all Thought I may add a footnote to this thread. It seems one of the few occasions when my proffesional knowledge will be of use with fish keeping. The situation in the UK is that chloramphenicol (the generic name; it is available as a number of trade names) is only available with a doctor (or vetin...

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Bathos/liz Watch those cories!!!! I had a few peppered cories (which tolerate lower temperatures) in with my two comets, and one day a comet tried to swallow a cory head first. This resulted in a trip to the LFS, and anaethetic, and then clipping of the (dead) corys spines in order to remove it from...

Must admit I'm not keen on the UGF. I personally prefer the external type (such as fluvial 1/2/3/404 or eheim) as they are easier to clean, and provide much better filtration. I use a fluval 204 in my 26gal, well overspecified for the job according to the literature, but seems to cope very well. In ...

Johnathan Gravel vacs are a great idea. When you change the water (I do about 30% each week) use the gravel vac to remove the water while cleaning the gravel. they work by drawing water via a syphon effect through the gravel, and are very effective. If you don't do this a great deal of 'mess' will a...

jonathan The best solution is not to overpopulate, but I'm as guilty as the next man there,and I guess you knew that anyway. An extra filter would be a good idea, particularily if your tank is the type with a built in filter in a black plastic case. I have had the smaller version of this tank (rekor...

guy Thanks for being a bit more technical - my dad did explain some of this, but I'm only an industrial pharmacist and chemistry is more my line than building construction! Should be more help than I was for Jason. Dad did suggest re-inforcing piers for me, but I'm on the first floor..... the people...

Jason I too live in a maisonette in london (north west). I have considered getting a larger tank than my current 150 litre one, and thought about the weight issue. My current tank is supported on a built in shelf attached on three sides to the wall (in an alcove) and supported on the outer edge by a...

oh well, as the saying goes, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. Makes me wonder why ask for advice in the first place. I have to say I have asked for help a number of times on this site, and the answer has always been prompt,useful and supported with experience. I guess if y...

not really the poetic type, but I fell this conveys my mood:

want some pictus cats
wife won't let me
poo!

probably not correct, but conveys my mood

cheers

following advice on a previous post in speak easy, does anyone know of a good source of information on the above (web/books etc) other than this site? I saw them at the Lfs the other day, and would like to put some (how many?) in my 55 gal with a 6-7 inch gibbiceps plec. But I have learned to resear...