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That's a good point. It is easier to see if there's any food left over at feeding time on the sand. Where as with stone It'll just blend in and sink between. :) Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Well I did it. I went with play sand in the end as I wouldn't even know where to start with tracking down pool filter sand as I'm in the Uk and we don't seem to have an abundance of people with home pools over here ?. I made sure to clean it really well. Did the half a bucket of sand method and...

Meant to say if I churn it up quite well when doing water changes the anaerobic air bubbles shouldn't build up too much. I could also get some khuli loaches that would dig through it and disturb it. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Yea, the price is why I considered it. I can get 15k of play sand for £2.99 where as the same amount of aquarium sand, I'm looking at between £15-£20. It's a 190L corner community tank so for me to get a decent layer on the bottom I'm going to need quite a bit of the stuff. If I churn it up...

Iv heard some where of people using kids play sand in there tanks. Or am I just going crazy. Has anyone actually done this and if so what were the results. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Ahh ok. I couldn't see one so I thought I'd give it a go. Oh well.

I just thought I'd start a thread about the weird and wonderful things our fishy friends do that makes us chuckle. And any bizarre habits they may have. So please add pics of your water dwelling lovelies just being well, them. :) Here's a pic of my what I believe is a golden algae eater...

Yea give it a go. It may work. And if nothing else, you will be able to see him sneaking around in the dark clearly ;)

I have two clowns which I absolutely adore. There such characters when there out. I recently bought my tank second hand and inherited them with it. I'd never even considered them before but I'm so glad I have them. There prob only about the 4inch mark and my tank is 190L. I think that's about 50...

I can't really see what it is but it looks like some sort of snail. These usually turn up on new plants. They breed like crazy tho apparently and your bound to have more than one.

I realised earlier today that I did in fact put 1 new plant in there probably about a week ago now so that'd be where the problem started. Blooming things. I'm going to go get a few assassin snails to sort the problem but I'm a bit worried the'll rage out my nerite. And I don't particularly want...

Sorry, 10p is roughly the same size as a quarter. Oh dear so they are quite savage then. I'll put my nerite out of the way for a while then. I'd just feel mean though moving people around just to do a job but it's all for the greater good at the end of the day. Thanks for the help. I appreciate...

He is quite a large snail. Probably about the size of a 10p piece. Iv read that they tend to stick to snails about there own size or smaller. I could re home him with my sister in law for a while. Do you think 4 would be a sufficient number to just get the problem in check.

Ok cool. So assassins it is. So how many do you guys recon I'd need in my 190L tank. I think that's about 50gal converted. I don't want a huge amount of snails. And a bit of a dumb question, but will they eat my zebra nerite. I don't tend to deal much with snails. Only ever had 2 diff species...

heres the tank.

Yea there's plenty of plants to hide in and logs to hide behind. My little girl likes the front of the tank so I think thel be ok if they don't get on. There's plenty of space for one of them to go. It's a corner tank as well so there's a few more shaded areas.

Thanks for that guys. I'll go down the cucumber / zucchini rout and try get them out humanely before I go causing the fish stress and taking them out. I shall however bear it in mind if I can't get rid of them that way. Right the loaches are not having bloodworm for a few days until they eat...

Yea I have considered they may not get along. I don't think the pair I had really coupled up. They were never together and always at opposite ends of the tank. To be honest I think they were both females. If I do go ahead and get a male do you think 190L is enough distance for them to do there...

Hopefully. I don't want to be over run with them. I just don't understand how they got there in the first place.

I have just noticed all these snails pop up today. How on earth did they get there. Iv added no new plants, decor or fish recently and the last I heard snails don't just fly. There's about 20 of them that I can easily spot. There prob only about 2mm max. I cleaned my pump 2 days ago and did a...

Yea there guppys. They reproduce more than rabbits lol.

I have just noticed all these snails pop up today. How on earth did they get there. Iv added no new plants, decor or fish recently and the last I heard snails don't just fly. There's about 20 of them that I can easily spot. There prob only about 2mm max. I cleaned my pump 2 days ago and did a...

Thanks for that guys. I really appreciate the help. I shal now go on the search to get her a little boyfriend :) I like to think its looking pretty. Spent quite a bit of time the last month or so on it.

Thanks for that. Iv been googling pics and from my best judgement and what Google says I think it's a female. Just thought I'd ask other people to make doubly sure. Thanks for that. :)

Hi folks. Well this is my very first post. I'd just like to pick your brains for a second. I had 2 blue rams. One of which died recently. They weren't paired off as I'd only had them a few weeks and to be honest not even sure of the sex of them both but I'd like to know the sex of my remaining...