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Thanks for you quick reply. Yep the tank (5 UK G) is heated and filtered (with piece of tight over the inlet to the filter so they can get sucked in), water changes are done every 2 to 3 days and stats are ok (ammonia - 0, Nitrite - 0, Nitrate - 20). Normally feed them 4 times a day on fry...

Does anybody know if snails will eat small fry? or if bigger fry will eat smaller fry? The reason I an asking is I had 4 Platy babies and 10 Guppy babies :wub: in a fry tank with some fairly large snails, there are plenty of artificial plants for the fry to hide in so I don't always see all...

Thank you for your response Lateral Line. We think he is eating and producing waste ok, but it is hard to tell as he doesn't come out a lot when the lights are on, he seems to think that the best place to be is sitting on Plec's stomach for support, which looks very funny, but when we moved the...

Hope somebody can help, or has an idea of what is happening. My boyfriend has a Pakistani Loach in his 216L tank, it used to be the life and soul of the party swimming around and being very nosy, chasing some of the other fish, but recently he has not been himself, hiding a lot with the Plec...

Hope somebody can help, or has an idea of what is happening. My boyfriend has a Pakistani Loach in his 216L tank, it used to be the life and soul of the party swimming around and being very nosy, chasing some of the other fish, but recently he has not been himself, hiding a lot with the Plec...

Got home myself yesterday to find that my female sunburst platy was looking very very poorly and within a couple of hours she was gone as well :rip: , im lucky like you though i have one of her young in my main tank who is growing up fast. Hope you have had a better day today :) Claire

:rip: So sorry to hear about Smudge, i know how attached you can get to fish, ive done the same with mine, at least you still have her little ones to keep her memory alive. Please don't be down on yourself from what i have read in your postings you would of done anything for her or any of...

Thats great news, can wait to see pics when you get it set up and stocked :D

Setting it up in the garage would be me, i just wouldn't be able to wait :lol:

Don't be sorry, im loving looking for this new tank, it my other half i feel sorry for :*) As for the fact that it only takes one trip to the LFS, my down fall was Cory's ive got 3 little ones and they are soooo cute :wub: , 3 just isn't enough, ive got to have more :hyper:

ooh Aquabid, haven't been on that one yet, will have to have a look tonight :D Can see us having to move by this time next year, thought i would get bitten by this bug but didn't know how quickly, dont want to get rid of my 12gallon when i get a new one thought i could put female betta's in...

MTS means multi tank syndrome, and when you get it it can be bad, have been told if i do up-grade the little tank has to go or we have to move :lol:

So know what you mean Matthew, my boyfriend is being very sweet about it but i can see the "how am i going to stop this" in the eyes :crazy: , best bit for me is we both live in studio flats but as we spend more time at his all the tanks are there, and his is a 4ft 216l tank, so think i might be...

Well I got into this fish keeping about 3 months ago, after seeing my boyfriends tank and taking a few months to learn what was need to be done to look after one (had thought about it for about 2 years this was just the final push to do it), so I went out and got a Rekord 60, nice little tank...

Hi B2k2 Which LFS do you use? im from southampton as well and the one i use charges £3.50 per 5g drum. Claire

Im guessing mum had a snack :-( Hope you don’t mind me asking but why do you need only one more Guppy? From what I have found out here you should have a minimum ratio of 1 male to 2 females for any livebearer and if possible you should have a ratio of 1 male to 3 females, this is so the...

Hi Mike. Like the tank :kewlpics: I tend to buy my fish at either Maidenhead Aquatics in Colden Common or at Aquajardan on Allington Lane in West End, have found that the fish in both stores are fairly healthy, but the staff at Maidenhead Aquatics seem to have a lot of knowledge and are...

Hi Mike, and :hi: from a fellow relative newbie from Southampton. How long have you had your tank?, ive had mine about 3 months now. What LFS do you use? Claire

Was looking at the tank last night and realised that i had 2 babies, different sizes, was really pleased cause i didn't think any had survived from the first patch i had a couple of weeks ago :D then this morning i was looking again and i saw another little orange one so i have 2 they are so...

