Recent content by CrimsonBoli

Unless you can breed Discus, or Clown Loaches...   My LFS are going to buy my Loaches for £20 a piece if they get 'too big' :D

  That looks horrific! 

Rams should be in pairs +

The best way to have the media is the bottom up... The flow goes down the tube/holes thru the media trays then filters upwards thru the baskets. So course blue on bottom with fine floss ontop in the bottom basket (then probably same again if you have the 4 basket version) Then all the ceramic...

  I agree with you about some aspects of water chemistry are a bit overwhelming. And the added complexity of CO2 addition in the planted tank which is why I wont do a gas CO2 system (different convo about liquid carbon) Also I read somewhere that big PH swings can kill beneficial bacteria due to...

How is the filter going? All setup and lovely? 

Post it up anyway! Its always nice to see how other peoples aquatic world looks

I believe when they turn red they are happy. So if that is true then good job!!   Also found this reference on the web. They seem like awesome invertebrates to have! http://www.aquariumcarebasics.com/bamboo-shrimp/

 

Your before and after Nitrate's are too high. Also are you using enough Prime (Personally I dont like prime as it 'removes' some ammonia NO3 and NO2, which is the filters job... STOP starving the filter Seachem!) Also are you having PH swings (Might be worth talking about Carbonic Acid and PH...

Ah well it's pretty hard. Havnt got the readings to hand but I believe 12 is a hardness number that comes 2 mind. See I thought they might be German blues But there was a Tank next to them full of German blues and they didn't look the same

So I have been looking for a pair of Bolivian Rams for the past week. Visited my biggest LFS today and they didnt have any but they had some (what was labelled) 'Rams'  Upon asking advice if they had similar requirements as a BR they said they would be fine. (worried about the PH difference as...

Cant believe the forum software let you have an email address as a username...

Excellent! Let us know how you get on!

Yeh no there not Discus! A Discus is about £30-50 and a Dwarf Gourami is about £5.   They both look male as females have quite boring coloration's http://www.aquariumfish.net/catalog_pages/gouramis/dwarf_gouramis.htm If they are fighting and infact your water parameters are okay then you can...