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I started the tank on the 17th of sept, rushed into without knowing anything and have been trying to rectify the situation. It came with the strip lights which are yes 10000k. I saw a previous thread where you had mentioned this and I have also read that too much light could cause the algae...

In my tank ive noticed ive been developing a brown algae on the surface of the glass and its also covering a decent portion of some of the leaves on my plants. It is a relatively new tank but I believe its just about finished its cycle (learned the hard way). I am due to replace the carbon...

I tried googling it last night and found something called broken back syndrome which can be caused by parasites but as it did it for a short time, could a parasite infection clear up on its own? I had been treating the tank for ich so would this clear the parasites that would cause this as well...

Ive had one of my fish do a spiral of death before and it didn't look like this. Any thoughts?

As well as my neon acting strangely, on occasion ive seen a couple of my guppies swimming with the back curved upwards sometimes drifting to a vertical position. This has only been noticed a couple of times and acts normally the rest of the time. Is this a sign of something to watch out for or...

A couple of days ago I mentioned one of my neons had been acting strange but seems completely fine now, here is a video of it (apologies for the quality, its much clearer on my phone). As it seems to be ok now im not too concerned about it but just wondering if there may have been a problem...

I will when I get chance, working some crazy hrs right now

One of my neons started acting strange, it was slowly swimming in circles but on a tilt. I noticed it seemed bloated as well. I figured it was probably going to be the next casualty in my battle with the tank. But later on it seemed fine and not seen it do it again, I wonder if maybe it had been...

You learn something everyday, 1/20th of a second...who said romance was dead 🤣

Yeah I know about the gravid spot. She was getting beasted and I couldn't bear to watch, she literally couldn't get away. I didnt want to get more fish yet as I wanted a month of stability in the tank first but I had to do something so I threw another 4 ladies in. Ive had even more fry since and...

I guess i'll to have to wait til tomorrow for my fellow brits to say if theres any good UK based shops as it 1am here (currently working nights)

My brother has aspergers, my neice is heavily autistic and my 3 year old daughter has just been diagnosed autistic but we're still waiting to see how severe. I sometimes tell people when I have to justify her behaviour in public. She just a free spirit and goes and does whatever she wants which...

Know of any good ones in the UK? The one you mentioned, is it guaranteed to still be alive when it gets to you or is it risky business?

Thanks thats exactly the kind of answer I was after. Apologies as its late for me but if I have 8 males already with 1 female and 15 fry and say 50% are gonna be female (which is pure guess) that means ill end up with 15 males and 8 females so will need another 22 females to even it up? Jesus im...

Yeah im pretty sure they're all male apart from the 1 female, not sure the sex of any of the fry as they're still too small, theres about 15 of them now at different sizes

When I first started a couple of months ago my initial purchase was 12 guppies. When I got them home I thought id been screwed as I only saw 11 but then noticed 1 little fry in there too and the LFS mustve counted that one as well. They all appeared to be male (although my brother reckons i may...

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Forgive my ignorance but what do you guys mean exactly by flashing? Im still new to keeping fish and have already encountered and treated ich but ive never heard of this and just want to know what to look out for

FYI, I briefly visited the link you posted, and it did say the L200 and the L128 may be the same species, if it is its the northern form. It said they like vertical stone, can you clarify, is this a specific type of stone or just a stone stood up?

Fortunately I've not had to euthanise any of mine yet only found the dead ones, I just remember that thats what my mum use to do. Ill be honest, not sure id have it in me to bash its head in even if I could catch them with my hands. I think I'd rather go with the overdose option

Would putting it in some water and placing it in the freezer for a while so it just goes to sleep not be considered a humane alternative?

I understand what you're saying, I rushed into things and learnt some valuable lessons. Im not going to be adding anymore stock until I've had the tank with stable conditions for another couple of months so will give me plenty of time for more research but the size of the fish has to be a...

Would the territory factor be an issue if there was 1x male and 1x female?

Apologies if the info was incorrect, I read it on a site (not sure which) and it just said that there was so little difference apart from the colour which could've been because of the fact that they come from different parts of the same river so different water parameters could account for the...

Im looking at getting a blue phantom pleco L128 which apparently has max size of 7inch. The green phantom pleco as well as is basically the same just different colour and they give it a different L number not sure what it is though

My tank is 1.8m long but only 30cm front to back. I think 7inches should be able to move around ok. The Royal I had would have grown to about 17inches so wouldn't have been fair. I read a Blue Phantom needs 20gallon minimum so since mine works out at around 57gallon, do you think I could get...

I bought platies and swordtails then learned they can potentially mate but how readily they will is yet to be seen

Ive seen mentioned on here some female live bearers can hold the sperm for up to a year with no male

So I posted here a few weeks back regarding a Royal Pleco I had which unfortunately passed on but as I found out was probably for the best as the tank size would have become an issue down the line. I rushed into getting fish without knowing a lot of basic stuff and a few fish suffered for it. I...

Bit of an update, I work away in the week and my partner told me that sadly the plec died. We were treating an outbreak of white spot and although the treatment doesnt say it contained copper, when ive searches the product online someone has said it does in fact have it in but is OK to give it...

Ive always known it as an upside down catfish but I saw one in the fish shop and thats what it was called so was just trying to give it its proper name. Apparently they only grow to around 4inch but the royal pleco will go up to 16inch or so. The tank is 1.8m long by 32cm deep by 40cm high

Have I posted this correctly or does nobody know?

I have a 260l tank with a few different tropical fish and a royal pleco in it. Im wanting to put an upside down syno in there as well but wondering if it will get on with the royal pleco. Any help is much appreciated thanks