Recent content by LEricG

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Thanks. All the best with your new fish. :)

Thanks. I had never seen these fish before, and I've never seen them for sale anywhere since. I'm not really up on the Latin names of fish. Takes me all my time to remember the common names. :)

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Thanks. I may try the first 3 plants that you mentioned - sometime. (though I bet I can destroy them). Oddly enough, many years ago, when I first started with fish, I had an Amazon Sword in my first tank, which was an 18-inch, plastic bow-fronted tank. The plant grew very well, but after about a...

I should have bought one years ago.

Yeah, I'm under no illusions, but I thought that, even if I can't save this one, it would be a good idea to have such a tank for future use; it can also be used as an isolation tank when buying new fish.

I have an angel fish that has been mostly lying on the bottom of the tank for about the last 2 days. This morning, I went into town and bought a 15-litre tank to use as a hospital tank, in an effort to save it. I have to confess that I am not at all sure what I can do, but I set up the tank by...

I'm afraid I tend to treat the tanks more as living pictures and fixtures; they have been there so long. I have other interests such as woodworking, fishing, my allotment - and I'm just beginning to get back into bookbinding/repairing. I do sometimes think about trying again with the plants...

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Hi All. My name is Eric, and I live in Leicestershire in England. I am a retired gardener with 4 children, 9 grandchildren and 4 and a half great-grandkids. I have 2 tanks: one is 48 x 12 x 15 inches. The other is 39.5 inches x 17 x 15 (it was tailor-made to fit into the alcove beside the...