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I'm in Surrey, but within the bounds of the M25, so can I be an Honourary London Fishkeeper Geek too please?? :hyper:

I know I shouldn't, but... *LMAO* :hyper:

Ah... So it's best to keep these fish in a small shoal? Oh b*gger... I'm kinda near the maximum that my tank will hold, so having two more SFFs isn't really a viable option. :crazy:

Quick question: How old / big to BNs have to be before the males start growing their 'moustashes'? (My fella is about 3 inches long, incl. tail.) :D

Kinda... It's a plastic Triceratops skull. Quite disconcerting when a Khuli Loach decides to drape itself out the eye socket!!! :hyper:

I use a screwcumber for veggie-sinkage and very good it is too!

Hi there, My Siamese Flying Fox is the biggest cowardy custard fish in my tank. All I have to do is walk into the room and he / she goes bananas trying to hide!! Are they naturally timid fish or is mine just 'sensitive'? All I ever see half the time is a nose peeking out from his / her hiding...

Yep! Amazon have got one here... :hyper:

I've got one BN called 'Nibbler' (named after the character in Futurama) Here's Nibbler as a tiddler a couple of months ago: ...and here's Nibbler as a slightly-bigger-tiddler: :hyper:

NO!!! They seem to be sold to everyone-and-anyone without the buyers being told how big they grow to. Yes, people should do their research first, but at the very least, the LFS should inform the customer just in case. I was sold two Common Plecs and was told by the spotty yoof in the shop that...

My BN fella must be The Odd One Out coz he / she totally ignores cucumber but goes MAD for day-old potato. Don't ask me why, but if I plonk in a bit of spud, he / she ignores it for the first day - but on the next day, sits on it, chomping away like mad... EH??? Normally, I'd remove any veg...

Ah! Phew!! I was getting worried there!! :blush: That makes sense because I did a MASSIVE Spring Clean in the tank today (much to the annoyance of my poor fishies!) I took everything out, scrubbed the lot in hot water, stirred up the gravel, vacc'd it, did a 40% water change, cleaned the...

Hi all, While admiring my tank after a clean and a water change, I noticed that I now have a large-ish crop of tiny white worms clinging to (and inching their way up) the glass!! They are about three quarters of a centimeter long and about the width of a hair. My water stats (which I have...

Hi all, My once-broad and bushy Crypto-something-or-other plant is now looking thoroughly mangled coz 'Nibbler' the Bristlenose Plec has decided it's like living in a salad bowl and is determindly chomping his way through the lot. Any suggestions? (...or should I just go out buy him a grazing...

I forgot to add Filter to that list. Oops!! :blush:

One of my Khulies has what looks like bare patches of skin on it. This has happened before and they eventually disappeared. It's feeding, swimming and behaving OK (no scratching, etc) and the patches themselves don't look like velvet or white spot because there's no fuzziness, etc and it really...

Oo! I'll ask at the LFS to see if that will fit my heater. Thanks! :good:

Really? Blimey!! So they change colour when in breeding condition? Wow... I'll have to keep an eye on the fella! :hyper:

Hi all, Here's a strange one: one of my otherwise silver-and-blue Zebra Danios is... ...well... ... bronze-and-blue. Is that a. something to worry about or b. a new and exiting colour morph that will sell for squillions (joke!!) It's like looking at a copper coin and a silver coin, that's how...

Apologies to the OP for a slight Thread Hijack... My Sailfin plec used to do that (he didn't die, by the way, I swapped him for a Bristlenose fella!), so... I've got a 100w Interpet DeltaTherm heater and I cannot for the life of me find a suitable guard for it. Can anyone suggest where I can...

My Siamese Flying Fox is the shyest fish on the face of the planet, I swear!! So to make sure it gets fed (the danios all pile into the bottom feeder pellet, inspite of the fact their mouths are in the wrong place and they have to stand on their heads!) I use a long pair of tweezers to drop a...

