Recent content by Karoti

There were a couple of things I was not happy about with my AquaStyle 980, the filtration and the lighting, fundamental really, so I modified both.   It is very difficult to install an external filter, I overcame this by drilling a couple of holes in the back.  see pic...     This was a neat fix...

Whoops, agreed, I missed that bit.

It's always been my philosophy to give my fish as much space as I possibly can.  In other words get the biggest tank you can afford or fit in, for the given fish.   I know a lot of our (fresh water), fish have never been in their natural environment, but when we think about how much space they...

Feeding less (rather than less often), would help reduce the snail population explosion.  Clown Loach may work quicker than your assassin snails.

This pic should give you an idea...    Of course they are unlikely to get so big in an aquarium, but I can tell you their growth rate is phenomenal.  I purchased mine at about 5cm and in less than two years he had well outgrown my 6 x 2 x 2 feet tank, so reluctantly had to move him to someone...

Over the years kept all the regular stuff, I guess the biggest being my Giraffe Catfish as pictured...

I have been keeping tropical fish for 49 years without a break, ranging to around 20 tanks (I had a fish house in the 70's), but never less than one.  I thought I was reasonably adept at keeping fish, but after reading some of these posts, now realise I know very little about the science of...