Your current Fish tank Setups!
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Think a WEATHER LOACH would be okay?
Thanks for the heads up on the Bristlenose though.
@Haggisman - Not sure if you can even get them for my filter,Il have a look could be a good solution.
No idea about the weather loach I'm afraid, never had one!
This lists your filter:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hagen-Fluval-Spray-External-Filters/dp/B000CIZOYM
Pretty sure you can make your own quite easily though; it's essentially just a length of pipe with holes in it!
This lists your filter:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hagen-Fluval-Spray-External-Filters/dp/B000CIZOYM
Pretty sure you can make your own quite easily though; it's essentially just a length of pipe with holes in it!
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Think a WEATHER LOACH would be okay?
Thanks for the heads up on the Bristlenose though.
@Haggisman - Not sure if you can even get them for my filter,Il have a look could be a good solution.
No!
They are highly social, so best in 10+ groups and they are very active at dawn and dusk, my old group would do continuous laps around their 150x60x60cm.
Just like goldfish, they eat a lot and produce a lot of waste.
This waste issue is why your three goldfish should be in at least a 180l to themselves, to help maintain water quality. Given you have them in a 150l, you should probably be doing three ~33% water changes per week.
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had a busy week. so I got all of this [plus a multitude of other bits and bobs]
and after poohing myself about drilling holes in my tank, turned it into this
had the sump made to fit the base from 6mm glass, its 60l total volume giving me 150l overall
ignore the tape on some of the pipework I used it temporarily whilst I was measuring up the runs. better pictures once its all finished, but gonna leave it leak testing for a week or so before it gets put back in the corner and makes access harder, plugged one bulkhead as only using two but the 3rd can be used if there's a problem in the future
and after poohing myself about drilling holes in my tank, turned it into this
had the sump made to fit the base from 6mm glass, its 60l total volume giving me 150l overall
ignore the tape on some of the pipework I used it temporarily whilst I was measuring up the runs. better pictures once its all finished, but gonna leave it leak testing for a week or so before it gets put back in the corner and makes access harder, plugged one bulkhead as only using two but the 3rd can be used if there's a problem in the future
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No!
They are highly social, so best in 10+ groups and they are very active at dawn and dusk, my old group would do continuous laps around their 150x60x60cm.
Just like goldfish, they eat a lot and produce a lot of waste.
This waste issue is why your three goldfish should be in at least a 180l to themselves, to help maintain water quality. Given you have them in a 150l, you should probably be doing three ~33% water changes per week.
Alright guess il pass on that then,You know id actually like one of those coldwater shrimp.
Ghost shrimp & Cherry Shrimp are said to be okay with goldfish from what ive read as long as the water is room temp (which it always is) as its in the living room so the temps pretty stable.
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Just added one of these to my collection. Blue Lobster, British bred as the law does not let you import them.
He is in a community tank with larger fish, he is about 4 inches in length. There have been no casualties in a month.
I was a bit worried but kept well fed he has no interest in the other fish. He is attacking my home grown moss that has taken 6 months to grow.
He is in a community tank with larger fish, he is about 4 inches in length. There have been no casualties in a month.
I was a bit worried but kept well fed he has no interest in the other fish. He is attacking my home grown moss that has taken 6 months to grow.
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3 months after using injected c02 and EI ferts the java fern on the left had one rotting away leaf when i started , been getting one new leaf growing every week.
and the jungle val at the back seems to grow inches per day loads of runners too needs another trim
need a couple of small foreground plants me thinks.
3 months after using injected c02 and EI ferts the java fern on the left had one rotting away leaf when i started , been getting one new leaf growing every week.
and the jungle val at the back seems to grow inches per day loads of runners too needs another trim
need a couple of small foreground plants me thinks.
Love the congo's
Odd one here for you.
Before i turned the tank off last night i was looking at the fish and couldnt see my swordtail, put it down to he must have found a good hiding spot. Turned the lights on this morning and still couldnt find him, went out and just come back and still couldnt see him so i have moved the cabinet and fishtank to see if he's commited arry carry and there he is on floor under the cabinet.
