Recent content by jamesandrewgreen

Nice looking tank :thumbup: thanks for sharing!

That's really reassuring, thanks! any idea where to find 'streptomycin or chloromycetin'? although I hope we won't need it.

Interesting! Do the leaves make the water go yellow?

Are you able to post a picture of your set-up? Would be interested to see the effect.

That doesn't sound very nice! Do you think there's a risk to the fish remaining in the tank? If so how can i get rid of it?? Would UV sterilisation be an option?

Hope this works

It's not very pleasant to look at i'm afraid, but here are the pictures.

Yes, let us know how you get on with them! what sort of distance is between the light unit and the water surface?

Thanks for the replies :thumbup: So it really is that simple! Guess I just need to be patient then..

I am interested to know what people think of the grobeams too. I heard they aren't good at penetrating depth, but I love the rippled lighting effect they produce. I am also considering replacing current T8s, or maybe converting to a T8/LED combination?

Contrary to most of the posts here, I actually want to encourage some algae growth for food for my team of otocinclus. I have read that people do this by putting stones in a separate tank in a sunny windowsill, which I have tried for a week but nothing has happened! I used water from the main...

We have just had to euthanize one of our Otocinclus and would appreciate if anyone could help with our diagnosis / post mortem. We came home to find one of our Otos clinging to the back corner of the tank with its head partially out of the water. On closer inspection we found the Oto to have...