Tropical Aquariums SA

  1. Rules and Forum Support

    1. Rules and Regulations

      *** please read ***
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      Latest: Clarity on the new ICASA rules that were passed into law regarding public media MariaS, Jan 17, 2020
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    2. Announcements

      Important announcements to read
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      Latest: Welcome to RBN Aquatics as a new Sponsor A new day, Dec 28, 2019
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    3. Website Suggestions, Support and Feedback

      Suggestions, problems, help with forum features, how the forum works etc. No aquarium related questions in here please.
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      Latest: Shrimp Section Slade, Dec 6, 2019
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  2. General

    1. New members

      Please pop in and say hi and introduce yourself.
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      Latest: Newby with a dream Reedfish, Jan 27, 2020 at 7:35 AM
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    2. Beginner Discussions

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      Latest: First time sumper - Help please RaXoR_ZA, Jan 28, 2020 at 2:36 PM
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    3. General Discussions

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      Latest: Fish tank movers MariaS, Jan 27, 2020 at 7:47 PM
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    4. Articles

      Post any articles you've written here
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      Latest: How to make your own driftwood Swerwer, Jan 17, 2020
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    5. Social Groups

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      Social Groups

      Sub-Forums

      1. JHB Aquarists

      2. KZN Fish Club

      3. Cape Town Fish Keepers

      4. Eastern Cape Aquatic Club

      5. Pretoria Aquarium Fanatics

      Latest: 3rd Cape Town meetup - Saturday 25 Jan A new day, Jan 25, 2020 at 5:21 PM
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    6. Competitions

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      Competitions

      Sub-Forums

      1. TOTM

      2. FOTM

      3. POTM

      4. Photo of the Month Competition

      5. Monthly Winners

      6. Designerguppy Challenge 2

      7. Guppy challenge

      8. Planted tank Nano Entries

      Latest: TOTM January 2020 A new day, Jan 24, 2020 at 4:54 AM
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    7. RSS Feeds

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      Latest: Brine Shrimp Benefits & Growth Tips Cale24, Oct 31, 2019
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  3. Freshwater Tank Discussions

    1. Community Tanks

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      Latest: Hi is anyone selling pencilfish or know where i can get thanx Fish08, Jan 26, 2020 at 3:19 PM
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    2. Species Tanks

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      Latest: Malawi tank GaryG, Jan 25, 2020 at 6:15 AM
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    3. Planted Tanks

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      Latest: Wabi-Kusa Rainstorm, Jan 27, 2020 at 7:47 PM
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    4. Ponds

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      Latest: A New Day’s pond A new day, Dec 19, 2019
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    5. Algae

      We all know it and most probably hate it...
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      Latest: Algea eaters rsa, Jan 28, 2020 at 1:26 PM
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    6. ID Needed

      Post pics here if you have something and you don't know what it is
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      Latest: Floating plant ID Swerwer, Jan 26, 2020 at 7:36 AM
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    7. Blacklisted species

      This forum is for the discussion of fauna/flora found on the South African Blacklist.
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      Latest: Are shrimp and crayfish still blacklisted? Ammar, Jan 8, 2019
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  4. Advanced

    1. Advanced Topics

      For the more in-depth discussions. No off topic posts in these threads please.
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      Latest: Shipping fish Reedfish, Jan 6, 2020
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  5. Tropical Fish

    1. General Fish Discussions

      Discussions about fish in general
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      Latest: Glow Tiger Barbs lep2soma, Jan 27, 2020 at 8:45 PM
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    2. Oddball fish

      Less common fish such as Arowana, Reedfish, Polys, Stingrays, Dats, Lungfish, Knife fish etc.
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      Latest: New addition to the family.. 24kt Gold Asian Arowana Reedfish, Jan 28, 2020 at 7:15 AM
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    3. Africa

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      Africa

      Sub-Forums

      1. Cichlids

      2. Killifish

      3. Tetras

      4. Catfish

      5. Other

      Latest: Cyprichromis leptosoma lep2soma, Jan 27, 2020 at 9:12 PM
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    4. South and Central America

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      South and Central America

      Sub-Forums

      1. Cichlids

      2. Tetras

      3. Catfish

      4. Livebearers

      5. Other

      Latest: German Blue Rams in their new home Staffy, Jan 25, 2020 at 5:48 AM
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    5. Asia

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      Asia

      Sub-Forums

      1. Cyprinids

      2. Loaches

      3. Labyrinth Fish

      4. Catfish

      5. Killifish

      6. Asian Other

      Latest: Bent Tail Rays on Betta Figeth, Nov 8, 2019
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    6. Discus

