API do a product called Nitra Zorb that i've used on numerous occasions and comes in a couple of sizes. This selectively reduces nitrite, ammonia and nitrate without using bacteria and sits in your filter or in the path of waterflow. It's recharged every 5 days using an aquarium salt solution and ...

Cheers will bear that in mind when I get her in the tank.

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Getting better with this postin lark!Lol. Try this again.

Hi,
Try this link for a pic! It's a bit blurry but the best I can do at the mo! Will try to get some more when he comes out, if ever!!

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Managed to get a good look at the Opal yesterday and he now appears to have a white patch at the base of his fin. Looks like fungus to me so i've dosed the tank with fungus/finrot treatment. The Severum and large plec have now been moved to another tank. I managed to get a picture, a little blurry ...

Will do, watch this space!!

No Probs, done already!!

I managed to catch a look at L082 with the light on today and he is looking a little more vibrant.
I recently removed 2 large cichlids out of the tank after deciding to setup my tank for plecs. These were generally the bosses of the tank so maybe the Severum is exerting a bit of authority at night ...

Cheers :D
I'm running a 180l Juwel tank so the filter is pretty much fixed. Current isn't too bad but will look into the powerhead suggestion.
(my LFS tried to claim theid cost £40+)
Good ole LFS eh!! I've just had to find a new one as some fish were about as over priced as the powerhead you were ...

I have a Queen Arabesque coming in about a week. After reading the Cat e log on the L260 I've put a 9in air stone and an air disk in to increase aeration and current. I have bog wood, caves and was wondering if there are any other top tips on prep I can do to help her before she gets here??

http://www.scotcat.com/loricariidae/hypancistrus_inspector6.htm
I checked out some pics of stress colouration and the link above shows a good example of how my fish is looking. The bottom pic, although not as pale! I've kept tropical fish for about 5 years now, community and South American Cichlids ...

Hi There,
Rio 180 Tank with it's standard filtration. I wash the filter media out in tank water when I do a water change. Replace the fine particulate on the top every week / 2 weeks and I replace the rest of the media one at a time every year. I give about 1 month betwen each media during change ...

Thanks for the replies for a start :D !! No bullying is going on and the water temp is around 27c / 81f. I've had him since Oct last year and he's been getting on fine. He generally hides most of the time and other than colour he is fine, breathing,shape, etc! Generally he feeds at night and is ...

PH 7.2 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate <20ppm (mg/l)
180l Tank with gravel substrate 2x Bogwood and caves out of rock.
Water change 30% at least every 2 weeks
Tank mates: - 1x L264 1x L017 1x Common Pleco 1x Wild Severum

Hi there,
My L082 hides most of the daytime and recently when installing a new air ...