Cichlid tank doing well
Taken at feeding time after a good clean and water change. One of the white tailed black females is currently holding she’s just starting her 3rd week so next weekend I’ll be putting her in the...
View ArticleBBC/CBeebies want you (and your child)
Name: Nicola Email: mypetandme@bbc.co.uk Comment: Hello, We are making a brand new BBC Children’s series for CBeebies called My Pet and Me. The programme will focus on how a child cares for and...
View ArticleGood news! More reviews on their way
Hopefully I’ll have some shiny new items to review for you all. while I have my personal preferences of what I’d like to review I’d also like to hear back from you the readers. What would you like to...
View ArticleReaders Questions: When will my bristlenose plecs breed?
This was initially asked as a comment on the bristlenose plec page however I think its a pretty good question to warrant a more indepth answer. Hi,l have an established 250 later fish tank,with 18 gold...
View ArticleReader Questions: Help my pleco escaped the tank what can I do?
Last night I found our bristlenose catfish, Andy out of her tank. I do not know how long she had been out. When I picked her up to put her back in her tank she was still breathing but she was dry and...
View ArticleAnother TV show looking for kids and their pets
Name: Richard Hunt Email: richard.x.hunt.-ND@disney.com Website: www.disneyjunior.co.uk Comment: Hi, Hope this email finds you well, I’m currently working for the Disney Channel on a new kids TV series...
View ArticleUpdate on last Reader Question
Update: today Andy is not doing well. All of her fines are frailed at the end and she has lots of red under her skin. She is not moving around at all and breathing abnormally. Unfortunately as before...
View ArticleReaders Questions: Lighting advice for a new keeper
hi i am a new to fish keeping , i have got 8 fish in my tank got 6 tetras 2 zebra danois wanted to know as the fish live in the tank can i switch off the lights to give them a rest then put it on in...
View ArticleReaders Questions: How do I stop a powerful filter disturbing my substrate
Dave couldnt get a eheim powerball but been advised aqua one 102f is next best thing for my 64l tank ive put it just under the water level kept other filter in coz of keeping bacteria levels up turned...
View ArticleReader Questions: What to do with pest snails
Hi. I have had a tank for over a year & have had no bother with it , but about 6 weeks ago I put a live plant in along with my artificial ones & now I’m plagued with baby snails. Is there...
View ArticleRed tailed black sharks rediscovered in the wild
It seems that one of my favorite fish the red tailed black shark which was until recently thought extinct in the wild has been rediscovered. While its still too early to say its a full recovery of...
View ArticleHow to Clean your Filter
There’s a tonne of information out there on tank maintenance and fish keeping but very little that specifically addresses the correct way to clean your filter out WITHOUT killing all the friendly...
View ArticleReaders Questions: Donating Fish / Dealing with Tank busters
Tracey asked in the comments on common plecos about donating a common pleco. Now she doesn’t go into the details of the reasons why however it did get me thinking it could potentially be a common...
View ArticleTakashi Amano dies
Takashi Amano, photographer, author, and founder of Aqua Design Amano, died of pneumonia on Tuesday, August 4 in Niigata Japan. He was 61 years of age. Amano was universally recognised as the father of...
View ArticleReaders Questions: Softwater filters and tropical fish
I have a 40 L tank, (starter one) I have a soft water filter that I use salt, they have said the salt dose not go in to the water I use, the salt is to clean the two tanks within the unit, just...
View ArticleReaders Questions: Can my albino plec cross breed with my albino catfish?
I have had a 55 gal tank for many years with gold fish. When they got big I put them in my pond. A few months ago it empty and a friend wanted to find homes for several different kinds of fish. I got 3...
View ArticleAquarian Tropical Flake and Goldfish Flake foods are being recalled
Some batches of Aquarian Tropical Flake and Goldfish Flake foods are being recalled by the manufacturer as a precautionary measure, due to the possible presence of Salmonella. The recall affects those...
View ArticleAquarienEco 1-5ft LED Aquarium light – Unboxing and initial thoughts
As I’ve posted previously I have a good sized tank in the living room and for the last 5 years its ran 2x 45 watt T8 tubes. Recently one of the tubes went and with the rise of more afordable LED light...
View ArticleSite is now HTTPS/SSL Enabled
Although we don’t store personal details on the site we still want you to feel safe and secure while browsing our pages. For this we have now enabled https/ssl for the entire site and you should now...
View ArticleTimer plugs for your tank lights/CO2 – the smart home solution
I’m sure most of you are familar with the age old problem of timer plugs. We’ve all encountered it before with our tanks bringing the lights on and off at the correct time. Over the years you probably...
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