Recent content by bosshogg2003

Thanks for the info, much appreciated.

No probs, Add more water and less alcohol!!! Thanks, but what do you mean by a large biomass, is this a lot more plants, would a Hydor yeast co2 be enough, I have a 25mm base of tetra complete covered by 25mm of gravel.

Tank is Juwel Rio 125 Volume: approx. 125 Litres 32us/26uk Measurements: 81 x 36 x 50 cm I have some plants at the moment, Wisteria, java moss, dwarf swords and vals, I would like more. All I need to know is if |I go from 2 x 18w T8 to 2 x 24w T5 will it make any difference to the choice of...

Sorry but more newbie questions. I have a freshwater Juwel Rio 125 tank with the standard 2 x 18w T8 bulbs I have be looking into getting more light (on a budget!) I have found an iBar 2 x 24w T5 or converting what I have to T6 or an over tank luminarie 3 x 24w T5. Would 2 x 24w T5 or T6...

I have three Juwel tanks and never had a problem, heaters I expect will fail as most brands do, I change the bulbs every year and replace with whatever my lfs has cheep, some people moan about the filter, but this can be upgraded by changing the pump unit, I change the pump rubber every year as...

Cheers exactly what I was after, can't thank you enough, off to LFS now!!

I have gone through the pinned articles, but to be fair I am no chemist, and although they are simply written by clever people for morons like me I still need help There are references to ADA, eco complete, laterite etc, I have found eco complete but ADA seems to be US only. Would Tetraplant be...

Hi all, I am attempting to setup a 20 UK gallon planted tank for dwarf puffers, they need plenty of plants and decorations so I guess I will need to look at lighting in more detail than my normal combination of live and fake plants, with the standard T8 bulb. The tank is 30 inch long so if I...

Got my F8 today, he’s a little shy at the moment but I have been keeping the light off. He’s starting to investigate about a third of the tank, but I have read somewhere that it can take a week or more for them to settle. One thing though I didn’t realise they regurgitate food, when I...

Ermm I don’t fancy the tasty mouthful you suggest, but if I am that puffered or similar I think I would deserve it!! Thanks for all the replies I am definitely happier with what I know now. I don’t like lfs they give so much bull, best to ask here I think. Only a day or so to go before I...

Thank you very much for the reply its exactly what I needed to know. Off to Maidenhead on Friday then!!

Hi all I need some advice, so what’s new! I have a 90-litre tank in my office/spare room that is currently housing 1 x plec and 2 x angelfish until I transfer them to my 250 litre tropical tank. My intention is to buy a F8 puffer for my 90 litres and keep it on its own. I have a fluval 2...

Hi, I have been reading and using the info from this site for a while now, I have a problem. I have a 48 x 15 x 18 tank with two koi angels, 3 clown loach, 6 rummy nose tetras, 1 torpedo barb, 1 silver shark, 1 kissing gourami and a common plec. Filtration by a Tetratec 1200 external. The plec...