Recent content by NineNails

Here's a problem with this my novice brain has come up with today. If I was to leave the old ugf in place disconnected, maybe the water in the channels under the ugf may become stagnant??. Is this a possibility also?? Si.

Hi Everyone & Merry Christmas :santa: I have 12g tank with small smooth gravel 1.5 inch deep I'm finding it difficult to keep the plants in my tank healthy for very long. They don't root very well. I've had a look through some old posts and come to the conclusion that, a ugf is the biggest...

Yes! this may have been true before. The light went on at 5pm and I fed at 5.30 or 6pm. Now light is going on at midday and I still feed at around 6pm, so things may improve on the food front now too ;) Thanks! Si.

Hi everyone and Merry Christmas :D :- :santa: Thanks for all the replies :D Well, so far I've learnt that it's easy to put fish in a glass box but it's another thing to keep them happy. I've taken everything on board that you've told me and here is my tank now As you can see, I've added...

Hi The light normally goes on about 3pm but because my fish don't seem to like it, I've been leaving it a bit later as I don't want to stress them out. They appear stressed with it on but all come out imediately after it switches off. My fish shop is pretty clueless at the best of times but...

Hello everybody :cool: Sorry my first post is for help but we've all got to start somewhere I've spent a while (long time) going through alot of the site and I'm very impressed. I can see I've allot to learn I'm fairly new to the hobby and have luckily had few problems till now (that I'm...