Recent content by shepherd88

Not that i know of. Just the area we are in, but strange how water changes from my mums which is ph 8.5 kh 6dkh. Strange..... Do any fish love low ph and no hardness.

Well i moved in with the gf 20 mins from my mums house. Now i am selling my tank to buy a bigger tank and was dedicated for malawi cichlids. Just tested the ph and kh of my new house tap water and its very soft. Ph was at 6.0 Kh was at 1dkh it turned yellow on the first drop. So guessing...

The tank is 50 inch long, 14 inch wide by 18 inch tall. So if run my tetra ex1200 external flowing lengthways would the tank be suitable for lake malawi cichlids. If so would peacocks and haps be better than mbuna or is it personal preference. Thank you for your help.

The back of the tank lid there is access to run the pipes for my external canister filter.....once i get a cabinet to house it ha

Cheers pal sorry didnt mean to come across bossy lol. Im definitly going to have my spray bar across the length of the tank and maybe my powerhead across the other way to try and create a circular as much as i can flow. When you say river tank what kinds of fish and what decor is included...

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Well i already have my £600 3 ft tank and cabinet with my community fish and just picked up a used tank on ebay was only £50 couldnt resist. Just need a cabinet to put it on now lol Just wondering what fish could house in this tank..im keeping my community tank and tried africans in it but as...

Well my malawis are gone as they just wernt for me. Always chasing and fighting...so back to the community fish and i love them lol. Girlfriend kept some of my fish so i have my trusty old favourites lol 10 harlequin rasboras 5 albino corys 2 angels...1 black 1 white 1 female betta 1 male...

Hey i had the roma 125 and fitted an external....had to cut the plastic lid on each side at the top just big enough for the hoses to fit...dont need to cut the glass. Good luck...external filters are so much better

I think the only problem with keeping fish in a ph range outside their normal is that they may be more susceptable to ilness.. Saying that nearly all fish sold now are captive bred and therefore know nothing about their natural environment

I had this debate messing with my head for a while when i moved to african cichlids. My tapwater ph is 8.0 and my kh was fairly low. I added coral rock and substrate which raised my kh.. I think kh keeps the ph buffered so if your kh is low it makes the ph unstable and cause more chance of a...

I would think a fluval 206 is a little to underfiltered for a 200 litre tank...although specified for that size of tank once media is included the lph drops. I have just gone from a aquamanta efx300 to a tetraec ex1200 and my tank is only 180 litre Ps the roma 125 i had when i bought the...

Got mix of mbuna and peacocks but going back to community with rasboras and friendly fish lol cant stand the agressiveness

Bought 2 bags for 6 quid lol only used one

Ye the cloudyness has settled now...running an aquamanta 300 stated 1100lph but prob half that with media. Was looking at running another filter along side or maybe just upgrading to a bigger one. The sand is a pain but worth the effort as gravel just doesnt look right i dont think. Tempted to...