Recent content by wonger

Hi all, i recently purchased an 18 month old Rena Aqualife with Rena stand and Rena Filstar XP2 external cannister filter, spent 3 days cleaning everything so its all like new and fitted new tubes to the filter, however upon setting up the system it became apparent that the filter output flow...

Emma, your spot on, im taking this beast back 2moro morning before it does anymore damage and tonight its going into a pot noodle tub i dont normally buy fish without some research, but was persuaded by an annoying step son cheers :look:

Below is the link of the Pitbull Pleco picture and details from the forum, i can't attach my picture and have not fathomed out why yet grr Our fish is really simular to this but has spots on stripes and only one fin on top and measures just over 2"...

We have a community tank with 4 Platies, 5 Guppies, 6 Glowlights, 3 Silver Tips, 6 X-ray Tetra's, 5 Amarno Shrimp and the unknown identity Yesterday from the above we added 3 Guppies, 6 Glowlights and the unknown identity, the unknown identity was just labled and sold as an "algae eater" and we...

bloozoo2, cheers for reply, ive had amano shrimp die before in my other tank and it was found the next morning curled up and brown in colour laying on the gravel, this time all was well at 11pm, then at 7am one was missing and i noticed the hollow clear shell with legs and tenticles, they dont...

20 gallon heavily planted tank 5 neon tetras 5 black neon tetras 5 black widow tetras 3 platties 4 guppys 5 amano shrimp the 5 amano shrimps were added on sunday, everything seemed fine until thursday morning when i could only find 4 and a complete empty looking shell including legs and...

yep, ive gone the mig welding route :D hmmm i thought co2 was co2, cant easily read bottle to check now as its strapped to the lamp with tape next to and above tank along with a small plastic bubble counter, i can turn the regulator down to about 2bpm reading on the bubble counter, but what i...

well ive just purchased the 18"/45cm Tropical Collection 4477, Min Number of 40 Plants, Price: £5.75 for my new tank along with two lots of java moss and im using the pro aqua plant fert bags, i have no clue what plants are what apart from knowing i got quite a few plants one being a really big...

cheers for the reply, looks like i will be putting me box of carbon on ebay then ;) also today purchased and wired in a switching unit so i can switch off the pump whenever i stick me hands in tank as i really dont like the idea of an underwater 240v unit being live no matter how well sealed...

ive just set up and im currently on day 4 of fishless cycling my 72 ltr tank, its planted has a silver sand substrate and has pressurised co2 injection with bubble counter and tube run up inside a clear seal 500 ltr/hr internal power filter canister with a double layer of floss filter and bio...

FrAnK3333 What is a stocking density? This is a guideline that lets you know the approximate number of fish you can keep in your aquarium (or pond). Although basic, such a calculation gives you a rough idea of whether you’ve got too many fish. We recommend: Tropicals: 1" per gal./ 2.5cm...

So its down to how long it will take for these fish to outgrow the tank then, this will be answered via my ammonia, nitrite and nitrate readings, if im not getting any readings on ammonia or nitrite and nitrate is around 7 ppm in 4 weeks, then im not overstocked, i test every day I agree...

I have 6 neon tetras each body measures 3/8" giving 2 1/4" of neon tetra I have 4 black neon tetras each body measures 3/4" giving 3" of black neon tetra I had 2 ottos each body measuring 3/4" giving 1 1/2" of ottos 2 1/4" + 3" + 1 1/2" = 6 3/4" of total fish My tank is 18 ltr/4 uk gallons...

I recently finished a fishless cycle on my 18 ltr planted tank about a week ago and added the first fish on saturday, i added 2 ottos' 4 Black neon tetras 6 neon tetras On sunday evening the largest otto died and on monday morning i find the smaller otto has died, the tanks been running for...

Day 33, ammonia reads 0 ppm, nitrite reads 0 ppm, nitrate reads 15 ppm, tank now cycled, yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! I think it could of cycled quicker than 33 days if i had not had an algae bloom that caused the nitrites and nitrates to zero and also if i had not been adding 15 drops...