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I love freecycle, had a few tanks and equips from there now, and I use them all.

The one that didn't get away eeeeeeek. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1294594/Schoolboy-angler-reels-enormous-5lb-GOLDFISH.html

I use a glass diffuser on my diy co2, it's made by aquagro and it says for all co2 systems on the box. So I gave it a try and it looks and works great, BUT (yep always a but) oldman47 is correct when he says that they need alot of pressure to work, had a few probs getting it going due to leaks...

Hi John and welcome :) looks like you have started a fish in cycle, the link that has already been given will help you alot with your cycle and hopefuly your fish will survive, it's gonna be alot of work for you I'm afraid. Danios prefer a cooler climate, I keep mine at about 22c and they...

http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=161413 http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/316267-dechlorinator-ro-unit-not-to-dechlorinate/page__hl__declorinator__fromsearch__1 Nothing meant bi it, but have read various issues for and against :)

sorry for sounding like i'm ignorant but this guy is giving lots of advice in alot of topics and then he asks if he should turn off his filter. In my opinion if he is so knowledgable about fish how come he dosen't know the consequences of turning off his filter?

sounds abit like cyclops, miniscule white-ish egg shaped things with tentacles? if so their harmless.

unplugging the filter would be a really great help.... you will get an ammonia spike then your fish will die giving an even greater amount of ammonia and then algae will grow aplenty :) Get real.

Oooooh noooooo not the "does not using declore kills bacteria" can of worms lol.

I gotta ask.... what is nibbling your plants? In the first post 3rd pic down something has eaten the tip off the leaf and the rot is spreading from the wound. Also in pics on this page (#23) you can see damage to the leaves, looks like a nibbler attack. Amazon Sword leaves don't mend themselves...

Argos play sand £3 for 15 kilo, waay cheaper than gravel at £4 for 6 kilo.

I can't see that there would be that much ammonia in your tap water. If your tank is cycled then the filter should deal with any ammonia in your water, it's what the fish waste breaks down into. ammonia - nitrIte - nitrAte, you then remove the nitrAte when doing the regular water change. I just...

I also headcount daily at feeding time.

personaly I never flush anything out of my tanks down the drain, all sorts of chemicals in yours and my tank, also if your fish survives the flushing could it live and maybe cause eco probs? To quickly finish your fish off just net it out put in a paper towel and whack with a piece of...

Thankyou Gilli, I'm trying blanched peas as I type this, I think it might be to do with flake food as the guppies seem to be gulping at it when I put it in (greedy so n so's). Nick.

alive n kicking

Not sure if this is going to be a tropical emergency or not, I've noticed that occasionaly my guppys have problems swimming to the lower levels of the tank. Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 10, ph 6.8, planted, 26c, 110 litres. fins, scales and poop look normal and their behaviour is normal. I...

I read somewhere in this forum that Amazon Swords can't heal themselves, once the leaves are holed that leaf is done for. Snails cause me this problem occassionaly and I remove the bitten leaf immediatly to avoid any danger of poisoning the fish's water. My amazon swords are in water that is...

Guppies FTW

Danio's would be fine, I occasionly chuck a couple of female zebras in my guppy tank and they mop up the hard to catch and unwanted fry in no time, and the zebras get a good feed out of it which in turn makes them better breeders.

Thankyou for the advice here, dipsydoodle's link was pretty informative, I did try to see if the subject had been posted before but couldn't find the right info :) Helter, the bio mass on all tanks is way low, the 3ft tanks are species tanks that I use for breeding, tank one is 12 Guppies and a...

I use air pumps in my community fishtanks, three 36"x12"x15"H, it is purely to oxygenate the water as each tank has it's own filter, my two fry tanks on the other hand use sponge filters, home made using air pumps and this forum :good: , so far so good I think. Now my friend who has a...

Pets at home sell the clearseal consort hood (30"x12"), near 30 quid though.

Looks like a good simple idea, preety neat I think. I would lay the concrete blocks on their side for better balance, less likely to get toppled over :crazy: could also no-nails some batton on the front and add doors easy enough.

She said she got 3 cory jullii at £5 each....... I said I got mine at £2.50 each.

They are at 128 Hengrove lane, which is just off Airport Road (A4174). Tropiquarium 0117 9723250. Good range of fish but not very many plants, tank equipment can be a bit expensive but, their fish are real good and way cheaper than pets at home and maidenhead aquatics. If they don't have what I...

Hi Harlequins, £5 for the cory is a lil high, I also live in Bristol and pay £2.50 @ lfs, it's a little shop in Hengrove :) owned and run by two brothers who love their fish and care for them extremely well.

sounds like itch, but would wait till others respond before treating.

I also have a guppy/danio tank, they get on pretty well together, the danio have their areas where they like to sit and watch the surface for food, if any other danio or guppy enters the other danios territory there will be a bit of chasing away. Fun to watch when another danio decides he wants...

Zebra Danios, I have 6 female guppies + 2 male guppies and 4 female danios + 2 male danios, the females are always producing young (both Danios and guppys), when the guppys give birth the Danios will school together and sweep around the tank scaring fry out where ever they lurk, the Danios are...

10 litre bucket and a gravel vac :)