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I've seen these at my LFS and am wondering if anyone has experience keeping them? Ie. Water parameters, tank size, aggressive/passive, max size of fish, etc.?? Cheers, Jus.

I got a 20 g tank a couple days ago, now I've set it up. I used a piece of driftwood, a couple of rocks, some new black gravel seeded with a lot more gravel I got second hand from a LFS and from my previous tank (will hopefully be some beneficial bacteria in there!). I also used some play sand...

thanks for the help : )

yeah, i know what a substrate is. i just wanted to know if putting another type of substrate other than gravel under the gravel would aid plant growth, something to provide iron and nutrients, although i will use a liquid fertilizer. well, we don't use imperial measurements here in australia...

well, yea, i want live plants. i'm thinking anubias nana and java moss for the driftwood, and dwarf hairgrass and normal hairgrass, as well as small swords and some others i haven't decided on for the background. fish will be a small shoal of forktail rainbowfish, 3 small corydoras and a small...

I'm working on starting a small (~5g) planted tank. I want to do it properly, but I'm somewhat lost on how to do the substrate. From my research I've found that putting laterite or clay under gravel, as well as peat is good. Whats the benefits of these? Where do you purchase them? Can you use...

Thanks for your help, i think they are a kind of blue-eye rather than an actual rainbowfish but..

I was wondering if it is OK to keep only males of this species in an aquarium? Forktail rainbowfish (Pseudomugil furcatus). This is because the males are much prettier, and I have no interest in breeding them. I have read that the males can be aggressive towards the females if there aren't...

I don't have any ammonia/nitrite/nitrate kits as they tend to be too expensive and I'm a student on a budget. The pH is somewhere around 7.5-7.8, not sure of the dH. The tank's only new, its been set up for just over 7 weeks now, but the betta is fine so that what has made me not question that...

I purchased some lemon tetras about 2 wks ago and they didn't appear to acclimatise very well. 2 died within the first two days, and I associated it with stress as I assumed they died quickly as it happened overnight. The other 3 were cautious but seemingly healthy, all with acceptable appetites...

Hey people, I've kept aquariums before, haven't for about one and a half years because I've been living out of home and studying in the city. I was thinking of getting an aquarium, and of where to place it, when it dawned on me that my dressing table had a reasonable sized space to put one and...

Hey, I was hoping to start a saltwater tank, but I'm not sure if I want to try to keep corals in my first saltwater tank ;) So, I like the look of these macroalgaes, and was curious if anyone knows anything about setting up a tank with just live rock, live sand, macroalgae and fish. Sort of...

I used to live in the country & used rain water for my water changes, & the fish seemed to thrive with it. I moved to the city to study at university, and haven't kept a tank for ages. I desire to re-enter the hobby, but my obstacle is that I have never needed to use tap water before, and I...

dont worry, i've ahd 4 neons dissapoear in like the space of 3 days never found their bodies, rest in piece buddies, and they deffently ddin't get eaton none of my other fish are big enough, ..hmmm... off topic. NEONS AREN'T ALL THAT HARDY!!!!!!!!!! xx

awwwwww.. my favourite is my spiny-nosed eel, whats a tripper! and my upside down catfish cos they are so queeeeeeeer

haha truueee.. okay so i've QT'd the fish, and i'm treating it for parasites or whatever i get confused, anyway.. so i'm also treating my community tank (where it came from) for parasites in case its in the gravel, etc. if this doesn't make a difference, i'll assume this is ether TB or a...

EEK! what the ____? omg, dead on the floor! that isn't a good thought! I wouldn't risk my own health for a fish .. I think euthanasia is in order.

TB? and can kanamycin or taracycline be bought at fish stores? confused? will it die?

When I switched my lights on this morning, i noticed my eldest dwarf neon rainbowfish had a perculiar lump above its gills, near the top of the side of its head. It seems to exhibit a more pinky colour on this lump. Also, it has had a largish dark pink patch on the other side of it's body...

ummmmmmm.. thanks, but can i even buy a nanocube product while i live in australia?

i've never tried a nano reef before, but now i have the time and money, i'd really like to give it a shot. i've been on the site www.nano-reef.com and read through their articles, it suggests natural filtration using living rock, living sand and powerheads to purify the water of...

java moss was the first plant i ever had (back in the day, lol) it grew algae all through it and i didn't notice for a long time, i ended up having to take it out DONT BE A FOOL LIKe I WAS, lol i dont know why it happened, i guess i'm just warning you :-) good lcuk

arboreal means living in trees, and i only suggested you check laws out of concern.

no i haven't lOL, but i've had regular paradise fish before.. but that doesn't help, ahah

i think algae, which is icky