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Ok, I have a 55l (about 15usg measures 24"x 12"x 12") and after much searching and researching decided that I would like to put in some shellies (my water is pretty darned hard so they seemed an ideal choice). So, to date I have: sand for the substrate, some rocks, a truck load of shells (apple...

I've been having a mooch around the interweb lately trying to find shellies for my next tank whick will either be a 55l or 105l (I have both in a cupboard under the stairs just waiting to be let out). Anyway on my travels around cyberspace I happened across a breeder selling some Nicholsi...

One of my Amano shrimp is berried, can someone tell me how and when I would need to move her and or the larvae?

Was at my lfs today and was talking dechlorinators and he showed me the Aqua Evolution decchlorinator canister thingy. It cost £70 which I thought was pretty inexpensive as I spend about £10 a month on the stuff as it is. Has anyone ever used one and if so what is the verdict?

I bought myself the API Gh and Kh test kit yesterday as I thought I should probably be aware of the values. I bought some fish yesterday and decided that I should test the water today just to make sure things were ok. Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 20ppm (same as tap water) Ph 7.5 Now for the...

Was in my local Pets at Home (Uk version of Petsmart) and they seem to have had a change of staff. I overheard a few conversations between these staff and customers where the customer was being told that the particular fish they wanted would be unsuitable for their tank for reasons like...

I've just aquired a 14l (3.5usg) tank that is going to be planted (low light ie mainly mosses :D) with some shrimps. What I am wondering is if I can get away without a filter? I am expecting that it will mean I will have to do at least 3 x 30% pwc's a week but I am hoping that because the bio...

I was thinking that if I could get a glass/pyrex rectangular oven tray of an adequate size I could sit my 10usg in it and plant around the outside. Hopefully I could get one where the sides are deep enough for some water as well as soil/substrate so I could keep some kind of boggy/semi-aquatic...

I have some Amano shrimp that I bought on tuesday and one has moulted so the dumb question is.... Will they eat the old carapace or do I need to fish it out?

Have been looking at stocking my 35l (approx 10usg) and have had several ideas based around bettas or dwarf gourami. Anyways having not had too much luck in finding a betta that I liked, I started to look at other fish and was thinking about just putting in another group of small fish. In my...

So when I got my tank (including fish) I was sure that I had 3 zebra loaches. Seems this little fella had me fooled and I don't know what he is :( If anybody has any clues I'd be grateful.

Have had the filter media for my new 10g build in the filter of my community tank for about a week now. If I rob some of the media from that (one of my filter pad thingys is about to give up the ghost anyways) will I "get away" with adding some teeny tiny fish next week?

what this fish is. I was under the misguided impression that I had 3 Zebra Loaches but noooooo, this guy was conning me all along. 049.jpg picture by Ickletas - Photobucket This was the best of about 20 photos lol, the little so and so is almost always under a log and when he does come out he...

After reading a few threads here (in particular Mr Limpets) I have decided to fix up the 10g that came with my community tank for a Betta. The filter is in my community at the moment (hopefully maturing nicely) and the light, lid and heater are winging their way to me as we speak. What I am...

One of my friends has the fluval edge and has had it 6 months ( I had no idea as I had never been to her house until recently). In this tank she has 10 head tail light tetra, 5 serpai tetra, 1 neon tetra, 2 coris, 1 clown loach, 1 siamese fighter and a few snails + plants!! Now for me at least...

I have been scouring the t'interweb for days looking for somewhere in the UK that supplies Python (or similar) tank cleaning kits. Found very few and all of those were sold out. So then I searched for instructions to a DIY version, most of which I didn't understand. Then I stumbled on this...

http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l584/Ickletas/my%20fishys/139.jpg They are too cool for school :whistle:

My lfs has some red stripe halfbeaks (Hemirhaphodon kapuensis) in stock and they look super cool. Have spent about an hour trying to find some halfway decent info on the internet but all I'm coming up with is scientific papers (that might as well be in Greek for all I understand of them) and...

Has anybody used or is using the Seachem Ammonia Alert and if could I get some feedback on it if possible? It seems like an ace idea but want to try and find out if it works well in practice before I part with any cash.:thanks:

I have found the holy grail of lfs!!!! OH EM GEE these guys are amazing! Fishless cycling, correct (adult) fish sizes, refuse to sell those ridiculous testing strips AND ask all the right questions when you want to buy a fish (ie water parameters, tank size, current stock etc etc). This has made...

I was thinking that for my centre-piece fish I might get a Jewelled Cichlid but not sure whether it would be ok with what I already have. I have a 260 litre with 10 Tiger Barbs 4 Siamese flying Foxes 2 Corys (I plan to get another couple in a few days) 2 Blue Rainbowfish 1 Banded Rainbowfish 4...

Have noticed this morning that 2 of my Giant Danio have a white spot on their mouths. One is worse than the other, but neither is big. I tried to get a picture but the **** things are so fast! My parameters are fine (ammonia 0, ph 7.4, nitrites 0, nitrate >10ppm, checked it about 20 mins ago)...

I am looking for maybe a centrepiece fish for my 260 litre (68usg) freshwater tank (hence the title!:lol:). The tank is quite a boistrous one, the residents include Tiger Barbs (10) and Giant Danios (4) so it would need to be something that could live with them so obviously some fish are...

I'm pretty new to this fish keeping stuff and all I seem to do at the moment is look stuff up :lol: . Luckily for me the tank was already established when I bought it so I didn't have to do any of the cycling. In fact the only thing I had to do was re-home a rather sorry looking Angel Fish that...