I try and do that because sometimes, one of my coolie loaches goes completely and utterly MENTAL when the tank light comes on. Seriously, he/she goes crazy, streaking back and forth across the front and sides of the tank until he/she finally crashes into something that he/she can hide under...

OK, as an engineer, my first words are: DO NOT MESS WITH ELECTRICITY (and water)!!!! It can kill you! So yeah, take the filter back to the shop where you bought it and/or call the manufacturer. If it's less than a year old, it's still under it's year warranty/guarantee. Their product killed...

I lost two khulis a few days after I first got 'em. One died in Mysterious Circumstances and the other decided that a trip up the pump would be an interesting way to spend the afternoon... Daft buggers!! (But the hairnet idea is a damned smart one! gonna go hairnet shopping at lunchtime!!)...

I love my Khulis!! I've got 5 of the wriggley little fellas and never tire of watching them!! :good:

I've got a group of 5 Zebra Danios and while they swim happily as a group, I've got one that toddles off on his/her own 50% of the time. No idea why, he/she has probably spotted something shiney and gone to investigate!! :hyper:

Nine Inch Nails Depeche Mode Ministry Curve Garbage B-)

*grins* I've been buried under a foot of snow and my fingers have been to cold to a. power up the laptop and b. type!! :hyper:

In response to Joudy, Jennybugs and my suggestion, here's what a Screwcumber looks like: ;)

Yep, he/she is about an inch long, nose to tail. :) Will do! As it happens, I LOVE courgette, so he/she can have some of mine!! :hyper: I have to admit, I was wondering if the plec wafers might be a bit 'tough' for him to chew on... She/he's doing a FAB job of chomping his/her way through...

Well, on Sunday, I swapped my monster Sailfin/Common plec for two Coolies and a teeny weeny ickle baby Bristlenose plec (who is GORGEOUS!!) So I've now got: 5 Zebra Danios 1 Siamese Flying Fox 5 Khulis 1 Bristlenose plec Blokey in the shop said that some more Zebra Danios would be fine. I'm...

Hi all, Just 'Done the Deed' (*sniffles*) and swapped my rapidly-expanding-but-very-pretty Sailfin/Common Plec for a lil' baby Bristlenose fella (...and a couple of coolies loaches) Now the BN is teeny weeny, so is my usual feeding routine OK for him/her: Morning: bog standard tropical fish...

I loved Red Dwarf!! (Until - as Kewskills said - it got crap!!) Gonna be glued to the TV for this 'un!! :good:

I've got one who I swear is waaaaay too easily entertained, by far. The shoal will be swimming around and then one of 'em gets a case of the "Ooo-look-there's-Shiney-Things-over-there" and toddles off to go look. After a good old nosey, he/she/it suddenly realises that he/she/it's on it's own...

Ditto from me!! :good:

My (6cm and growing fast) Sailfin Plec managed to eat a snail once. And I only know that because I found/saw an empty snail shell in it's poo... That MUST have hurt on the way out!!! :blink:

...you spent most of the Xmas holiday away from home worrying if the new automatic fish feeder will be doing it's job and how you can improve on it if it doesn't... :D

Oo!! So even having a male and female pair would be a no-no? (Quite apart from the waste issue, o'course!!) Mine's definitely a Flying Fox. I had two originally and they 'argued' like crazy. So the more aggressive one had to go! Mind you, my remaining one even tries to bully the Danios (mainly...

I've got an 83 litre tank (3ft x 1ft x 15") and ultimately, I'd like the following: 7 Zebra Danios 6 Khuli loaches 1 Siamese Flying Fox 2 Bristlenose plecs Is that OK or too many fellas in one tank? (Ideally, I'd like a nice shoal of danios, so if I can put a few more in, I'd like to - and...

As much as I'm gonna hate doing this (he's my favourite plec) I'm gonna HAVE to swap my Common Plec for something smaller very early in the New Year. He's grown from a cute lil' tiddler to a 4 inch monster in about two months!!! :blink: So... For a newbie fishkeeper, what plec would you...