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hi mate and welcome thanks for the pics :good: love flowerhorns as i have 2 myself what are you feeding yours? rgds

just cut them up into a bowl and pour them in :good: very little mess and well worth it as ure fish will really come on for it

cut it up in about 1" pieces roughly a 3" worm per fish when u have the worms cut drop them in all along the tank or both ends at the one time so all your fish gets some

i feed them to my cichlids twice a week,they are great for growth and colour i hang it over the tank and get a scissors and just snip,snip,snip :good:

a friend of mine visited me last nite for a bit of a chat about fish he was the one that told me about the earthworms and he worked in fish shops all his life he told me not to put any fish bar a pleco in with flowerhorns as there hump(kok) wont develope as much and they wont colour up as much...

hi mark nice lookin fh u have there bought 2 myself a few months ago an put them into a 5x2x2ft tank.things were fine at first until 1 bullied the other and was taking all the food for himself.in turn he was getting bigger than the 2nd one so i moved it to a 4ft tank.the growth difference...

hi sue welcome to the forum ask loads of questions as there will allways someone to help you out rgds

hi just came across this website that might interest you fishermen well priced,worth checking out and they ship world wide aswell :good: rgds

i have a 5" one in my tank and never had a problem there is everything from clown loaches to oscars in it i am watchin it very closely just in case :crazy: so far so good

hi in the 2nd pic the pipe with the green pipe connects to your "IN" on the filter on the filter there should be "OUT" and "IN" where the pipes connect on the other pipe,at the end, you should fit a spraybar,a straight pipe about 10" long with small holes in it and connect it to the "OUT" to get...

leave it in a bucket of water for a few days put a rock to weigh it down it will stop ure tank water going brown

came across marge a few times what a massive loach she was sad to hear the news

hi andy had the same problem on my eheim filter while i was waitin on the replacement seal i got a jar of vaseline and put it all around the seal with my finger and closed the lid,no leak :good: give it a go it will sort u out till it arrives rgds

read somewhere that they dont live to long over 5 years seams very short to me

thats a good deal you will be happy with the bigger tank :hyper: the best thing about the bigger tank is although you will be doing a bigger water change you will be doing the water change alot less.costs running the tank will be a bit more electricty wise but think of all the more lovely fish...

would look great but i think the water parameters that suits both fish are different rgds

check out planetcatfish plenty of pics and info rgds

to me it looks like L169 (midd rio negro) i have 1 myself,cracking pleco :good:

siamese algae eaters are great also and dont get aggressive

take the 2 of them back to the shop and get a credit note the fish a nuts,prob one of the most aggressive get 2 siamese algae eaters if you can,they would be perfect heard of some guys being sold chinese algae eaters thinking they were siamese algae eaters rgds

like wills said take off the bottom trim and it should be fine prob wont leak,you could allways put a bead of silicone along the joint and run your finger along it just to be on the safe side rgds

they will be fine its good to see them active i have 29 clown loaches and they to a nuts,shoaling together messing and playing dead they are mighty entertaining to look at as long as they are well fed they will be fine try them on some brine shrimp with garlic aswell as flake food but they will...

free food is great :good: your pond fish will love them aswell :hyper:

as long as the worms are not to big it should be fine you can allways cut back a bit if your fish are producing to much waste where then you will be doing alot more water changes rgds

it will be fine to feed them 2-3 worms a week you will see the difference in your fish from doing so they will become more colourful,lively and less aggresive but make sure you mix up there diet and feed them flake also and dont forget a bit of veg too :good: be sure to cut the worms in to...

best food you can give them full of protein really colours them up and their growth rate will speed up just make sure there is no chemicals sprayed on the earth where you dig them up(if you are getting them from the garden)just hold them at one end and cut with a scissors into pieces :good: :good:

hi all if you had a 5ft tank what pleco would you pick to put in it and no i cant put in a zebra L046 :hyper: rgds

hi andy painted the back of a 8ft tank aqua blue with a roller had some left after doing my pond and it looks great really shows up the colours on the fish rgds

have you an airstone and a pump with the tank?

have 10" oscar loves arowana pellets,bloodworm and flake food but his fav is pieces of chicken he takes out of my fingers

am i missing something here because he said does someone have a link of a video showing their natural habitat in the big ocean or sea i thought they came from the rivers in indonesia?not the sea

and clown loach live in the big ocean or the sea do they?

think you have your clowns mixed up clown loaches are fresh water fish from rivers clown fish are marine fish(like nemo) rgds

you think thats bad 2"female frontosa are 40 euro in maidenhead aquatics in ireland nuts!!!!!!!!! rgds

have 3 alltogether the biggest is 23",then 17" and 14" walking catfish grew from 4" to 10" in 4 months albino oscar is 8" 2x 5" parrot fish 2x 4" severums 1x 5" upsidedown catfish 2x 7" plecos 6x 4" peacocks 3x 8" tinfoil barbs 2x 5" silver dollars and a few more adopted cichlids and of course...

thanks les heres some photos of my tank on photobucket hope the came out alright http://s560.photobucket.com/albums/ss41/mossy69056/

have a few pics on my phone can anyone tell me how to get them on the forum please? rgds

well worth getting a bigger tank i have 18 clown loaches in my 10x2x2ft tank they are the most fasinating fish i have ever kept people are amazed when they see them shoaling together rgds

fantastic markings :good: love the ones with the saddles if u get any more youll need a bigger tank but thats a good excuse :hyper: :hyper: rgds

hi im gonna take some pics soon a try and put them up cheers they keep me busy