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My partner is ok with it some days, and not others.. the 'not' days are generally the ones where im asking "wheres the Oscar at now?" worrying abut my fingers whilst i have my hand in the big tank, and shes busy tending to 2 screaming kids, lol the kids love them tho, sit there watching fish...

some form of cichlid by the sounds of it.. maybe chocolate cichlid, approx size might help up us a bit. What size tank are they all in? 4 redtail shark in one tank is a very bad idea - they are completely intolerant of their own species.

Something similar happened a Sunny Delight plant not long ago, died the local river system orange and wiped everyting out. As for coffee..not one i'd like to try, or tea for that matter :\ this is really off topic.. but your siggy, the man from atlantis, are you 100% sure on them quotes? every...

your location would be nice :)

Imagine the school yard bully who picks on the little fat kid that can't catch him.. your somewhere close :lol: IMO, it's a dominance thing, especially with Tiger barbs, "im bigger, stronger, faster, and smarter than you, so i'm gonna beat you up!" Guess they like to show the easy targets who's...

Look up the member 'Dany' from Wales i remember reading that he has bred Flyers, and had some for sale he may be able to advise you there. Not sure if Flyers do the same, but, Oscars sometimes pair up as 2 females.. they clean stones and lay eggs etc etc, but obviously, the eggs never hatch...

hmm. curious! did it deffo have a suckermouth disc? can you recall a price, or name? just wondering if it was some sort of loach..

Just done a quick google, and found L260 Queen arabesque, and the Candy striped pleco, and a royal pleco I've seen Royals in quite a few shops, then can reach 13" (according to planet cat), and are 'relatively' reasonable on price, so that seems likely, as it 2.5" already. The candy striped...

spose thats why Husbands have sheds/garages, and wifes have kitchens/living rooms :)! Poor fishy can't close the door and turn the music up :rofl:

the answers on the back of your link :) Zebra Pleco. Are you positive it was one of these? they are relatively rare, and generally fetch a rather impressive price tag.

he was probably meaning (maybe not him personally, but SOME retailers do it) it's easier to sell youngsters because they look small and cute, and can be sold under the pretense that they stay kinda small, and won't attack anything else.. a full size one people can see its a big lump of fish, and...

how long were the bristles? And was there and kind of pattern to the black and white stripes? The 2 obvious answers to me are Striped Dora cat or talking catfish, or Red Tailed Catfish..

It's it any help (doubtful, looking at most of your locations) Northlakes aquatics at Penrith usually has a good stock of all kinds of cats, including oto's, also, Gizza fish at Ulverston also usually has them in stock. They have on occasion, been in kent st Aquatics in Barrow as well.

i thought it seemed a bit.. sparse.. to be honest.. but then, if it was arranged more realistic, and was more interesting, you wouldn't be able to see the fish as clearly, which is kinda the point of them having them there..one of them catch 22's i guess

Thanks for the pointer Ferris :) I was thinking if he kept only the 2 then nothing major should arrise..but i guess i was wrong. I suppose they are sensitive fish and keeping more water, means it stays more stable.. i guess this is your reason for suggesting 20 gal?

going back to the red nose thing - that shouldn't be any problem with health, probably just a male, starting to show his colours. The fin nipping is more than likely down to fighting with a fellow barb for position within their hireachy, probably another male. Chances are he picked a fight he...

i was well impressed with both the Arapaima, and the lion lish they had there :good: my Partner fell in love with their Malawi tank, and since we went has been nagging for us to go into Malawi's..

to be honest..not much, but a pair of dwarf cichlids might be nice.. Apissto. agassizi perhaps.. or if you like less work, kribs (Pelvicachromis pulcher), or its colourful cousin, pelv. taeniatus. If you regularly do maintenance, then with a bit of time you should be able to add a pair of...

it could be worth a quick treatment of anti bacteria, internal and external, prevention is better than cure after all... if the other fish were a relative distance from it, then you could be ok, fish that were consistently close to it will be most likely to be affected, watch them imparticular...

assuming your water and stocking are fine, could be taking a nap, could be chilling out. O's are a hard fish, i would say she's fine, just keep an eye on here for a day or two, see how things go :-)

it can be highly contagious.. im guessing you've removed him already, which was the best thing to do really - if the other fish had started eating him, it would been very bad news..

i noticed you said "slighly" to one side.. how slight is slight? mine sits at about 5-10 degree from vertical, when sat on the bottom, having a sleep. thats more due to the contour of the hole she dug to sleep in tho. As for cuts, unless you saw them actually happen, hard to pinpoint what they...

not a fan of either Formula One, or Nascar.. too boring! they all play follow my leader from flag to finish.. Touring cars is much more interesting to watch! cars actually overtake one another, and the drivers have to plan for, and manouver, around bends and corners in BOTH directions, hairpins...

spine distortion sounds more like internal bacteria to me..balance - swim baldder problem... Is it a normal shape in the belly region, or is it sunk upwards, like arched inwards? also is it relatively skinny? Could be a nasty case of internal bacteria! not the easiest thing to treat really, if...

