phoenix44

How large is large? I don't know if you have seen my discus, but they were shipped. The Rose Red and the late Blue Diamond were large and were fine.

LOL. I think they are purchased as syno euptera x angelicus. The effect is rather drastic I must say. Maybe the "swelling" will subside as the fish matures. how large is your angelicus?

LOL. awesome. where'd you get such big ones from?

A lot better than very small ones. Ask the seller to individually bag the fish, and wrap each bag in a piece of news paper. Wholesalers use an opaque plastic sleeve.

no no. not yours. the one that was at wet pets. the hangry one.

No regrets with this purchase. Will add more over the coming weeks.

I think its an indo tiger. very hangry fish.

I bought some cardinal tetras today. They are floating in the bag at the moment, but I think ive made the right decision cause they look very very bright and good with the plants.

That sounds like fun. Are hypancistrus sp. not included in this issue? I was hoping for a hat-trick on the pleco pictures :lol:

I like the first one. second one is boring. :lol: You dirty DIYers will be pleased to know that 6500K is a good colour spectrum for these setups, and the terrestrial plants do well under them. T5's and T8's would be better as they provide more even lighting, but you can do it with CFL's.

ahha and i got evil glares on msn

you're compensating for have shoddy lighting and not enough of it :lol:

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm in my second year of uni we had these ducks that would come and visit us at the hostel. one night only one came, so i went to feed her. walked into the kitchen and this guy was cooking his duck :evil:

is it friendly?

well yeah.... needs more water. :lol: im not allowed to secretly fill our club member's tanks up either so ive been told :lol:

wet pets in palmy had a big black one that big if not bigger. it nearly killed me.

:lol: I suppose. haha. plants need loads of water changes so that they grow newer nicer leaves ive heard. the old leaves periodically get hacked from my tank. except for swords and crypts. Discus aren't exactly juvi any more, but its a good habit haha.

Ahem. Discus. Ron will beat me up if I don't do water changes hahaha. yeah, they would. pity about the outrageous prices though :lol:

killies!

whoa. that one's hair do gives me a total complex! :lol:

I dunno. some fish just don't like me I guess. :lol: err... well. they come on when i wake up, and go off when i sleep, so any where from a minimum of 12 hours to a max of 15-18 hours a day? I put like 5-10mL of comprehensive when i do a water-change... not always though. sometimes i put it in just to make myself feel happy :oops: I have a 2L bottle that lives in the fridge. I solemnly swear that I am up to no good... no wait.. i mean, I solemnly swear that I have no surface predators.... yet

Nah no barbs in this tank. Was actually just talking about clowin killies today, but they will definitely jump out really quick. Going back to get some cardinals tomorrow or so, and if i dont like them i can get rid of them and get ember tetras. Ill start with maybe 10 cardinals and work up from there. They may not like the tank, so I don't want to get ahead of myself and get like 30 of them. Maybe embers and cardinals, but a smaller group of cardinals. (very badly want lampeyes though). naah, none of my plecos will eat algae. the hypans eat hikari and raw prawns and the panaques eat hikari and courgette. spotty bn's eat courgette and hikari etc and prawn.

furan 2 is the right medication to dose with. I really hope he pulls through for you. if he is the only fish with problems at this stage, i would also isolate him to reduce the stress and treat him as well as a low dose on the main tank.

Thanks! I've always wanted to go back to having a pressurised setup, so I can grow a couple of other plants as well. I dunno. The only algae problem I've ever had in the years of keeping fish was that bad staghorn algae outbreak that is gone now. not sure what my phosphate level is but at one point is was really really high, and I had no algae. With all those plants, I only clean the gravel once every 6 months or so. This is also because there is no gravel vac that can reach the rear wall of the tank without destroying the plants. I really really like dutch tanks. Something about all the colours and the relative ease of setting them up and maintaining them is a positive for me.

Mint... now.. whachu buy? :lol: :oops: