Recent content by curbyzcul

sorry- both spot fotos r the same- i just went a bit click happy!

Ok sorry I didnt get back sooner- I was at school all day and hence can't post, and got home to find them all missing (my clown loach). Well 3 out of 4. OK I thought, they are sleepin in the mangrove root. So there I was being nosy and right at the top I saw a tail sticking out. Cute I thought...

Right yesterday my cousin bought me 2 clown loach (to replace the 2 rams that died- the shop exchanged them), so he brought them round, and I wasn't in (but my parents were), so they were floated etc and they are fine. But they are really odd becasue one of them has a big brown spot on either...

Hey does ne1 no roughly how fast common plecs grow? I know its based on food, parents etc but does anyone have a vague idea of x inches per year? It's just I'm poor at the mo, but want to upgrade from a 20 gallon tank to a 400 litre (over 100gallon) one. Its just I have to wait till after my...

And also, its fins don't look damaged, just slightly blackened. None of the other fish have it, and as such I don't think it's fin rot, as they aint getting jagged or nuthin!

My stats for my aqwuarium are asfollows: Nitrate: less than 10ppm Nitrite: 0 Ammonia: 0 pH: 7 So I don't think it's poor water as I gravel vac and do a 15% water change every week

Ok guys- slight dilema. My three spot gourami has started to develop black edges to his fins and tail and looks like he has one black scale on his head. I have no idea what it is (it almost looks like it has been singed), so could someone help me? He doesn't seem unhappy, but I don't want him to...

cool- thanx everyone. Generally I'm quite lucky with my water, as many people complain of having high level of nitrate etc. Straight out of the tap its pH 7, 0ppm of ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. Not sure about hardness though (but we do have limescale so I think it might be slightly on the hard...

Oh btw they are German, if that helps.

Right I bought a pair of Rams (one male one female), looked around on the Internet (more!) and some places are saying they should be kept at one pH, some places another (ranging from 5 through to 8!!!!). I could do with some opinions from people who have successfully kept them. The fish store...

Yeah I thought of that, but think about it- a 70l tank is like less than 1/5 of the volume of the new 1, so surely there won't be enough bacteria even if I introduced everything straight away. And also wouldn't the bacteria die off as they havent got any ammonia to denitrify?

Right sorry if this is blonde but when breaking in a tank and you get new tank syndrome wit really high ammonia? Well, isn't the growth of the denitrifying bacteria almost encouraged by the presence of ammonia in the water, and that's why they begin to grow? If so, instead of introducing fish...