Recent content by Jim Lay

24"x12"x14". Been sick for 7 days now. As I said, the lump has come off and is leaving a shallow 'crater'; the other developing spots have gone. Gravel and artificial plants. Water is clean and I've just carried out a 75% water change, added 'salts' and Interpet Anti Bacterial medicine. The...

24"x12"x14". Been sick for 7 days now. As I said, the lump has come off and is leaving a shallow 'crater'; the other developing spots have gone. Gravel and artificial plants. Water is clean and I've just carried out a 75% water change, added 'salts' and Interpet Anti Bacterial medicine. The...

My Angel has developed a white lump near its left eye. It is raised and is NOT white spot. 2 smaller one are appearing. I have been treating the tank with Interpet Interior Bacteria treatment but the problem appears to be increasing. Any ideas? Latest:- The large white lump has come off...

I was a CAA Helicopter Licenced Engineer and should know all about Electrics - but the house electrical systems passed me by. I now understand about Circuit Breakers and the like, so some good is coming from all the 'posts'. Thanks everyone. Let's call this an end.

Thanks everybody for taking on this subject. I know that the problem I experienced was due to the two little piddly wires, that power my PF1 filter unit, shorting out under water - that's where they enter the filter body. This was caused - I am certain - due to age hardening of the cable's...

Hi Colin_T The PF1 filter was about 6 years old. The filter is powered with a positive and negative wire only - 2 wires. They shorted out 'together' and blew the mains RCD. Would a seperate 'plug' RCD stop the mains RCD cutting out all the sockets - that's what happened with me. This caused the...

Hi Essjay Found many Ground Fault Interupter Circuit breakers for uk on a Google search. But would they cut the circuit before the main breaker in the house fuse box cuts all the power - as was the case with my Filter ???

Hi AbbeysDad I'll have a look at that gizmo. Thanks for the info

My Interpet PF1 filter blew all my main house socket's circuit breaker. The problem was a cable fault where the mains goes into the pump unit - (at the top of the pump). Due to the removal and re-installation of the pump/filter for cleaning, over the years, the tiny wires going into the pump had...

Thanks for the suggestions. Getting ready to cook up some green veg and also looking for the 'green' food.

My two large Angels are nibbling my Amazon Sword plants to shreds. Anyone know of a 'vegetable' alternative to feed them so that they don't eat the plants?

Hi Fyurae: I have those same limpet-like things in my tropical freshwater tank. They are identical to your description. How did they appear? I think they come in on plants that we buy. I'm in the UK and you are in the USA - hardly a common water-born creature - so it has to be foreign plants. I...

Hi Folks. I've got some limpet-like crawlers on my tropical fresh water tank glass. These creatures are too small to photo. They are barely 2mm long, 1,5mm wide and .5mm high. They have a greyish clear shell and are just like sea water/marine limpets. They travel very-very slowly. I've no idea...

Hi Colin I'll check the pH out. Would the Mollies eat the algae? Thanks