Moved the 3 fish today, lowered the water to about 4-5 inches and as soon as the net hit the water all hell let loose! They must have remembered from last time! I had one and it jumper out of the water and hit the glass down the other end of the tank a meter long! Still after 5 mins got the three of ...

Thank you for all your replys, i like all the advice and tips, problem is i cant lower the level to much as have other fish in the tank. I need to catch the 3 redlines and 4 clown loaches and put them into a larger tank i have set up along side....its been running for about 4 weeks now. Is it ok to ...

I have 3 Large Puntius Denisonii in a Jewel Rekord 120 but i am having problems catching them. any ideas??

My Built in Juwel Filter is making a vibrating noise, i have tried replacing the pump, rubber connection underneath etc but its still vibrating, i have tried pushing the filter in different directions from the inside to see if its vibrating against the glass of the tank but it isnt. Has anyone else ...

hfjacinto, Cheers for the tip about using a container, will use that method when moving them into the bigger tank, Just to remind you i havent put any of my fish in the new tank yet, i just had to move them out of the Rekord 120 while i moved it to a new position and then i put them back again. The ...

cheers, my problem i think was that i moved the fish twice in a few hours which stressed them out, also that the Redline Barbs are waspy fish anyway and because they dart about they stressed the other fish... Lesson lernt. Can i just ask, when i move the fish from my 120 to the 180 is it ok to get ...

any other ideas?

Thanks for the advice it cant be the filter as the fish are in the 120 still which has got the mature filter in! (plus a mature external ecco)...

I havent any fish in the new tank yet as i am conditioning it.

Hi, I recently took possession of my sisters Rio 180, however it needed to go where my Rekord 120 is. I moved my 7 rummynose tetras, 4 cherry barbs, 2 Algae Eaters, 3 Red line barbs, 4 clown loach, 1 male krib and Kissing Gourmai into the 180 with half the tank water whilst i kept the other half of ...

Thankyou all to your responses, i actually live at home with my parents in a large house, they had the extension put on!! When i move into my own home i plan on a fish room! lol (that will have to be on a lower level!! lol... Thankyou for your different views, i like the comment about the bath ...

Im in a Victorian Built house, below the wall which the tank will be against is an Iron Girder... where we had an extension put on the back of the house... surely this should support the tank??

Any other views

I am going to get a Juwel Rio 240 http://www.juwel-aquarium.de/en/rio.htm holds 240Ltrs.... size: 121 x 55 x 41 cm ..... in the new year and want to put in upstairs in my bedroom against a supporting wall across the floor beams... can anyone advise if this tank would be too heavy or if it will be ...

I have a Juwel Rekord 120 in my bedroom, it was level when i set it up 1.5 years ago but its now uneven sloping to the left so that the water level is about 1cm different each end of the tank. I think it is because the water has got to the cabinet and caused the wood to warp on the left side(juwel ...

Yeah mine is about that size and he rules the tank though he seems to like my 4 Synodontis Cf. Petricola â??Dwarfâ?

Would i be right in thinking that I could keep two together in a 60cm tank and that the competition between two of them could be more healthy then keeping one on its own?

ive looked at all those but there are still some in my fish shop which arent any of those...

Does mixing the different species matter? how many could i keep together?

Is it me or is the Chaetostoma a rare find? there doesnt seem to be much info on any of the species.... In my local fish shop they have a tank with about 5 different species of Chaetostoma in! Do these fish prefer to be alone or can i put several in a 60cm tank?? Any advice would be greatfully ...

Thank you for the advise and for looking up the water conditions here in the UK... Though i love the idea Barbie, i dont think my parents would approve, though one to think about when i get my own place... in the mean time would the used of API NitraZorb or the equilivent in a different brand make ...

So would i be correct in saying the Bactieria that forms on Carbon sponges is different to that of normal sponges?

Would the used of API NitraZorb work better then a Carbon sponge?

Does carbon really reduce nitrates?

whats the best way of lowering the nitrate level?

ill try and get some pics this weekend

Hello just wondered upon peoples views on my tanks.. I currently have a Juwel Rekord 120 running along side an Eheim Ecco 2231 (media: Ehfi Mech, Substrat Pro and 1 Sponge which is cleaned once a month) in the Juwel filter (cleaned once a week) I have added Rowa Phos.. I have changed the standard ...

Thankyou all for your promt and good advice!! I cant wait to get my own place and more tanks and move onto more catfish, along with all your help and advice.

Paul

Prob was more of a sting.... got one red dot too which bled a little but its stopped now.

The pain is starting to go now, just still a little throbbing.... fingers not so red now...

What u think? Is this common?

Hi, I was cleaning out my tank moving some rocks around and i experienced a sudden pain in my finger, the rocks are smooth and the only fish near me was a Synodontis CF Petricola "Dwarf" has anyone herd of these biting? or if they know of any side effects? My finer has gone red apart from where the ...

How do you go about cleaning the gravel in a well planted tank, or do u just syphon off the muck from the top of the gravel??

Cheers

Paul

I change the water once a week on both, where i use a gravel cleaner... (though not near the plants roots) once every two weeks i clean the Juwel Filter and once every three i clean the Ecco... I change about 30% of the water.. I test the water a couple of times a month and the water quality is fine ...

I have a Juwel Rekord 120 and a 60cm tank, they are situated next to each other, however, my Rekord tank always has a film of scum on the surface of the water (but my other one doesnt) I try and remove it with paper but it just reappears. What causes this and is there away to stop it?

I feed my two Panaque Maccus algae tablets and they have 3 pieces of bog wood to 'chew' on, I have tried feeing them cucumber but they were not interested..... can they survive off just wood and algae tablets or should i try and feed them other things? They do sometimes eat Tetra Prima that sits on ...