Recent content by DAVEGWYNN

As no-one else is talking... People seem to suggest that carbon is useless after it has dried. Personally I don't understand why, and I am a scientist! Albeit a biologist not a chemist... I would imagine that the carbon gets 'full' and stops adsorbtion of unwanted chemicals after a while, but...

Hi - my 20 gal started leaking like a beast, so I went to my LFS (Maidenhead Aquatics - a chain, often in garden centres) and picked up a 55gal (220L) tank with stand and cover and all the bits for about £300. I think it was £280 before better filters and things were added. It is a...

Thanks for the info - the main tank has 50kg of soft sand as substrate (I've got a number of bottom feeding fish which like to bury themselves in rather worrying poses) and it is fairly quiet and heavily planted. Had to put two new large chunks of bogwood in to give the elephant nose somewhere...

Awesome, thanks. I'll kill all of them I can find Nasty little blighters.

Tokis-Phoenix: I went out this afternoon and bought myself a smaller tank to use for quarantine. Definately sound advice, thanks. It didn't seem to matter as much with the smaller tank I ran for years, if the worst came to the worst then starting from scratch wouldn't have been too much in...

Right, took a quick pic: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=330939971&size=l No, didn't use any meds whilst banishing the whitespot - have an elephant nose fish and have heard they are quite sensitive to meds. Can take more pics if needed. The creature reminds me a lot of the larvae of...

Hi all, First post on this forum, wondered if anyone could help me identify a random creature in the tank. Background: Tank is a 220L community tropical job, 8 months old but with the water and bits from a 12 year old 100L that started leaking. pH 7.5, usual temperature 25C, never any...