Recent content by Nizzo

OK, I am going to contradict myself a bit here, because Freddyk is absolutely right. The calcite in the 'soft' rocks such as limestone will certainly fizz, and ARE v.good for raising your tank PH as they slowly 'dissolve' into your water. My point was more specifically regarding the...

Steven, Just a note of caution...I would be vary wary of buying from a LFS who don't know the names of what they are selling... -_- Maybe get them on the proviso that they will exchange them for something more suitable if things do happen to go pear shaped once in your tank for a while. They...

Hi Steven, I have just set up my first mbuna tank (your Labs are mbuna type malawi cichlids)...sorry in advance if this post is teaching you to suck eggs! :*) . I spent ages looking at various companions for my Labs...as they were first on my shortlist, being of better temprement than most...

Hi colen, I agree...limestone helping to raise PH is beneficial in an african lake biotope anyway... I got mine as big lumps from the rockery crates at the garden centre - Much cheaper than by the kilo from LFS. And had a whale of a time (covering them with a blanket to protect the windows!)...

Ouch!!!! :crazy: We have fish priced like gasolene!!!!

Another one from Chelmsford, Essex! :cool:

My UK LFS has them quite small at £12.00 GBP. Don't know if this helps or how different the marketplace is over the pond??? :dunno:

Malawi's for me... particularly (Wow 5 syllabals!) the mbuna's they prove that all true nutters are into rock! :lol:

Crikey, I can see from reading through a few random posts that this whole forum thing is going to be catchey!!! If I don't log on for a while you can take it that my wife has banned me! Looking forward to gaining loads of experience & hopefully sharing some of mine with all.

This is my first post.... I have a Juwel 'Vision 180' tank which has been a mixed community tropical freshwater for 6 yrs. Now I want to setup Malawi mbuna biotope. Have done my rockwork & water tests all indicate that I'm ready to go... Initial homework & talks with my LFS have given me a...