Batho,

Try to pick up a copy of this month's (July 03) Practical Fishkeeping mag, there's a 4 page article on freshwater stingrays which is pretty informative. Lots of stuff on the different types, sizes, prices and UK stockists. If you can't find a copy then PM me and I may be able to help ...

Hi Mike,
Many thanks for your comments.
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After Silurus posted the loaches.com address I took a look, and yes, this is pretty much what I was hoping to find. It was never my intention to create a fully uniformed amount of current, only as far as was reasonably practicable. Martin's setup used 2 ...

Very amusing but you are missing the point, let me explain.

Take a river, any river, it could be in south America, Africa or Europe. This river could be a tributary feeding into a larger river or could be the main river itself. Now this river will vary in width and depth as it travels it's course ...

Yes, but it's not my intention to totally get rid of eddys or create a diverse community tank. I have digested several articles about river/stream setups (eg. Fishkeeping Answers - Dec'95, Practical Fishkeeping - Xmas '02) and on the P.pictus and wanted something with plenty of steady water flow ...

I'd welcome any thoughts / personal experiences on creating a natural water flow in an Amazonian river setup.

Most pumps seem to create a fast but low volume water movement which results in eddys and dead spots where the detritus collects rather than enter the filter. Tunze are producing stream ...

Hi,
Plants should help with the nitrates, some better than others. I managed to introduce duck weed into my tank with a new plant, it brought the nitrates right down but made a bit of a mess.
You can use nitrate removal resins as an emergency measure, add the bag to the water flow and recharge as ...