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Has anyone seen any of these available anywhere in the UK recently? I had a couple about 10 years ago, but haven't seen them available anywhere pretty much since then. Great looking community fish and I'd really like to keep them again if only I could find them!

Ive been using James' All in one dosed daily via peristaltic pump for over a year and a half with great results. It took a bit of tweaking during initial set up to get the daily dose right, and I've had to increase it slightly as plants have flourished. I bought all the powders from one of the...

Fantastic, nice one guys. :D The forum geniuses work there magic again! Looking at the pics I'm pretty certain that they were Danio Choprai. They must have been happy in there as the colours were really vivid. I'm guessing that they are fairly easy to keep being danios and would be happy enough...

Hello all, Just returned from a work trip to Bergen, Norway and whilst plodding round one afternoon came accross a display tank outside a local pet store (which was closed at the time!). Amogst all the usual stuff I managed to identify was a species I had never seen before. And no I'm affraid I...

Crikey George, TAS?! Good luck mate. That place was the straw that broke the camels back for me. Now offshore (currently in port in Bergen, due to fly home today) and loving it. More money and only work 6 months of the year. All the best though, there are some damn fine Bombheads on TAS.

I can vouch for the Koralia pumps. I have 3 in my Osaka 260 tank (I have a very large pice of wood which would otherwise block flow) Powerful but gentle. Nice wide cone projected, unlkie a powerhead that tends to just produce a jet. I purchased mine online from City Aquatics in Cardiff. Excelent...

Now, I know a lot of folk on here are really into their music. I'm guilty of that as well and have a quality system at home. However I work offshore and one of the things I miss most when I'm away is a decent sound system! Portable MP3 players are all well and good but they can rarely power a...

Carefull! I think that piccy is from American Psycho and he's just about to dispatch his next victim with an axe whilst calmly giving a critique on a Huey Lewis album! Wouldn't want to annoy someone like that! :D :twisted:

How long has the tank been running? Have you added any new hardscpae recently? Could there be a possibility of copper contamination, as this is lethal to inverts. When doing water changes are you using a suitable de-chlorinator / heavy metal neutraliser? Do you have any other livestock in the...

Could a small powerhead be hidden behind the rock? I have 3 koralia's in my Osaka tank and you can't see any of them as the are hidden behind the hardscape.

Just did some maintenance on one of my Fluval 305 canister filters. I needed to change some of the foam pads as they where particularly old and clogged. Now Fluval 205 / 305 foam comes as a twin pack and is about £8 at my local stores. However I noticed that these same shops sell Fluval 4 plus...

Name : City Aquatics Cardiff URL : http://www.cityaquaticscardiff.co.uk/store/ Shop Location : Unit 11 Gripoly Mills Retail Park, Sloper Road Cardiff CF11 8AA tel : 02920 343444 General tank hardware and aquariums. Excellent prices for Koralia's. Nice fast delivery. After ordering...

Hi all, I know we have an area by area list but after my experience with an online retailer recently and after consulting with the great Mr. Farmer I thought I'd start a thread just for online retailers. Hopefully others can recommend their experiences with online shopping. I'll start it off...

Hi, I can recommend Charterhouse Aquatics for Eheim spares. I've added a link below to your model on their site. I used them myself when I broke a head adapter on my 2026. Delivery is nice and fast too. Hope this helps...

I thoought about using these a while back. They cost 50 to 60 quid, even if you can find any for sale! In the end I went down the peristaltic pump route. See this entry for full info http://ukaps.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=10198. I have 2 installed on my tank and both have been running...