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newarcher

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  • Birthday 28/09/1945

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  1. well I think its just going to be a community tank, so when its ready ,I will start off cardinal tetras,and as the weeks go by some cory sterbai ,bit undecided about shrimps,i have never kept those before so would welcome any advice that way thanks
  2. malawis are great fish to keep my son as now taken over the ones I had,the aquarium they are in is 4x2x2 and stocked with mbuna there are 40 fish in it ,I have kept Malawi fish for over 25ys and the trick Is overcrowding to minimise aggression and if possible 2females to 1 male and pile in rocks until you run out of rocks or nerve, these fish think of 3 things only, fighting, feeding and the other.and are not bothered in which order all my fish came from aquaflight in matlock run by anton cass, who imported most of the fish from stuart grant in Malawi alas anton no longer no longer trades ,which h is a great pity, this guy was the daddy
  3. thanks for all the replies guys its a juwel 3ft tank with t5 lighting I will be using the juwel filter in the tank.i will be using deponit for the growing media and I think sand on the top ,never thought about under heating cable I will read up on that
  4. right folks I have kept Malawi cichlids for the last 25yrs ,now I want to set up a 3ft community tank for the living room .I would like this to be planted so any suggestions for plants that are easy to grow ,since keeping malawis I have not kept up with the planted side of the hobby I do have a nice piece of bog wood for a centre piece so lets go from there thanks
  5. plus he is a supporter of the country side alliance
  6. alexander Armstrong to be the voice of danger mouse
  7. chicken in the basket, then the first Chinese opened in our town ,and what did we border chicken and chips!
  8. I love the old steam trains ,I like thousands of boys of my generation dreamed of becoming an engine driver
  9. its ok if you have time on your hands
  10. run now while theres still time
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