Tropical Aquariums SA

  1. Rules and Forum Support

    1. Rules and Regulations

      *** please read ***
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      Latest: Blacklisted species discussion now allowed but no trading dorff, Jan 16, 2017
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    2. Announcements

      Important announcements to read
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      Latest: Location Christiaan Duvenage, Aug 24, 2018
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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: Notable Members Hendre, Oct 3, 2018
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  2. General

    1. New members

      Please pop in and say hi and introduce yourself.
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      Latest: Very new... To fishkeeping Stephan Liebenberg, Dec 8, 2018 at 8:25 PM
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    2. Beginner Discussions

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      Latest: 4ft Double Tube Light fitting...... MariaS, Dec 9, 2018 at 7:43 PM
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    3. General Discussions

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      Latest: Daphnea / water fleas Stephan Liebenberg, Dec 7, 2018 at 10:26 AM
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    4. Articles

      Post any articles you've written here
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      Latest: How to calculate the electrical cost of running a tank. Ammar, Dec 10, 2018 at 4:41 AM
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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: Pretoria Aquarium Fanatics Roll Call! Oldtimer, Oct 23, 2018
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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: November 2018 - Photo of the month winner! Hendre, Dec 3, 2018
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    7. RSS Feeds

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      Latest: Mikrogeophagus ramirezi | German blue ram care & info TASA Admin, Nov 5, 2018
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  3. Freshwater Tank Discussions

    1. Community Tanks

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      Latest: CPD's and shrimp? Jandre Frey, Nov 26, 2018
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    2. Species Tanks

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      Latest: Malawi tank JDV, Dec 10, 2018 at 8:08 AM
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    3. Planted Tanks

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      Latest: f's e(im)mersed tanks f-fish, Dec 8, 2018 at 10:04 AM
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    4. Ponds

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      Latest: Goldfish pond AmithS, Dec 10, 2018 at 7:32 AM
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    5. Algae

      We all know it and most probably hate it...
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      Latest: Driftwood issue Amakawa, Dec 8, 2018 at 6:53 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: type of snail? Hendre, Nov 12, 2018
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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, Dec 2, 2018
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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: Just how curious (and smart?) Some fish are TrevorR, May 31, 2018
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  5. Tropical Fish

    1. General Fish Discussions

      Discussions about fish in general
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      Latest: Wanted T5 24w fluorescent ballast Neezo, Nov 12, 2018
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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: Keeping wild caught fish. Crossband chocolate gouramis pierreschoonraad, Dec 10, 2018 at 3:15 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: My other Tanganyika tank... MariaS, Nov 30, 2018
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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 Reedfish, Oct 30, 2018
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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: Botia striata - Zebra Loach MariaS, Nov 14, 2018
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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: Most popular strains in South Africa BoelderBeestie, Nov 30, 2018
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    7. Breeding

      Fish breeding information and discussion
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      Latest: Raising 112 souls (and counting) pierreschoonraad, Dec 10, 2018 at 5:13 AM
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    8. Diseases

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      Latest: White protrusion? Izak, Dec 10, 2018 at 9:20 AM
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  6. Plants

    1. Aquatic plants

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      Latest: Is that some liverwort between your teeth and why are so happy to see me. Pierré Schoonraad, Oct 28, 2018
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  7. Equipment

    1. General Equipment discussion

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      Latest: Help! 36w uv light. Where to get one? Jarryd, Dec 4, 2018 at 1:37 PM
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    2. Equipment Reviews

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      Latest: Eheim Quick Vac pro - Battery operated gravel cleaner Adrian Gatter, Jun 15, 2018
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    3. Filtration

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      Latest: Fluval FX5 JDV, Dec 6, 2018 at 4:16 AM
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  8. Aquarium Systems

    1. Members Systems

      Come share your tank with us
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      Latest: Lucky 13 f-fish, Dec 9, 2018 at 1:38 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: Tint acrylic. Jandre Frey, Dec 9, 2018 at 8:34 AM
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  10. Photo Gallery

    1. Full tank shots

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      Latest: F's rescaped 4ft f-fish, Nov 18, 2018
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    2. Fish pics

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      Latest: Taking decent pictures TheGrissom, Oct 12, 2018
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    3. General Images

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      Latest: Nerite snails TheGrissom, Sep 16, 2018
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    4. Photography

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      Latest: Sunset Christiaan Duvenage, Dec 10, 2018 at 5:19 AM
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  11. Classifieds

    1. Equipment Classifieds

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      Latest: Starphire tanks and extras quattro, Dec 10, 2018 at 6:56 AM
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    2. Livestock Classifieds

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      Latest: Breeding colony of Silver Dollars Marcel_73, Dec 10, 2018 at 10:58 AM
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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: Looking for a large tank 1.8m/6ft+ WolfgangP, Dec 10, 2018 at 10:47 AM
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    4. Junk Yard

      For all things non-aquarium related
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      Latest: Samsung s8+, gear s2 and dex station gwshorten, Nov 6, 2018
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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: Inter Pet Liquifry no1 Barry Roux, Oct 31, 2018
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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: Welcome Aquarium Munster - Dr Bassleer Biofish Food JungleAquatics, Feb 9, 2018
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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. Wild on Pets

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      Latest: Hope to see you soon! f-fish, Jul 26, 2018
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    6. King Coral

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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: Ornaments Majestic Pets, Dec 5, 2018 at 3:41 PM
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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: New sponsor: Rebel Pets Chad03, Sep 11, 2018
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    10. Quality Marines

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      Latest: 20% Off all Aquaforest Products @ Live Aquatics Quality Marines SA, Nov 2, 2018
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    11. Live Aquatics

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      Latest: New Scape and Nano fish in. Amakawa, Dec 9, 2018 at 7:29 PM
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  13. Off Topic

    1. General Off-Topic chat

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      Latest: any AFOL on tasa MariaS, Oct 28, 2018
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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: Meet Gibling!!! Fishlips, Apr 12, 2016
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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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