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Not sure where to put this as it could just be a general tank question. In my sons shrimp tank I have noticed a whole load of little tiny worms, they only appear when I stir up the substrate of small pebbles. They are white and are only about 3-4mm in length and pencil point wide. They move...

My snail escaped 4 times from my Rekord 70 tank. We called him Houdidni after that. :hyper: The first time I just popped him back in. He then escaped when I was doing a water change and heard a squelchy thudding noise. After the third time, I sellotaped paper across the gaps that are...

Danios are recognised as being "dither fish". Which means they race around the tank acting like crazed loons. :fun: I used them to distract an xl aggressive female platy, who was asserting herself with the other platys. They do change the habit of a tank but that's what some peeps actively...

Sorry didn't make myself clear. :blink: When I am cleaning the Aquaclear sponge in comparison to the eheim, you have to clean one big sponge which disturbs all your bacteria in one go. In comparison when you clean an eheim you can clean part of it and not disturb the other filter and bacteria...

Hi there, I am currently looking for a new internal filter that will do 140litres in a 4ft tank. I already have an eheim 2212 and an aquarclear3. The eheim doesn't really have the flow rate I would like and the aquaclear clogs easily as it is one big sponge. So when you clean it you lose your...

Good to be back :good:

Thanx Wilder.

Hi there, I'm classed as a newbie under xandc but I have been here before as Fish Fanatic Xanthe. I was having probs finding passwords, signing on, validation... my and my computer's problem not the forum. Technology is not my forte. Therefore I had to sign on as someone "new" as my email and...

300w. The fish tend to be in the end with filters. The platies and corys tend to be down the "quiet end". So I have bought a load of fast living fish, so they are all partying in the fast and bubbly bit together.

Cheers. Will do. Like the idea about the filter sponges. Will get air air pump too. No hoovering and keep checking stats. Do you have any idea why the fish inhabit half my tank? If I buy another heater and filter do you think they'd spread out a bit more? Your help is muchly appreciated...

My new tank is 37g UK. My fish from old tank 4 platies 4 guppies 3 pepper corys 7 neons 5 golden danios (slightly over stocked, my son was meant to take the guppies) I then added 4 pencilfish 3 minnows 5 harlequin rasbora 5 scissortail, not entirely sure what scissor tail as the lady at the...

This is a bit of a long story but I'll try to keep short. I started fishkeeping in Feb 2006 (rekord 70 2ft, gravel, community fish) and liked it so much, I got a bigger tank ( 4ft, sand, community) in Nov 2006. I knew about cycling so I put my new filters in my old tank for 2 weeks to start...