Recent content by fisshboy

Hi all first post on the salty side so here goes...   i have recently purchased a juwel trigon 190 that has been drilled and has a sump, it was second hand and has been running for a while but iv added some of my own stuff to it.   all it had stock wise was around 5kgs of live rock 2 pulsing...

my 200L is doing fine, always had been! all fish get along and i test water every week its perfect. i know the venustus is gonna get big now although i wasnt told this when i got him, im gonna keep hold of him for a little while then give him to a friend with a 6 foot malawi tank.   as far...

so here it is fully set up, has a 60L sump underneath running as the filter as well as a fluval 205 and a Marina sp15 HOB filter and a UV steriliser. I know theres a lot of fish in there by the way.   my Nitrates are sitting around 80ppm 24 hours after a water change is there anyway i can keep...

so iv taken the american's out of the tank and put them in my 200L community, iv decided on just Malawi and been given a a few today that someone local has bred and wanted to get rid of heres what hes given me :   1 x Venustus (Giraffe Cichlid)  2 x Eleongatis Chailosi 3 x Melanochromis Chipokae...

Thats hat i thought, i only have one malawi with 4 american at the min so its not too bad, i have a 200L community tank that allready has a bolivian and german rams in so ill move them to there and just have malawi. Can tanganyika mix with malawi? A few sites selling them both say they can mix...

Hi all, recently acquired a juwel vision 180 and someone have given me some cichlids as i thought id give it a go. I know theres 2 bolivian rams for sure, i also ave 2 that look like rams but are bigger have bigger heads look like threadfin acara to me and also i have a Malawi ciclid thats...

Iv now added another. 2 rams to see if she gets on, one is more orange than her and one is just less colourfull. Could anyone tell me what sort of rams they are and possibly what sex?

Wanted small/medium sized cheap tank for breeding fish, minimum of 50L realisticly maybe a tad lower as and in or around the Sheffield area would be ideal im willing to drive though

Ahh right thanks for the help. Will she be okay on her own or will she be better with a male friend? Thanks all

Hi all, i havnt really got any experiance with rams but iv been given this one yesterday he/she was pretty stressed to begin with rapid breathing etc, seems to have settled in a bit better now though just wondering if anyone could shed some light on whatsex it is and if its looking healthy. My...