Hi All

It's been a while since my last visit. I have obtained another Zebra. It is now about 4cm's long and doing very well. Other tank mates are 3 x L129's, 2 x L333's and 1 x 7cm L46. I removed the Betta's a while ago even though they did very well in the warmer temps. Tank decor basicaly the ...

Welcome here, if I'm correct your native language(Afrikaans) and mine(dutch) should be quite similar. It's very funny to hear people speak it :) .

Welcome to the site!

Hi and thank you. Yes my home language is Afrikaans. Somewhat similar to Dutch, and yes it's funny to hear people speak it ...

TwoTankAmin wrote:Hi and welcome to the site.
One of the admins on the wild angel site I visit is in S. Afr. He is a Professor of Biochemistry in Stellenbosch at the university there..

Ahh yes, Prof. Dirk Bellstedt. We communicate every so often wrt Angels and my L46.

Hi Owenodin

Your tank looks nice. Like the blue light you got going there. You're water is a bit hard, try to get it softer, but do it slowly and over a extended period of time. Weeks not hours.

Hi all

Got some lucky shot pics tonight of my L46...

Hi all

Got my 7cm Zebra today. It looks like its a male and not a female. Here are some pics of my new Zebra.

Hi har_eh

Thanks. Yes the temp is a bit high for betta's. Ideal temp for betta's is between 26*C and 28*C. All my betta tanks run at 27*C atm. I have bred them from 25*C up to 29*C and 27*C yields the best spawn size. I lowered the temp to 28.5*C for now and all occupants seems to be happy in this ...

Hi All

Got the black sand but it has to much sharp like particles in it. Rather going for pool filter sand. Changed my tank setup as well. Will change the substrate as soon as I got the pool filter sand. Here are some pics for now. Current occupants include 2 x L333 fry at 3.5cm, 2 x BN fry at 3 ...

H all

I decided to change my L46 tank setup. I am going to remove the substrate I'm currently using and replace it with black quartz silica filter sand. The current substrate is fine Daro aquarium gravel. The problem with this gravel type is that some foods gets trapped in it and as a result of ...

Hi jsalas623

Yes it is setup so I can see them. I will look into the 1' pvc pipe.

Hi all

Here are some pics of my 3ft L46 tank. No Zebs in there yet. First one will go in on 16 Feb 2013!!!

Filtration: 1 x 650 l/h Bio filtration - Matrix filled internal filter
1 x 650 l/h Mechanical filtration - internal sponge filter
1 x 300 l/h Bio filtration - De-Nitrate
1 x Mechanical ...

Hi all

I'm new to this site as a member, but have been following some threads with keen interest for a while now as a guest. I am from and live in South Africa in Pretoria. I'm Afrikaans speaking but well versed in English, well at least I think so, I'm married, 4 kids, 17 fish tanks. I love Zebra ...