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: MIA for a few days Shabir, Dec 1, 2021
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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: Removal of threads. BadgerBadger, Jun 27, 2020
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  2. General

    1. New members

      Please pop in and say hi and introduce yourself.
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      Latest: Hello everyone DrWupass, Jan 20, 2022 at 10:15 PM
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    2. Beginner Discussions

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      Latest: A New Day's 65l A new day, Jan 19, 2022 at 2:01 PM
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    3. General Discussions

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      Latest: Starting fresh Lou, Jan 22, 2022 at 7:45 AM
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    4. Articles

      Post any articles you've written here
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      Latest: Curved tank with cabinet for sale! Breado, Nov 2, 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: Cape town fishkeepers meetups A new day, Jan 23, 2022 at 12:22 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: January 2022 POTM entries GaryG, Jan 24, 2022 at 6:37 AM
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    7. RSS Feeds

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      Latest: Freshwater Stingray Care Guide RSS Feed, Jul 30, 2021
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  3. Freshwater Tank Discussions

    1. Community Tanks

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      Latest: My little 1st planted tank Abdu Dayyan, Nov 14, 2021
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    2. Species Tanks

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      Latest: 5 or 6 ft aquarium wanted Nabin, Jan 17, 2022
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    3. Planted Tanks

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      Latest: A new day’s ‘QT’ A new day, Jan 19, 2022 at 2:02 PM
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    4. Ponds

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      Latest: A new day’s bog garden A new day, Dec 10, 2021
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    5. Algae

      We all know it and most probably hate it...
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      Latest: Fish tank algea A new day, Jul 20, 2021
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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 plecos is this. Dolphin, Dec 15, 2021
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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: Axolotl's Shabir, May 23, 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: Aquaforest supplement dosing schedule Bierman, Nov 22, 2021
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  5. Tropical Fish

    1. General Fish Discussions

      Discussions about fish in general
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      Latest: Please help identify the illness Reedfish, Jan 21, 2022 at 3:15 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: Seen at the LFS Reedfish, Jan 20, 2022 at 8:35 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: Complete revamp Reedfish, Jan 6, 2022
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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: Red Tiger Motaguenese pairing Shrimp_Hoops, Dec 24, 2021
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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: Liquorice Gouramis Chandz, Oct 25, 2021
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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: Dashing discus symptoms BoelderBeestie, May 7, 2021
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    7. Breeding

      Fish breeding information and discussion
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      Latest: Lake Malawi cichlids breeding "season" Shabir, Jan 19, 2022 at 2:02 PM
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    8. Diseases

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      Latest: What is this disease on my Rummynoses? A new day, Jan 14, 2022
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  6. Plants

    1. Aquatic plants

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      Latest: For sale : Riccardia chamdryfolia (coral moss) alpesh, Jan 23, 2022 at 12:03 PM
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  7. Equipment

    1. General Equipment discussion

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      Latest: For sale : Zetlight Lancia version ll LED light (freshwater planted tank) Shabir, Jan 4, 2022
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    2. Equipment Reviews

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      Latest: Wavemaker size for 472 litre aquarium Whoknows, Dec 8, 2021
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    3. Filtration

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      Latest: Dophin c1600 media order dhameer, Nov 19, 2021
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  8. Aquarium Systems

    1. Members Systems

      Come share your tank with us
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      Latest: DoubleDutch's (slow) restart Reedfish, Jan 21, 2022 at 8:42 AM
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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 Abrar., Nov 5, 2021
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  9. DIY

    1. Anything DIY related

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      Latest: BANANA & MICRO WORM CULTIVATING (without starter cultures) Nirvashen, Jan 22, 2022 at 8:03 PM
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  10. Photo Gallery

    1. Full tank shots

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      Latest: DISPLAY TANK - Share yours! DrWupass, Jan 18, 2022 at 1:42 PM
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    2. Fish pics

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      Latest: Betta pics MariaS, Oct 14, 2021
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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. DoubleDutch, Apr 26, 2020
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  11. Classifieds

    1. Equipment Classifieds

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      Latest: Full setup for sale x 3 tanks + livestock TENZO, Jan 23, 2022 at 8:06 PM
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    2. Livestock Classifieds

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      Latest: Blood Parrot for Sale Trompie, Jan 23, 2022 at 5:54 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: Green terror Gavin the Babrabrian, Jan 23, 2022 at 6:43 PM
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    4. Junk Yard

      For all things non-aquarium related
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      Latest: LG PH550: Minibeam LED Projector CharlZA, Sep 13, 2021
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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: Looking for UG - Utricularia graminifolia Hendre, Jun 13, 2021
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    2. Art of Aqua

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      Latest: New Stock at Art of Aqua Art of Aqua, Dec 19, 2021
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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. 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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    6. RBM Aquatics

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

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

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

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

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      Latest: Nice selection of corydoras in house. Andrew Terblanche, Jun 21, 2021
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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 GreyBird, Jan 23, 2022 at 7:00 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: Tortoise ID please Shabir, Dec 11, 2021
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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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