Recent content by Dreadz

There's 1 lever between the inlet/output nozzles which controls the flow through both

I can personally recommend the all pond solutions external filters. I have 2 of them (the 1000EF+ & 2000EF+) and have never had a problem with either. The 2000EF should be more than enough for the tank you mentioned and last time I looked they were £70 or for a tenner more you can get the...

If it looks like they're covered in grains of salt its likely to be ich. Gradually raise the tank temp to 31ºc and carry out frequent water changes and substrate cleaning. Keep temp elevated and keep on top of the cleaning regime until at least a week after the last spot disappears. Make sure...

I ripped the 3 foot of hose off my gravel vac and stuck on a big length of garden hose so I could just run it straight out of the doors into the drain on my patio.

I paid £50 for 50 kilos which was by far the cheapest option from my local sources. Its not true black like tahititian moon sand but was considerably cheaper and my fish love it. It wont affect your ph either, or at least, it hasn't affected mine.

I went with black limpopo sand. Not really a true black, more dark grey when its in the tank but I think it looks great and was pretty reasonably priced. Handy really when you're buying 50 kilos like I had to!

Photo would help with diagnosis. Can you post one?

Not familiar with the filter. What's its flow rate? Ideally you want to turn the tank volume over at least 5 or 6 times an hour. If its powerful enough I'd use your external filter as it would remove the need to cycle the new filter, provided its been running continuously up to the switchover.

I'm not familiar with the meds you're using but I personally would avoid the meds and salt completely. With loaches being scaleless fish they can be sensitive to ich meds. Temperature alone is enough to treat ich and it's the method I use should ich sneak in to my tank with any new additions...

Rescaped tank to make more hiding spots to accommodate group of rainbow sharks I've introduced to hopefully stop the dominant one stressing out the other of the two I acquired with my tank. On a sad note, my GBR didn't make it through the mini cycle sparked by changing the substrate. Didn't...

Rearranged tank and tried to make as many caves and little hiding spots as I could with what I have. Will need to buy some more plants on payday but so far it seems to be working. The more timid of the original two was venturing out more last night but the juveniles are so small in comparison I...

Thanks, I have a feeling am going to need it!

Well I've bitten the bullet and just picked up the 4 biggest juveniles in the store. I can see some tank rearranging coming up this evening.

That's been my experience so far with the two I've acquired but am finding more and more opinion online that a group of 6+ (as with angels, african cichlids etc) spreads any aggression and territoriality (if that is a real word??) out so no one fish is constantly being harassed. How many did...

Can't find any pics right now (am on my phone) if you search Internet you may find some but when you see them you'll see the difference. If you have a group in your tank once a pair become ready to breed all the angels tubes should become visible. They need to be a reasonable size before they...