[IMG] Originally Posted by mattie [IMG] thinks its the other way around Malmesbury sand is most commonly used for building and Philipi for...
Corydoras are nowhere near as finicky wrt to sand/substrate as people make them out to be. I have them in any substrate from PFS, ADA, Flourite,...
Will try to answer this the way I understand things. If we take a standard 3ft tank as you get them at most LFS without any bracing, fill it up...
So which criteria of the question don't you meet anymore? Used to use Excel or used to live in PTA/Centurion area? ;-)
Before starting to do building and reinforcing everywhere, I would move to a more suitable house, ...maybe dad can build one -:p
I use 6-7 Hagen Elite 802. Spare diaphragms are available and cheap.
The HMF is very efficient and in normal tanks doesn't need to be cleaned for a long time (probably 2-3 years). There is a formula to calculate the...
Check on the Internet about polishing scratches out of acrylic, there is also some stuff on youtube. The general consensus is to use very fine...
I believe that the people who talk about polystyrene on top (including me) mean the polystyrene to be added on top of the sliders, usually for the...
Come on, ...be the guinea pig. Get a can, spray it on and post some pics. :tongue:
@MariaS -moving your heaters around will not significally change matters. The heat loss will still be the same and not really affected by where...
Put all your tanks into one room and get polystyrene sheets (30-40 mm thick) and cover windows and sliding doors.
Get some Alanod and make your reflectors yourself. Will improve light intensity by more than 50%.
Copper is a no no. I wouldn't add Flourish Comprehensive. There isn't any real confirmed data on the subject but I read on Planet Inverts Home .:....
LOL - makes a bit of a difference :tongue:
4ft deep? ....As in 1.2m deep? No chance with tubes, you will need MH lights or perhaps a DIY Led project with strong individual LEDs (not strip...
Officially they are blacklisted for imports. I guess some companies bring them in under 'wrong names' which aren't blacklisted. But nowadays you...
Try working out what it will cost to boil 400l water for 26 hrs, .... what a mission to handle, ...and then you are only halfway there. Seachem...
I have given up on trying to calibrate them. Tried doing it several times, thought I missed something and read the German and French instructions...
Old school fish keepers used to just mature their water by letting it stand for about 24 hrs. Chlorine would be out by then and you could savely...
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