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They look like cory eggs to me too... well, technically Osteogaster now, but your profile pic has albino aeneus (albino bronze cories, in common speak us non-scientists use!) And those cories like to lay their eggs in clusters like that, often on the glass, hard surfaces like the filter etc, as...

Any chance you could circle/add a line through where you mean I should cut? Are those bright green bits growing out of the tallest shoot, new roots? I've been wary of trimming it by just lopping the top off the way I would say, L.sessiliflora, because of it being a rhizome plant. But don't...

Wow, that's fascinating about your female tetra changing to male characteristics, you're thinking maybe like a post-menopausal thing? I don't know how they look as juveniles... would be interesting if they all look male as young before female characteristics show, then revert in old age? Sorry...

The cartridge type filters that demand you buy and replace new cartridges are a con. Just a way for the companies to get repeat customers year round. Understandable from their point of view, otherwise people buy a filter with media they can reuse for the lifetime of the filter, might never buy a...

Hi and welcome to the forum! :hi: Owning an auction house must be really interesting! I never imagined an aquarium passing through an auction house, but makes sense when you remember that all sorts of things pass through an auction house. You're a bit far from me, otherwise I'd be hitting...

I get the reference in the title! ;) Also enjoyed the lonely hearts ad! Is she a new addition? I really like her colouration. Reminds me of those horses that stun everyone. like this one She's just doing her thing, throwing her blonde hair about!

That's the one!! Knew I recognised it 🥰 why I knew it began with a k, just blanked on the name and didn't have my list handy, but that it was one of the plants I got at the fish club event last month ☺️ The most expensive one too... Shush! It's a secret. 😉 It came attached to this pebble of...

It's stunning! Earl looks pretty contented there, if I can read emotion from a fish! ❤️ None of your tanks have CO2 running either, do they? Is that dark plant in the middle a buce? Sorta looks like a much larger amount and established growth of a buce I bought at the sale, but forgetting the...

Today? Having the scales fall from my eyes. The book "Flowers for Algernon always resonated with me, long before I had a breakdown and ruined everything I'd worked so hard to build, and lost the ability to trust my own brain. Now it's always held even more significance for me. I'm the...

I'm sure Badgerling could show you, or do it for you in a heartbeat :D

:lol: The first one was funny enough that I'd love to see screenshots of the whole convo! I know they're out there, but haven't come across or seen many text based scams yet. Much more familiar with the phone and email ones, that still make billions, mind.

Using what method? Is this your first tank? Where did you buy five year old fish from?? a ten gallon is really tight quarters for pearl and zebra danios. As you said with how you couldn't take photos because they're fast, they're incredibly fast, active swimmers that will be cramped in a ten...

Is this your first aquarium? Did you first set it up and cycle it in Dec/Jan then? Did you have more fish you've lost, or were these the fish you started off with?

After all that about them being pale though, is it happening just when you first turn on the tank light? Because fish do wash out colour wise and go pale at night when the lights are off, and if still sleeping when you turn the lights on can take a bit to wake up and colour up again. So can be...

The fact they're washing out and becoming pale is another matter still, even if you're just seeing typical barbel development. Stress is a very bad thing, and finding the cause so it can be fixed is urgent, stressed fish, if not already sick, can become sick far more easily. But we need a lot...

If you bought them as a batch, they were juveniles of the same sort of size and age. Often exactly the same, from the same spawning. So they would develop at pretty much the same rate! Like a litter of pups, or any other batch of baby creatures. :)

I really love the look of it! The swords at the back, lilies at the front - and makes sense to have swords in a planted substrate at the back, sand at the front where the bulb plants will mainly be using the bulb and their leaves... I just like it overall! Is the floating plant water sprite? I'm...

If the water conditions are still the same (and temp match from the 10L box to main tank, should be fine! You could add the things you wanted them to eat in the 10L box to the big tank with them, then they have both what you put aside for them, and the larger water volume. :) Adding more leaf...

If you use a reliable source, you should be okay. When the fish arrives and can be put in clean (temp acclimated & declhorinated) water, put it into a see through container to snap photos from the sides, above, and ideally below as well. Try to get a clear shot of the dorsal, because counting...

Fading colour usually means stressed... which could be caused by so many things. Really need to see what you're describing, and don't have nearly enough info to be able to say what's happening. What you think are barbels could be a fungus (especially since it's happened fast), a bacterial...

I'm still new to the pleco game, you need someone like @CassCats , @TwoTankAmin @Naughts or @DoubleDutch for this question, I'm afraid! Sorry. :) I do know that some can cross. My L181's are basically a "fancy bristlenose". So are my "white snowball" ancistrus and long fin Green Dragons...

Always good to hear happy things about the forum and members! I'm pleased if I've helped in any way. :) Thank you.

Ooohhh, I love trolling scammers! Which scam was s/he trying to pull? The "your card has been charged $1000 dollars" one, or maybe Microsoft tech support, Amazon scam, "I'm your grandson and I need bail money"? My folks still had a landline with the same number for donkeys years. Made it onto...

This is fantastic! 🥰 So was the F1 generation the first spawning of this species in captivity? 😀 And now you might have an F2 generation on the way! They're really beautiful. I would love it if they breed well enough to make it into the hobby. I'd want some. Please update! How long did it...

Technically what I was doing yesterday, since it's past midnight, but:

Not much ram specific advice for you in afraid, wanted to follow the thread though since rams are on my " want!" List. 😁 found the info and pics from Cass and Rebe so useful too! Re floating plants -success with particular ones varies on so many factors and tanks. Nutrient and mineral content...

Yes, just knew what she meant about guppies keeping over despite bending over backwards & multiple attempts, because I went through the same- and almost gave up the hobby, feeling like a fish murderer! So when she said that, I was happy to be able to tell her "it's not yr fault. You did the...

Hope you all have a lovely weekend! Best mate arriving very soon, Pix and I packed and excited! See you sometime late tomorrow likely, haha.

was up late then slept in late, panic rush to shower before washing machine guy arrived (who heavily flirted/hit on me, not sure if serious though, or just typical for him), but at least washing machine bought, delivered and installed for £130. Cheaper than the Sofa Project or other places I've...

Oh, they're so beautiful and so adorable!! 😍 I want one! What breed(s) are they?? I see the ear.. poor thing. But yes, considering how serious it was and how recent, she's making an amazing recovery! So glad about that! ❤️

He's very cool! I love seeing the different tail shapes and colours my current guppy/Endler hybrid tank are throwing! All different tail shapes! Some fairly "normal" guppy and delta types, but also ones like a male that has a tiny bright orangey red tail but swims like a beast after the girls...

Haha! Yes, side hussle away, girl! Let the tanks help pay for the cost of running them :lol:

Yes, could well be damage from another fish, which then allow secondary infections like fungal and bacterial infections to set in. Were both those photos taken on the same day? Because it looks worse in the second one. Some tetra and barbs can be nippy too, going after other fish, especially if...