Cheers for that, i'm rather gutted as it's the most costly fish i've bought in years & I wasn't going to keep plec's any more after I lost my female BN due to old age & that the male had a real go at her so rehomed him. But i'll get another plec of some sort but 1 of the smaller type

Admin please feel free to remove this thread as I sadly found the L168 dead when I stripped the tank to re-aquascape it & to put him into the hospital tank

Extra info, The tank is 36x15x12 & has been running for a year & filtered by a fluval 206. Temp is 78f, 20% water changes are done every week, tank mates are lemon tetras, 2x 2" firemouths & a 1" covnict who is very calm & never bothers anyone (strange I know) tank is heavily planted with loads of ...

Hi Guy's, I noticed the other day that my Butterfly pleco L168 had sort of blood marks under the skin on his tail & 1 of his fins but today i've noticed that his scales seam a little raised but his eyes are bulging (popeye ?) I was wondering what the best cause of action to take to treat him will be ...

Cheers mate

Very nice I've been after some of these for months now but still can't get my hands on some

Sadly I had to put that poor little chap to sleep as his swimbladder went a couple of weeks later & he was in a right state & suffering

Sadly I had to down size my main tank due to health reasons but it has payed off & boosted my fish keeping interest again :d I wanted my main tank back in the living room so set about building a stand for it out of some scrap wood I had been given & during the build it came to me & could build a ...

I'm sure most fluval filters are fine running at a max of 1/2 the output. You could always email Hagen/Fluval & ask them as they are very helpfull or have been when i've asked them queastions in the past but it can take about 2 days for them to get back to you but they do get back to you

Hi apistomaster thank you very much for the info as it has been very helpful
Hi Piotr sorry for taking your post off topic slightly

Hi apistomaster could I ask what filtration you use in your tank please just i'm about to set up a 24x12x12 tank to house some c. habrosus which i'm hoping to breed

Thanks for that Mat as that makes me feel a bit better knowing she was a bit of an old timer but am sorry for your loss to. It's strange but i'm quite cut up about loosing her & can't bring myself to get another one at the min even tho my mate has offered me a young one for nothing. I might even ...

I was just wondering how long a common bristlenose catfish can live for ? Last night I very sadly had to call it a day for my 10 year old BN cat as she had a very bad case of bloat that came on in 20hrs & looked as if she was going to burst. A few weeks ago the 2 year old male BN cat I had in the ...

Well mines due to a nickname i've had for 31 year after starting school due to my surname. The name Sweety carried on when I started work & I used to get some funny looks off people when the boss etc shout Sweety across the garage forcourt

Your Ram is lovely & so is that wood

If the eggs are bing place on a broad leaf just cut the leaf off & put it into you fry tank,I used to have to do this with a couple of pair of angle fish I had & used to weigh the leaf down with a little bit of slate. It saves you from having to handle the eggs but if I do have to remove them from ...

I've never seen that before I've only got 3 male bronze & 1 female albino in my tank as my female bronze died a few days ago but the males are still swimming together & getting on fine

Thanks Mat the 15W one i'm using at the minute has a real yellow look to it & I don't like it as it even make the black gravel look slightly green :YMSICK: saying that it does make the plants look very green. I'll have a look tomorrow when I go for a new tube but don't want one with the red/pink ...

I have a 25G tank which has a 25W T8 tube fitted but some of my plants aren't doing so well so i've spent the afternoon modding the marina hood so it'll take a 15W tube aswell :d My 25W tube is a normal tropical tube but also for plants now i'm not sure if I should get another tube the same or go ...

I'm the same as you mate would love to hear from those who have bred these great little fish with info on size of fish & the temp needed etc

A very happy new year to you all still 2011 here as it's 20:02

Congrats

Well it's 20:45 on the 24TH here in the UK but Merry Xmas to everyone & their families & hope Santa is/has been good to you all

Enjoy I shall! I love watching the videos. It'll only be 20 years before I can have something similar :(( At least you have a time scale for such a big tank :- I've been told straight no way :(( :(( I think after all the hard work that has gone into this build it has payed off as I think it's ...

Hi all
I'm in the North East of England, 10 miles north of Newcastle Upon Tyne so get classed as a geordie a bit more slang for you's

Thanks for that I wasn't sure so thought it would be best to ask before putting any in the tank but will have a look to see if I can get some black basalt

I know this might be a very strange queation to ask but I was wondering if coal & more so sea coal. My tank is a SA set up & has black/gray gravel which I really like as it makes the fish & plants stand out but i'd like some black rocks/stones & wet coal is just the right colour. Now I can get quiet ...

Well i'm over the moon as about 1/2 of the eggs have hatched sadly fungus got the others, so just hoping I can keep the fry alive & in a few weeks will hopefully know who laid the eggs once the fry colour up

Hi I was wondering if any of you could poss shed some light on what is wrong with my bronze cory please. Over the last couple of days he has lost the colour from the rear of his body, he hasn't been swimming around that much lately either. I've had him for about 8 months now & hasn't grown very much ...

I used to breed bronze cory's a lot a few years ago as my female was very keen & couldn't keep her fins shut :)) I kept one of her daughters & she was like her mother but not constant & again I kept her daughter who sadly never bred but she also never gained the size of her mother & grandmother ...