Recent content by Sanctuary80808

hello all, one of my harlequin rasbora has one of it's eyes very nearly all the way popping out of its head? :( well actually its the fishes only remaining eye as it lost the other one mysteriously :S the first eye went about a month or two ago and now this happened. The sick harlequin does not...

Just for interests sake, willow bark contains a chemical called salicin, which is a precursor to aspirin. Salicin has some of the same pain relieving/anti inflammotory effects as aspirin does, so i cant imagine it would be beneficial in an aquarium setting. Unless of course you were to put some...

I get the feeling that you may not have cycled this tank? If you havent,there are great articles on this in the beginners section so please read up on "fishless cycling". As for why your fish died there are a number of reasons. If you havent cycled as mentioned above then you would have exposed...

Hello, I use the eheim aquaball 2208 in my 35 litre aquarium which is also in my bedroom and it is completely silent. I cannot hear it working at all, even when I am in bed with no other noises. It is a great little filter that keeps the tank spotless, the only downside to it is that it isnt...

I've just taken a lookie at your tank and its really good looking :) I really like the positioning of the wood in yours :) HC is a lovely little plant, I can't wait for it to form a carpet which will look amazing :) btw i have just ordered some flame moss for my wood ;) impulse buying will be...

It can be bad for the fish if you pump too much CO2 into the aquarium so you basically have a safe limit which provides CO2 for the plants but doesn't go so high that it gases the fish :) HC (heminathus Callitrichoides) is the small plant that is at the very front of the aquarium :) dont be...

Thanks a lot :) my dad needed some convincing as well as he was worried about it exploding :/ I persuaded him by saying that it would be in my room so it would only kill me if it did explode <- worked like a charm ;) lol I was looking at some moss to attatch to the wood but couldn't find one...

Thanks for the suggestion! I did what you suggest originally but then decided that the side of the wood wasnt a nice enough colour and turned it back around ;) lol i may have to have another look at turning it around :)

I will add more pictures once the plants have grown in ;) let me know what you think so far :)

Hello everyone! I have had my Arcaida Arc 35 litre aquarium up and running for two months now and decided it was about time to upload some pictures ;) Tank Specs: -Arcadia Arc 35 -24w T5 Lighting (will also add a 60 LED light unit soon) -Eheim Aquaball 2208 filter -25w Interpet Heater...