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I have thought about getting some snails to help with a current green algae problem (I currently have 3 flying fox's, some new plants and phosphate remover on the case). Do Apple snails eat plants as well, or do they feed on algae and rotting plants only??

try doing another 20% water change and get a test kit to take ammonia, nitrite and nitrate readings. If you follow the booklets that come with these, that should help. Tiger barbs are always active when I have seen them.....even in bare tanks. Suggests to me that something might be affecting...

thanks for the suggestions.....never thought of rosy barbs!! :rolleyes: Don't really have the room for them at the moment, as i have just got some Flying Fox's to help deal with the problem, and have added a phosphate remover to the filter, as well as buying a load of Water Wysteria. mrV...

Found some of these at a Maidenhead Aquatics store in Morden, South London. 3 for a tenner so not bad. They have the stripe going into the tail and seem to be the genuine article....after a day have started nibbling..... :D Just in case anyone else was on the lookout!! :thumbs:

thanks ste2k3. Have looked into this and sounds good. Will giv it a go I think, other people have suggested high poshpate levels in aquarium also. thanks :D

So add more plant grow and add some fast growing plants? The plant food I use Is in a little bag that you leave in the aqurium for 3 months. People I got the plants from swear by it, and my plants seem to be growing ok. I read in PFK that you can use a product called Protozon 707, as this will...

I have been getting green hair algae in my tank. :( It is fairly well planted, and the algae only seems to grow on any floating plants or any plants in the middle near the surface. I have a 3ft tank, with an aqu glo lamp and a power glo lamp, both 25w. I have many different plants, but was...

Could you use a few tiger barbs as dithers as they are quick enough to get away? :D I have heard of Zebra Danios being used as dithers for convicts :thumbs:

my clowns do that sort of thing all the time! just larking around!! :P

probably because he is a male....is he eating ok??

I think maybe that's a bit harsh, with the right amount of space and conditions (and from what pufferpack has said before on many occasions) these are one of the most entertaining and fun fish to keep!! :thumbs: Most fish will nip and fight when they are kept together in too small tanks :/

sounds like cup cake needs icing :D

probably around the 5 gal mark I estimate!! :blink: Would be a bit different, if maybe a little diffucult and warped to see the fish through the ridges!! :S I you could adapt a light to the top I think it would look quite impressive, kind of like a living larvae lamp!! :lol: I'm sure a...

hi aernympha, go to my controls at the top of this page, and edit you profile from the left hand menu. You can upload images to use and do the signature from there. jumpman :thumbs:

Hey Nik, where did you get your sand from?? I am thinking of getting some for that new tank I was talking about......convicts prefer sand???

Did you mail order it lilt man or buy it at a shop?? :/ SOunds like it works a lot better than cycle!! :D

not sure about that website, fishprofiles.com, says that you can keep a jack dempsy with a siamese fighter!!! or a jaguar!!! That can't be right!!! :X :no:

Are theyt all fake plants, or will you be getting hood/light/real plants etc etc...

Most of the Hygrophila species also do well in high ph, and are great space fillers that grow quickly. :)

what type of flourescent lamps are they?? What wattage are they??

You could borrow an oscar and put him in the 10 gallon for 5 mins!!!! :devil:

well..around 28 days or so to be a bit more precise!!! :thumbs:

Sounds like mine, they get bloated after eating too much and you think they are so big that they must be pregnant, then the next day they are back to normal.....a pregnant one will look like that for weeks and get bigger and bigger and bigger..... :D

Anyone got one of these or seen one in the UK?? They look fantastic!! :thumbs: http://www.aquazoo.co.uk/page.cfm/Type=Fish/ID=1

Swordtails and platys are very closely related though, and have bred in the wild, mollies and guppies are quite different fish...... I haven't heard of any instances but then nothing would suprise me!! :blink: I guess because no one else has answered they haven't heard either!!! :X

:) Rena 200s work well and quietly for me :)

Hi Eddie, nice pics ;) Do you keep these with any fish too?? And do they act as a good cleanup crew?? :thumbs:

I can only hear my three clowns click when they come to the surface. It sounds like they are trying to drink but keep slurping!! :lol: Only happens at feeding, but you can hear it across the room!! :fun:

Am I right in thinking they get to about 10 inches or so?? Or is that in the wild?

I change around 15% twice a week if I can. If not I do 25% once a week. Fish seem to love the new water, and sometimes induces spawning behaviour in some types..... :D

Welcome...lots of friendly people here, and in my experience, lots of good advice too!! :D

Welcome Mike, :hi: How many Angeks do you plan to keep in that 100g :alien: setup?? ANy others to go with them?? :thumbs:

Don't speak too soon...before you know it you'll be infested!!!!! :D

Wouldn't clown loaches be a little big for a 70l??? :/

Every sunday and 25% sounds very familiar! Has worked for me! :D

hey skiltrip, how is the firemouth doing with the tiger barbs?? Has he shown them who's boss yet?? :D thinking of getting one myself.... :) are you going to get him a lady friend??? :wub:

If you want a school of tiger barbs maybe you could exchange your bala shark for some??? :) cfc is spot on...way too big for a 20g :/

lovely 'lippy' looking fish there mate!!! Hey tanked...easy on the contrast mate!!!!! :D

that is some great photography mogo!! Looks like you put it together in photoshop or something!!! :D nice one!! :)

they sound like interesting fish.......anyone in the uk got one of these???