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Thanks for the reply. I've put a few more live plants in as I tought it would give them some more cover. They seem much better this evening, swimming around and not hiding so much. They are really stunning. Their pectoral fins are so pretty.

I've had my 125 litre juwel setup going for nearly 2 years. I had some problems about a year ago with fatalities (dwarf gourami's & guppies). Since they died I kept my cory's and neons whic have been fine. I decided to leave it like this so that there was no hance of overstocking. Everything's...

Hey Ozzy my mum used to work at Epworth she taught at a school. Edward Sherian? something like that. I'm going to take that plant out. I recon the basically sell them so when they rot and die you go back and buy more. From what I've read they are terarium plants. I've not used the Tetra C02...

I was brought up to respect my elders, but there being brought up to respect elders and then being brought up too strictly. In my personal experience the few friends I had with really strict parents who had over the top rules e.t.c went on to become real tearaways. It becomes a bit much with...

You could get away with 3 corys and a small shoal of neons (max 6). You have to test quite often though and really keep up on water changes. 25 - 30% a week. I had a similar set up with this exact stocking and they were fine for over a year before I rehoused them in my current set up. John.

He will. If you're not impressed by that place then you'd have to be very hard to please. The cafe is a bit pricey but everything else is fantastic. You can take pictures too so long as your flash is off.

The thing I always keep in my mind about ebay is that sometimes things sell for a lot less than you expect. The flipside is that sometimes things sell for a lot more than you expect! I've looked at a lot of tanks on ebay and sometimes they go for stupid money. Well over the odds. In this...

Is it a brand new tank set up? If it is a ph that high helps to mature the filter more quickly. John.

Get it set up! Thinking about it means a positive yes in my book! It could be worse anyway. You could have a wife like mine to contend with. Every spend has to be justified and aquatics aren't exactly her no.1 priority. Personally I'd go with beans and toast for the month if it meant I could...

Yeah thats the issue I'm thinking of. Maybe I could use some really fine gravel instead of sand. Part coarse gravel then part fine gravel. Once my holiday is out of the way I'llstart taking a serious look at it. I usually come back with some holiday money too, as unlike the wife I don't turn...

I found this quite interesting because my wife and I live with my parents lol!!! I've been ill since the start of 2007 and unable to work. It sucks because now I'm a lot better and looking to get back into work I've got more chance of finding rocking horse poo! Nobody seems to want to employ a...

When I do my weekly water change I use buckets that have a measure guide on the inside. I sypthon out approx 25% then use the other bucket to start adding water back in. I usually do 4 buckets out 4 buckets in. I add tap safe to the first bucket I put back in and then the 3rd. The tap safe I...

Cool. I'll give it a whirl then I think. I'll probably leave the tank as it is for now and do it when I get back from holiday. I don't want to get the new layout done and then be away from it for 2 weeks. I think i'll go for the tetra complete substrate with some more attractive gravel over...

I'm contemplating a bit of a move around. Some other info I got (LFS) was to not bother using a substrate under the gravel. I should just put my plants into the gravel and then feed them. From what I've read on here thats not the case. :unsure: My favourite fish are neons and corydoras...

Thanks very much for your replies. I'm going to scrap the non aquatic ones and get down to pets at home. We have one close by. Someone told me a while ago not to get fish from there but if the plants are okay then i'll give them ago. Thanks again.