guppylover2

thanks for the photos! awesome tank! and love the cat on top. at tthe moment i am only using my lights when i am home coz am worried about the heat causing fire. heat of light fixture less with fan on but noisy. i keep the top of the lid off (wooden lid) to reduce heat. only have one real plant at this stage as want to tear down tank and start again, with soil substrate, CO2 etc. so just playing at the moment. with lights on for only 4 hours a day sometimes, java sword is definitely still thriving!. because of the shape of my tank (bowfront) i have 2 96 watt lights.

continuous water change system? now that sounds great!

how high off the cover glass do you have them?

thanks dubbie boy. so you think vents cut into the hood could let out some of the light? my light fixture is all-in-one i.e. not just bulbs, but comes with a reflective hood, fan etc. i think you could use it without an aquarium hood but i like to use one so my cats don't walk on the covering glass sheet, plus the light would get so hot they could burn their paws!

hi there needed to increase wattage of light for large tank to grow plants so bought some compact fluorescent lights from USA and step down transformer. all good, very powerful light, but they do produce more heat than standard wussy bulbs! mine comes with a fan, quite noisy however, and i think am going to have to get a new hood made if i use these lights as my current one with minimal clearance over light started to bow slightly with heat. am thinking of getting new one made, higher, and maybe with side bits cut out so more air circulation. is a bowfront tank, 300 L, will be great when all up and running. anyone had similar problems? any ideas?

hi there just wondering if could keep female betta with angelfish. will definitely separate male betta from everything else in partition. xmas greetings.

the swelling went down, but still there. the anus used to be further behind, now it's moved 9if that is what it is) in front. do you think it is constipation?

hi there thought my betta must have a hernia or tumour or something - one day just under the chin something was sticking out, got bigger and bigger, until today seems to be exruding something - like poo - only very big and only very slowly coming out. almost looks like zit with head on it if you know what i mean, except i think the light coloured ?poo stuff is actually starting to come thru. anyway, this betta is a guts, and i know i probably overfeed. if it is constipation, how can i avoid it? my betta doesn't eat vegies (i've tried courgette in tiny pieces), any only likes bloodworm, frozen discus tucker, and occasionally a little betta flake. any suggestions?

meant to say it's a betta with finrot

hi there have a bad case of finrot, melafix/warm water/salt not helping. neosulfex meant to be excellent. my LFS doesn't have this however. so i am trying furan 2, the only antibiotic they have. does anyone know how i could get hold of neoulfex?

does anone know where i can get some neosulfex? meant to be good at getting rid of finrot

not sure if all of my plecs like the tank that warm. and one of the fighters is in the CATFISH tanks! (i.e. another passion of mine is catfish, they are not just there to suck debris off the bottom). it says to use the whitespot cure now and in 3 days time. what do you guys do? thanks for input

what is happening? fin was healing well, unfortunately now has whitespot so am treating for that. then today came home to find all fins frayed, looking less like finrot and more like trauma. fish by himself, all fins frayed. could he be biting them? even dorsal fin? or can it still be finrot? still treating with melafix and now with whitespot cure. help!

temp in large 75 gallon tank is about 26 to 28 degrees, other tanks with siameses fighters in them 25-28 degrees

think babies must have died - havn't seen them for ages. my water quality went off when i hadn't cleaned my filter for ages. havn't seen them since.