Recent content by mattb

Thank you to Tonyb111111 for the Java Moss. Perfect condition and plenty of it!

I'm interested in these if there are still some available?

I am currently selling this setup as it has laid dorment for over a year and i simply dont have the cash to set it all up again! Here is a link to the ebay auction, although if it fails to sell I will take offers on here. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fluval-fish-tank-sta...93%3A1|294%3A50 Thanks...

I think it breaks down within 24 hours. Hence the daily/ every other day dosing.

Hi all, I am moving to my flat at uni in september, currently at home i have a 50 gallon but dont want to move this. I have seen a nice cheap 20 gallon clearseal tank at my local pets at home that would be perfect, but it has no lighting or hood etc. I want to have it planted and would like...

Use some indian almond leaves. They look great and if your after a blackwater tank leak tannins and lower your ph. Cna pick them up off of ebay.

It has been said to kill off vallis, which then regrows resistant to it, but i had no problems with mine at all.

Today i bought 3 of these, planning to get more to make a group of 5 or 6 in my 55 gallon. However on getting home and searching on the net out of interest(should be done before purchasing i know :rolleyes: ) i am now not 100% certain that mine are actually nigriventris! Really hope they arent...

If they are stressed by something perhaps?

Sounds like dropsey to me. Not sure on medication, or if there even is any. Maybe somebody else can help with that.

That first fish looks fantastic! Wouldnt mind that in the pond!

Surely you would need to filter these tubs to? could be quite expensive! Also, goldfish like weed to spawn in, you might struggle to grow it indoors perhaps? Also what size are these fish going to be, because 3-4 decent sized golfish would be quite a lot for a 40 gal tub, a stressed fish will...

Have you tried the other maidenhead aquatics in northampton, just off the A45 near wooton? They might have some?

They normally have some over there. Normally cheap too. 1.99 a fish i think? I would imagine they would order you some if they didnt have any anyway.

Get a few otocinclus and your diatoms will be eaten in no time.