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Hi, I've been thinking about a land hermit crab setup (a crabitat!) but could do with some info first. I read they are sociable and don't like tone alone, but how many do you need for them to be happy, is there a minimum number to create a happy hermit population? Given this, what size tank do...

OK, some stats..... 60L tropical (~24 C) with stock of:- 6 Glowlight tetra, 3 Neon tetra, ?? number of RCS and lots of MTS. Well established for years, and maintains ammonia/nitrate etc. levels all nicely. I have some spiky moss, anubias (barteri var. nana), and hygrophila (corymbosa...

I know I have loads of MTS, as I've added them myself on purpose, and know what they look like.... here's one of my big ones, about 25mm long :) But I recently added some live plants from the LFS, and since then I've seen a couple of different snails, that I dont know what they are...

I've recently added some light to my tank, not having any before, in an attempt to bring back and revive my spiky moss which was dying off. Its slowly working, as I can see some new green growths on it. Then I decided I wanted to add some more "real" plants, so called in at the LFS today and...

Hi, I've just recently added lighting to my tank to try and recover my spiky moss which has virtually all died off over the dark winter months (I didn't have any lighting before - just what came through windows!) and now I'm wondering if there is anything else which might be suitable. I ask if...

Hi, I've had my current tank and stock for about 1 - 1.5 years and the light never worked from buying it, but I wasn't bothered about using it really. This is mainly due to my previous experience when I had a goldfish and a few white cloud mountan minnows - whenever I switched the light on or...

Doing my weekly w/c today, and saw one of the shrimp sitting under a leaf, with what looks like loads of eggs under it. I was always under the idea that with RCS, the females were bright red/pink coloured, and the males were a darker, browner colour?? But it's a darker coloured one which I...

OK, so on saturday night I definately had all 5 of my neons, I know because I counted them them at feeding time to check they were all there (as I usually do). But on Sunday mornng I could only find 4 of them. Had a good look in the tank, even rummaged in the bushes, lifted things up, lifted...

I added some spiky moss, on slate, about 3 weeks ago, and I was just wondering how long it is likely to take to get a nice bushy growth; it hasn't really grown yet that I can tell. I know its a slow grower, and the nature of my tank (see below) probably means it will grow even slower than...

Hi, I have a 60L tank with a Fluval 2+ internal, and just want to ask a few questions about general maintenance. Question 1 - So the white corse foam blocks (2 of them) are the bits where the good bacteria colonise and keep the tank cycled and mature right? - I've read different reports on...

After reading a thread on here about water quality reports (had no idea you could get such things!) I have just been looking on the Yorkshire Water website. They seem to imply that they use chlorine, not chloramine, but I've filled an online contact form to ask them about this. I also found...

Well, this morning I was greeted early on with my parcel from the snailshop people...... I now have:- 2 'normal' MTS 2 Mahogany MTS 2 Spike Tail MTS 2 Dominican Republic MTS Lovely looking little creatures, nice colours, and all were very alive and active, even while still in their packaging...

Hi all, I've been doing a bit of reading since finding this forum, and it seems that most sources say brown, diatom algae should only be present in newly set up (uncycled) tanks, and last a few weeks. But I still get brown algae in my tank, despite it being fully matured - why's this?? My...

I'm thinking of adding some MTS to my tank, and have read lots of mixed reviews about wether they are a pest or a benefit. So I'm just posting this to try and get a broader and more specific sense of wether they are good or bad. I have a 60L well mature tank, with 5 Neons, 6 Glowlights and ~6...

I've had my cherries a couple of weeks or so, and from the small ~half inch juveniles they were when I got them, they have now grown up a bit, with my biggest female being as big as my glowlight tetras now. The last couple of days I've seen her do something strange - or is it normal? She kind...

OK, it was only this morning at work I was reading a topic before I was unfairly interrupted and actually had to turn off and go do some actual work :x Grrrr...... I dont go to work to work, but they don't realise that! Anyway, I cant remember who it was, but basically it was a member from...

Hi, a longish post, but please bear with me..... Tank is a 60L with 5 Neon & 6 Glowlight Tetras, and in the last couple of weeks have added 6 cherry shrimp. Wonderful little creatures, good to watch, but I also got them to partially help with the build up of algae on the tank decor/rocks etc...