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: New moderator Whoknows, Jul 9, 2022
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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: Mobile app almost unusable with adds cluttering the page. LilMissMurder, Jan 18, 2025
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  2. General

    1. New members

      Please pop in and say hi and introduce yourself.
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      Latest: Back from the "DEAD LunaTic, May 25, 2026
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    2. Beginner Discussions

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      Latest: Triangular setup imran sheik, Jun 24, 2026
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    3. General Discussions

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      Latest: Rainbow Shiners (Notropsis Chrosomus) Kepls, Jun 19, 2026
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    4. Articles

      Post any articles you've written here
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      Latest: Invasive Species Kendrick, May 31, 2021
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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: Namibia/Windhoek Fish keepers Corydoras, Jan 3, 2025
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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: February 2026 FOTM winner GregM, Mar 24, 2026
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    7. RSS Feeds

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      Latest: Step By Step Guide: How To Create A Forest Style Planted Aquarium RSS Feed, Jul 9, 2024
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  3. Freshwater Tank Discussions

    1. Community Tanks

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      Latest: Robust shrimp species that can withstand the attentions of tiger barbs etc? LilMissMurder, Apr 14, 2025
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    2. Species Tanks

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      Latest: African(Congo) biotope Kepls, Jun 19, 2026
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    3. Planted Tanks

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      Latest: Plants for sale D.W. Buys, Jun 18, 2026
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    4. Ponds

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      Latest: Koi Pond repair paulbloggs, Oct 21, 2025
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    5. Algae

      We all know it and most probably hate it...
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      Latest: Controlling/encouraging where GHA grows? LukeJHB, Jan 5, 2025
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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: What is this thing? Kepls, Jun 13, 2026
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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: Link to black list 2016 fux940510, Feb 12, 2021
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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: How often to dose iron? LilMissMurder, Feb 2, 2025
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  5. Tropical Fish

    1. General Fish Discussions

      Discussions about fish in general
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      Latest: Introducing microfauna after fish? johncater, Jun 24, 2026
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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: Seen at the LFS Reedfish, Nov 12, 2024
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    3. Africa

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      Africa

      Sub-Forums

      1. Cichlids

      2. Killifish

      3. Tetras

      4. Catfish

      5. Other

      Latest: Thinking of starting first malawi tank Kepls, Jun 19, 2026
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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: Cockatoo cichlid breeders anywhere? SparTim, May 4, 2025
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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: White cloud availability 10i, Jan 7, 2024
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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: Discus to swap for Rimless scape tank Reedfish, Apr 9, 2025
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    7. Breeding

      Fish breeding information and discussion
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      Latest: Breeding shrimp query Daz, May 18, 2026
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    8. Diseases

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      Latest: My largest cardinal has milky corneas LilMissMurder, Apr 4, 2026
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  6. Plants

    1. Aquatic plants

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      Latest: Ludwigia plusteris super red chmarshall81, Jun 29, 2026
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  7. Equipment

    1. General Equipment discussion

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      Latest: Eheim filter - 250 professional - locking clamp for adaptor alpesh, Jun 22, 2026
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    2. Equipment Reviews

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      Latest: Temu "Seven Master" 58cm LED light review LilMissMurder, Apr 24, 2025
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    3. Filtration

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      Latest: Air stone in aquarium sump. LilMissMurder, Apr 3, 2026
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  8. Aquarium Systems

    1. Members Systems

      Come share your tank with us
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      Latest: 5Ft, low tech,planted - African Biotope Project GregM, Apr 14, 2026
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    2. TOTM

      Winners of our Monthly TOTM competitions. (Tank Of The Month)
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      Latest: New AKWA Elegance 150 DanielS, Aug 26, 2024
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  9. DIY

    1. Anything DIY related

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      Latest: New build - 1.45 x 600 x 450 Whoknows, Jun 22, 2026
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  10. Photo Gallery

    1. Full tank shots

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      Latest: My Jungle Nick77, Aug 3, 2024
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    2. Fish pics

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      Latest: Fish with an attitude Reedfish, Sep 5, 2023
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    3. General Images

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      Latest: Wild Olive Burl GaryG, Jun 3, 2020
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    4. Photography

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      Latest: Different phone cameras. Reedfish, Nov 11, 2024
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  11. Classifieds

    1. Equipment Classifieds

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      Latest: Stunning custom made Tank for Sale - Must see John Roberson, Jul 5, 2026 at 6:37 AM
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    2. Livestock Classifieds

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      Latest: Rummy nose tetra Veolin, Jun 15, 2026
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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: Swordtail giveaway JoziFishkeeper, Jul 5, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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    4. Junk Yard

      For all things non-aquarium related
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      Latest: Brohman Heifer cattles for sale Kepls, Jun 19, 2026
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  12. Sponsors

    1. Jungle Aquatics

      Our fully secured online shop cater for all national sales on hardware...or drop us a visit at our retail premises at Broadacres Shopping Centre, c/o Cedar and Valley Road, Fourways, 2021
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      Latest: Horizon Labs Tissue Culture Plants Have Arrived! JungleAquatics, Jul 1, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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    2. Art of Aqua

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      Latest: Black November 2022 at Art of Aqua Art of Aqua, Nov 24, 2022
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    3. The Fishkeeper

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      Latest: July/August 2018 The Fishkeeper Hendre, Jul 2, 2018
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    4. King Coral

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      Latest: New Sponsor - King Coral Reedfish, Apr 3, 2019
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    5. RBM Aquatics

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      Latest: Epic Aquatic Plants In Stock Whoknows, Jul 27, 2020
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    6. Shrimp Nation

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      Latest: Shrimp Nation Black Friday Sale ShrimpNation, Nov 22, 2021
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    7. Marine and Reef Connection

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      Latest: MRC George Livestock RHox, Nov 18, 2021
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    8. Perky Pets Superstore

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      Latest: New Sponsor - Perky pets MariaS, Nov 17, 2020
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    9. Viking Aquatics SA

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      Latest: Some new stock landed. Amakawa, Feb 1, 2022
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    10. Reefstore

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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 Donny, Oct 17, 2025
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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: Looking for reptile enclosures in Jhb Anonym0us, Sep 20, 2024
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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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