Recent content by sam72

When I first started fish keeping in my teens nearly 20 years ago, I was still living with my parents and kept a 150 litre tropical freshwater tank. After a couple of years I was planning to buy my own house and move away - I didnt have many fish by this time - just a few tetras, but I didnt...

Hi, I often find danio fry in my filter or in the bucket of water after a gravel vac! Whilst the fry are still very tiny I put them in a spare 20 litre plastic tank which only cost a few quid, filled with water from the tank. (Ive found using a plastic spoon is good for fishing them out!) Ive...

I had a similar problem many years ago with my first tank. It had an under gravel filter and I placed the air pump on the shelf next to it. It vibrated and rattled and drove me mad (it was in my bedroom too). I ended up putting a small peice of old off-cut carpet underneath the pump and put it...

Ive done the same thing in my Juwel 96 too and it all works really well.

I feel exactly the same about my Juwel Rekord 96. Bought it brand new in December 2006 complete with the Juwel cabinet - and it leaked in the bottom left hand front corner in February. It was replaced immediately by the supplier, but since then I have been paranoid about leaks!!! The only thing...

I have: White top filter pad - replaced every other week. 2 x course blue sponges which have never been replaced. I just check them to make sure they are ok. 1 x fine blue sponge which has never been replaced, just checked on. I do a 10 - 20% water change every week. I havent missed the green...

I just replaced my green and black filter cartridges with another course blue sponge - it works really well and is much cheaper! Good luck, hope you see some good results soon.

Ouch Andrew! Bet you werent very popular on that day!!! :lol: I think the fry are danios - theyre definitely not plattys. Ive had platty fry before and theres a huge difference between those and the little guys in my breeding net. These ones are miniscule little dark tiny tiny fish, no wider...

Hi all, Ive had a Jewel 96 litre tank nicely getting established for a few months now. Ive got the live plants looking great and a small stock of fish gradually added over the time. Untill yesterday it was a thoroughly relaxing and peacefull experience! It all went from this relaxing state to...

Hi! Been lurking around for ages reading the threads daily for the last few months since re-starting with tropical fish after a long gap of 5 years! I had my first tank back in the late 80's and enjoyed every minute of it - but cringe like mad to think of the lack of available information back...