Recent content by simonas

I prefer in general the non man made fish and always thought that wild fish look better than the domestic strains Wild discus are a great example of this as are oscars theres just something simple and stunning about wild examples of both in comparison to domestic strains I'm not a fan...

Sounds like something I said to someone recently I wish I was in my 20's for the physical benefit but I much prefer myself at 50 with experience, compusure some wisdom and no care attitude. It's just a pity that we couldn't couple the advantages of life experience with a young persons body

Very tough decision as a high bar but I went for the one that appealed the most first

This is Frank a 5 year old Staffordshire terrier. Had a few dogs in my life but never a staffie before. He is the most attention seeking, needy, vocal plonker of a dog I have ever had but I love him so much it scares me , he's like another son and I am not sure I would get another breed of dog...

When I had my marine tanks my favourite inhabitants were small watchmen gobies with Pistol shrimps, watching the pair in the hole prepared and maintained by the shrimp is ace

My sump is the same it has hundreds if not thousands of the things only put about 5 in 5 years ago

My fly river turtle as a juvenile eats a more protein based diet but now that he is growing I am trying to get him on his main diet which will be fruit based but its not going so well as he much prefers frozen fish and protein bug bites to grapes and blue berrys

I don't as yet as my Zebra plecs, fly river turtle and stingrays require a certain minimum temp however when my 6ft is free in the new year my plan is to set up a Channa Auranti tank with no heater potentially reducing my stupid energy bill and reduce tank maintenance time.

I have always fancied setting up a tank for these fish. They look really cool and I bet its an interesting tank for you

I got a young fly river turtle earlier this year I had wanted one for as long as I can remember and then loads popped up in the UK this year with a massive gradient in price. Consequently I have also seen loads now for sale with some people saying oh they are boring etc. Personally mines a pet I...

welcome to the forum That resume was such an interesting read when are you setting the tank up and whats your plans ?

Thats much bigger than mine I think mine ends up about 2500 litres on one tank and for that I use a 20k lph pump which in reality is far too powerful for the tank and runs at about 60% with loads of flow. When turned up to max its like a tsunami. Evolution aqua 20000 it is my tanks 9ft long and...