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 Hendre, Sep 11, 2019
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    2. Announcements

      Important announcements to read
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      Latest: Classifieds etiquette MariaS, Jun 26, 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: No Alerts??? Rainstorm, May 13, 2019
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  2. General

    1. New members

      Please pop in and say hi and introduce yourself.
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      Latest: Newbie or sort of lol FMN716, Oct 16, 2019 at 4:06 PM
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    2. Beginner Discussions

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      Latest: Help with 30gal stocking A new day, Oct 19, 2019 at 2:30 PM
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    3. General Discussions

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      Latest: Beta Competition for all the Cape Town Fish Keepers T. Guppy, Oct 18, 2019 at 4:32 PM
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    4. Articles

      Post any articles you've written here
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      Latest: Guppies for sale. Michael Smith, Oct 7, 2019
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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: Cape town fishkeepers meetup - RBM aquatics - 19th October Jandre Frey, Oct 19, 2019 at 3:27 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: October 2019 Fish of the Month Entries Whoknows, Oct 19, 2019 at 8:53 AM
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    7. RSS Feeds

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      Latest: Discus fish Reedfish, Oct 10, 2019
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  3. Freshwater Tank Discussions

    1. Community Tanks

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      Latest: Sudden death of fish Pierré Schoonraad, Sep 20, 2019
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    2. Species Tanks

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      Latest: Malawi tank MariaS, Oct 15, 2019 at 9:31 AM
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    3. Planted Tanks

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      Latest: Wabi-Kusa Rainstorm, Oct 19, 2019 at 10:34 PM
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    4. Ponds

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      Latest: A New Day’s pond A new day, Oct 17, 2019 at 4:39 PM
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    5. Algae

      We all know it and most probably hate it...
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      Latest: Erythromycin for Cyanobacteria Ane, Sep 29, 2019
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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: Plant ID - What plant is this? Asgar, Oct 11, 2019
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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: Some advise on tank choice for final scape TetraJacques, Aug 25, 2019
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  5. Tropical Fish

    1. General Fish Discussions

      Discussions about fish in general
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      Latest: Little Big Tank Dale Honeyman, Oct 19, 2019 at 8:49 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: The adventures of Chungus the humpback puffer Kiaan26, Oct 17, 2019 at 7:08 PM
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    3. Africa

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      Africa

      Sub-Forums

      1. Cichlids

      2. Killifish

      3. Tetras

      4. Catfish

      5. Other

      Latest: Shellies - Neolamprologus brevis Marcel_73, Oct 16, 2019 at 6:31 AM
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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: What Apistogramma species are you keeping?? Cale24, Sep 20, 2019
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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: My Betta's Gone (coco)nuts! David Kusner, Sep 28, 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: Show your DISCUS T. Guppy, Aug 28, 2019
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    7. Breeding

      Fish breeding information and discussion
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      Latest: Platy fish not breeding - Why... Help! Anthony Schemel, Sep 21, 2019
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    8. Diseases

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      Latest: failure with HTH diseases MariaS, Oct 14, 2019 at 7:09 PM
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  6. Plants

    1. Aquatic plants

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      Latest: ID please T. Guppy, Sep 27, 2019
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  7. Equipment

    1. General Equipment discussion

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      Latest: HOB load shedding frustrations! David Kusner, Oct 18, 2019 at 4:13 PM
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    2. Equipment Reviews

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      Latest: Eheim Quick Vac pro - Battery operated gravel cleaner Adam K, Sep 17, 2019
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    3. Filtration

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      Latest: SOBO Surface Skimmer Reafer, Aug 28, 2019
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  8. Aquarium Systems

    1. Members Systems

      Come share your tank with us
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      Latest: Luke's 4 foot A new day, Oct 19, 2019 at 8:29 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: Tips and tricks for first DIY build needed Minerva10210, Oct 18, 2019 at 6:23 PM
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  10. Photo Gallery

    1. Full tank shots

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      Latest: New Planted Set-up TetraJacques, Sep 28, 2019
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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 DoubleDutch, Dec 14, 2018
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  11. Classifieds

    1. Equipment Classifieds

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      Latest: 44l with plants, fish etc - R500.00, Collection S.Suburbs CT A new day, Oct 19, 2019 at 2:05 PM
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    2. Livestock Classifieds

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      Latest: cherry shrimp azizjacobs, Oct 19, 2019 at 10:21 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: SAEs Cape Town Hendre, Oct 18, 2019 at 1:18 PM
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    4. Junk Yard

      For all things non-aquarium related
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      Latest: Hamster cage Saibot, Oct 16, 2019 at 6:58 AM
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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: Rare fish wanted Hooks, Dec 17, 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: 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. King Coral

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

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

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      Latest: Christmas @ Majestic⛄ Majestic Pets, Dec 14, 2018
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    8. 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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    9. Live Aquatics

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      Latest: Wonder why live aquatics is not post in TASA about the auction. f-fish, Mar 23, 2019
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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 Marcel_73, Oct 18, 2019 at 6:16 PM
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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: Started keeping bees Saibot, Oct 10, 2019
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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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