Recent content by its_amo

hi, the solenoid came connected to the regulator and seem's to be a good bit of kit. It is rated at the correct voltage and I made sure I checked this before buying off e-bay. It is all up and running now and i am very happy with the set-up which cost around £100, so whilst im using a 2kg co2...

cheeky vimto's the way forward

Hi all, ive now got these things together for my 100 gal tank im setting up for discus. 2kg co2 fire extinguisher, co2 tubing, co2 regulator with solenoid, bubble counter, glass diffuser and non return valve. All bought seperately from e-bay and mostly came from asia, all im waiting on now is...

beautiful fish, I have just bought two of these young fish last week asking the dealer to try and get me a pair, although from seeing your male, im thinking I have two females. But there both healthy! :good:

nice scattering of rocks and slate on the substrate, looks pretty natural! Cant wait to see it with a few amazon swords in there maybe and a few crypts or something.

whilst researching this project I found this http://freshwatercichlids.info/diy-3d-core...ge-1#comment-88 which is exactly the look im going for with the tree and roots and everything and this guy uses fibreglass which upon first "googleing" seem's quite cheap. The result looks very realistic...

how did you get on with the exo terra backgrounds?

Fantastic, thanks for your response HappyGeorge! If my heads not spinning about one thing in this hobby then its always something else. Just the idea of having so much of a painted area inside the tank did worry me quite a bit and so as you have stated, with its tendancy to peel and flake, and...

im going to make an amazonian style 3d background of a large tree with lots of roots in the middle of my rio 400 (5 foot long) so its fairly large scale project. Im thinking of using wire mesh to create the structure and moulding the clay around it and once the clay has been fired and is set...

thats good then as the rams will be in the discus set up. Any suggestions as to what sort of ro system i should be looking for and also pressurised co2 system? thanks nick

Yes thanks DiscusKeeper403 I am now thinking anything like argonite under the sand just wont do, but am looking for something like clay or mud, some decent planting substrate with lots of nutritional value. Definately going with the sand though and still reserching tankmates but now I actually...

thanks Paul! Ive just actualy bought the juwel rio 400 from e-bay £160!!!!!!!!! a nice 400 litres for me to play with as opposed to this tanks 142!!! cheap as chips. so I will be getting those discus as I said hehe, bless my wife she lets me get away with so much. Now im trying to convince her...

ive convinced my mrs for a juwel rio 400 yay I will get those discus, just looking for the right deal now, preferably second hand maybe from aquarist classifieds :good:

Thanks alot bagu much appreciated!! would you say its fine to keep the different colour rams together such as golden, blue etc?