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its only 27.5uk gal, its 36.5" length, and 13" deep, so not a great size but still lovely and we are looking to upgrade soon :D,

Thats great news thankyou ger87410, How big is this feeding ring, its just i have two very greedy mollys (a dalmation and a black) who will scare off all the other fish, regardless of their size. when i add the bloodworms, they just skulk around the bottom and any fish come near - beware...

Hi In answer to your question i have a fluval 3 plus filter, and it also causes the fish food to be forced to the bottom, therefore i have to turn it off. I shall have to stick a big sign on the tank, "switch back on you dufus" then hopefully this wont happen again. Thanks for your advice guys...

Okay. so i fed the fish this morning, and i always turn off the airstone and filter - else the food just gets sunk to the bottom. Went to do a water change about 4-5 hours later and realised that i had only switched the airstone back on at feeding time and forgotten about the filter.... Does...

Okay, so i rang the lfs today to see if the bristlenose was in, so i could explain that i'd beeen advised against getting one, and thought it best to get 3 ottos instead. The lady asked me why, and i explained that i used this site, she said "i dont think we have one, in fact i dont know what...

Sorry Cheesespecialist, these topics move down so fast I have a Uk 27.5gal tank With the following fish 4 mollys (females) 2 guppies (males) 3 platys (males) 4 neons (dont know) 4 cherry barbs (dont know) 1 swordtail (male) 2 corys (albino & bronze) I have a fluval 3 plus filter and 6"...

okay excellent thanks a bristlenose it is

Hi just wondering I had to rehome my gibbiceps plec (Long Story), but since his departure the glass has become slimy. Its not in direct sunlight, and i use the duo lights on a 4hrs on 4hrs off basis. I replaced the plec with 2 corys, but obviously i still need to get an algae eater, so is a...

Nah, not IMO, My pleco must have been very unique (i think they are all very different anyhow), i had to rehome him at the LFS as he was a gibbiceps and i was told he was a cory - Doh!!, being new i didnt know. I took pictures of him, and posted them on here, and was really sad to see him go...

I thought some fish didnt like this at all, i thought i heard that cories were one of them, is this true???

Yes Cluttery i got 2 corys a bronze and an albino, they are really nice, plus i got 2 black neons, with the hope to eventually get another cory next week I just really hope that i'm not overstocked

Ooopps i dont think your allowed to do that on here

LOL, yes very funny ClutteryDrawer, i think i'm going mad!! However i guess my partner must be too as he couldnt see it either :rofl: So glad to have him back though

Weird Weird Weird, Okay so all the ornaments and plants were thoroughly checked and left out of the tank for at least 10 minutes while we were searching the tank, however today i get back from the lfs and there he is. My partner thought he was dead, but he just swam away like he'd never been...

Oooppps i forgot, i bought 2 corys (albino & bronze) and 2 black neons I hope i have not overstocked here as i'm hoping to get another cory eventually, my water levels are fine and with the 6" airstone and the internal filter i have lots of surface agitation which i've heard can help. BTW - i...

Well i thought this, but i was pleasantly suprised today (Pets at Home, Brislington, Bristol), they had completely revamped the entire area with bigger tanks lovely decorations clean looking with lots of healthy fish, The tank they put my Plec in who is now close on 5", was absolutely huge...

Okay i currently have 4 mollys (female) 3 platys (female) 3 guppies (male) 1 swordtail (male) 4 cherry barbs 4 neons I also have a gibbiceps plec that i'am taking to pets at home today as i didnt know they would grow so big, and my local lfs told me it was a cory (Doh! being a newbie i didnt...

HI CSRMel, thats really sweet thankyou although i doubt we are anywhere near each other, i tend to think that i'm the only member from Bristol Uk, as i've never ever seen anybody else anywhere near?

