Recent content by dredgy

Hi all, have been out of the hobby for a decade or so but redoing a tank for a friend I’m staying with. I‘m not sure on exact size of tank, probably about 250-300 litres but could be up to 400. The fish in the tank (permanent residents are 4x midsize clown loaches, 30 tetras - mix of cardinals...

Blind cave tetras will be about 3cm. The shrimps I'm looking at get to about 10cm, some research suggests it would be fine, depending on the temperament of the shrimp. I think I'm going to leave it until I have the tank scaped.

Then will probably avoid cories and divert to one of the following options 1. Freshwater sole. Inactive, will be hidden most of the time but do look awesome when they are out and about. Hard to feed. 2. Bristlenose catfish variant. Will eat algae, but room will not get any light so moot point...

Well they will be the feature - I'd keep them in a species tank if I can't find suitable tank mates. I'd have thought a bristlenose might be alright, or a sole since they are rarely seen and are hand fed.

Would the tetras bother the cories?They are meant to be quite aggressive. And I meant the fish wouldn't last if I put them with a long armed shrimp or cray. Dragon gobies I've never heard of and will look into! Also now considering a sole, since Banjo Catfish were brought up. Thanks for the ideas!

Hi, setting up a 70L tank that will primarily be a species tank for 6 or so blind cave tetras. The tank will be themed to look mostly like an underwater cave, with nooks, crannys, holes and pillars. Will use white sand as a substrate. The tank will be kept under low, blue light. Will be sparsely...

Hi, I have a mix of most of those species, and was just wondering how big the myersi really get? Mine are about a year now and are probably about twice the height of a standard kuhli, but yours looks freakishly huge!

I know they are rolling out some changes to search results (it shows on my mobile, though nothing has changed on my PC).   Install AdBlock to remove the commercial results. It's available for Firefox and Opera, I think it is for Chrome (but stops working on my PC, assuming because Google owns...

Easiest way would be to siphon it into the yard or directly into your sink. I don't know how people do it with jugs and buckets.   I've got mine set up with a pump to drain straight into the mains and refill from a tap. Absolutely effortless but might require a bit of DIY.    There's a link to...

Sweet as,   My Yoyo's are exactly the same, partly why I love loaches.

  Yea you wanna try and avoid that, I once woke up in a forest miles from where I lived when I was your age. There was some hell to pay then.   To answer your question, not a lot happens at house parties. Conversation is had, drinks are consumed, new people are met, people hook up and (where I...

I can't see why it would be that difficult? Condensation is an issue but can be worked around .  Budget isn't a constraint if that helps.   I don't want to replace the hood/lid (I don't think the hood comes off) unless absolutely necessary as I like the way the tank looks at the moment. I can...

I, at the very least, need higher wattage than 26W for plant growth. I'm not really under the impression that they're cheap LEDs, they just came with the tank. I am happy to have an LED solution as well, it just needs to be high wattage. The option of a moonlight is preferable too. Thank you

I already have the chilled produce drawers and an automation system that does the same thing as the door handle, though mine is phone controlled.   If I was building a house from scratch, I would have the fish tank stairs and a hidden room behind a staircase though.   But, why would anyone want...

Okay so my tank is prebuilt, Blue Planet - so made-for plastic hood and included light. The light is a piffling 13W LED tube which is just pathetic for plant growth (the tank does get sunlight as well though).   What I would ideally like to have is 2x Lights (LED or Fluoro, don't care though I'd...