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This really follows on from this old thread, but it is more suited to here now. http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f100/my-fish-room-for-malawis-128841-18.htmlSo I have got stuck into the shed again. The stud wall was secured to the support beam and was solid. Then I sealed up all the...

We all know that there really isn't such a thing as "over filtration" as long as your fish are not blown all over the tank. Once your filtration is sorted you can add a flowmaker or powerhead to increase the flow. Infact many Malwai cichlids live in the wave washed rocky habitat. They will...

Mbuna have incredible popultion densities in and amongst the rocks in the wild. Mbuna in lightly stocked tanks hide, a lack of fish may indicate that predators are around and to be careful. I'll post some youtube vids so you can see. http://www.youtube.com/v/1bb7q3L7uVM Excuse the kitch sound...

I did a major clean on all the tanks in the fish room today. I polished up the outside glass to get rid of drip marks. But the water was a bit cloudy still from the wipe down on the inside of the tank. I took a few pics anyway. Just a few quick snaps on the phone camera. M. sp zebra gold...

I came across this article that helps calculate minimum tank sizes for fish. It focuses on cichlids, but can be applied to other species too. Which Tank Size Will Fit My Fish?

A couple of pics. The dominant male and a holding female. He currently has 2 holding females. His orange cap doesn't show up well in the flash pics.

I changed the sand and it is still a bit cloudy.... but here are a couple of pics anyway.

When fishless cycling the advice is to add about 4ppm of ammonia to start off........ When ammonia is converted to nitrite 3 hydrogen atoms are removed and 2 oxygen atoms are added. NH3 -> NO2 Then when nitrite is converted to nitrate one more oxygen is added. NO2 -> NO3 Why does this...

I ordered 4 sheets of 1mx1m x3cm thick sponge. I got 2 grades of sponge, Course 10ppi and Medium 20ppi. I also got 20 of these up-lift air-driven pumps. Up-lift tube and coarse sponge Medium pore sponge I measured up a 30cm x 34cm piece of sponge. I cut it out with a box cutter. I cut a...

I am working on getting my fish room up and running. This is the progress so far.

Just got 3 small M. estherae "Pulu point" Photo just doesnt do them justice.

I have an API Freshwater Master Test Kit and I was wondering if anyone had difficulty picking the yellow to green end point of the General Hardness test? I got like 25 drops and still thought the vial looked yellow. Do I have liquid rock in my tank? My KH was 4 degrees.

We just had a week away in Robe on the Limestone Coast (great beaches and wine). There are lots and lots of really interesting rocks. My beautiful girlfriend and I came across a large (and heavy) piece of limestone that we thought would look great in our African cichlid tank. It has visible...

We just got a 60 Gal tank for our FW tortise Bazza (... turtle to you 'mericans :D ) as he out grew his previous tank by a lot. We have the same filter on the larger tank and a tank mate now too. The little guy went from 20 Gals (totally inadequate) to his new tank. The tank is going through a...

Our tortoise (in Australia SW are Turtles ie flippers not feet, webbed or otherwise) severly outgrew the tank he/she was in so today we went and looked for a new tank. We ended up with a 48" x 16" x 20" high with a cabinet. Heating is 150W in total, they only need 22 deg C but being summer...

I had to move my 4 ft tank to fit in a new table for Christmas. That meant emptying the tank. Something went horribly wrong and the 10 Angel fish that I had died. There must have been some sort of shock to the system. Never had this trouble before. The two bristlenoses survived. It was...

While I was away our freshwater turtle has developed fungal problems. I wanted to know the best way to cure this. I have already done a water change and cleaned out the canister. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. TYIA.

How many people here keep these? I am after peoples' thoughts and opinions of this fish. What set-up do you keep them in. What other fish are in the tank too? Are they diggers, agressive etc? What about breeding, is it difficult?

A while back (Oct 06) I posted about Bazza. He was only a tiny guy then, and I didn't get a pic. But now I have one and he has grown quite a bit. Won't be long and he will need alternate accomodation. I now have a photo and it will be going in the gallery.

I am restarting my 326L (80 gal) tank. I am going to put Angels in it. I think I will start with 10 or 12 small ones. Is that too many? Eventually I'll have other fish in it but I just want to start slowly. I will run a fluval 404 filter. I have a 300 W heater. I have enough lighting to run a...

After moving and settling in I have just set up my 20 gal tank. My partner's son just turned 10. He got a freshwater tortoise Emydura Macquarii. He named it Bazza. I actually think that my partner, Sammi, was more excited to have the tortoise. She had 2 when she was younger, Toorak and Ruin...

I just got back last night from a week away. There was a heat wave of 44 deg C (over 100 F) that lasted 4 days. When I arrived home the tank water felt luke warm and there were decomposing fish everywhere. The water temperature was around 35 dec C (93 F) and had probably been like that for 2 - 3...

I bought a 5 gal (Actual capacity just under 5 gal) tank a while back as a breeding tank for Corys. They hated it, way too small, I should have known better. I was in the lfs the other day and saw Dwarf loaches that I have not seen available here before. (The same ones Blucat talks about in...

I ran out of NO3 test reagent ages ago and didn't replace it. Slack I know, but there it is. So today is a public holiday and I went for a jaunt to the LFS and got a new NO3 kit, I also got a PO4 kit too because I never had one. So, for a few months I have to admit to not keeping up with the...

.... I wonder who dug all the postholes for them?