Do you know your tap water parameters, ph and nitrates in particular? If they are 0 and 7.0 ish, then this will make life easier in the tank. I agree with above comments on the pleco's..if they are common or sailfin, or any or the larger ones then you should change them eventually. Obviously...

seems pretty normal really IME.. plastic is the way forward!! Quite common to see one mine swimming round with a length of plant in its gob.. looks like an old man swallowing down spaghetti!

Mine loves peas - but remember to shell them 1st! they don't like the skins. Sweetcorn goes down well, and worms are one of her favorites, garden worms, and meal worms.. grasshoppers, woodlice, and other such crawlies always go down well. Her staple is defrosted prawns tho, she sticks her...

DanDan, She's happy enough in the 6x2x2.. i just get the feeling she'd be more comfortable in a wider tank. She swims up the length at a good speed, then has to slow down to turn round in the width. I guess in comparison, it would be like doing circuits in a 30ft x 6ft hallway, plenty of room...

depends on size of worm compared to the size of the Oscar really, if it's too big (the oscar wont think it is), better to chop it up a bit. But generally, just dig it up, rinse it off, and chuck it in! You get to know whats too big and whats not for an oscar, sounds odd, but really, you do...

try prawns, peas, sweetcorn, flies, garden worms, woodlice, grasshoppers, algae wafers! I'd recommend tetra doromin also, but it is a little pricey when buying for a fully grown Oscar's appetite, most other cichlid sticks will be fine, but my oscar prefers doromin - more evidence that it's...

just being curious, but what dimensions are your 125 tank? I have 1 Oscar, roughtly 10-11" in a 6 x 2 x 2, and she does look a little penned in when turning. Obviously she can do it, but she has to slow down to do so...

Good to hear there happy :D and better news it's only something trivial, and easy cureable!

mine go through shade changes all the time, they seem lightest during mid day, and darken off as night approaches. I think, from what i have seen, that it's generally the boss loach that is the darkest, and they go lighter according to rank in their little group Ironically, mine also share...

not really, until they are over 1" in length. Albinos are easiest to sex, then the regulars, hardest to spot are greens, but it's still relatively easy. It's made easier if your looking at a few at once, as oppose to just 1 on his\her own. The biggest giveaway is the nose. Males have a big...

what else is in the tank? they might be hiding from something, or on the other extreme, if theres very little, they might be hiding for fear of a predator. Mine hid a lot until i added 6 zebra danios, now they are out and about all day...it's at night i don't see them, lol. They must see the...

for the 1st 3 days after hatching, nothing. when they started to move around relatively freely i used the liquifry no1 for egglayers, 3 times a day (before i went to work 6am, home from work 4.30pm, and before bed). I kept this up for about a week, then they start looking a lot healthier, and...

They sound more like white spot spores to me.. Danio eggs are Very hard to see due to the increadibly small size, and they are usually clear, plus from what i have read, they are not sticky like some eggs. Also (assuming the fish have access to them), if they were eggs, the danios would have...

could be wise to shell the pea also, the skins arnt a great idea for the innards, same as any fish. chances are your Oscar will spit the shell out and eat the mushy part anyways (mine used too), but might as well save on picking up the shells later, by not using them in the 1st place.

It will heal if he can be isolated, but as you wilder said, you need to find out why it was nipped in the 1st place. The common cause with tiger barbs, is not enough of them. The more of them there is, the more the aggression is spread out. This way one barb will not be singled out, and...

I have a few plecos.. 1 common (11"), 1 sailfin (8"), a pair of bnose (2.5-3"), 1 clown pleco (1.5"), and a pair of oto's (1.25"). i'd love to show pics, but i only see the common and sailfin when the moonlight lamp is on, so they always look blue, lol. I see bits and pieces of the bnose and...