Bluetom

Maybe slightly ignorant but is it perferable to have gravel or not in a Discus tank. Most of the pics i have seen have had them in bare bottom tanks, Any advice would be great

cheers, yeah may see you there sometime, really enjoying the malawi, they're a new edition, can't wait to see tham start to change colour as they get older, especially the Kenyi.

ps my spelling is shocking (hence no latin names)

Hi, just signed up. So much useful information, I've already learnt alot from whats being said. Tanks i have. 55L community 11neons Siameese male 2 Platies 3 Peguin Tetras 6 guppies 2 golden chinese agae eaters Borneo Sucker 140L African 4 kenyi 5 blue peacocks 3 Auratus 5 Convicts (all still junvinilles) Hope to learn alot more and help anywhere i can. Tom

The key to buy silicone (which acts as a glue) is to find one that does not have mould inhibitor in it. Often only coloured silicone such as white has mould innhibitor however some clear does as well. I have used both selleys and fosroc both with sucsess, If if you run your finger along the join once you have applied the silicone you will end up with a nice finish (no dogs breakfast :lol: ) So far i have sucsessfully replaced a 3ft bottom and repaired a 6ft bottom. The silicone cost 12-16 dollars corking gun refills are cheapest, but to make a 2ft tank i would suggest just buying it, i know in auckland you can get one that size for less than $40.