I did have a BN in this tank, but was persuaded by well meaning people to put him in part ex a while back as his bi load would half the bi load of the tank. However, I vac the gravel weekly and to be honest I've not noticed much difference :roll:

I've had an algae problem with the tank and have ...

I bought this chap the other day, labelled as a 'Twig catfish' or Royal farlowella who grows to 6ins long. I know he's of the Sturisoma species but can't make out which one, my friend's told me they grow to about 12ins, I hope not as my tanks only 30ins long.

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I'll shortly be setting up a new 60 litre. As it's years since I've had a tank that wasn't just a 20 - 30 litre species tank, I was thinking of having a nice Bristlenose or similar in the tank. But is it OK to add a BN to a newly cycled tank? Or would it be worth waiting for about 3 months or so ...

Thank you for the speedy reply

Can you please identify this catfish for a friend of mine, I think its some sort of Synodontis, but someone has said a Synodontis decorus and someone else a Synodontis multipunctatus but I'm not sure about either

I've not had much luck with Corries in my Community Tank recently. In the last month the 3 Duplicareus I bought last year have died, also 2 of the 3 Trilineatus that I bought last month. I still have my original 2 Melini which I've had for over 2 years now, but can't seem to keep the newer ones. So ...