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you can't break actual moss balls up. moss balls are different to java moss. moss balls follow light and move around the tank on their own. they aren't technically a moss, they are a type of algae. (they won't cause algae in the tank, in fact will reduce the likelihood of algae occuring) java...

i was in town today so i nipped into wilkos to have a look. 11litre plastic tank is £5.99 :)

thanks guys :) yeah, they are a great fish to watch. think one of mine is pregnant :hyper: yay. lol time to cover up my filter intake i think :lol:

i have some sunset mickey mouse platies. i also have some mickey mouse platies that are orange. does anyone know what this type is called? or are they just called orange mickey mouse platies. sorry if im being thick LOL :lol:

not throw it away, if it gets too much, sell what you don't need :)

oh no, poor bettas :( i always think it's worse seeing bettas mistreated than other fish. just because they are so intelligent and they learn who their owner is etc etc. have always wanted a betta, but im going to wait until after xmas i think. have a community tank at the mo so couldn't quite...

if it was me, i'd go for the one from pets at home. 6 weeks - proves that he's nice and strong :) people have bad things to say, but the pets at home near me is actually quite good. (well, except for the fact that when i didnt know better they sold me 2 shubunkins for an 18l hex tank :S)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Pond-Solutions-Internal-Aquarium/dp/B002NLIB2I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1287218145&sr=8-1 filter for £8 - not the best, but it does have great reviews. and if it's just for a small breeding tank, reckon it would be ok :)...

i may be wrong but i thought silver sand was just regular sand? if it is, you can get 15kg argos play sand for £2.99 regardless, have seen on here that lots of people use the argos sand :)

i have cambomba growing like wildfire without co2 or anything :) i have just had to prune it since its growing so well

He seems to be doing fine now. I followed your advice on the peas and it seems to have worked. (There wasn't any change in colour or other behaviour. Just the swimming issue.) Thanks for your help :)

thats good then :) i would leave her out of the box entirely and not put her in again. at all. leave the box floating in the tank ready for when she drops her fry so you dont have to worry about finding it and sorting it out when the fry appear, it will be ready to just pop the fry in when you...

did you take her out of the box? :)

oooh, he's an oscar. that's amused me no end hehe

i've heard chops mentioned before. what type of fish is he? sorry, im nosy lol edit: i could go post hunting to find out, but im lazy :crazy: :blush: :shout: hehe

http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/153493-a-dwarf-gourami-mini-f-a-q/ i would read that link about dwarf gourami first. i was going to get them, but with the disease risk factored in, decided i would go with opaline gouramis instead. it's my first tank and didn't want disease wiping out...

oh no, that sucks :( im worried now, i have guppies and platies. swordtails were meant to be my next addition after some pygmy corys. might have a rethink! :(

Tank is around 40 us gallons 10 platies 6 guppies 3 opaline gourami I don't test my water, sorry :S I feed them flakes. Twice a day and whatever is uneaten after 2 minutes gets scooped out. Ok, will the others be ok with that too? oops wont feed bloodworm then. Have been doing 30 - 50% water...

:lol: well, during water changes last night, i tried the ol' suck on the end of the pump trick. stood there thinking, this is easy, im such a pro. not one single mouthful of water, im so awesome. well they do say, pride cometh before a fall. third bucket coming out *cough choke splutter*...

thanks, will go and get some bloodworm later today

they look great, darn sight better than any of mine :P i only have a little rubbishy £80 camera though, so that's my excuse ;) and i inherited the dratted family shake also - our family genetics couldn't have been something great like big boobs or prettiness, it had to be the shakes! laaaame...

glad to see he's still hanging in there :) x

Something wrong with opaline gourami - please help He/ she isn't swimming right, there's something wrong. Have done a video to show you. I dont know if this has anything to do with it but this afternoon i found a dead guppy on the bottom of the tank on the gravel. I took it straight out and...

tetras are also schooling fish and prefer to be in groups of 6 or more. otherwise they get stressed as the group gives them safety. the stress can lead to early death x

thanks everyone :) wd that sounds like a great idea, i only have 1 tank tho, so bit extreme for me ;) cheers for the pic om47, looks like i've been doing it right, it just isn't working. maybe i'll have to try the old fashioned suck on the end of the hose to get it back in :sick: lol

how do you go about asking if they want the fry? i dont know what to say or how to ask lol

not really my thing either :/

I finally brought home 3 opaline gouramis :D Have been looking for them for ages, but nowhere ever had them! Saw them in my LFS today and just had to have them :good: They are settling in well!

i have a 45 gallon in a 2nd floor :)

have you thought of a couple of some type of gouramie as your centre fish? :good: i love gouramies, they are my favourite fish :hyper:

aw congrats on your new fry :) i can't wait for the first drop from my guppies :D

thank you, i shall leave it a little longer to get the pygmy cories then :nod: i don't think i should have gotten any livebearers, because i am a reet softy and the thought of letting other fish eat the fry makes me feel sad. but i think calling them fry not babies and the fact that i prolly...

glad it's not just me lilfishie :D ah, i shall leave the neons for a little while longer then! :nod: 35 surviving fry :o wowza! lol.. have got a lfs that im sure will take some if too many survive, but think i should do ok. hoping for a few of either pearl gourami or kissing gourami. was going...

great :hey: just the answer i wanted to hear - i didnt want there to be an order to which fish to add and when lol. knew lots ate the fry, didn't know it was all of them :good: cool. the platies eat their own young as well right? just waiting on the platies to come into stock, could get...

currently my tank only contains guppies (6f 1m) none have dropped fry yet, but they will do before long. the fish i will eventually be adding to the tank are: neon tetra red swordtail sunset mm platy (not available yet, on order from lfs) pitbull plec pygmy cory my qu is, which is the most...

thanks, i'll have a look into buying a pump. i'm only short, my arms ache trying to hold the bucket steady and tip it slowly LOL

hmm, i've been putting the bucket on top of the tank when trying to siphon back in. it's a gravel cleaner siphon and i use the pump action method. ah well, guess i'll just have to keep pouring it back in lol. thanks for the help everyone

i like this thread :) nice and lighthearted, it makes a nice change from the mountains of research i've been reading through lol

Hi all, can anyone help I have well and truly got the hang of siphoning water OUT of the tank. Siphoning it back in on the other hand is another matter lol. I can't figure out how to do it. So I am currently pouring the buckets back in slowly (which my guppies don't seem to appreciate!!) can...

hi all i am a new tank owner i have just bought my first set of guppys! looking forward to learning more from this forum