Recent content by Bob S

Sorry, I have no experience with that make or brand

Dwarfs will go with flames. I have ornate, black widow and neon tetras with mine. I have a male and 2 female reds

Welcome to the forum. My best advice is patience. In effect you are growing something (fish, plants, bacteria) and shortcuts always come at a price.

Hi, for me the biggest benefit is the amount of media you can get in them compared to internal filters. Generally they are easier to clean and when you disconect and take it away you don't get any of that residual gunk flowing out of the filter into the tank. It's 1 less item in the tank or more...

I've always heard Oto's are good for brown algae

Hi thanks for the replies. Temp is 24.8. There has been a little movement now, so at least I know they're alive

Hi, I added 3 zebra snails to my 200ltr tank yesterday and they haven't moved in over 12 hours. I gave them a drip feed acclimatisation as I do my fish and then placed them in the right way up. Ammonia 0. Nitrite 0. PH 7.2 and Nitrate 10. Do I just need to give them more time?

My dad days Hi ?

Thanks for the advice. We must have gone to the same school, that was the first thing I did

Hi, I've had a community tank running for just over a year and one of the early species in there were 3 pearl Gouramies. 1 male 2 female. Just over a week ago they started hiding all in separate areas. Pretty much as far away from each other as possible and out of sight. The last additions to...

Hi, just joined up. Currently running 1 200ltr tank for my dad and cycling another 200ltr for me. Both community tanks (or will be).