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thanks for the replies do you think the rummies are ok to help cycle the tank. all that is in the tank at th emoment is bogwood and plants, i've added some filter start stuff which is said to help kick start the bacteria

Hello Happy new year to everybody i've jsut statrd setting up my 60 us gal tank (100cmx45x55) again after it standing empty for over 12 months. it is cycling at the moment with just few plants and some bogwood. My plan is to have a shoal of rummynose tetra - amount? a shoal of ottos to keep...

Hello all Love the new look site!! I've been away for some time - working overseas then had a baby, my aquariums where dismantaled and the fish found nice new homes, but time has come to start my 60g(UK) Problem is i don't know what to do. Equipemnt 60g tank tertratec 1200...

Hello I'm moving house and having a house built, in the mean time i'm going to keep my 6 koi's (largest 1ft) in a holding pool on my allotment. The main problem is that there is no electric on the allotment. i've got a solar air pump and i'm intending to plant a few plants, but the koi's do...

I'm moving out to France in several weeks, i've sold all my fish, but decided to keep my tank i had made and all equipment. i'm wondering if anybody knows if our passion (hobby) is big in France and if there are any good companies/stores to get fish from, because i'm really going to miss them...

I brought a pair of young black angels several months ago. few days ago i noticed eggs in the tank, with the angels looking after them, so it seems i luckly brought a male and female unluckly the tank is home to a sailfin pleco who i believe made a meal out of the eggs how easy is it to...

hello all i've been away from the site for sometime due to getting a job and no longer being a student anyway a lot has happened to my tanks since. 70g planted - brother overdosed excel while i was on holiday, resulted in all crpyts melting and making big mess so water not good...

hello all. i'm getting a pair of zebra plecs in a few weeks, they will be housed in my 40G tall tank with large tetratec 1200 exturnal filter. few questions best aquascape? feeding suggestions? other stock? at the moment the tank is home to 1 L001 1 Bristlenose male 1 clown...

2 black mollies and 10 amano shrimp? i have an algae problem in my 70G, i've setup co2 and started adding excel which has helped against new out breaks, but my ottos don't touch the old 'long' algae i've been told that mollies and shrimps will. stock 70G US 1 angel 12 H. Rasbora 8...

cheers for that. the 70G plants have filled out loads since i took that photo, i'll try and get an updated one soon. Shekoi

Simple answer NO! reasons 1) Angels Tropical Goldfish Coldwater 2) Goldfish get to big for a 30G 3) 2 Angels are to big for a 30G - one will be ok 3) Betta and angel might/will fight 4) danios very active fish that will nip at the fins of betta and angels causing great stress i...

i've completly setup my ~70G (US) tank now and i've just finished aquascaping my 40G - will post pctures soon as camera fixed. what would people add change in my tanks. see links in signature for tank setups. cheers shekoi

i'm having simlar ideas for my tank which is bit smaller then yours. good idea for you is a biotrope of the area silvers are from. make sure they are silver dollers red hook grow alot bigger and to big for your tank. shekoi

for the use on a planted aquarium - all mention is that they are daylight, don't no K reading http://www.firstlightdirect.com/pp/Fluorescent_Tubes_T5_16mm_Diameter/849mm_Fluorescent_Tubes_16mm_Dia/39Watt_T5_Fluorescent_Tubes_16mm_Dia_Daylight_865.html

i was just about to ask the same question plus a little bit extra. like my tank is very heavily planted with no substate free would corys be ok in a tank like that? :OT: i have been told that they are ok and should be any problems as long as the ammonia etc is 0 then is barbels are cut...

12 hariquin rasbora in 72g 10 glowlights in 20g 13 neons in 40g

my fish have never even attempted to eat any of my plants. try feeding you sharks zuccini every so often mine love it, might be why they kepp away from eating the plants. i'm putting more plants in soon, mainly in the back left and foreground, i'll post more pictures after that...

Tank with new luminaire http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/shekoi/My%20setups/60g/57cffe81.jpg Otto have dinner! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/shekoi/My%20setups/60g/3a84afc8.jpg Cryto Broad leaves http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/shekoi/My%20setups/60g/8bba6053.jpg...

i'm thinking along the lines of 72g (US) 1 angel 1 RTS 1 Clown Pleco 5 Corys (increase number later date) 12 H. Rasbora 4 Neon Rainbows (add couple males later) 3 ottos (add further 3 later) 40g 1 dwarf Gourami 6 glowlights (another 6 later) 1 bristlenose 3 swordtails

i'm in the proscess of setting up my new 72g (US) tank as an up grade of my 40g - i was then going to set up the 40g as a african cichlid tank. but some things have changed the plan main one being money, the other is my girlfriend wanting to only have 2 tanks so that means the 20g and 10g...