Hello Thought i would share my good news. Last week i posted about my fav Platy Lucky who sadly died a couple of days after giving birth :( , had told you all that i had seen one baby on the sunday but not since and thought he/she was fish food, well came home monday lunchtime and saw the...

Annastasia In pretty sure that everybody that you have helped out appreciates it :) , I know I do cause you have helped me out before, we just forget to say thank you sometimes, which is wrong.

Hope she pulls through, but your right you will know in your heart when enough is enough :-( but dont give upon her, im sure you wont, sounds like you care about her alot. I know i get very attached to some of my fish, think my boyfriend thinks im nuts n they are just fish :D

Hello Just wanted to ask how Smudge is doing, hope she is still recovering well :) How are her babies doing? cute i bet :D

So pleased for you :cool: , i would love a tank like that :drool: .

Hi Claire What tank do you have, and what kind of fish? Im really happy that someone got it right, i had nothing but bad advice before i found this forum :clap: Claire x 914758 Hi Claire Ive got a little 54L Rekord 60, with 6 small Platys and 3 Skunk Corys, believe me i got the bad advice...

Claire So glad it looks like you will get this tank :cool: , been reading the posts that you have placed here and have really felt for you, im a newbie myself (only had a tank a couple of months) and i seem to have been very lucky, and it was luck certainly not judgement. Cant wait to hear...

Hi All I’m going to set up a small tank (about 6 UK Gallons) as a hospital/fry tank, but i'm not sure the best way to go about it, and have a few questions. I have got a new small filter that I have put in a mature tank, will this clone the existing filter? If so how long do I need to run it...

Sound like a great idea to me :cool:

I honestly dont know if any survived :( she gave birth in the tank with the other Platys and i didn't have any thing that i could put the one i saw in. Haven't seen the little one again but im still keeping my fingers crossed that some will have managed to get in a hiding place somewhere...

Got home this evening to find that Lucky had passed way :rip:

:cool: Thanks

Hi Quick (possibly stupid :look: ) question for you all, is Java Moss and Moss Balls the same thing, they sell moss balls round here but I have never seen Java Moss. If not does anybody know where I can get Java Moss from in the Southampton, UK area? :D

I know, the worst thing is i decided at the weekend that i need to get a small tank that i can use as a hospital tank or fry tank, but i can get it till im paid at the end of this week and even then it wouldn't be cycled so its no use :-(

Starting to wonder myself if there is a curse in Southampton :D one of my boyfriends Plays has been looking off colour for a couple of days now, but ive come to the conclusion that she doesn't like being pregnant in the early stages, think she gets morning sickness :rofl: Might see if i can...

I think I'm loosing my favourite platy Lucky, I realised she was pregnant just over a week ago which surprised me as she was so small, I think she gave birth on Sunday as she suddenly got a lot thinner and I saw I little one swimming around, so cute :D , but since then she has either just hung...

Have done a 20% water change as you suggested and will do another smaller one tomorrow. Thanks for all your help. C :)

Just got home and have done a PH test it came out between 7.5 and 8, so is that a little high. My tank is fairly new but the ammonia and nitrite readings have been at 0 now for two weeks. I did make the usual newbie mistake of putting the fish in before the tank had cycled, could this also be...

My test yesterday came out at ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 5 - 10, are these ok :dunno: im afraid i cant remember my PH as im at work, can post it when i get home. They are not doing it all the time just now and again.

Hello I would like a copy of the email if possible, we always go to Maidenhead Aquatics in Southampton so was very shocked to see what you had said. Cheers Claire

Hi to all who read this :D . I’ve got a question for you. I’ve noticed that some of my Platy’s seem to flick or rub them selves now and again on either the plants, cave or gravel, last night I noticed that my heavily pregnant Platy flicked herself on the grave about 5 times in a row, is this...