Picked him up with some tissue ready to put him in the bin... he started wriggling... not knowing what to do i have chucked him straight back in the tank.
Hes swimming about like nothing has happened? How long can fish survive for out of water, i thought it was 10min or so...
Before i turned the tank off last night i was looking at the fish and couldnt see my swordtail, put it down to he must have found a good hiding spot. Turned the lights on this morning and still couldnt find him, went out and just come back and still couldnt see him so i have moved the cabinet and fishtank to see if he's commited arry carry and there he is on floor under the cabinet.
Picked him up with some tissue ready to put him in the bin... he started wriggling... not knowing what to do i have chucked him straight back in the tank.
Hes swimming about like nothing has happened? How long can fish survive for out of water, i thought it was 10min or so...
He may of been hiding well i had one which died as it hid so often it wouldn't even come out to get food :/ Basically killed itsself
He was out of the fishtank on the living room floor under the cabinet that the fishtank sits on.
Damn good hiding place indeed.
What i am asking is how long can a fish live for out of water as this fish has possibly been under the cabinet since yesterday... which is mental... done a quick google and people are saying a swordtail could live for a few days out of water
Damn good hiding place indeed.
What i am asking is how long can a fish live for out of water as this fish has possibly been under the cabinet since yesterday... which is mental... done a quick google and people are saying a swordtail could live for a few days out of water
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Some fish can breathe air, including my African Butterfly Fish; Leopard Bushfish; African Brown Knifefish (plus others like Corydoras spp.; Betta splendens).
My bet is you spooked the Swordtail while moving the tank this morning.
My bet is you spooked the Swordtail while moving the tank this morning.
Guess my post doesnt make sense...
I moved the cabinet to see if he had jumped out of the tank as i couldnt find the fish since yesterday. When moving the cabinet i found him lifeless on the floor behind the cabinet. He had clearly been on the living room floor for a long time, possibly since last night.
Picked him up and he wriggled so i chucked him back in the tank.
I moved the cabinet to see if he had jumped out of the tank as i couldnt find the fish since yesterday. When moving the cabinet i found him lifeless on the floor behind the cabinet. He had clearly been on the living room floor for a long time, possibly since last night.
Picked him up and he wriggled so i chucked him back in the tank.
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Sounds incredible if it lived that long but theres those fish that can walk out of water but they have lungs, is your floor covered in wet rags. I agree its most likely it left the tank just before you saw it, somehow you didnt see it happen
Plants are a rival for the fish there, looks great
My beta has chucked himself out 3 times now twice iv witnessed him do it and got him fast but once he may of been on the floor a good 20 mins or so and survived it unscathed. He now has a lid on his nano tank as i can't babysit him.
Fish are more robust than we credit them for.
Shrimp are the true heroes being out of water.. Can survive hours!
Fish are more robust than we credit them for.
Shrimp are the true heroes being out of water.. Can survive hours!
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Just want to check whats people's opinion on using a conventional led light bulb for a non-planted fish tank, will it do any harm to the fish? Currently we are using these,
http://www.aquatics-warehouse.co.uk...1SFyLfnmzf-BCKdbsOjSmWsowyj0biRAOERoCjEbw_wcB
But they are quite expensive and don't last that long, whats special about these bulbs? they just look like a regular daylight fluorescent bulb to me?
http://www.aquatics-warehouse.co.uk...1SFyLfnmzf-BCKdbsOjSmWsowyj0biRAOERoCjEbw_wcB
But they are quite expensive and don't last that long, whats special about these bulbs? they just look like a regular daylight fluorescent bulb to me?
Nothing special, you could probably get something equivalent not fish tank branded for a few £.
You'd probably need to change the fitting if you wanted to use LED as I suspect that would be mounted on its side with a reflector behind, where as an LED would need to be mounted vertically.
You'd probably need to change the fitting if you wanted to use LED as I suspect that would be mounted on its side with a reflector behind, where as an LED would need to be mounted vertically.
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