Recent content by Triumph-Rat

Hi all, thought this may be the best place to post. Admin please remove if not. Where do you all host your photos to link to the forum? Used to use Photobucket but links don't seem to work anymore. TIA

Nice link :cool: Just ordered a bunch of plastic scourers off ebay :thumb:

Hello :) Hope your fishkeeping goes well. I am just setting a tank up after a long absence so still working out the new equipment available.

Always had internal filters previously so new to this malarky. Bought my external canister and it comes with three trays, came with media, two bags of ceramic and one of plastic balls. Have since got carbon to replace the second ceramic but my question is should the media fill the trays or...

I put another bag of sand in it and finally connected the canister filter. Also furtled around in the spare room and found a box of extra wood to spend days considering. Still no water but gently does it, don't want to peak this early in the process!! :cool:

Thanks, I am not planning on having that may fish in there to be honest (maybe 4 discus, the same leaf, small shoal of tetra) so shouldn't be overloaded. |Does make me wonder why it is Eheim called it the 450L as that suggests the litres, unless they are including the space in the cabinet LOL.

Forgot to post here first so here goes. I am Chris, self-employed ecologist from the UK and although I have kept a number of fish from community tanks to single species over the years I am just jumping back in. My main interest used to be dart frogs, so I like tanks where the animals aren't...

Hi all :) I am currently setting up a 48x15x24 tank and would like opinions on wood. I have two large pieces, one approx 25 long, 23 high and 10 deep and the other approx 27 long, 12 high and 12 deep. These are to be the background pieces when my OCD just lets me LEAVE THEM IN ONE PLACE AND...

Sat and looked at it with my head in my hands and tears in my eyes (and there isn't even any water in there yet lol). What seemed like a nice easy set up has degenerated into me being too perfectionist (You sure you want that there? When its full of water and fish and plants its too late to...