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Hi all, Does anyone know of any reputable Betta breeders/stockists in the UK (preferably near Wales)? I'm looking for a plakat male Betta for my 10gallon but dont fancy buying from a LFS or online tbh. Thanks in advance!

Hi folks, I've just found and opened up an old tub of TNC trace elements. Whats the chances it is EDTA Chelated and can be used in a DIY all in one fert? I'll be buying the necessary Ascorbic acid. Thanks.

Hi all, This moss came as a hijacker on some plants. Its grown very well in my low tech and CO2 injected tank. Any ideas what moss it is? I'm thinking just Java moss? I cant go ahead and sell it if I dont know what it is 😂 First two photos are with CO2. Last photo is without. Appreciate your...

Hi everyone, Does anyone know of a powerhead pump that is somewhat safe for shrimps (cherry)? Ive noticed thread algae always crops up in the same place and it must be due to low flow. I have a Koralia1 somewhere from back in the day but I never used it for a tank with cherry shrimp. Thanks!

Hi all, What do people use to hold their siphon hose (16mm/22mm) into their water change bucket? All the clips and brackets I see are for small diameters up to external diameters of 16mm. :) Cheers!

Morning guys, I picked up 8 Mosquito/Dwarf Rasbora (they were in same tank at LFS) on Saturday. Drip acclimatised for 1.5 hours. Tank is near 4 months old and heavily planted with external filter. Temp 26degC. All but 1 were happily swimming around. I kept an eye on it but decided to leave him...

Hi all, Hope everyone is well. Not posted in a long time. I recently picked the hobby back up because my new role at work doesn't require me to work away anymore. It is just over a month old (planted). Setting it up coincided with covid lockdown therefore there are only 10 Amano Shrimp in...

Securing moss down onto a rock with a nylon hair net. Later on I found my female Ancistrus plec wrapped up in it. Had to cut her out using tweezers and scissors. She survived! I'll never use a hair net again.

Right guys, I need your help. The girlfriends birthday is coming up and so a group of us are keen on visiting Alton Towers in mid-April. We're trying to find somewhere to stay over night during our visit to the theme park. Can anyone reccomend a good hotel/lodge? These two have already come up...

Hi folks. What colour background would you choose for my scape? Or even frosted paper? Keen to hear your opinions :D I'm hoping to get some staurogyne repens for the front left and also at the back to the right of the Limnophila aromatica. Cheers

Hey all. Thanks to the use of a friend's camera, I've managed to obtain some pics of my Nannacara taenia. They are from Trimar where I had a brilliant chat with staff member Monty who really knows his stuff about cichlids. Oh and this little fella emerged from my planted 125litre...

Hi gang at UKAPS. Nothing to do with the aquaria and a little bit off-topic I know but I wanted to pick your brains with regards to this termonology. I'm currently undertaking my 2nd year of Ocean Science at Plymouth Uni. During our Chemical and Biological Oceanography lectures, the lecturer...

Hi gang at UKAPS. I'm undertaking my second year at Uni and I've been lucky enough to keep my Rio125 with me in the house I'm residing in. I've just spent the last couple hours arranging the hard scape with fellow UKAPS member, "mitch". Your thoughts on the hardscape position would be...

This cropped up (on another forum :shh: ) and people seem certain that nitrates decrease the pH. They say that's why cycles can stall sometimes, so they add bi-carb to buffer the system. Surely this can't be right? I've never heard of nitrates decreasing pH. My thoughts on the matter... (this...

Hey all. Just wanted to check if this regulator from Weldequip would work on a fire extinguisher? http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/shop/co2-regulator.htm Thanks.

Hey gang.. Does anyone know of a T8 tube, which is very similar to the look that the T5 Plant Pro gives out? The colour put out by the T5 Plant Pro is great IMO See Fec's 90cm journal for pics From searching around a bit, it seems that the Original Tropical Lamp isn't favoured much. I'm...

Amazing. It's happening off the South Australian coast, near Port Lincoln.

My first tank, 6 years ago. It has gone through many different styles but at the moment I intend keeping it like this. Tank: Juwel Rekord 70, 60x30x38cm. 70litres, 15UK gallons, 18US gallons. Lighting: 15W t8 daylight (need to get reflector). Filtration: Juwel internal (upgraded from...

Hey. Very soon a koralia 1 should be arriving and it would be great to hear where people think it should go. Where ever the koralia goes, a diffuser shall be placed underneath so that the bubbles are shot out by it. Hence finding the best position in which CO2 circulation is most efficient is...

This could be interesting. Link here http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/p ... ?news=1984

Hey guys. Wanted to show you all how the tank was at present and how I could make it better. Just to warn you, the pictures really disappoint the tank in person. Looks much better in reality. Tank Stats Juwel Rio 125 (125 litres) Filtration- Juwel internal filter (upgraded 600lph pump to...

