Tropical Aquariums SA

  1. Rules and Forum Support

    1. Rules and Regulations

      *** please read ***
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      Latest: Clarity on the new ICASA rules that were passed into law regarding public media MariaS, Jan 17, 2020
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    2. Announcements

      Important announcements to read
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      Latest: New moderator Whoknows, Jul 9, 2022
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    3. Website Suggestions, Support and Feedback

      Suggestions, problems, help with forum features, how the forum works etc. No aquarium related questions in here please.
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      Latest: Personal details and Security oupoot, Mar 9, 2022
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  2. General

    1. New members

      Please pop in and say hi and introduce yourself.
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      Latest: Bad advise please help Armand882, Sep 22, 2024
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    2. Beginner Discussions

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      Latest: Who can assist to move a Tank Gerard, Oct 3, 2024 at 2:58 PM
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    3. General Discussions

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      Latest: Odessa Barb Tank numbers Shrimp_Hoops, Oct 7, 2024 at 8:41 PM
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    4. Articles

      Post any articles you've written here
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      Latest: Invasive Species Kendrick, May 31, 2021
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    5. Social Groups

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      Social Groups

      Sub-Forums

      1. JHB Aquarists

      2. KZN Fish Club

      3. Cape Town Fish Keepers

      4. Eastern Cape Aquatic Club

      5. Pretoria Aquarium Fanatics

      Latest: Why not start an online group? 10i, Dec 31, 2023
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    6. Competitions

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      Competitions

      Sub-Forums

      1. TOTM

      2. FOTM

      3. POTM

      4. Photo of the Month Competition

      5. Monthly Winners

      6. Designerguppy Challenge 2

      7. Guppy challenge

      8. Planted tank Nano Entries

      Latest: September 2024 TOTM Winner Whoknows, Sep 28, 2024
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    7. RSS Feeds

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      Latest: Step By Step Guide: How To Create A Forest Style Planted Aquarium RSS Feed, Jul 9, 2024
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  3. Freshwater Tank Discussions

    1. Community Tanks

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      Latest: Back in the hobby llewellynkearney, Jun 20, 2024
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    2. Species Tanks

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      Latest: Fish Suggestions for tank fish please WernerP, Oct 4, 2024 at 2:54 PM
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    3. Planted Tanks

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      Latest: Planted Journey Next Gen T. Guppy, Sep 6, 2024
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    4. Ponds

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      Latest: My pond attempt Korpen, Apr 15, 2024
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    5. Algae

      We all know it and most probably hate it...
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      Latest: Myth Busters - Algae Edition Shabir, May 30, 2022
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    6. ID Needed

      Post pics here if you have something and you don't know what it is
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      Latest: Angelfish Id please DoubleDutch, Jun 17, 2024
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    7. Blacklisted species

      This forum is for the discussion of fauna/flora found on the South African Blacklist.
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      Latest: Link to black list 2016 fux940510, Feb 12, 2021
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  4. Advanced

    1. Advanced Topics

      For the more in-depth discussions. No off topic posts in these threads please.
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      Latest: My latest creation Arrow Boy, Dec 22, 2022
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  5. Tropical Fish

    1. General Fish Discussions

      Discussions about fish in general
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      Latest: Starting an LFS *Ideas Shrimp_Hoops, Sep 21, 2024
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    2. Oddball fish

      Less common fish such as Arowana, Reedfish, Polys, Stingrays, Dats, Lungfish, Knife fish etc.
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      Latest: Seen at the LFS Little Nicky, Mar 14, 2023
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    3. Africa

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      Africa

      Sub-Forums

      1. Cichlids

      2. Killifish

      3. Tetras

      4. Catfish

      5. Other

      Latest: Fish Food for Mbuna Reedfish, Oct 23, 2023
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    4. South and Central America

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      South and Central America

      Sub-Forums

      1. Cichlids

      2. Tetras

      3. Catfish

      4. Livebearers

      5. Other

      Latest: Angel breeders oscar freak, Apr 10, 2024
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    5. Asia

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      Asia

      Sub-Forums

      1. Cyprinids

      2. Loaches

      3. Labyrinth Fish

      4. Catfish

      5. Killifish

      6. Asian Other

      Latest: White cloud availability 10i, Jan 7, 2024
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    6. Discus

