Hi. With 540 liters i would buy the biggest canister you can find/afford. You want to turn over the volume of the tank at least four times an hour...
Here is a pic of her in the new tank: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I felt the same and bought that fish about two weeks ago at a reduced price. I am looking for a nice male to pair her up with and hopefully breed...
It's a bad girl...
If you want maximum algae growth go for the nitrogen.
Hi and welcome. As to what fish to add,it depends what you like. I like cichlids - so i would go for a pair of rams. What kind of lighting or you...
When i first started using flourish,as instructed on bottle,i noticed increased growth of algae. Now i m using half strength only to keep things...
Hi and welcome! I think reedfish gave some good advice regarding tank size. If that is really your first tank,i think a 3 ft. is a good option....
Yes.
You are not allowed to keep or transport any amphibians in the western cape. Some grey area might be if you find a frog on your property and then...
Ok,so how could a risk assessment on freshwater shrimp look like? Throw a bunch of shrimp in a pond... If they survive and reproduce = blacklist....
I see... Thanks for your answer! So the petition is not to get nature conservation to legalize shrimp,but to do a RA on them. This obviously can...
Signed it as well. There is just one thing about this that i don't understand: Surely nature conservation doesn't go and randomly blacklist...
My vallis didn't respond well to the excel,so i stopped using it. Using now flourish only and it grows just fine. Don't know about the crypts...
Great looking tank! Also like the fact that it's not overstocked. It looks much bigger then 1.5m.
Cape town/southern suburbs water is perfectly fine for fish keeping. The only thing they add is chlorine,which needs to be removed using prime or...
Well,firstly pure RO water contains very few minerals and trace elements that's required by your fish. Secondly it has zero kH and gH,which...
@ Courtney99: Are you suggesting to use pure RO water only? If so,i don't think that is a good idea.
My canister is making noises and sucking air when i keep it at the same level of the tank. This also happens when i do water changes and the water...
Used to have problems with air in my canister as well. I simply connected a small pump to the intake of the filter. Each time there is air i...
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