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Hi there I just bought a Rena 480 aquarium to create a Tanganyika setup. I want to buy 100kg of ocean rock but i wondered if that is enough for the size of the tank. The dimensions are 151x51x70.5c Ideally i would like to stack the rock up and place the rock at the back of the tank (see...

The canister is about 3 foot below the tank. But i have already tried it in different positions i sat it on the ground about 4ft below the tank and there was hardly any difference and i then tried it about 1 foot below the tank and still the pressure was the same as before. I have cut the pipes...

Nah it didn't come with one. Do you think a spray bar will circulate the water better

I just bought a Eheim ecco 2234 . I am finding that the output pressure is a little slow and is not moving the water in my tank. As i am trying to minimize the amount of equipment in my tank so i dont want to by a power head. Has anyone else go this filter and is there anything i can do to...

Cheers for the help guys. I have learned loads already. One more thing though my wife is worried about them hatching and flying all over the place. How log til they hatch it there a time limit ie have i got to feed them all to my fish now or can i wait a few months. Cheers

Something very weird has happened, I have one of my old 13gallon tanks in my garden on an old bench. I filled it with a little bit with water as i was hoping to cultivate some daphnia. The tank has been out there for about 6 months and i had not really checked on it until today. But instead of...

HI guys On friday i was sitting by my fish tank and was surprised to see 2 tiny little eyes looking back at me.. I realised that it must be a guppy fry. I instantly went into panic mode and ran round like an idiot trying to find something to get him out with before he got eaten....Then there...

Here are some good books. I have both and they are fantastic Encyclopedia of Aquarium Plants & Aquarium Plants by Peter Hiscock I think you can buy these from amazon.com Hope this helps

Check this web site out, It calculates how much substrate you will need. http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/substrate_calculator.php I agree with TCTFish. I did a hell of a lot of research on UGF. I read that they can have some very disastrous results. the website below shows the...

I have seen some fantastic aquariums with a carpet of Riccia fluitans. It looks great. But how do you keep the gravel clean. when you siphon the gravel you'll suck up the plants aswell.

Heres the link http://www.peasedownpostoffice.co.uk/bulkpetfood.asp?shopcat=229 The place sells lots of different substrate. But i heared silver sand is one of the best. Its £8.16 for 25kg but when you go to check out the guy sends you an e-mail telling you how much postage is going to be...

I've just come back from my local DIY store and i was looking at the sand. there was 2 types that took my interest. 1 was play sand which was £4.50 per 25kg and the other was kiln dried sand that is used for filling the gaps in block pathing for £2.19 per £25kg. The kiln dried sand felt softer...

Cheers for your help i have had the catfish a week now. They seem to be doing fine sometimes they come out when the light is on and swim around the tank, but they mostly swim around at night. i have not seem them all eat yet but i assume that they mush be or they would be showing signs of poor...

I've been looking into the same thing. I have found out that its best if you have live plants to have either loads of sand or some gravel under the sand like you said. That way the plants have something solid to get there roots into. one thing i have heard is that sand dosn't need cleaning the...

Yeah its proberbly best to buy a few books. i have bought 2 other books since the book for dummies. I am looking to get some more specific books on just freshwater fish and a book just for aquarium plants. Amazon is proberbly the best bet for the books at the prices they charge you can get...

I would defiantly recommend "aquariums for dummies" i have the book. I read it once and and it was fantastically helpful i then went back and read it again and highlighted the very important bits. i since have bought other books but i am still find it really helpful.

I had a simular experience although i live in the UK. i bought 3 plants of ebay and they cost me £7.50 inc. p&p. at my LFS charge £4 for any of there plants or 3 for £10 . but i found this website and for £8 i got over 20 plants and they deliver next day. I couldnt belive it when it arrived...

Hi there, i was wondering if people had any thoughts on this. I have had my tank setup over 2 months now and i have been getting a collection of fish together . i have 2 female guppies 5 x-ray tetra and i have just bought 5 glass catfish. Before i buy any of my fish i do a lot of...

Where about in the uk are you from? I live in rugby in the midlands and there is a place near me called fish are us, they had freshwater frogs there for £3.55. i think they were albino frogs bloody weird but cool. They also had small crabs loads of them on a peice of bog wood, fantastic things...

Cheers for the help you guys, each one have been helpful. i have written down some of the things you said and put them in my note book. i have been doing pwc and the other guppy is doing fine, hes even changing colour a bit from black into a lovly dark blue. and he seems as very happy. i will...

Hi there I was wondering if anyone can help me. I have had my tank 10 gallon tank over 2 months now and only a week after introducing fish 2 have died. I will tell you everything I did, from the start, if you guys have all the information then you might be able to help me. The first thing I did...