Recent content by rustydiver

Will Otos be ok in a Malawi tank. I have started to get some brown algae in the tank and have read that thay are good at clearing up the algae. I will be doing a water test over the weekend to see what IT comes up with, but tend to get it at certain times of the year. How many is a good number...

Will get some up over the weekend.

No its all local limestone, came out of the father in laws garden. :good: Gave it a good scrub jobs a good un. Been in there for over a year now.

Mine is a rio 180, i have 20 fish at the moment most only small but will weed them out as they get bigger. I have 2 large external filters going. Will try and do a fish list.

The tank is a rio 180 so about 150ltrs, it has a Fluval 305 and a Aquamanta Efx 400 external filters fitted. Marine blue t8 tube with 3 x 1ft led strip lights which can be controlled from dull to bright. Tank being set up about 1yr ago First few fish LED lights. Have changed the sand for a...

Yea you can change it just click on your username top RH corner -> Profile -> Change Avatar. Your avatar must be no bigger than 120 pixels by 120 pixels in size. Can be direct from your pc or as a link from an online photo hosting wesite. I even took a picture of myself and used it as my...

Just found this forum while trying to find some info on a filter. Ive been into fish for as long as i can remember. Started with tropicals then marines now keeping Malawis. Heres a few pics of the tank, need to take more up to date ones its been running for over a year now. Its a Rio 180 fitted...

I bought an EFX400 last week to replaice my fluval fx2 (i broke the canister). The EFX400 runs alongside a fluval 305 in a rio 180 which stocks Malawi Chiclids. The filter works great turns the water over well, but i do find that it is much more noiser than my fluval or rena was and being it is...