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the shop we were in had a dead fish with mould on it and all the other fish in the other tanks were gasping for air at the top. There may have been more dead fish in the other tanks but I didnt look as it p**s's me of seeing animals mistreated. We told them about the mouldy fish but wanted to...

Hi just wanted to now if the new duty of care laws for animals (in the UK) relate to fish in a shop as well

Got a rena 150 which is 21 inches deep but am having trouble finding a Gravel Cleaner vacum with a filter that will reach that deep and also have a dirt collection bag like this one (PGR 1000 Power Gravel Cleaner) http://www.aquatics-online.co.uk/catalogue...el-cleaners.asp Does anyony now of...

I have a rena FILSTAR xP3 but the instructions arent to clear as where the spraybar should be pointing ie up, across the tank, or down. can anyone tell me??

Does anyone now of any good website with regards decorating a 433 litre tank?

The tank is actually for my wife, and we are going to make room for it after all whats going on in the tank is 9 out of 10 time more interesting than whats on the tv. If we do have trouble making room for the 200x50 tank we will go for the 150x50 like stang1. What are the filters on them like...

What type of substrate do you use? I was thing of using sand as I believe there poo just sits on the top of it instead of going inbetween it like gravel

thank wilder, have decided to get a bigger tank rather than get rid of my plec

Hi looking at getting another aquarium to replace the 80 ltr juwel tank I have. My question is what make of tanks should I be looking at. Are RENA tanks good? I have seen this one and would be looking at the 200x50 tank http://www.rena.net/en_gb/products/aquariu...alife_beech.asp

I did a 50% water change last night and the readings tonight are 50-100=NO3, 1=NO2, 10d=GH, 3d=KH, 7.2=pH.

The tank is a jewel tank so its a jewel fliter. I have been washing the sponges out in some of the tank water weekly, but the tank was set up from scratch 4 weeks ago.I have been doing gravel vacs every 3rd day taking 10% water out and replacing it. A friend of ours was moving away and I...

Hi, this is a picture of the fish http://aolpictures.aol.co.uk/galleries/ddp...p5Fd3Ig=/large/ The tank is aprox 80 ltrs. I have been doing 10% water changes every 3rd day to try and bring the nitrate levels down, syphoning the crap off the bottom of the tank. I know its bad water quality but...

Thought I better add in that my tiger barbs don't seem to attack their tank mates they seem to get on fine. I am feeding them tetraMin flake food and tetra plecowafers (for the plec), I do add a piece of cucumber every now and then but i only leave it in for a day and I take the remains out.

I have an 80 litre tank which is W31"xH11 3/4"xD15 1/2". I have a couple of questions regarding my male swordtail and a tiger barb? This tank was set up in a rush 4 weeks ago and had to start from scratch so my nitrate levels have been very high but I am just managing to bring them down. The...