Recent content by stevej696

Am i right in thinking its best to dail dose ferts in little amounts rather than dose weekly in one hit?? If i could would prefer to be as maintenance free as possible at first so planning on plants such as java fern and annuabis with some sort of grass effect everywhere else.   Are there any...

Link to the new Project http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/419214-steveos-aquatic-paradise/

Hi,   Welcome to Steveo's aquatic paradise project.   Background:   Ok so i have experience with cold water tank mainly kept goldfish and other little tanks over the past few years and have got a bit bored. Dont get me wrong they are easy to maintain and look good when cleaned but they dont have...

Ok so spend an hour last night scrubbing the tank and im glad to say its made a big difference! Only downside is there appeared to be some sort of white paint that had run down the glass at the back. After scrubbing it appeared to go but after it has dried has reappeared :(   This now means that...

Tank is watertight as it was previously a family members so its seen a few locations! :) Quite fancy any tetra's to be honest so will look into the different types, thanks for the suggestion.   The shrimp are the armano shrimp that are in my LFS 3 for £4 so looks like they will do just fine. So...

Hi guys,   Its a new tank so when ive got the external filter i will be fishless cycling the tank. Mainly going to stock Tetra Neons enough for a schoal few salt and pepper cory's and shrimp.   Focusing on easy keeping fish for now but hopefully will be able to move up to more advanced fish as i...

Hi My names Steve,   I am currently new to the tropical setup but have had cold water for a few years now. Love the planted tank setups and looking to do something similar (hopefully without any major problems!) :) I have currently aquired a jewel rio 125litre tank for free, (yes free!) with the...