Hey guys. Testing some things out on my 5gallon tank. It has a fluval 204 on it with tetra-ex filter inlet and outlet. I've pushed the CO2 (DIY yeast via 2 Nutrafins) tubing just into the filter inlet so that when bubbles are produced they will travel up the pipe work towards the direction of...

I've got this bulb http://www.lampspecs.co.uk/Light-Bulbs-Tubes/860-865-Daylight_5 for my Interpet compact t5 controller 24W. It's very similar to the bulb that I bought with it (made by interpet). So bright! However, what reflector and clips will hold this in place? My juwel reflector with the...

Well, since we've had "What do you do with old hardscape?", i was then wondering something else.. What do you do with fish that you no longer want? Maybe you want to try something else. Maybe they are causing problems in the tank? Maybe you're making way for a new type of fish. Maybe you're just...

I was asked this question today by a costumer and didn't quite know the answer. I explaining that plants didn't need any more than 10hours to photosythesise and that I thought the plants required night time to respire. The reason the costume asks is because their vallisneria was going brown. So...

Hey guys. This isn't strictly about aquarium plants but I didnt know where else to post this. This came up in my alevel biology class today. The teacher said that too much potassium was bad for plants and it would suffer from it. I didn't quite understand this, seeing as we overdose our plants...

Thought it was about time I got serious with this tank. Therefore I've changed it to a shrimp tank. Tank - Clearseal 45x30x38 Filtration - Fluval 2Plus and Air powered Sponge filter (well matured filters) Heater - 50W Lighting - Single 15W T8 Daylight Decor - Mini Landscaping rocks (thank you...

Hey guys. I was interested to know what water conditioners you were all using. After all it's such an important part of fishkeeping and I've not seen a topic similar to this (forgive me if I've missed it :oops: ). Water conditioner is the one thing that I run out of the most. Just wanted to...

Here are some of the best pics out of a total of 560. If you would like to see all of the pics then go here http://s52.photobucket.com/albums/g11/6 ... ot%202008/ Most feared animal in Africa! A few members of the team Lilys?! Africa Fish Eagle Elephant foot prints Zebra Okavango...

Hey all. Seems as though George isn't the only one that's going to be away for a while. On Thursday the 17th I'll be setting off to Africa (Zambia and Botswana) and staying out there for 4 weeks! It's been in the planning stages for maybe a year and a half now. A company called World Challenge...

I can't find any internet site that sells these. Anyone have any idea? They have them at my work and the 2x24W is £34.99 (will also get 15% discount), but wondered if anywhere online was selling them cheaper. No doubt we will come to the conclusion that it's best to get it from work hehe.

http://www.charterhouse-aquatics.co.uk/ ... 9_950.html Look good don't they!? If only they came with freshwater bulbs...although, I guess you could sell on the marine bulbs, and buy 8000K t5s from lampspecs :D

Hey all. The tank in question is a Juwel Rio 125. 125litres 1200lph flow in total, supplied by juwel internal filter and Supafish Aqua external. 4x18W T8 (Osram Lumilux 880 Skywhite + Osram Lumilux 840) ADA Aqua Soil Malaya TPN+ 5ml per day. Pressurized CO2, 1 bps, drop checker is green...

In March, I changed the tank to suit a more Nature'Scape like that of Amano. Here's a pic before and after the change. The tank recently came under attack from BGA. My fault as I didn't stock up with enough plants. I proceeded with a 5day black out and have added fast growers. Nutrients...

Hey. I was looking for some help on what dosing regime I should be doing. Tank - Juwel Rio 125 (125litres, 33USgallon) Lighting - 4x18W CO2 - 2kg fire extinguisher, Rhinox 2000 at 1 bubble per second Substrate - ADA Aqua soil Malaya Ferts - TPN+ Water changes - 30% weekly. Regarding plants...

Tank shot Bleeding Heart Tetra Rosy Tetra Congo Tetra Yellow Tail Congo Tetra (quite rare) Pentazona Barb Cardinal Tetra Harlequin Rasbora

Hello everyone. I've been rather busy with life recently, and so the tank took the back seat. Here's how it looked a few months back. http://www.ukaps.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=101 However, everything became overgrown until I had enough of it and got to work on it. It's opened up a lot more now...

Hi guys, this is my Juwel 125. Filtration- Juwel internal filter and Supafish aqua pro 1 external. Lighting- 63W for 2 hours, 99W for 5 hours, 63W for 2 hours. All tubes with reflectors. Lighting layout from front to back is: 25W SunGlo 18W Arcadia Freshwater 18W Interpet Daylight Plus...