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: Sales Rules changing Saibot, Jun 2, 2020
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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: "Old, but New" Shabir, Sep 17, 2020 at 4:57 PM
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    2. Beginner Discussions

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      Latest: My 60L startup Kiaan26, Sep 17, 2020 at 1:21 PM
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    3. General Discussions

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      Latest: Tank Redo T. Guppy, Sep 20, 2020 at 4:42 PM
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    4. Articles

      Post any articles you've written here
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      Latest: Guppies for sale. Graham Gaines, May 8, 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: Edenvale Aquarists T. Guppy, Sep 9, 2020
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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: September 2020 TOTM A new day, Sep 16, 2020 at 11:50 AM
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    7. RSS Feeds

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      Latest: Java Moss (Taxiphyllum Barbieri) Care Sheet RSS Feed, Sep 14, 2020
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  3. Freshwater Tank Discussions

    1. Community Tanks

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      Latest: My Community Tank Gavin the Babrabrian, Sep 6, 2020
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    2. Species Tanks

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      Latest: My 1000 Litre Frontosa tank journey Zuraki, Sep 20, 2020 at 6:44 PM
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    3. Planted Tanks

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      Latest: A new day’s 44L A new day, Sep 20, 2020 at 10:56 AM
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    4. Ponds

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      Latest: pond going green mahmoodj, Sep 18, 2020 at 7:26 PM
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    5. Algae

      We all know it and most probably hate it...
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      Latest: Hydrogen Peroxide bath for BBA f-fish, Sep 11, 2020
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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: ID Please Angel28, Sep 18, 2020 at 3:01 PM
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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: Piranha lep2soma, Sep 7, 2020
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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: Advise needed on moving a big tank Ortaega, Sep 17, 2020 at 7:39 AM
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  5. Tropical Fish

    1. General Fish Discussions

      Discussions about fish in general
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      Latest: Corydoras Aeneus-Bronze corries Your experiences Angel28, Sep 18, 2020 at 7:57 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, Sep 10, 2020
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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, Sep 11, 2020
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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: Bristlenose; feeding pond algae SalmonAfrica, Aug 26, 2020
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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: 2 Blue Gouramis Agentspliff, Sep 11, 2020
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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: Dirk's Alencers Hendre, Jul 7, 2020
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    7. Breeding

      Fish breeding information and discussion
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      Latest: Some thoughts on breeding Nerites. Hendre, Sep 20, 2020 at 7:10 PM
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    8. Diseases

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      Latest: Poor health is the Norm Shabir, Sep 7, 2020
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  6. Plants

    1. Aquatic plants

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      Latest: Weird rotting issue with Anubia A new day, Sep 14, 2020
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  7. Equipment

    1. General Equipment discussion

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      Latest: Green Killing Machine (Unboxing & Review) Cale24, Sep 13, 2020
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    2. Equipment Reviews

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      Latest: Zetlight Lancia fux940510, Apr 27, 2020
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    3. Filtration

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      Latest: Pond uv for sale. mahmoodj, Sep 17, 2020 at 7:24 AM
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  8. Aquarium Systems

    1. Members Systems

      Come share your tank with us
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      Latest: My Paludarium f-fish, Sep 20, 2020 at 4:19 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: Comparing substrates - please help with a protocol ... f-fish, Sep 13, 2020
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  10. Photo Gallery

    1. Full tank shots

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      Latest: First attempt at a planted tank (No CO2) Chandz, Sep 20, 2020 at 11:04 AM
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    2. Fish pics

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      Latest: A few new Shrimp Trompie 04, Sep 4, 2020
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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: UPS System Amakawa, Sep 20, 2020 at 8:26 AM
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    2. Livestock Classifieds

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      Latest: Killifish for sale Amanda Greeff, Sep 21, 2020 at 12:01 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: 60 guppy fry. One week old. Yellow mom, blue mom (mixed batch) PJs, Sep 20, 2020 at 8:27 PM
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    4. Junk Yard

      For all things non-aquarium related
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      Latest: Holiday Accommodation- Umhlanga Cabanas Breado, Sep 16, 2020 at 3:41 PM
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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 UVC Filter (UV-001) Powerhead + UVC Light Wazi, Sep 8, 2020
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    2. The Fishkeeper

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

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      Latest: Aquael Mangrove Root & Driftwood Pet Habitat, Jul 30, 2015
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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 Sept/Oct/Nov Updates! (And new stuff!) ShrimpNation, Sep 12, 2020
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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 AQP, Sep 21, 2020 at 8:02 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: Chameleon Cale24, Aug 15, 2020
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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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