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      Discus

      Sub-Forums

      1. General Discus discussions

      2. Problems with Discus

      3. Feeding and Nutrition

      4. Wild Discus

      5. Tankmates

      6. Discus Breeding

      7. Parasite free keeping

      8. Technical

      Latest: Does anyone know a breeder that does Orange Melon Discus? MVRCK, Aug 8, 2024
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    7. Breeding

      Fish breeding information and discussion
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      Latest: Any interesting breeding projects happening? RayBarKer, Jun 23, 2024
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    8. Diseases

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      Latest: Dead Guppies HKG, Feb 22, 2024
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  6. Plants

    1. Aquatic plants

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      Latest: Floating Plants RayBarKer, Jun 12, 2024
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  7. Equipment

    1. General Equipment discussion

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      Latest: Cabinet builder JHB- trying again Whoknows, Sep 19, 2024
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    2. Equipment Reviews

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      Latest: Mosquito larva's tank. Christo beeslaar, Aug 3, 2022
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    3. Filtration

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      Latest: About my dolphin canister c1600 Mvuselelo Chris Ndlovu, Jan 13, 2024
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  8. Aquarium Systems

    1. Members Systems

      Come share your tank with us
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      Latest: Whoknow's systems Whoknows, Mar 11, 2024
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    2. TOTM

      Winners of our Monthly TOTM competitions. (Tank Of The Month)
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      Latest: New AKWA Elegance 150 DanielS, Aug 26, 2024
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  9. DIY

    1. Anything DIY related

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      Latest: Tried a Diy tank build and failed!!! Reedfish, Jun 11, 2024
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  10. Photo Gallery

    1. Full tank shots

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      Latest: My Jungle Nick77, Aug 3, 2024
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    2. Fish pics

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      Latest: Fish with an attitude Reedfish, Sep 5, 2023
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    3. General Images

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      Latest: Wild Olive Burl GaryG, Jun 3, 2020
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    4. Photography

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      Latest: Different phone cameras. DoubleDutch, Apr 26, 2020
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  11. Classifieds

    1. Equipment Classifieds

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      Latest: Aquarium Lights and Accessories Arrow Boy, Oct 5, 2024 at 11:13 AM
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    2. Livestock Classifieds

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      Latest: Bronze Cory Dora's Interlinks, Oct 8, 2024 at 8:48 AM
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    3. Wanted/Swop/Freebies

      Forum for items you are looking for, wanting to swop or freebies to give away.
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      Latest: Looking for female dwarf gourami Interlinks, Oct 8, 2024 at 7:39 AM
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    4. Junk Yard

      For all things non-aquarium related
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      Latest: Led grow light Thrymskvida, Apr 25, 2024
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  12. Sponsors

    1. Jungle Aquatics

      Our fully secured online shop cater for all national sales on hardware...or drop us a visit at our retail premises at Broadacres Shopping Centre, c/o Cedar and Valley Road, Fourways, 2021
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      Latest: Get a FREE R.O. Unit with Maxspect! LIMITED DEAL!! JungleAquatics, Oct 1, 2024
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    2. Art of Aqua

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      Latest: Black November 2022 at Art of Aqua Art of Aqua, Nov 24, 2022
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    3. The Fishkeeper

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      Latest: July/August 2018 The Fishkeeper Hendre, Jul 2, 2018
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    4. King Coral

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      Latest: New Sponsor - King Coral Reedfish, Apr 3, 2019
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    5. RBM Aquatics

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      Latest: Epic Aquatic Plants In Stock Whoknows, Jul 27, 2020
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    6. Shrimp Nation

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      Latest: Shrimp Nation Black Friday Sale ShrimpNation, Nov 22, 2021
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    7. Marine and Reef Connection

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      Latest: MRC George Livestock RHox, Nov 18, 2021
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    8. Perky Pets Superstore

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      Latest: New Sponsor - Perky pets MariaS, Nov 17, 2020
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    9. Viking Aquatics SA

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      Latest: Some new stock landed. Amakawa, Feb 1, 2022
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  13. Off Topic

    1. General Off-Topic chat

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      Latest: Pothos plant? Arrow Boy, May 29, 2024
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    2. Other Pets

      Dogs, cats, snakes, birds, lizards, spiders etc. Any pets that aren't fish.
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      Latest: Looking for reptile enclosures in Jhb Anonym0us, Sep 20, 2024
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  14. Aquarium Expo

    1. AquariumExpo 2012

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      Latest: AquariumExpo2012 Q&A rsa, Mar 17, 2017
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