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got her back today, the transition went very well, the big male seems more intimidated by her than she is of him hopefully they will be friends :)

thanks guys, I'm not worried about them pairing up, as long as the big male doesnt try to eat her, I will be happy Although she is comfortable in the LFS, I think I can definitely offer a better environment, plus I feel pretty bad for having to give her away in the first place

Hi all, I've got a bit of a sentimental dilemma on my hands... About 18 months ago I bought 5 Keyhole cichlids, as they grew up, 4 of them paired up and one was left on her (female) own. I was able to separate the two pairs so that they would not fight, but the odd one out was being picked on...

wow! you've definitely done your homework! very impressive

looks to be maturing nicely :) good timing getting the Pleco in mid-water!

i like this layout, good use of height :) when the plants flesh out it will look spectacular!

Thanks Curiosity! I didnt even know there was a tank of the month competition! ~T~, I have looked into it, the only thing that puts me off is the price... one day :)

thanks everyone :) I'll check my rhyzomes, cheers Verminator

Just moved house, so have had to re-organise the fish and rescape everything (I love rescaping) anyway, my larger tank isnt quite finished yet, but my 160L is pretty much done I will be letting the java ferns spread out to create a kind of low level jungle with the slates jutting out eventually...

Ive had 9 of them for a year now and not had any problems with them nipping or harrasing any of my fish - I kept them with Keyholes, corys, barbs and a plec they are the easiest, least troublesome fish Ive ever kept, I've not kept them with guppies though

ah cool, good choice :) yeah macros take a little getting used to but are very rewarding when you get the hang of them :)

Definitely nerite eggs, my tanks are both covered in them, - they wont get eaten, they are solid as hell good choice of camera too, the 50D kicks "bottom" (the forum wont let me say that particular word lol) what lens are you using?

I prefer the blue, but I still think you should obscure more of it beautiful fish!

ah, thanks biffster, thats what I wanted to hear :D

i realise i'll have to tie it down to begin with, but will it eventually latch on like it does with driftwood?

Has anyone had success doing this? I've got an abundance of java moss and a side of my aquarium which i feel looks too barren I want to tie the moss down to the slate and let it spread, I know it works on wood but would it work on slate?

nice looking healthy tank! my suggesting would be to add some elevations and depressions in the sand, it makes it look much more natural - then put the rocks and stuff back ontop

wow! great selection, I love the top one #1

ah thanks mate :D yeah I dont believe in zooms, why pay more for lower image quality I use a 50mm, 105mm macro and a 200mm - all primes you always get a better native aperture with primes too :)

yeah, a massive aperture like f/1.8 will help loads with those low light shots :)

getting good results :) what body + lens did you get?

I've managed to *accidentally* isolate a breeding pair of Keyhole Cichlids whilst trying to curb aggression in my larger tank. This morning I found a large clutch of eggs (150-200, 3/4 of which are white, the rest are a dull grey/brown) The two keyholes are displaying the spawning behaviour -...

sorry to backtrack, but this morning I have found a batch of Cichlids eggs in one of my tanks! this must mean that atleast one of the ones I thought were males, is actually a female all have the elongated dorsal fin, and the long rectangular bodyshape, so I'm baffled In light of this I'm going...

does chorley sound fair? Around J8 on the M61 if we can do the exchange on thursday or friday then all's well, if not it will have to wait until after the 19th of April how many did you want to take? just bearing in mind that you won't be able to keep any of them in the same tank cheers, Mark

It's not a world away, could we meet half way for an exchange? how many would you be interested in taking? - bearing in mind they will start fighting each other eventually if you keep them in one tank some of them I have already needed to separate

good point :) I've e-mailed the message to you wetdog

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yeah that would be great. I'm PMing you my details

that is insane! could home a couple of daphnia at a push :)

Hi all, I've got a bit of a problem, I bought 5 Keyholes 6 months ago and was told that there were 2 males and 3 females (on inspection I concluded the same) 6 months later, it is clear that they are all males, I have seperated the most aggressive/conflicting ones, but I only have 2 tanks I fear...

beautiful! I dont know much about marine tanks but this one looks very successful

wow, it's certainly working well nicely done

looks awesome, you got all that plant growth from an ikea lamp!?

nah I think you're right actually, (upon consulting wikipedia) Indonesia + Sumatra are right on the edge of asia and australasia (but on the asian side) I had australasia in my head just cause lots of rainbows come from australia *doh*

Thanks for the kind words all! :D Indonesia's part of Australasia isnt it? The fish are all from around abouts that area, dont ask me about the plants lol I havent a clue!

full size here http://www.markbarton.co.uk/Fish/Tank.jpg 160L, planted with lots and lots of Vallis (still spreading quickly) hope to be much thicker soon + some java moss on the wood bits 2x Elite Jet-Flo 100 filters 1x Red Rainbow - Roger 10x Dwarf Neon Rainbows 10x Green Tiger Barbs

I did go to Salendine but the name doesnt ring a bell

A mixture of snails and an early algae bloom weakened them, then I got some Cabomba and the cichlids joined in eating it, I'm now trying Java Ferns, fingers crossed spooky coincidence, I'm also from 'Uddersfield - Lindley, not there anymore though

cool cool, yeah I was actually asking Mr Discus lol :) won't the Dollars end up dwarfing everything? I think if I ever ended up keeping Dollars they'd have to either be in a massive tank with much larger fish or be the centrepiece themselves

any plans for stocking? I started my 250L off with a similar idea "Amazon Biotope", I wasn't too strict with tributaries and such though, all the fish are amazons and the plants originally were, then got eaten :)