Did a quick lookup on the Botia kubotai and found they are 15cm max but tend to stop at 10cm so good size for the tanks I want to use them in. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botia_kubotai havent seen any in local shops but will keep an eye out as they appear to be peaceful small and very useful. Thank...

Hi All, Like most people I have a excess number of snails in one tank and given time it will spread to others somehow. My main tank is kept in check by a Pakistani loach (Botia almorhae). While a great fish it does seem to annoy the others a bit and was purchased to just eat snails. It grew very qui...

Personally I like Quartz gravel seems to give me no issues. Once a month gravel clean not at same time as doing a filter clean. I may go back to sand for small fish as they cant make such a mess with it. Corys really grew fast on sand and loved filtering through it. Small test I did with a PH meter ...

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Basic mistake was not enough cover for the fish by looks of it and to small tank.

Common pleco 6" long very nice and peaceful fish. Reason for sale is forced to take with tank when purchasing and is simply too big. Cant keep 3 large cat fish in a Juwel 125 they murder the standard filter. Currently sitting in a 2ft aquarium with 1 gibbicept and some tetras. Small MP4 video t...