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That's good to hear! I'm gonna take some pics of him in the tank, then try putting him in a glass container or something to get good clear shots for ID purposes. But now very worried for the baby plecs and pygmy cories.. they're so tiny! Don't want them to get eaten! 😭 Can't put betta in 5...

Was gifted a hoplo, specific species unknown, after a fish event yesterday. I really like him, but the more I read about them, the more I'm thinking I either need a massive tank for a group of conspecifics, or at least a pair. Then apparently they're generally peaceful, but will eat other fish...

Shocked how well the canister filter and live plants are handling the 22g QT set up! Tested very carefully with API masterkit 0 ammonia 0 nitrites Nitrates somewhere between 20 and 40. That's even with one of the hillstreams sadly passing away and being in the tank overnight. I'd been...

Aaaw man, I'm sorry to hear that! SIP. :rip:

Hadn't run our of declor after all! I'd just moved the big container to other fishstand cupboard at some point and forgotten. When it wasn't in its usual spot, I figured I'd run out and forgotten to add to to shopping list/order more. But when looking for my test kit, I found a nearly full...

Confirmed this morning that the reticulated hillstream loach I thought was DOA yesterday, actually was DOA. Definitely didn't survive the night. Even once they've passed, they seem to naturally suction to the bottom pane of glass, just from their bodyshape, I guess. But got a good headlamp light...

She's a pretty girl! Happy she landed up in a good home and you're loving her so much! I'm a betta beginner, but a lot of the marble/koi bettas apparently can change colours a lot between 3-6 months of age, so keep taking photos, because as well as colouring up and perking up now in a good...

Sending cyber hugs, if wanted and accepted! Cleaning out a garage is a big job. Always bound to wish you'd done more. But hope you give yourself credit that you've made a start and completed what you did. :)

Can you spell out the full name, or Latin name please? Just googling Madagacars is a bit too vague to look up! ;) I'm really sorry you lost a couple of yours!! Ah, while writing, @MaloK narrowed it down! Good timing :D Thank you both for the ID! @JackGulley Now you know what else you can put...

What's going at the moment/coming up? Tanks aren't show off ready yet (I know they don't have to be, but I want them to be! lol), but might be by the time the next contest comes up for their size!

Not my fish or photo, hope you don't mind pinching your photo and making a thread to get an ID on these fish! @JackGulley ! From a store near @JackGulley , so likely young, could be a bit stressed - but would like to find out what they are! They aren't kribs, are they? My mind kept saying...

Oh, another planned buy, but don't have the fish yet - guy I got plecs from also had a young L181, so I told him about my two adult females and how I was keeping an eye out for a male. He offered to straight swap for one of my females, but understood that I'm attached to these girls, named them...

Of all the fish I expected I might bring back today, a betta was the last thing I expected! But they import them and breed them themselves, and breed wild types too, so I feel better about it than the pet store bettas often seem to fair on the forum. Beautiful blue, with white edge to tail...

Bedtime update - *touch wood* all alive and swimming (well, sleeping, but I disturbed them... don't like to do that, but the one hillstream loach playing dead and making me think he was DOA has me paranoid! Had to check on them all. Plus check tank temps and heaters are at the right temp etc...

Oh, and there was a shop just a little up the road from the pub (and opposite the cashpoint I had to go and visit) that had a load of lovely outdoor and houseplants. For decently cheap prices... so I also got four new houseplants... I almost never go out, let alone spent and treat myself like...

A friend of mine had some hoplos in with her mixed gang of cories, and the vids and pics I saw, they were active and did really well in her 55g of cories, hoplos and others. I remember her saying they have a lot of personality! I love botiid loaches too (haven't any at the moment, but one day...

I find Prime too expensive to use all the time (I know it only needs a small amount, but it still adds up when you have a lot of/large tanks!) But I do recommend keeping at least a small bottle in the fish cupboard, just in case. If a tank crash, ammonia or nitrite spike, do water changes as...

I usually always have a bottle of Seachem Prime in the cupboard, just in case. But also use the Tetra tapsafe one for when I'm using a lot, and reserve Prime for potential emergencies. But went through a very, very broke period, and only had the two tanks running for ages, so it was really...

