Recent content by splasher72

We are not away till May, so plenty of time to plan. As for the fish feeder, the one I have already I have on test, just an empty dish to collect the food, at the moment I am testing to see if it jams, and if it misses a turn plus how long a full filling will last, food is small granules. The...

As expected will get a second automatic feeder but don't tell the wife.

I have a 60 ltr tank with 22 small fish in but am going to buy a second tank and stock this with small fish. The question is when on my holidays for 7 days I have a automatic feeder for 1 tank, will it be alright to put all the fish in 1 tank for 7 days and how many. This will be only the 1 week...

It looks like bad news on my Daphnia tank, dead, dead, dead. I have come to the conclusion it was to cold in my greenhouse. Plan 2-: I have a bran new 50w Aqua heater with temp adjuster that came all the way from Hong Kong. I am going to empty the tank, add rain water, put the heater in to temp...

I will put a lettuce leave in, thanks.

I have got a 25 to 30 ltr plastic tank, filled it with rain water, put in a outside filter but no filter medium (sponge) this was just to circulate water, got 2 packs of live Daphnia and put in tank, added a little yeast, the tank is in my greenhouse. Just got to sit back and wait now.

The quantity of fish was not my idea, our local fish shop I wonted to buy 2 mail guppy's but the assistant said I have to buy 4 female's to go with them, this has happened on more than one occasion. The water is looking a lot clearer this morning.

Thanks Byron for your help and putting my mind at rest. I used to keep tropical fish over 40 years ago, how things have changed. Reg

Hi, the sponges have black particles that looks like from the compost, I have been planting some more plants. The rinse water I would say is clear. I have blue sponge in the filter that came with it, do you think I should buy a different sponge? .

JUWEL BIOFLOW ONE TANK FILTER 300 L/H, this filter came with my new tank 60 ltr. The water is after four weeks still a little cloudy, below is what I have done so far. Half inch of gravel and sand then one inch of garden compost topped of with one inch of blue gravel, all washed as best I can...

All gold fish have gone down the road to a friend of my wife, they have a large pond.

I have sent of from Hong Kong some carpet plants, the name on the bottle is Glossostigma. I filled a small seed tray with compost, sprinkled some seeds on with a light dusting of compost, then put in my electric propagator that sites in the greenhouse. Now I have never done anything like this...

Thanks for the reply, I have now moved my sister in laws bed to the other spare room. I also have reduced the bubble intake tube and it still puts bubbles out but is a lot quieter.

Tank is 65 ltr with plants and 2 black mollie fish. The filter is Duwel the make and came with the tank. I have been running the filter for just over 3 weeks and the water is clear. The question is do I need to have the filter on at night, so far it has been running none stop. The reason is my...

Thanks for all the reply's, if ever my new tank arrives I will try 50/50 as suggested and keep my fingers crossed. So far my old tank is a joke, a plastic container from the local hardware shop with one gold fish rescued from the pond, he is only 2 inches long, when the weather improves he will...