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I went to visit my lfs this morning and asked their opinion on my sailfin and they have told me my tank is ok for him as they may grow to 18 iches but most comman they only get to 30cm and because the tank is 2ft in wide thats plenty of room for him to swim about so there is very little chance...

oh mate i feel very sorry for u i had white spot in my small tank when i 1st started i was told to turn the temp up so i did that but where i lived at the time was a warm house and turning the temp up caused a mass over heat and i so how managed to cook all my i'll fish i was gutted cos 2 days...

cheers for the info did not realise they requiered that much room as my partner understood that plecos were not restricted by tank size for there growth and that he would upgrade the tank as he grew. as only about 8-10 iches he looks very small in the tank we have and as we don't plan to have...

Thanks for the heads up, as for the stocking we have only just started the tank its been running about a month so we are building up as we go. In response to the sailfin we have had him about 12-18 months and due to his size we feel he is ok in the tank as he has plenty of room to grow and swim...

Hi all just a quick question about my gold gourami, i have just recently bought two 1 is male and the other is female but the male seems to be REALLY aggressive towards the female we mistakenly bought 2 males at 1st but quickly took him back to our LFS and we came home with a female. But he...

Hi there well i'm new to all this realy but i think maybe u should go completly mad and go for frogs and crabs but just make sure u seal the top of the tank they r little buggers lol they love to try and escape lol. Or u could always go down the catfish road there r some lush ones about and...

Thanks all u'v all been very helpful. I now bought some slate to put in and have some rive rock in there we did the fizz test and they were fine we'v now put some black neon tetra in as a "tester" lol, we did a ph test and the water was fairly hard to medium so at the moment its ok but will have...

Thanks very much. I take it u can use pretty much any type of rock as long as its been baked or cleaned to remove all bactira?

3ft - 2ft - 2ft and i would like the rock to be about half a house brick kinda size so i can build up a rockary to break the top of the water for the frogs and for caves for the fish

Hi all i'm new to this so sorry if i posted in the wrong place lol I was wondering if any1 could help me i want to use some natural cheap rock in my tank to make up so caves and tunnels for my fish to take cove. But i have read so much about wot rock i can use but they are all different none say...