Recent content by lee1983

i have a 20gal tank with 7 tetra in it planning to get more soon and a female fighter with plenty of wood, plants and rocks lately i've been thinking of making a new addition but dont want to overcrowd maby something that would be happy alone or as a pair any suggestions

i was going to see if it would be a cheaper option for a soil like substrate i already got sand down but it wont hold nutrients i was going to use root tabs but theyre not shrimp friendly so il try the coconut brick instead mixed with the sand and little fine gravel

my coconut husk gets delivered tomorrow im going to soak it for a few days and keep changing the water to get some of the tannines out il keep you posted on how well it works once its in

Hi all. Thinking of mixing ground coconut husk into my sand substrate for my dwarf hair grass. Has anybody else tried anything like this. The coconut husk I've ordered is one of those compressed blocks that expands in water its 100 percent coconut with no chemicals or additives and ph neutral...

recently i have bought a few plants off ebay which were good value and in good health. I've seen large bundles of mixed plants going for a couple of quid a go, probably what you would pay for one or two plants in a lfs. Has anybody bought any of these plant bundles they look too good to be true...

Hi all just bought a clump of wisteria off ebay for cheap has anybody grown this before what does it need. How fast will it grow and will it root to wood or rock or free float. The only thing i can seem to keep happy are java fern and crystalwort have been trying for the forest tank effect but...

had a few bettas over the years some feisty and some placid. if he can see his reflection in the glass (if the glass is backed it will cause a mirror effect inside) he may be defending his territory which will evetually stress him to death if he feels hes spending every waking moment chasing off...

hi all has anybody tried flourish excel and is it really the wonder product its made out to be i'm tempted to order some but don't want to waste my money be keen to read other peoples experiences with it thanks lee

it might be that you added too many fish too quickly with a new tank you need to stock gradually to help the tank develop its own little ecosystem a few fish every couple of weeks. see if you can buy any live bacteria for conditioning water at your lfs i only use that stuff now and swear by...

can anybody help me a few months back i had a tank full of platy and a couple of swords after a catostrophy the only thing i had left was a male swordtail he thrived while on his own, he was more active his colour bloomed and he seemed happy while i got the tank water back to normal. I recently...

was thinking of setting a second tank up for a pea puffer you guys just helped me make a wise decsion il give it a miss

hi all just bought a 10 by 10 cm clump of riccia/crystalwort whichever you want to call it off e-bay. was going to go for the bog standard carpet and maybe tie some to corks and have some floating pompoms, anybody done anything different or interesting with it i'd love to hear and how easy is it...

cheers all for your advice, making sure hes a future responsable fish owner seen too many lfs let people make irrisponsable choices i saddens me education is the way forward

i have a female betta a few months back i bought some cherry shrimp off ebay they were around 1cm long so i thought they were safe she ate the lot they werent even safe hiding in my moss and ferns because once she tasted shrimp she actively hunted the rest out

to add without clouding your water fill a small cola bottle almost full with sand then fill to the top with tank water then if you pour carefully not too far from the aquarium floor the sand will flow out and the small fine particles will float up and be trapped in the bottle. sand i found is...