Recent content by darkfool58

thanks for all the info. moved the airstone pipe briefly and they didnt move.   just read up and someplaces saying you need water agertation so gonna treat myself to powerhead.

i have a bulldog  pleco that seems to like to stay behind the heater day and night, is it because of the heat or could it be because thats also where myairstone flows to?   any thoughts greatly appreciated

DrSlackBladder please post your question in new forum post makes for easier searching and doesnt cloud the info in my question.   moderator please close this post now i have thie info i need it seem that it is being boycotted with another issue.

ty for the info :-s   would you have the make and model of "bought a mesh and frame type hatching/fry enclosure"?

thanks for the reply and info :-)   which breeding traps would be better for cory doras? I have a half moon tank if it makes any difference

Hi   I have noticed my cora dory have laid there first set of eggs so i have gone and got myself a boyu fish hatchery FH-101 as I have a boyu 86 half moon tank.   Before I put the hatchery in my tank where should i position it. should i use the free floating option it has or should i attach it...

thanks for all the info, i realised i may have mislead people the 10 other types of fish where actually snails.   reading through all the different types of info i thin im gonna use KrystaK version as my guide as if fish can survive in that senario then the methods got to be good. will report...

yes i meant 80 litre

Ch4rlie   First off, what sized tank do you have? 8 litre internal or external filter? internal filter, one of the boyu with the shelf at top tank stocking? 4 angels, 3 cory and 1 clow loach and about 10 different types of fish. plants & substrate? 2 plants and gravel   bricko   Do you recommend...

hi peeps   i am soon planning to move my tank and its too heavy to lift so planning to take all fish out give tank a clean and relocate and reconstruct.   Any suggestions/step by step guide to do this with avoiding issues that may arise from ineffective cycling/bacteria build up being created in...

Hi All   I have kept tropical fish for a little while now and I am thinking of starting a marine tank.   Question is whats different in the setup between a tropical tank and a marine tank.

hi all   I have recently purchased two small koi angelfish and my two larger angel fish keep picking on them. at first rightly or wrongly i thought they where just sorting out the pecking order now im not so sure.   Is there anything i can do to stop the larger ones being so agreessive?   Russ

so i could put crabs and shrimps together (other than predatory shrimps) but if i wanted lobsters they would need there own tank.

Hi All   I have a tropical tank but now wanting to setup a shrimp, lobster I am considering setting up a Invertebrates Tank.   Couple of questions   Are there any species that i shouldn't intermix? ie i know that you shouldnt buy fish that are signaificantly bigger than others as they may eat...

Hi All   Just a suggestion to make it easier to upload pictures could a mod be designed to make use of phps gd library to rescale the pictures on the fly to 100K saving the forum users performing it.   I know some shopping carts do this to thumbnail pics.   Thanks   Russ