The ones i buy are like ice cube trays covered in foil, i cut one out at a time, leave it in the plastic cube until thawed in a cup of warm water, then take the lid of and tip the contents into the tank, This is good as i dont have to touch anything eeeuukkk

Sorry i meant your white and blue gravel just like mine, i'm hoping to change to sand soon though. and i know what you mean about upgrading i want to as well

Sorry you might hate me now, but i had two swordtails, male and female and the male constantly harrassed the female, i think they need at least 2 females. She was constantly under stress and eventually i had to rehome the male Perhaps this wont happen, but it did with me Regards Miranda

Wow that tank looks as big as mine and i have a 27.5gal with the same substrate Looks fantastic, well done Miranda

The plants are all spread little leafed, i dont know their names but they wouldnt conceal anything they have been eaten too much, need to get more this week. I really am so baffled

well i checked it all tstenback, then when my partner came home he checked too, plus the water level was lower than usual last night because i ran out of dechlorinator yesterday on my third bucket so i couldnt fully fill the tank back up. It was about 3 inches down from the hole in the hood...

The lady at the lfs said there wasnt much point buying frozen bloodworms for my fish as fish food these days had everything a fish needs, which seemed odd as she was doing herself out of a sale - unless she didnt sell them and that was her excuse. I'm glad i listened to you guys though because...

Okay so he was absolutely fine, but has disappeared overnight, and he showed absolutely no signs of illness, and was skooling happily with the mollies yesterday. I have taken the two ornaments and plants out of the tank and searched throughout the tank, i even searched the filter despite the...

Okay, so i understand what you are all saying, but i've always been curious of this too. IMO - no matter how temporary the fish at the lfs are they are still under the stress, my lfs uses small fluvals in their tanks (which are not much smaller than mine), and i have a fluval 4. They usually...

Hi my black molly had that before i unfortunately lost him, i had seen lighter patches over his side also very velvety looking, so the only thing i could established from the table i had was velvet and slime, so i bought the treatment and treated the water unfortunately i think i was too late or...

i think she has a fluval 2 or 3 not sure, yes she is used to the water changes thing now. I did not realise you could add 6 neons at once, oopps, dont think she'll be happy about my misguidance lol It doesnt have to be 6 of the same type of tetra though does it, i thought most tetras would...

its only a 27.5uk gal tank, and i have 4 mollys 4 platys 4 cherry barbs 4 neons 3 guppies 1 swordtail a plec (rehoming soon) Thats a very good idea dannio, sometimes i'm sooo thick lol

Well she has a 15gal UK, she cycled with 2 zebra danios, and now wants to add 3 neon tetras 3 bleeding heart tetras 3 black neon tetras I've told her that she will have to add them gradually, say 3 a week depending on her water, and i tested her water and her perimeters are nitrate 10...

Well got some yesterday and added one section of the tray, the four mollies instantly started eating them and going mad, they wouldnt let any of the other fish get any, So i was thinking should i add 1 section at one side of the tank and 1 section at the other so they all get some or would...

Yes, i would love to change to sand, but i dont know if its too soon

Yes ClutteryDrawer that was me, and i called the stores on your advice How crazy though, it was Petsmart (Now called pets at home), that said they would take it, they said they wouldnt pay me but would take it off my hands (which i dont mind so long as he is happily added to a bigger tank) I...

Thats terrible, you should give the store details out on here, like location and telephone number etc, They might just ignore one person but if we all complain they are sure to realise that people do actually care about fish and treatment like this is just cruel Please do this, i'm in the UK...

So glad for you, it sounds lovely. How long would you wait?, i've had my tank up and running for about 2 and a half months now (approx), and dont know whether my bacteria would survive it, or there is enough yet established. Sorry to hijack the post, but i just wondered as all water levels are...

I had velvet slime, and although i treated i still lost my black molly, luckily nothing else, but he will be missed greatly. BTW - what is ICH, i've looked in all the books i have, but cant find any reference to it. Is it short for something ??

so i assume you can only use frozen peas then? My sister says she adds broccoli, and they just eat it like they eat the plants, is that safe? (just checking as i dont want to get it wrong)

I've heard that pea's thing before do i used tinned or frozen, and do i need to do anything to them first, how many shall i add, I will go to the lfs tomorrow and get a selection of different things for them, thankyou everyone

I used to use freshstart, but i saw TetraAqua, aquasafe, and bought it for a change, and it does so much more than the other one did It neutralises chlorine etc, protects against wounds, abrasions and infections and reduces stress with vitamin b1. I didnt realise that the one i was using was...