. this tank had abut 20...

hi thanks for the interest, turns out one of my meighbours has a huge tank with only 5 fish in it. Appears he has been out of work and unable to invest in the fish, however as i was concerned about them being i a bag for any longer than nessesary (the 4ft tank they were in was rotten, mould...

cheers Rabbut, seems very little in price diff between the Eheim Ecco and the Tetratec so will take the advice as given and put my hard earned money into something that will last. It is so tempting to go the cheap route and just get 2 internals (currently have 2 in at the mo, one from old tank...

have found an Eheim Ecco Pro 300 local that is good for up to 300 litres, will get one in the morning and see how that performs. I suppose the advatnage is less equipment in the tank so more vision. I assum that these come with everything to install, and distrub less water??? Or do they pump...

right, have just got hold of a used 4ft Juwal Rio 240 litre tank, the 5ft tank appears to have been measured by a woman using a man's tape measure! lol However, the filter that is in it is just like my current Fluval plus 3. Now this is not going to be enough to keep it clean so is it worth A...

the biggest problem with ponds is getting the water out, not in. On mylast build (32' X 11' X 6') we found that sinking the filter into the ground level with the pond allows you to bottom drain the water into the filter. This meant that you obviously had to fit a drain but once that was done the...

will do this before i remove them from the tank, and post as soon as i am home. Seller didnt even have pics of tank so asking for pics of fish was pretty hopeless! Very very vague i know but if at least i make some preperation i can at least try to home some of them. I'll even deliver the...

I have just arrange to pick up a new tank, however the contents which were suppose to have been removed are now not. These are the desription i have of contents a large catfish, sucker fish, and 15-18 black n grey fish i believe they are cave fish and 2 orange fish unsure what these are now...

see i got told this by the LFS, tiger barbs not to be mixed with tetra's, gourami's etc however, i saw a ROMA 125 tank same as mine stocked with 4 tiger barbs 6" long, 2 Plecos 12" long, 3 Gourami's 5" long 3 silver sharks over 8" long and neon's at around 2" long! I nearly fell over. The tanks...