Recent content by Malfie

Maybe it's an amoeba nano tank !? :rolleyes: M x

Putting pot noodles into womens tights.What sort of a freak are you ? :shout: Malfie

Wow............. That's amazing.I bought a pack of three from QD last week for £7.99 and I thought that was good. Malfie

Thank you,Paul. I managed to get my light sorted out at the very helpful Pets At Home,but I'm now enjoying watching the plants sort themselves out so much that I'm afraid to start the cycling as I have read that this will play havoc with the algae :crazy: Would it be wise for me to wait until...

This happens to me everytime too.I now have to search page after page to find out information I need :crazy: Malfie

Hi Joshy. I'm a little new to this myself,but to me the tank is crying out for something in the foreground. You seem to like the bold approach and have just chosen one species of plant,so could you just add one more and have a really low growing carpeting plant to add interest.It would help...

Hi again. Hope this works this time............... The first thing I did was to add my substrate.In this case it was an inch or so of John Innes No 3 potting compost.I have used this before in my first tank and the plants grew amazingly well and I really didn't want to use an expensive...

Oh guys........... what have I done ? I have spent the last couple of hours writing the above and taking photos etc,but I can only manage to post a small amount of my new topic. What am I doing wrong ?I tried to edit the text and add the rest,but eventhough it did appear in the edit window,but...

Hi there guys.I have found this site so helpful with my hobby that I thought I would write a new tank journal in the hope of helping others and for you guys to help me with any problem that may happen along the way. I have been keeping tropical freshwater fish for about three years now and my...

Hi there guys.I have found this site so helpful with my hobby that I thought I would write a new tank journal in the hope of helping others and for you guys to help me with any problem that may happen along the way. I have been keeping tropical freshwater fish for about three years now and my...

Wow.............. ! Room for a couple of dolphins in there. :# Enjoy your tank. M

Hi guys. I must say I have had an interesting time reading this thread.It's so easy for us to moan,shout and take the piss concerning this and many other threads about either 'newbies' or uneducated pet owners,but we must realise that this subject is massive and no-one knows everything...

Thanks for all your replies. I have installed a 18W T8 in my hood so I now have 48W - which I think,for me, it's just right. What I need to know now is how to secure the cables in place in the hood.I will need access weekly to change the filter pad and to have a hoover and a scrape of the...

Hi guys. I'm getting rid of my internal filter in my Juwel Rekord 120 and I wonder if the heater would be ok stuck to the glass with suction cups ? I don't think that the heater can be fully sumberged,so I can't angle it in the tank.It also doesn't have a cover.Will it burn the plants and the...

Thank you again for all your input,but you haven't really answered my question yet. My tank in empty and has been dry for about 4 weeks,but algae and debris are still between the glass and the filter housing.What I really need to know before I make a new start is will the algae be dead after...