Recent content by Colin_T

Course river sand or fine to medium gravel (1-3mm) is fine for virtually any aquatic plants. Most plants get their nutrients from the water via their leaves. The substrate gives them something to grow roots into and that stops them floating up. If you have 2-3 inches of gravel or sand in the...

to make the fish taste better :)

Keep the salmon, whole herring, whole shrimp, herring oil & kelp, and dump the rest, and you have a good food for predatory fishes. If the wheat flour, wheat germ, wheat gluten, rice bran and pea protein were last, they would be in smaller amounts and less of an issue. But having them at the...

Put an old bath tub or large shallow pond/ container outside and fill it with water. Add an inch of gravel and some plant fertiliser. Let it go green and then add some black worms. Don't let the water get too hot or freeze and the worms can live there. Change the water regularly and scoop out...

You normally move the old substrate into the new tank when you move the fish, filter and water across. If you are getting a different type or colour of substrate, then you can just clean the new stuff and put it in the new tank. However, if you are using the same type of substrate that is in...

that little fish is fuplied one way or the other.

We have the same problem in Australia with people following courier vans and stealing parcels that have been left at the front of houses. They have vehicles following the couriers as they leave the depo. The courier drops off a parcel, one vehicle stops to pick it up while another vehicle keeps...

Can you test the bore water for anything and everything? If your bore water is good, you could use that in the fish tank or mix it (maybe 50/50) with the other water source. If you do get a bigger aquarium, just move the gravel, filter, water and fish into the new tank and it will be cycled.

Do you have an inside dog and an outside dog? What breed is Charlie, shepherd x ? Good picture. Trees framing the dog, track and sunset. The sky has orange and grey stripes. It's a first class competition level picture. I would print that and hang it on the wall :)

I wouldn't bother keeping one in a hospital tank unless it has some other disease that is being treated. Both fish have the same issue and the other fish might have it too (if it's worms then every fish in the tank will have them). They are also sociable so I would just move the single fish back...

Unless you moved the filter media/ materials from your old filter into the new filter, you are cycling the aquarium with fish in it the tank (fish in cycle). This means you will probably get ammonia and nitrite readings for the next 4-6 weeks while the new filter develops colonies of good...

This is why kids shouldn't be allowed to drive cars until they are at least 18 and preferably 21. They are 10ft tall and bullet proof. Add young stupid and inexperienced and you have dangerous drivers on the road who don't know how to drive, have poor vehicle control, and who will rush from A to...

Mixing different types of substrate doesn't work well. Sand on top of other substrate generally means the sand will fall through the gaps and you get a mess that isn't sand and isn't the underlying substrate. Just try to stay with one kind of substrate. Most aquatic plants take in most of the...

As far as I know you can sex them when they are mature and the males get bristles on their head and the edge of the pectoral fins. I don't know if you can sex them from underneath.

are you suggesting the snake might go to Adam and offer him some of Eve's apple pie?