I have just been debating whether to change my caves. ATM i have 3 small ceramic plant pots, cut in half to make 6 caves. The entrances are approx 100mm x 50mm high. I also have 6x50mm Plastic pipes, which i have covered with substrate. I find the plecs dont seem to like the pipes as much as the ...

Could it be a heater burn??

Thanks for that Georgie, i am just waiting till the wifes shrimp tank gets overgrown with moss, then i'm gonna nick some for that branch.

Just thought i would post a pic of my tank and welcome any opinions anyone has to improve it. http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l46/laserblue16/006-6_zpsbbc06799.jpg http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l46/laserblue16/005-6_zpsb5e5b88f.jpg http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l46/laserblue16/035 ...

Cheers Darrel. Read the post and replied. Dont think i worded the original question properly. Cheers Chris.

61 views and noone has any input on this???? Come on people, help me out here. Cheers Chris.

Hi all. At the moment i have a Juwel Rio 180ltr tank with a large piece of bogwood and several clay pots and plastic pipes for hiding places. Also a few anubius and 2 silk plants. The stock are 2x l168, 5x l201, 4x l205, 1x l206, 2x l340 and 2x l183.Filtration is 2 ext filters, 1 of 900 lph and the ...

Maybe i worded that wrong. The "gunge" is jusr fish poo or a bit of brown algae. I have 12 small plecs in there, 30 cardinals, 12 rummynose and 4 small angels.I think i must have the lights on for too long(approx 9hrs a day). my water stats are fine, filtration is at least 10x. temp is 80. I am ...

I have 4 anubias tied to my large piece of bogwood and these get covered in brown gunge afte a few days. I suppose silk plants would be much easier to clean than real ones.

Thanks for that Mats. That was the best answer i have seen in this thread. Cheers Chris.

Sorry to hijack this post, but i came home from work tonight to see a couple of my (new) small angelfish swimming at the surface and showing signs of ich. On further observations i noticed 2 of my hypans( L340 and L201) with what looks like the beginnings of ich. My question is about the type of ...

Thats a masterpiece of aquascaping. What a nice tank, i only wish i had the room for something like that. Well done. Really good job.

That looks ok. I may just buy a couple of them to see how they go. Cheers Chris.

Ok Thanks for that Viktor. Looks like i will have to think of something else. Cheers Chris.

Yeah, seen that one thanks. Not really the effect i was looking for. I just want something tall in the corners. Cheers Chris.

Hin all. I have just set up a plec tank and tried a few plants over the last 2 weeks. My anubias are thriving(apart from all the muck on the leaves, but i put in some elodea densa and it has gone filthy and rotten looking, full of fish poo, so i have binned it. I was thinking of a few tall silk ...

Looks like thats the one. Good shout. Thanks Chris.

This is the fish in question.

Thanks for the replies. I have had them for over 2 weeks now. They were the last 2 that Pier had. I have kept and bred tropical fish for over 30 yrs, so i know about allowing them to settle in before disturbing them more by trolling round the tank with a couple of nets. I will try to get some pics ...

Ok i will try.

Hi all. Has anyone heard of a peckoltia sp "redfin"?. I purchased 2 of these from a local plec specialist and was told they were a new species. I cannot find any info on them but , as they are only about 1.5" atm, i dont know if they will be fully coloured yet. They look very much like L076, but the ...

Thanks Mats. Yes i know the shop, been there quite a few times, near Croston. Never knew the name of it before. Ah well, we live and learn. Thanks.

Thanks for the replies. I know about the size issue with some of the plecs, but i intend to offload them when they get over 4". I dont intend breeding(had too much of that a few years ago with mbuna).Just got back from Pier with 4 leopards for a £10er, which i thought was pretty good. Nipped into ...

Hi all. I am new to this site. Just been browsing for a couple of weeks to research some ideas. I am looking at setting up a plec tank, with a few cardinals in and a few corys. The tank is a juwel rio 180. Filter is hallea, over filtered by approx 6times. my water perams are, PH 6.8, nitrites 0 ...