Recent content by capester

good plan, thanks for that! I will look into tees etc, will try it outside first in case it goes bang!

Hi, I have a large tank and a noisy/ annoying FX5. I am looking into getting a fluidised bed sorted to aid filteration but I would also like to up the flow...... Do you guys think that it would be possible to use a 4500l pump to draw water out of my tank and through the FX5 (turned off)...

thanks for that mate- I shall keep my eye out!

Hi guys, just after a bit of advice really- I have a 1200 litre tank with a pretty high waste output due to my FRT and other oddballs. I currently run an FX-5 which I am less than impressed with and want to get rid. I have been looking into fluidized beds as a replacement. Does anyone have any...

Still thinking about it. I am looking up how long the lungfish live- most species seem to be very long- up to 80/ 100 years but the only info on the SA is 8 years! I thought it must be typo but have found it on many different sites now. I can't believe that it is correct, and if it is how old...

My tank is 7 foot x 2.5 foot at the minute but I am in process of constructing a 9 x 5 x 3 pond. Cheers

Hi guys, I have the opportunity to own a 40" South American Lungfish. I have had the African (naughty) ones before and fancy this now. The deal is to swap a 7" African Pike, a 10" African Wolf Fish, a 7" Dischotodis sexfasciata and a 10" Giraffe cat for it. Does that sound like a good deal? I...

Hi, I am currently constructing a fish house and will be adding a tropical pond to it when completed- this will be around 9 x 5 x 3(d). We are toying with building it from brick or maybe even in a mould insitu out of concrete. Either method will be lined with fibre glass and incorporate a...

Hi mate, I love these fish but rarely offered for sale. I'd be grateful if could tell where to get some? Cheers

On the money with that. I have googled images of the S.frontosa and they are a march. Thanks guys

Hello everyone, I have a a wolf fish, I saw him a month or so ago in a not so LFS and was intrigued as usually you see small specimens and often with damage for sale. This guy was 8" plus, stocky and fin perfect. I had just bought an African pike at the time and therefore did not buy him...

Hi everyone I am having a fish house in the near future and am wanting to make a raised tropical pond from breeze blocks and then fibre glass the inside to make it water tight. To make things more complicate I want to incorporate large glass panels in the front for viewing. I am looking for it...

Hi guys, I have been thinking of getting a Mbu for a long, long time now but never taken the plunge due to tank constraints etc. However, I now have the chance of getting my filthy mitts on a large 20" plus which is estimated at 5 years old (fast growing!). Obviously this is a big commitment and...

I have a royal knife- I saw the specimen they had in the big tank (well over 2 foot) and had to have one- the one I could afford is about 12". Problem is I have had him for around 2 months but he barely seems to eat anything. He is in with mainly cichlids but seems very shy, I feed a lot of...

Hi mate, I have had this with a SA puffer. Do you know if they were wild caught? Mine eventually passed away and was told that it was most likely due to parasites.