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Cheers guys. Hope your operation goes ok

We all know what Movember is about - raising money for saving testicles and more importantly, lives.. Myself, a male colleague and two females (yes two females!) have agreed to grow some fur above our lips (stick-ons for the girls) for charity over November. I would be extremely grateful...

Just wanting an idea as to whether or not this is a Hap only tank, or if there are peacocks mixed/ cheers

Hi mate, Java fern and Anubias will be fine, but note that anubias tends to require dimmed lighting so position them accordingly otherwise black hair/spots will grow on their leafs Fish wise, it depends really. If you go for Haps, they will appreciate open water. In a 40 gallon, you'll also...

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Can anyone identify any from here. thanks

Heres the fish from pets at home. not a lot there compared to previously but them and another lfs will give me a list which they can order from

Thanks mate, the fish in their tanks at pets at home actually look in excellent condition. The plan was to take them directly out of their delivery van so the only acclimation they'll get is into my tank. I think you are underestimating the postage to the Isle of Man lol.. Couriers charge a...

I have to remember that living on the Isle of Man restricts getting large weighty items delivered due to costs. A lfs sells Silver Sand for £12 per 25kg. I'd like to have a depth of around 1.5", so do you think this would be a better option? Tank is in inches 60 x 20 x 1.5depth

Hi mate, it's Pets at Home - limited stock available I'm afraid. I have asked for a list so we shall see if anything comes through! what do you think in terms of the black sand and ocean rock. Do you think this would highlight their colours or darken the whole tank down? thanks

Hello, some of you may remember me posting regarding a mbuna setup? Unfortunately that could not happen due to change of circumstances (we have a new house). Living on the Isle of Man, I'm not able to part with silly money for mbuna shipped from Colin at natural world. If it was a smaller tank...

Thanks for all your help. I'm still humming and harring about marine, but where I live a haps/peacocks tank is looking more realistic. Until I can afford to blow a thousand or so to do marine properly.

don't worry about those mate, just get yourself up to a 1" sheet of polystyrene and place that underneath your substrate. I had HUGE rocks in my tank using it and upon emptying at the weekend it was still in top condition. Can get the sheets from the likes of a builders merchants. just ensure...

Hi, thanks for your reply. I'd rather keep the filter in for now as the tank is new in May 2012 so under warranty. It'd be my luck that it starts to leak before the warranty expires. I've read online that people have managed to remove it further down the line during a partial water change. The...

Hello, I've kept freshwater fish for a couple years now, but I'm out of my comfort zone when it comes to saltwater. I have an unused 450ltr Juwel Rio, fresh/salt water tank. Filtration wise I'll be using the internal Jumbo Bioflow (siliconed to glass) and a 2,000lph APS external with UV...

Hi mate, can you just clarify for me. - How big is her tank, and what other stock is in there with her? - What decoration/plants do you have? Is it densly planted or rather open? - What are your water readings? - Does she have any damage on her fins etc? For now though, just ensure the...

Personally I don't recommend anything under 60ltr for livestock other than fry or shrimps. Just ensure your frog is definitely a dwarf. If it has black 'nails/tips' on the end of his rear claws then it's an african clawed frog, which would need a much bigger tank (200+ ltr to thrive. An ADF...

Great. If they're staying towards the top of the water, try and add some more surface agitation to oxygenate the water. Alternatively, an airstone :)

Hi Snowmeow, A possible bacterial infection perhaps. It wouldn't do anyharm to put her in a separate hospital tank, of water container (with filter and heater) and dose with anti-bacterial meds accordingly. Make sure there's plenty of surface agitation for her.

Hi Tabitha, Sorry to hear of your troubles, but you've come to the right place. I'll start by saying that fish do of course feel pain, like any other living animal. To start with, the single Tetra will not do well by itself as they should be kept in shoals of 6+ (15+ for best shoaling...

Aye got the GH and KH fine in a spare 60ltr container so no worries there, using seachem cichlid salts and Bicarb. Tank is now cycled! Will be ordering fish soon. Definitely yellow labs, afra jalo reef white, not sure on Demasoni as yet, prob red zebra and 1 more type perhaps. With a pair of...

Yeah it's near impossible to read unless the ph is below 7 or above 8! This website here: http://www.firststopaquatics.co.uk/acatalog/Ph_Monitors_.html ...... 'pH Continual Monitor With replaceable BNC Probe - LED Display' - £36.52...

added the bicarb or? nah, just messing around with a 60ltr container working out calculations for when i do a 100% WC after this cycle is done - almost there though. Think ill order after TT week, as it gets mad busy over here with road closures etc PH meter is awesome mate, very happy with...

Hm to get a KH of 12 deg, i needed to add 5 teaspoons of Bicarbonate, and a gh of 12 deg, i needed to ad 2 teaspoons of cichlid salts (seachem) to a 60ltr container. sound about right for tap water at 1deg?

I got a APS 2000lph filter to go with the other 2, off eBay for £70 delivered. Go with one of them and get some seachem matrix or the likes. Excellent flow

Those rocks i added have buffered the water to a ph of 8.52! p.s electronic ph reader is gooood, recommended.

Plus any swallowed by bottom dwellers or sifters could damage their insides. Depends on fish choice mate, although typical children's play sand or aquarium sand is the safer choice

Ahhh I read it wrong, cheers!

How does his pricing work? Are the prices listed per fish or group of 4 etc?

Excellent news, Colin can ship them here! Now I can do some more stocking research!!

Lol, well everyone has their own ways and their right to opinionate - that I respect. If you do some googling though, you'll see that the majority recommend a WC at 40-50ppm nitrate. In general, a natural water source is rarely above 5ppm, and in a much smaller environment (aquarium), it needs...

No mate you misread it - I said other solutions on the market, such as nitrate removal. Not alternative water sources.

Harmful and feeling the effects is a little different however. They'll feel it from 100ppm without doubt. And the more sensitive fish such as clown loach, much sooner.

I've always worked on the basis I keeping NitrAtes under 40ppm, and under 10 for c.loach. Either way, if it was me with high nitrate in tap, I'd consider other options available on the market

Black spots with hair? Too much light usually - often occurs on the likes of Anubias

Bah, wasn't aware of you guys having Nitrate in your tap water. 0/0/0 here, 1 degree gh & KH - the complete opposite for the fish I've chosen lol..

Sorry to hear of your troubles! Best thing you can do now is to turn the temperature up slightly - this speeds up the cycle of Ich. Dose the water, but, with a half dose. Position the filter for added surface agitation or add an airstone. I'd even turn the lights off, and restrict feeding a...

Just to clarify, you have both ammonia and nitrAte in your tap water? If it's just trace amounts then I recommend a water conditioner such as prime. This will convert any ammonia into ammonium, a less toxic form which will still test as positive on your liquid test kit. 20-40ppm is high...

The end result of the cycling being Nitrate, is actually acidic which is why you'll find that a Tanks' ph will decrease over time. That's why it's important to use buffers to maintain carbonate hardness, and in turn PH. If you want to have a lower PH, then the use of RO water is recommended as...

Bacteria will happily grow on substrate, plants and decorations etc. It will of course prefer a flow of a filter as the water movement adds more oxygenated water to the tank. Look up the Diana Walstad method. This involves using garden soil as a substrate, with a cap of sand/gravel. These...