Recent content by dave_2105

Hi i haven't checked this for a while cheers for the posts. I still haven't upgraded as i dont have the time or space at the moment so instead i've change the stocking. I have rehomed the rainbow shark and tiger barbs into my mates 100 gal (the rainbow was growing fast) then have gradually got...

Here's my pair of rams when I first got them. The female has got a lot more colourful lately I will try take some recent pic's of them

Cheers for your advice. I'd prefer to move all the media into the canister and just have that running. Just wasn't sure if i would lose much of the beneficial bacteria.

I'm finally getting around to upgrading to a Fluval 205 canister filter from a Fluval 3 plus internal filter on my 29 gallon :) I will be doing it this weekend but am not sure the best way to go about it. Is it better to take out part of the internal filters media and put it in the canister then...

Looks very nice :) I have tiger barbs in my 29 gal tank and have been wanting a dwarf gourami for a while but have read that they can't be kept together. Have you had any problems with them?

Cheers for all your input and it's a 29 gal I put 20 by mistake. I know it's still not big enough for the Shark and border line for the BN but I will be upgrading in the near future as I'm addicted so want something a lot bigger.lol Im not sure what type of plant it is as it wasn't labeled. It...

Here's my 20 gal tank with mixed tiger Barb's, Rainbow Shark, Bn Pleco and corries. I keep playing with the setup because I get bored of the look quite quickly.lol

I have treated ICH using only heat in my 29 gal freshwater community tank. I also didn't want to use med's or salt as I heard there not good for my shrimp or cory's. All I did is slowly increase the temp to just over 30 c / 86 f. I kept it like that for about 10 days and did a 30% water change...

I think I'll start with two and see how they get on. I'll have a word at my LFS and see if they'll take them back if there's any problems, there usually quite good like that. I usually just acclimatise new fish in the bag then net them out but I think I'll try the drip method with them. I'm not...

I have the same problem with brown algae! Its covering some fake stone caves I hav but i do also like the look :) makes them look more real. The only problem is having it on the glass. I have a algae scraper which is basically a stick with a blade at the end that removes it quite well. I'm just...

Cheers for the replies. At first the greens kept to themselves but just recently I've noticed they are all schooling together. They don't bother anything else in the tank including my cory's and amano shrimp. I think it's defiantly down to each fishes personality but they are still small so not...

I have 7 tiger barb's ( 4 normal 3 green ) and I'm looking at getting a couple of Oto's to keep on top of the algae. I've been reading up and some people say they can't be kept together and others say they can. My tigers usually keep to themselves even leaving 2 female guppies in my tank alone (...

I would definitely go with some cory's. I have 4 peppered cory's and 2 amano shrimp as bottom feeders in my 30 gal tank and they get on fine with my 6 tiger barbs! The cory's are very active even swimming about with my tigers sometimes and with some help from the shrimp keep the bottom of my...

My tiger barb's took care of mine :) went round each plant one by one and cleaned them up.lol

To be honest I haven't had much experience with shrimp. I've only had my two Amano's for about a month but they seem to be doing fine stealing food from the fish. It's quite funny to watch.lol