Recent content by ntrueman

Hi all! Hope you can help... Over the past several days one of my 4 mollies has developed what I can only describe as a yellow "tip" on it's dorsal fin. I've not seen anything like this before so really dont know what to do? It's not acting strangely and seems to be eating/moving well, I had...

Great looking tank and fish! Almost identical to mine! :good: keep up the good work and get some more real plants in there!

Thanks for the compliment ~T~, I've been trying to remove the clamps for a few days now and just cant get my head around it! They really do look out of place! Any advice on that would be a great help! I will keep an eye on the serpae tetra's but everything seems peacefull for now at least! The...

I would think most of the stuff your local LFS could provide for a very small fee, bags, poly box, cardboard box and bag buddie. The heatpacks can be picked up for about £2 if you look around. Almost 90% of people have some old newspapers lying around and bubble wrap is pence! Most of the...

I've had a few fish via post and not one floating on me yet thankfully! They normally arrive in a poly transport box inside a cardboard box lined with bubble wrap and crumpled-up newspaper for insulation. I would always double bag for safety and at the same time ask the sender to use a bag...

Green Hair Algae is a nightmare and very difficult to cure permanently! There are a few chemicals out there that can help stop the growth etc but they are really just a stop-gap or band-aid, when using them there is no guarantee of it never coming back! Here are a few very helpful articals...

Thanks for the advice! I'm already on it, the backround came with the tank as part of the deal however they did not have any roll's in stock large enough with a more appropriate backround so I have one coming from eBay.

Well, it all started off a few years ago with a small 45Ltr tank and one goldfish! It was a present from a friend to my little boy on his birthday, as he lost interest in the fish needless to say mine seemed to grow and now not weekend goes by that I don’t take a trip to the LFS to have a look...

Well today’s routine visit to the LFS for some food and plants took a slight twist, there are two maidenhead aquatic stores in the town and I only ever use one purely for convenience. For some reason today I headed out to the second store to see what they had on offer, it was pretty much the...

Thanks for the advice! I have moved the powerhead flow more towards the top of the tank now and they seem alot calmer!

Hello all! I'm in a bit of a pickle so any help would be great! I recently migrated all my tropics into a new tank, everything is going great so far and they really do seem to be very very happy! My problem is at the beginning of the week (Monday) I brought two Zebra Angelfish and they were...

I have the Rena 50 in my new setup, it's located in the cabinet with the filter and I cant hear a whisper from it with the door closed. Even open its hardly noticeable!

I moved the fish and both internal filters over today, I have shut off the external filter for now to give the water a chance to balance. All is looking well so far but it's very early days!

Thanks for the swift reply OldMan47, Would it help at all if I moved one of the internal filters from the old tank into the new one immediately before migrating the fish? There are currently 2 in the old tank because up untill around 4 months ago there were also 2 goldfish in the old tank and I...

Hello Guys & Girls! I'll get right to the point! I currently have a mature 2 year old tropical tank (45 Litre Nano Cube) I've never had any problem with the tank or it's inhabitants, but around 3 weeks ago I was browsing in the local tropic/marine centre and came accross a bargin that would not...