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Hello Just wondered if there are any reliable auto feeding devices that you can buy in the UK. I've looked at a Juwel product but that's made specifically for a certain type of hood. May be going away in the summer for longer than I'm prepared to leave them without food. Thanks. Martyn

Yep, agree with all of the above. Cycled my first tank about 3 or 4 months ago and I had the same. I freaked a bit and got a filtration-aid chemical. Realise now it was bacterial bloom and it cleared. And another yes to above, don't fall into the trap of, "add the fish in about a week." Read up...

Absolutely. Count me as a vote for JBL. So, so simple to use. Clean and drip free when maintaining. And completely silent (and mine has to sit outside the tank cabinet!)

Don't be persuaded to get into the habit of chucking a chemical in to solve a cosmetic problem. It'll clear.

People say." a tidy desk, a tidy mind' etc When my pipes are clean, I feel clean.

Oh those Pseudomugil furcata are beautiful. Having just acquired my other Blue Eye Rainbowfish (no idea which species specifically), I seem to be developing a fondness for these lovely fish. Wonder where I could buy some of those. Angels are actually quite small at the mo and I fully expect...

7 silver-tip tetra 3 cherry barb 5 glowlight tetra 2 blue-eyed rainbow 4 panda cory 2 angels 2 assassin snails

Hello, Am looking to get a couple of top feeders and wondered what the options are. I am aware of hatchet fish and love them. Just wondered what other options there might be. My tank is a peaceful community tank stocked with mainly tetras. Thanks Martyn

How odd. My pipes, as well documented, gunk like there's no tomorrow.

They owe us commission!

Yeah, I had no idea either.

I'm not the biggest fan of that shop although they've always been really nice. My favourite is over in St Leonards opposite TK Makks. Really good people. Although none of the local ones come close to the selection I saw in, for example, Maidenhead Aquatics in Fair Oak, Southampton the other day...

Sure is. Fur and feathers. Opposite Marks & Sparks.

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Me too! My JBL Cleany arrived today and most effective it was too. Gunk ejected, my external's flowing a treat now. And this was only a couple of weeks' worth of gunk.

Well, I have a story to relate. Bought some glowlight tetras about a month ago and noticed in their tank in the shop was a pretty little fish with no species-mates, as it were. Popped in there again yesterday and the poor little thing was still there so I decided to buy it. Didn't know what it...

I was glad to read this question was being asked by Tenacious and it looks like Prime comes out on top. However, isn't it hard to get hold of now that Amazon and eBay won't sell it?

If your nitrates are through the roof and ammonia's not looking good the first thing you should do is a large water change. More knowledgable people than me will advise in detail but I'd change at least 50 per cent of the water straight away. Also, test your tap water. It could be high in...

Used to frequent a nightclub in which one wall was an aquarium. Fish seemed quite jolly and suffering no harm. Please note it's bass that comes out of speakers not base.

If previous posters mean Tetra Prima micro granules, my fish love them. They both float a little and sink slowly eventually arriving at the bottom so all fish get a look-in. Mine also go completely mad for New Era Tropical Pellets. These sink and they all go down for them and are frantic. Corys...

If your hot tap doesn't come from a copper tank, yes. If it does you may have metals in the water that some believe could be dangerous. My hot water comes from the mains through my boiler so I just use it to take the chill off. Basically, I syphon while cleaning gravel via a gravel cleaner...

My advice is based on having recently changed from an internal to an external. My advice would be to get as much media from the old filter into the new filter, and then remove the old filter. I got all the media from my old filter squashed into the new one by taking a few of the pads out of...

Don't forget your pipes! :thumbs:

He/she has, as described, a battery-powered equivalent to syphoning gravel clean.

Whoops. Need to go to bed.

I've just gone from internal to external and wouldn't go back (although at the moment I have both running. I won't go into why). Leaves more room in the tank. Increases the tank capacity slightly as the filter holds a few litres. Larger surface area for bacteria so better filtration. Hidden...

I don't have much to add to your request for advice(n) but can advise(v) on the following... Silver-tip tetras are beautiful and can look after themselves in the face of some bigger fish. Males colour-up beautifully when they're flirting with the females. Make sure the ratio is about one to...

I can't speak for this brand but my JBL filter has a 'button' on the top which acts like a pump. When I had attached the filter to the tank via the input and output pipes I pumped this button until the filter was full of water. This effectively syphoned water into the pump thereby ensuring there...

I installed an external filter about a month or so ago. A week ago, I noticed the fish were gathering at the surface and gasping. Started to panic, did big water change, reinstated internal filter with aerator thingie and never considered pipes. Swished out filter material. Couldn't decide if...

The external is JBL Cristal Profi e700 The internal is JBL Cristal Profi i100.

The external is JBL Cristal Profi e700 The internal is JBL Cristal Profi i100.

Turned out my external's flow had reduced significantly although I didn't allow myself to believe it could happen so soon. Pipes were full of gunk. After only about a month in operation. I think the pipes were a bit too long so gunk had been able to settle in the bends. It's running like a...

Just been over to Romsey and wasn 't that impressed with the range of fish. For the type of things I'm into, the range at Dicker Aquatics a lot closer to home is way better.

I will therefore 'friend' you and we can be in touch if we ever needed seeded filter media or somesuch.

Coincidentally, I notice you're from Rye, I live in Hastings, yet at the moment I'm back home a few miles from Romsey. Thanks for alerting me to the existence of World of Water in Romsey. I've only just returned to fishkeeping since I was a teenager and had forgotten I used to go there. Good...

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Nitrites zero. Now and at the point when the fish were gathering at the surface. As I said, I've reinstated my internal filter, which has one of those devices for pulling air in through the output and the fish are fine now. I will need to get a pump and airstone although with both the internal...

Thanks. That is exactly the answer I was looking for. Makes it all clear now.

Interesting you say that and, yes, that would seem to make sense, but I've read on here in passing many times recommendations that you dose for the whole tank. I think, on one occasion, I read a very scientific explanation of why as well.