Retirement and forum shutdown (17 Jan 2022)
Hi,
John Howell who has managed the forum for years is getting on and wishes to retire from the role of managing it.
Over the years, he has managed the forum through good days and bad days and he has always been fair.
He has managed to bring his passion for fish keeping to the forum and keep it going for so long.
I wish to thank John for his hard work in keeping the forum going.
With John wishing to "retire" from the role of managing the forum and the forum receiving very little traffic, I think we must agree that forum has come to a natural conclusion and it's time to put it to rest.
I am proposing that the forum be made read-only from March 2022 onwards and that no new users or content be created. The website is still registered for several more years, so the content will still be accessible but no new topics or replies will be allowed.
If there is interest from the ITFS or other fish keeping clubs, we may redirect traffic to them or to a Facebook group but will not actively manage it.
I'd like to thank everyone over the years who helped with forum, posted a reply, started a new topic, ask a question and helped a newbie in fish keeping. And thank you to the sponsors who helped us along the away. Hopefully it made the hobby stronger.
I'd especially like to thank John Howell and Valerie Rousseau for all of their contributions, without them the forum would have never been has successful.
Thank you
Darragh Sherwin
HELP! Added sand to tank...Now I've a milkshake!
`Haha, I think I'm gone off sand for a while to be honest. I'll cap it with ordinary gravel. I'll give that a good wash though! As long as its nice and rounded and not sharp I should be ok with bottom dwellers like corys, right?
George
It's all down to personal preference. Personally, I prefer pea gravel (though sand looks nice too). Not too sharp for bottom dwellers with bristles and less likely to scratch your aquarium glass when cleaning it with a magnet (or when visiting kids decide to play with the magnet ...). Easy enough to clean, rinse before 1st use and off you go.
My 2 cents
Valerie
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things I think I know:
#1 I would like some Corys for my 180 liter tank (if it ever cycles) and Corys like sand best.
#2 I want a planted tank and plants need deep substrate for sufficient root growth.
#3 Sand should be shallow or it will get those anaerobic pockets.
#4 You cant put sand over other substrate (in my case horticultural grit) as it falls through and creates a mess.
#5 You cant put it alongside grit as it will constantly mix and create a mess.
So how do you do it ? What is the secret to it ? Surely there is a way to have a fully planted tank and happy Corys ?
Hope I am not hijacking your thread George
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...... and that is a question that I have been thinking about for some time now too but cant come up with a solution for.
things I think I know:
#1 I would like some Corys for my 180 liter tank (if it ever cycles) and Corys like sand best.
#2 I want a planted tank and plants need deep substrate for sufficient root growth.
#3 Sand should be shallow or it will get those anaerobic pockets.
#4 You cant put sand over other substrate (in my case horticultural grit) as it falls through and creates a mess.
#5 You cant put it alongside grit as it will constantly mix and create a mess.
So how do you do it ? What is the secret to it ? Surely there is a way to have a fully planted tank and happy Corys ?
Hope I am not hijacking your thread George
Not at all Katie, I've been wondering that myself. I really want to get a gang of panda corys, they seem fantastic! But I really want to have a planted tank so I don't think I'd be able for sand personally. And while mixing gravel and sand in different areas is possible I reckon it'd eventually get messy for me so I'm gonna try keep it simple this time anyways (maybe for the next tank?
)I think my gravel is small and rounded enough so I might get 2 or 3 corys and if they get on ok I'll get them a few more buddies.Cheers for the link Andrew, it looks like the whole process takes a while but definitely worth it to avoid the cloud!
George
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I personally went for the quartz gravel and my cory's have never looked happier!! Hope this helps!
Ger
What do you call a three legged Donkey?
A Wonkey....duh ha
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This might help
Check out this video on YouTube:
Andrew
That is very impressive, thanks for sharing
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