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  1. bathawk

    nightmare start to the new year

    Yes I hope so the gold wolffish is the 240g with 2 bush fish and an ornate bichir so far so good they are still in one piece.
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    nightmare start to the new year

    luckily came home from work early look at my roma 5 ft tank and saw one of the glass braces inside the tank and water dripping onto the floor looks like the silicone has failed and the brace fell into the tank one side of the brace was still attached to the tank but a quick shove and the other...
  3. bathawk

    Electric Blue Jack Dempsey bad immunity?

    Well it died a year later stopped eating found it dead so it lived for about 2 years
  4. bathawk

    Parachromis Friedrichsthalii re post

    thanks I will need it if they pair up.
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    Parachromis Friedrichsthalii re post

    Had to repost as laptop crashed I am selling off all of my soft water cichlids as too much hassLE matching the water for them. Any way I orered a 10 cm freddy but it was sold so they shipped me 2 5cm freddy's they are listed as wild caught and look a bit thin so dosed the tank with anti internal...
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    parachromis friedrichsthalii

    I have been selling off my softwater cichlids as i is becoming a hassel to keep the water suitable for them I got these 2 what look like yellow jackets I ordered 1 but they shipped me 2 as I paid for a 10 cm but that was sold so they shipped me 2 at 5 cm they are growing out in a 250 lt tank...
  7. bathawk

    massive nitrate spike

    Yes the water in london is hard my water ph is around 7.8 I now realise the proteus likes softer water have had it 3 years but keep an eye on it to see if it is developing HITH but so far so good.
  8. bathawk

    Male RTM or mix breed?

    yes your right has quite a bit of yellow on the body maybe a cross with a RTM and freddy or loiselle ?.
  9. bathawk

    massive nitrate spike

    Ilive in london uk so my water supply is from reservoir I did a research and it claimed up to 5mgl of nitrate is allowed in uk water. I did a test on the tank this morning using the same test kit and nitrate is below 5ppm. Yes maybe there was a fluctuation of nitrate on friday as I noticed the...
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    massive nitrate spike

    I know what you mean I always use distilled water to clean out the vial and tested another tank with more stock and the reading was 5ppm the pike in the 150 lt tank is solo will test again tomorrow
  11. bathawk

    Male RTM or mix breed?

    here is a picture of my male RTM got him in april 2022 about 3 inches now about 7 inches I am no expert but yours looks like a female RTM
  12. bathawk

    massive nitrate spike

    Happy new year every one .On friday did 60% water change on my 150 lt tank which has my female dwarf pike yesterday I noticed she was at the surface trying to breath so did a ammonia test 0ppm did a nitrate test the reading was off the scale past 100ppm so did a 80% water change and searched the...
  13. bathawk

    Betta tank mates

    I have a male betta fish in a 33 gallon planted with 12 cardinal tetras and 2 otto catfish did have a female convict in there and I could see the betta was uncomfortable with the presence of the convict so moved the convict . Tetras and betta ignore each other my betta doesn't have long flowing...
  14. bathawk

    lead plant weights

    wasn't worried about the lead hurting I was worried about the effect it could have on the fish.
  15. bathawk

    lighting a deep tank

    I managed to get another 48 inch light but will have to be careful and avoid an out break of algae . I heard those finnex lights are very good unfortunately we don't get them in the uk .That's a nice setup in those pictures.
  16. bathawk

    Be careful with titanium heaters

    i thought the temperature controller would have cut the power to the heater. although it takes time for the heater to cool.
  17. bathawk

    2023: How old will your oldest fish be?

    I have a female senegal bichir just hit 9 years old in november
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    Is this heater safe?

    may be best to throw it away you could always buy another heater as a back up in case the one you bought fails.
  19. bathawk

    rimmed tank on insulation board

    yes i think so as well
  20. bathawk

    male or female betta

    ok thanks oh yes I will try the mirror test.
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