Your Fluval U2 (not 2+ ) are a bit pricey for second hand. You can get them brand new for about £17 posted.

Fair comment bud. I used to live, up until a couple of months ago, in Kent. I know the water is pretty darned hard down there, but I still didn't need RO for breeding or otherwise

Does RO actually make that much of a difference? I must admit though, I never tested the nitrate content from source.

Just out of interest, why will you be using RO water?

I've never needed that for Plecs. I know several Discus breeders who use it but no catfish/plec breeders

I have something similar to control my heating.

I use West 6100+ 1/16 DIN controllers with PT100 probes and Hydor Theo heaters.

I have the relay outputs connected to a 240v SSR which provides an isolated supply to the heaters themselves.

I was lucky enough to gain possession of 20 odd of these ...

Nowhere near that price Andy. I paid about £15 for mine.

Corys need a fully matured tank to thrive and be happy.

I'm not sure I would be putting them in straight away unless you are using mature media and 50% matured tank water.

Isn't he just gorgeous? He/she's about 1 1/4" long so I'm guessing about 5 months old or less. Not mega cheap but I just couldn't say no

Just got back from Aqualife. I was truly impressed with their range of Tropicals :mrgreen:

I came back with their last 5 Schultzei (labelled up as black aenaus so a bit cheap at £2.99 each lol).

I also brought back a gorgeous juvenile L204 about 1.25" long. Not mega cheap at £12.99 but worth it ...

Thanks for those Mats

I'm still fairly new to Lancashire so I'm finding aquatics shops as I travel around at the moment.

I will definitely take a look at those two places

Does anyone in the UK, or even Lancashire, have any of the following Corys for sale?

6+ Black Cory (Schultzei)
6+ Gold Lazer Cory (Cw010)
6+ Green Lazer Cory (Cw009)
6+ Red Stripe Cory (Cw023)

Also, I'm looking for a few Catfish:

4x Banjo Catfish (Bunocephalus coracoideus)
4x Striped Raphael ...

I agree with Mats ID. He looks identical to my pectinifrons.

If you don't have the space to house him long term, I would be willing to give him a good home :thumbsup:


BTW: they get to rather more than the 5.1" stated in the Cat-e-log. Some of mine are almost 8" long now. Can someone update the ...

Hey all,

I have a few spare 4ft tanks I need to get rid of.

I have two divided into 4x 1ft cube sections and two divided into 2x 2ft sections. All are 12" depth and about 14" height.

The 4x1s are ideal for Bettas and the 2x2s are ideal as breeding/grow out tanks.

All tanks are base drilled and ...

I have always kept Green Stripes at around 24 to 25 celcius without any issues

You will find that they are a lot more active in slightly warmer water

Chaetostoma sp(1)



I don't agree.

This is my Chaetostoma sp(L444):

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh228/kwakka/IMG_4132.jpg

and this is from the Cat-e-log:

http://www.planetcatfish.com/images/full/loricariidae/chaetostoma/sp(l444)/2.jpg

Note the number of 'freckles' on the head and ...

I agree with the 'where to buy' sand issue.

I have always bought children's playpit sand from somewhere like Argos. Less than £3 a bag and each bag contains enough sand for a decent layer in a 4' tank.

When I upgraded to larger tanks, I decided to make life simple.

I bought Fluval tanks which happened to be bottom drilled.

I added a 'Tee' to the intake hose (inside the cabinet), with a changeover valve. To this I fitted a flexible hose which runs through the house wall to an adjacent external ...

If you prefer to opt for sand, I have found that I can have quite a deep layer of about 1" in my Cory tank without having gas pocket problems.

There is one reason for this - my faithful army of Banjo catfish :thumbsup: They are constantly creating sandstorms during lights out, constantly stirring ...