Recent content by Maximumbob

i bred these a few years back. Best way i found was to set up a tank similar to what you have in post 1. I used: 2 wool spawning mops. 1 floating 1 sunk. Plastic grid in bottom of tank The plastic grid is a hobby thing sometimes called 'plastic canvas'. I cut it larger than the tank...

Hi Guys, I need some help here. I know a few of you frequent the PFK forums. Since the hack and shutdown I have had nothing but headaches trying to get back onto the forum. I would class myself a pretty competent at handling a computer, but cannot figure out what the heck is going on. I...

Hey guys, I'm looking some advice on floating plants. Currently I have a salvinia sp. (i think) in my tanks. I've tried duckweed, but its a major PITA. I'm looking for something nice looking without super long roots. Is this just wishful thinking. Currently I have found: Azolla...

I think you got a bit mixed up. Substrat is the stone chips type effect and Pro are little balls. I prefer the balls as flow through is more even and there are less areas of clogging etc. Otherwise they are both very similar in surface area etc (from what I can gather) I have found them...

Hey guys, I've been a bit quiet as I've been really busy in the past few months. However, the light is at the end of the tunnel!! I'm trying to persuade my father to come down to this party as well. He's into his fish ponds, and me into planted tanks and gouramis... I'm sure we'll both find...

I'm confused. I have a bottle of each product in front of me: Excel = 5ml / 200l (1ml / 40 ltrs) daily or every other day Easy carbo = 1ml / 50 litres daily To my eyes the dosage is pretty similar. Am I missing something?

All the best Matt. Teaching is a great job to get into. I find it the perfect antidote to my main job :-) Good luck with everything. Si

Excellent write up clive.. I think i'll have to read it a few times to appreciate it. Still getting to grips with my DSLR.

I found that when running my DIY CO2 on my RIO 180 I could do so very safely without a shut off. My CO2 levels never got that high as to be a danger to the fish. I actually needed to change the mixture weekly just to keep up. The only time I potentially could have run into trouble was when I...

After gaining the advantage in the algae battle, my donwoi are starting to look well. So i took a picture!

please guys, can you stop making this sound so FUN!!! I'm nearly crying now :-(

Ok.. how do I unsubscribe from email notification for this thread... (Joke) I'm fed up hearing you guys organise having fun without me :-( I think I'll have to go with ed since all you guys/gals hate me... (huff, strope, teenage sulk...) Max ps. I havnt been a teenager for over a decade...

I have just put eco complete into my RIO 180. I would recommend 4 bags, maybe 5 if you wanted a high banking effect front/back. I got it from here and the price worked out the best as there is a postage discount for more than 1 bag.

just checked the dates :-( I fly back here on the 6th :-(

I would like to arrange to come, but I think that I'll be abroad on holiday around the beginning of April. I would hate to have to go on my own all that way :-) Is the date fixed?