Recent content by dubgirl

Hi thanks for the replies. With reference to the filter media, I clean the sponges about once a month. there are 6 in total and I do several at a time, rather than all in one go, I read someway that it was better to do it like that. I replace the sponges approx every 6 months, which is the...

Hi, i hoping someone can help me. I have a juwel rio 180 tank that has been set up for approximately 8 months. I cycled the tank and it currently houses 6 shrimp, a bristlenose, 2 bengal loaches, 5 dwarf neon rainbow fish and 10 platies. I have had a bit of problem with algae, but now seem to...

Hi thanks for the reply, I will do a bit of reseach into the chain loaches including the dwarf pygmy and go from there.

Hi, thanks for the advice. I will turn the heater down and see what happens. I like the idea of a bristle nose plec, but not seen many in LFS. How many loaches would be appropriate?

Hi, I am a newbie to the forum and have a 3ft Juwel Rio 180 litre tank. I hoping someone can give me some advice as to some suitable fish that will eat snails. I think a clown loach is probably going to get 2 big for my tank, so are there any smaller alternatives. I am also hoping that someone...