That's a bit of hyperbole, I have enough left for about 30L of water. But I'd planned to do large water changes on main tanks and potentially QT tanks, depending on how they test.

I have argos playsand too, two bags of it! Time to get it out of the shed!

I put the 22g QT tank on the floor, and regretting it now, so already planning where to move it to, and how to do it with minimum stress to new fish.

Untied the Gordian Knot of airpumps and airline tubing etc - that wasn't fun! But I did find the plug for my Nicrew light! That's something. Have three mini filters/sponge filters that I want to run for the betta and shrimp tanks that are next to each other. First try is a brand new mini...

I miss him too. It's like a gut punch every time I think of him. Yes, I remember he preferred some substrate of some kind, and I'm leaning that way too!

Which do you do, or recommend? At the moment, my three QT tanks are bare bottom. I'm definitely adding some sand and hardscape/plants to the 15L shrimp tank since they'll likely stay in there so they can grow up and hopefully breed like mad with no fish to eat shrimplets. Have seen a lot of...

Okay - QT tanks: 15 L Ciano cube has been set up for the first time, for the blue dream shrimp I got. 12.5g - Blue male betta with white edges to his fins has this to himself for now :D 22g- Unknown species hoplo, looked a little pale at first, but is exploring and colouring up nicely now...

I was given a big hoplo at the end, no one knew the exact species! But I know places/people who can definitely identify it when I get some clear photos of it! Got six tiny pygmy cories as planned - six for £15 is much cheaper than store prices, locally bred, and fresh blood for my pygmy cory...

Playing epic 80s and 90s ballads from my childhood/teens while I get ready for fish event. Sharing this since I haven't listened to it in ages, but it still stands the test of time! Lorraine Crosby has a stunning voice.

I blew up my first air pump because I hadn't thought of the reverse syphon action when you turn it off without a £2 plastic dohickey from the store, so didn't have a water return valve on there :blush: Others just seem to give up the ghost and stop working, that's the only one I've popped like...

Oh I wouldn't know hon,, sorry! I only wouldn't put them with cories, 'cos they're territorial, and I haven't yet come across a cory species that seems to even grasp the concept of respecting territory, bless em, so I can imagine cories getting beaten up and not learning, and perhaps stressing...

I already have two L181 plecs, bought in 2020 with the hope I might wind up with a M/F pair, but wound up both being females (were also sold as L183's, which is why I named them Ziggy and Stardust! So their names didn't make sense when they matured into the colours for L181 Peppermint plecs, but...

I do love the way they display! And I only had three, can't wait to see how they act with much more appropriate group sizes! Have been fascinated by the pairing and courtship displays from the few apistogramma species I've watched videos on now... seem really fun to watch, and again, it's...

Tomorrow is the local fish club bring and buy sale, including plants, equipment, shrimp, fish etc, so depending on what's for sale at what price, and how strong I can stand against temptation, the tank plans might have changed utterly, or be more set in stone anyway! If there are some nice...

Tomorrow is a local fish club bring and buy sale event, so I've been trying to get ready for that... Want a couple of QT tanks set up, running and ready, just in case I am tempted by some fish. Mainly, I'm after live plants, but might easily be tempted by some nice shrimp, if the colour and...

Do you happen to know whether the smallest one that's hanging back was from the new group? Or the new group? Although you'd likely see the same behaviour whether it's one from either group if it's behavioural, if one of the first group, then illness would be higher on my list for suspicion than...

Read the instructions before having them add it, since you need to time when to do water changes

I'm still mystified by this one! Gonna have to give up and ask for the answer! :D

Regretting making this thread now. Was meant to bring people together, not cause more divides and unhappiness. Any mods available to see about this? Might be worth editing or deleting the thread, or discussing some ground rules we can edit into OP, then delete anything that causes controversy...

Everything David Mitchell and Robert Webb do is comedy gold to me! Except for some of the short-lived comedy series they made for David Mitchell to host with guests, which just weren't as good, since he had to host and couldn't just go off and be hilarious the way he can as a guest or regular...

One of Mitchell & Webb's most excellent sketches: