Recent content by 007_gaz

hi I once saw a common pleco in a coldwater tank and I thought hey thats not right, but I guess their room temperature was warm ish the reason they had sucess. u would of thought pleco cannot tolerate coldwater.can pleco survive and not get any illness from coldwater?

hi, could u give me some idea what the midas cichlid is like? i heard its known as 'old mr.satan' due to being really bossy. i saw one a while back it seem rather shy and hiding behind plants. would u keep midas strictly on their own?

hey i saw a picture once of red bellies and silver dollars together, aparently they are found together at times in the wild. but lots of space and hiding spaces plus making sure they are well fed could help this to work in the aquarium. i heard even red bellies eat their own kind if they are hungry.

hi im intrested to know do u discus owners have your heater set over 80 like they say. its just i see discus quite oftern at aquatics and i see the temperature is the same as other tropicals in that safe green zone. i wonder do discus really need that extra heat? there was an orange discus i saw...

thats intresting with clearseal. they usually always 12 wide even 5foot one i saw. see my cabinet will take up to 15inches wide and 50inches long tank. its a proper clearseal cabinet and desinged to hold heavy tanks. the one i got now gotta be like 55g. im sure cabinet be fine with that extra...

hi for ages i always wanted a tank that was a bit more wider. its rare to see unless it was a display tank at a shop. see my main tank is like 13inches wide but it seems really narrow. in shops they never seem to get tanks wider than 12inches its like a standard. have u ever seen tanks of...

yea thats what i ment that elevated thing where bottom of tank isnt touching the cabinet, but say u did have polytrene under the plastic is there a disavantage here?

hi, i just wanted to check, u know some tanks have like a plastic tray cover at bottom, with these tanks do u still need polystrene under base or is that plastic tray desingned to support it? i just wondered if it matters if u put extra polystrene under there just to give bit extra support yea.

the tank i was thinking of using is 32inches long, 14inches wide and 18inches high. for ages i wanted to try marine but tropical easier to keep the reason im staying tropical until very sure about marine keeping. i like where u can have an intresting choice of cleaning crew and colourful fish...

hi, it seem easy to go to tropical to marine but then i noticed its not as easy as it seems. i heard its way more expensive and alot harder in difficulty to maintain, its quite off putting yeah. is it true that u use filter for flow only and that u should remove media as its no good in marine...

ok thanks for the advice there. i was just wondering thats all. cheers.

hi, those ceramic rings in the cagey part of filter. do u really need that? see i heard of people just putting a sponge there instead. i wonder what your views are here.

hey thanks. i just wonderd if thats what u guys did. on my other tanks theres a large gap to allow for external. its just my largest tank only have gap enough for light, heater, filters wires to go through.

i was thinking of going external due looking at inside of one and it looks like it can do a good job but i noticed a problem with my tank lid, theres pre-cut holes at eack end but only small enough for heater and filter wires but not those external tubes. when u set up external did u have to cut...

i was wondering can just gravel alone act as a filter. i think in the wild this is the case and the moving water is the water change. see i have a tank thats bare bottom and its easy to clean but i was told u need something on bottom as it acts as a filter. is that true that gravel on its on is...