Thanks for the help guys, cleaned it off the other day. Some came back but now thats almost all dissappeared now

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It's actually 3 small pieces stacked upright to create a large semi open cave. The firemouths and both my Ancistrus sp(3) seem to like it.

Sorry for the bad pic, my digital ...

Thanks for the replys guys! I'll clean it up and see how it goes in the next few days, maybe remove it if it gets worse and treat it.

I'll post a picture up soon racoll (if i can get a decent shot of it lol)

oops sorry for the larger pic i dont know why it never showed up as a thumbnail like the other

I purchased some mroe bogwood for my tank last week. Did the usual boil it a few times and soak it overnight. I know soaking for much longer is preffered though but my other wood was ok this way, not much tannon released.

Anyway I noticed this fluffy stuff coming from the cracks and crevices(sp ...

Thanks for your advice racoll, much appreciated.

Ammonia reading was nil the next day, and nil today. I'll be keeping a close aye on the ammonia, nitrite, nitrate etc though. It may have been nil the other day when I tested as I could hardly tell in the artificial house lighting which colour it was ...

Ph is 7.8-8 tap water is 7.4 so maybe the sand or rocks?? is buffing it up a little. The tanks staying the way it is now for the time being and maybe the tetras will be going soon. i'll be careful to do frequent water tests too.

Thanks for all advice and comments guys.

LFS said water was fine, I bought a master test kit too. (API Freshwater Master Test Kit) - £26.99 :?

PH 7.8 - 8.0
Ammonia 0 - 0.25 ppm
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 10-20 ppm

So I went and bought 2 tiny firemouth's. I was told by the store that they will be fine with my black widow tetras, but i'm not ...

Good question Racoll ...

Best used before 08/2005 ! doh I didn't check, I knew they weren't new kits but not that old!

Looks like I am gonna have to spend a small fortune on some test kits then :/

Any that anyone recommends ? I saw some testing strips on ebay very cheap but have been told they ...

MatsP: I'll test again tomorrow and also take some water to my local shop on saturday to see what they come up with.


racoll: The tank was almost empty, and the filter was disconnected and not on.


Thanks for your replies

Just realised I mis-heard what I was told

So there are no Nitrates or anything else in my tank, does this mean the cycle has not even started ??

I recently was given a 4ft x 1ft x 1ft tank with external fluval filter, aquarium sand, heater, hood, light the works. The whole set-up had been dormont for around 6-8 months. It used to house Kribs, a plec and a few other fish.

The filter was still full of water and around 3 weeks ago I set it all ...

My title says 1 inch hehe so I guess they are too small then. Thanks for your reply Mats

Thanks Shane

Here is a pic of the other one. Been reading a bit on these and mine sound like they may be female from the lack of bristles, you think this is true or are they too young to tell?


Shot at 2007-08-14

Hi guys, been looking for a decent catfish website for information on my Bristlenose Plec, think ive found it

See you all around the forums

Can anyone confirm this is a Ancistrus sp. ? There is a pic in the Ancistrus sp. section that looks similar. I have 2 of these and they are almost identical.

My previous bristlenose plecs were much darker in colour at this size. Just hoping I have been sold the right ones, any help much appreciated ...