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I have a planted tank with live bearers, some tetras, female fighters and two bristlenose plecos. I have always really fancied adding shrimp to the tank but have held off as I was worried they would disappear as my plecos are.... enthusiastic eaters. Just really looking to confirm it wouldn't...

My juwel tank still has marks from where the previous owner removed the built in filter (which I fully support) must be a fairly big job to get them off

Helpful post thank you. I don't mind investing in a long term cannister but talk of it going off after 2 years is a bit alarming!

Well the modest price gap is why I'm looking at a fx4 instead of fx2 but going all the way up to fx6 might be a bit far Have read you can also fit a spray bar to help with flow though I assume that doesn't come with it

This is why I am considering the fluval fx4 even though it would be at the top of my budget. Would have room to grow if I end up with a bigger tank as well. But might be a bit powerful for my tank so I'm a bit hesitant. Don't want the flow rate to be stupid Also looking at a couple of eheim...

Looked at those myself. They must be doing something right if the same model has been on the market for decades

Good tip about giving them time to figure it out. The live bearers were interested straight away but my plecos totally ignored my first few attempts. Bought another cucumber today to give it another go and they have been glued to it ever since I threw it in

Is that just all the pond solutions one in a different colour?

Fx 4 looks amazing but I suspect the flow would be too strong for my 190l

When I bought my tank (used on Facebook) it came with a fluval 7 series cannister filter. Long story short it drove me crazy, was so loud that I could hear it from the next room and I got rid of it after a few weeks. Though I have always wanted a cannister filter and few other people seem to...

Thanks for the advice foks. I gave it a try tonight (also took the advice about using cutlery to weigh it down!) The two plecos I bought it for are utterly ignoring it (one is lurking in the background of the attached picture) but my live bearers and female fighters are fascinated

I was in the LFS yesterday and my wife noticed they were putting cucumbers into a (very enthusiastic) pleco tank. And now she would very much like to do this with our tank. In all my years keeping fish I have never considered just tossing a sliced vegetable in the tank. Is this all good or...

No deaths or cloudy water ever since. I did change the filter on saturday just incase (but the same media in the new one) Though still reluctant to think about adding any new fish incase there is something wrong which remains unseen.