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      Discus

      Sub-Forums

      1. General Discus discussions

      2. Problems with Discus

      3. Feeding and Nutrition

      4. Wild Discus

      5. Tankmates

      6. Discus Breeding

      7. Parasite free keeping

      8. Technical

      Latest: Beef heart. Who feeds it? Hendre, Oct 28, 2019
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    7. Breeding

      Fish breeding information and discussion
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      Latest: Cory and minnow grow out project A new day, Jan 27, 2020 at 10:38 AM
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    8. Diseases

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      Latest: Blue Dream shrimp turning brown Pezulu, Jan 28, 2020 at 8:05 AM
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  6. Plants

    1. Aquatic plants

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      Latest: Log aquarium Staffy, Jan 24, 2020 at 8:13 PM
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  7. Equipment

    1. General Equipment discussion

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      Latest: Where can I get this from claramax600, Dec 9, 2019
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    2. Equipment Reviews

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      Latest: Seachem Tidal HOB Filters FMN716, Jan 28, 2020 at 12:14 PM
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    3. Filtration

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      Latest: What's filtering your system? Kiaan26, Dec 26, 2019
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  8. Aquarium Systems

    1. Members Systems

      Come share your tank with us
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      Latest: 45CM High Tech Planted MariaS, Jan 27, 2020 at 8:18 PM
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    2. TOTM

      Winners of our Monthly TOTM competitions. (Tank Of The Month)
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      Latest: TOTM January 2017 - BoelderBeestie BoelderBeestie, Mar 6, 2017
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  9. DIY

    1. Anything DIY related

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      Latest: New build - 1.45 x 600 x 450 BradK, Jan 25, 2020 at 4:23 AM
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  10. Photo Gallery

    1. Full tank shots

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      Latest: My tank since no one wanted it! Reedfish, Jan 27, 2020 at 7:32 AM
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    2. Fish pics

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      Latest: Bristlenose Pleco enjoying a carrot Toy, Sep 28, 2019
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    3. General Images

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      Latest: Appels, appels appels... MariaS, Sep 6, 2019
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    4. Photography

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      Latest: Sunset A new day, Jan 23, 2020 at 12:42 PM
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  11. Classifieds

    1. Equipment Classifieds

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      Latest: Two lights plus skimmer and decorations necris, Jan 28, 2020 at 2:54 PM
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    2. Livestock Classifieds

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      Latest: Large Flagtail Ravs, Jan 27, 2020 at 7:13 PM
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    3. Wanted/Swop/Freebies

      Forum for items you are looking for, wanting to swop or freebies to give away.
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      Latest: Malasian Trumpets Duke1098, Jan 28, 2020 at 7:18 AM
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    4. Junk Yard

      For all things non-aquarium related
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      Latest: Bearded Dragon Complete Setup Amakawa, Jan 5, 2020
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  12. Sponsors

    1. Sponsor Requests

      Looking for a particular product/livestock? Post your request in here.
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      Latest: Sobo WP-200SP Vis, Dec 2, 2019
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    2. Jungle Aquatics

      Our fully secured online shop cater for all national sales on hardware...or drop us a visit at our retail premises in the Little Falls Garden Centre in Roodepoort!
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      Latest: Zetlight Lancia II LED Range in Stock JungleAquatics, Aug 7, 2019
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    3. Aquarium Depot

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      Latest: REEFTEK regulators, bubble counters & solenoid shipment received Facebook, Jan 21, 2014
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    4. The Fishkeeper

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      Latest: July/August 2018 The Fishkeeper Hendre, Jul 2, 2018
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    5. Pet Habitat

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      Latest: Aquael Mangrove Root & Driftwood Pet Habitat, Jul 30, 2015
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    6. King Coral

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      Latest: New Sponsor - King Coral Reedfish, Apr 3, 2019
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    7. Aquaria SA

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      Latest: Welcome to new sponsors - Aquaria SA Pezulu, Jun 8, 2018
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    8. Majestic Pets

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      Latest: Christmas @ Majestic⛄ Majestic Pets, Dec 14, 2018
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    9. Rebel Pets

      Shop 6, Nimrod Center, 63 Pienaar Ave, Cnr Pienaar & Can Riebeek Street Kempton Park https://rebelpets.co.za/
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      Latest: Flowerhorn wanted!!! Reafer, Aug 14, 2019
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    10. RBM Aquatics

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  13. Off Topic

    1. General Off-Topic chat

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      Latest: Stuff that happened to you today but isn't worth a thread Hendre, Jan 25, 2020 at 6:30 AM
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    2. Other Pets

      Dogs, cats, snakes, birds, lizards, spiders etc. Any pets that aren't fish.
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      Latest: Found a friend Staffy, Jan 28, 2020 at 3:57 PM
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  14. Aquarium Expo

    1. AquariumExpo 2012

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      Latest: AquariumExpo2012 Q&A rsa, Mar 17, 2017
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