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Im gonna take advantage of Freshwatershrimps awsome deal and get myself some sexy blue tigers. Which i fell in love with when I saw there setup ... its very impressive Well apart from paying for them which I should be able to do tomorrow :D I need to create a perfect little nano home for...

Well today is one of those days that i feel like a total plum. Have recently set up a snail and shrimp tank in my shed which i have to say i love ... its a proper man cave lol I ended up with planaria :oops: So i borrowed some no planaria off a freind read the packet saying its safe for shrimp...

Hi I have seen them talked about on here, but cant find them anywhere? they were metal guards that i remeber at the time thinking they looked pretty good. If anyone can point me in the right direction please :D

Where do people buy there mesh? I tried to go cheap and get some from a builders merchant but its reacted to the water! I need a fair bit as i have a tank in the shed im trying to dedicate to lots of lovely moss :D

Got a spare tank sitting round and most of the bits and pieces needed to set up a low budget low tech tank in my shed. scavanged some wood from a military shooting range (unknown at the time) with easerthe geaser, so i thought i might try putting together another tank :D i think it will be a...

Feels like i am forever gonna be asking nood questions that i kinda know the answer too but keep running back for the wisdom of the site :lol: Do people decrease there lighting period through the summer? Mine is a low tech and in the last four weeks i have for the first time in ages started...

hey there im a camera novice... have been reading on here that alot of members have suggested that a second hand 350d would make a great starter camera. couple of questions ... if i bought a 350d body, then bought a good lens to suit, if i got any good and wanted to upgrade the body would i...

Been chatting with my mate easerthegeaser, and we have both said on several occasions that its a shame we cant see more tank setups. There seems to be alot of east anglia members on here, and at the least it would be great to organise some kind of meet? Any suggestions would be great :D Plus...

When people talk about filter cleaning, what do you mean? just a floss change, sponge clean or a full on empty and thourough clean with tank water? im about 3 months into my tank i have been changing the floss but do people generally clean the whole filter? cheers dave

My wife has a tubby goldfish in a 30ltr tank that really needs a new home, til this point she has wanted a bio orb :( however after much discussion i have convinced her that George would be much happier in a 60x45x45 tank, which by a strange coincedence is the size tank i have wanted to get...

hi im after some advice from some experienced shrimp keepers please currently in my tank i have 10 five banded barbs 2 ancistrus 5 golden guaramis 8 corys 3 denison barbs 2 dwarf cichlid (nigerian reds) 2 bamboo shrimp (which are really cool) i would love to have some shrimp in my tank...

Im what you might call a no nothing :lol: which is why a read alot on here, i have to say this site is pretty awesome and im really pleased to have been introduced to it. Im trying to run a low tech tank (all the specs are in my journal) I am constantly confused on the issue of water...

Hey dont know where i got this idea :lol: what games do people play ? for me its mainly cod mw3

I have always purchased my fish at my lfs stumbled across a shop on ebay where the prices are reasonable and they have all the fish i am after, which none of my lfs currently do. Has anyone else bought fish online, is it a fair way to buy fish? im guessing most fish go through the post at...

my 300ltre tank has been running for 6 weeks, which was started up from my old 180ltre tank it has a gravel base 2 x t8s 40w on for 5 hours a day 2 x external filters ehiem pro2 and 3 roughly 2250 lph ferts tnc complete 10ml twice weekly 50% water changes a week im started to get hair algae on...

New to the hobby and trying not to ask too many questions before i have had a read, but sometimes my brain is very much like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole!! my tank is a 300 ltre low tech just lights and filtration im becoming obsessed with cleaning (my wife will never attest to...

becoming a tank junky you would of thought was a great hobby .. keeps you in the house :lol: explaining the bills and being told to 'leave that tank alone' points to the contrary haha any tips on keeping the other half happy

here goes then ... 6 weeks ago i was plodding along nicely with a very bog standed 180 ltr tank with two plants. A broken down filter and the oportunity to upgrade tank for free coupled with a best mate who is scaping hooked and i have found myself attempting my first low tech tank. haha and...

looks like my emoperor tetras mayhave neon tetra disease!! does anyone know any kind of cure or as im finding from browsing some sites is it best to remove the fish ... i have no hospital tank and dont like the idea of killing them but the idea of the disease spreading to all my fish is even...

Not long joined thought i should say hi been keeping a tank for about a year .. in which time my friend has slowly pushed me (not reluctantly)towards a planted tank. i now have a fairly new 6 weekish 300 rio (very low tech tank) which i will no doubt be asking lots of questions about whilst...