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Lovely pic of black swordtail...

Better luck next time :rolleyes:

Yes. Good luck with them...

Thank you for your reply... Yes...my thoughts exactly. I do have a few young Koi and will be crossing them with my Marbled Swords when they are mature.

I would say there are probably some more to come...

Hi everybody Just wondered what "strain" would you call the Swordtail on the left in my avatar? David

Congrats on the Hi-fin babies.

Yes a couple more females is the answer...

Great photo's - thanks for posting. Do you know who was the daddy ? - David

OK - I completed the above suggestion 3 weeks ago and added the 25w tube + Seachem Root tabs. At the same time I started dosing with Seachem Flourish and Excel plus Seachem Potassium and there is a noticeable improvement. However the older leaves are still turning yellow/brown and dying off...

Yes - this is brilliant - just the job -many thanks - David

The tank is 12 inches by 40 inches - so unfortunately the other makes of standard sized hoods won't fit.

Hi I wonder if anybody has attempted to fit an extra light into a plastic hood. I have a Juwel rekord 120 liter which comes with just 1 light (30 watt) and I would like to fit another light to double this. Any thoughts on this would be very welcome. Thanks - David

Thanks for that Kev. Yes the photos certainly show the difference - very nice - looks as good as most CO2 tanks. Is there a way to do this without emptying the tank I wonder ? My tank has only 1 light (30w) so I'm rather limited with that. - David

Hi - As far as I can tell it'd Polysperma. Substrate is just fine gravel. As for "what type of growth - upwards or outwards" - it does grow upwards quite well but doesn't thicken out - the main thing is it seems to be "struggling". BTW lighting is just the standard Juwel Rekord 120L single...

Hi Can anyone suggest how I can improve the health/growth of my Hygrophila without adding CO2 or additional lighting ? I'm currently only using Seachem Flourish and Excel. Thanks - David

The floss has made no difference after 3 days - I'm now thinking about the Purigen that people have recommended. Many thanks - David

Thanks for the replies / ideas everybody. I got some filter floss and have put it in the filter today - see how it goes. Also thinking of adding Trumpet Snails and Amano Shrimps.

Hello Everybody I wonder if anybody can suggest how I might get that "extra sparkle" in my water - it's not cloudy just not "sharp". I have a Juwel Rekord 120L with standard filter and light (30w Daylite) which was set up 7 months ago. Standard fine gravel - 50% planted with mainly Hygrophila...

I'll be interested to see what fry you get. I recently crossed an albino koi female (identical to yours) with a marigold male. I now have about 40 fry but I can't tell how they will turn out as yet - currently a browny red colour but with no koi markings. Good luck. - David

Very interesting... I've seen Mickey Mouse Swords for sale on aquabid a few times - but they do seem to be pretty rare... Going by the photo of your male and the fact that some of the fry have the proper M.M. pattern it looks like some of the fry may develop into very special fish... Good...

There's currently a photo of some for sale under DOMESTICATED LIVEBEARER at www.aquabid.com

Just seen a photo of these swordtails on aquabid. Stunning fish... I don't suppose they could be available in the U.K. ?

Thanks for that - I'm hoping to find some in YORKSHIRE so that I can collect if at all possible. Something similar to the Marigold Painted, Painted Sunset, Sunset with black sword, Marble, Twin Bar or Velvet Swordtail on this page:- www.ekkwill.com/swordtails

Thanks for the replies. I still haven't been able to find any special ones. So if anybody has some in Yorkshire please email details.

Hi - Thanks for replying. I'm looking for cultivated. Just something more interesting/striking than what's available in the LFS. Have you any members who may have some in the Yorkshire area ? email: [email protected] Regards - David

Swordtails - less common varieties in the U.K. - Yorkshire Hello - Can anyone tell me how to find some "special" Swordtails ? The LFSs only have the common ones and usually not very healthy looking. Ideally I'd like to select my own but maybe the only way to get something different is mail...

Perhaps you could find some contacts by joining a club or going to an exhibition ? :S