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I'm going back on Sunday, should be fun.

The New Forest?

That should be fine. You might find they will spawn anyway, mine bred on 3 separate occasions in the big tank with a total of 5 spawnings, 3 from one female and 1 each from the other 2 but never developed or the nest was destroyed by either the male or one of the other females. Finally got fry...

Oh no she's keen and ready to go but has decided neither male is up to par anymore when they tried courting her so then she batters them. She has spawned once but she was smaller then, she had a growth spurt and now she's bigger than both the males hence why she's getting rehomed.

If they weren't already dead you could kill them couldn't you! I suppose the real test for the makeshift cover for the gap at the back of my fry tank will come when the fry get rehomed and if my sister's boyfriend hasn't got his tank ready by then the big female will be moving in there by...

My 2 tanks that I'm using for the Betta Coccina have both got those feeding flaps on and I've not had a problem there, they're not strong enough to knock them open. The fry tank does have a similar gap to yours at the back for a filter so I just blue tacked a piece of plastic to the lid so it...

Couldn't believe he managed to fit through because although he was small it was a tiny gap but it was the only gap he could have gone through to end up outside the tank. I was gutted when I found him.

A secure lid is needed for wild Bettas, no gaps, not even ones you'd think would be too small for them to go through. I originally had another male in my group who was much smaller than all the others but in his head he was the biggest fish in the tank so he'd start an argument with one of the...

I wouldn't, I think a female Splendens could easily kill a female wild Betta if she wanted to as I've found Splendens to have a bit more bulk to them and they are more aggressive naturally. Even though they're not as flashy when they do show off or catch the light just right on their fins...

Do you mean keeping them with female Splendens or in comparison? Wouldn't keep them with female Splendens as they can be as aggressive as the males and most wild Bettas are quieter in nature. In comparison female Splendens are as colourful as males whereas I find my 2 normal ones a bit lighter...

I've found them much easier than Splendens to keep. I haven't been lucky with my Splendens but my Coccina are thriving so I've decided to stick to wild Betta in the future. With most wild Betta they're OK together, I've got 5 in my 29g and only had a problem with one who will be moving out soon.

There are lots of other wild Bettas that could work. I have Betta Coccina which I personally really like but aren't the flashiest, they have dark red bodies with iridescent blue eyes and iridescent blue edges to the fins. @Crispii has Betta hendra, imbellis and I think at least one other type...

I'm going to try the same thing on brutal tomorrow to see the result as I just did a quick one on normal but I was surprised at how fast it was. Even Greenland went under quickly and usually I find them the hardest to infect.

I decided to play plague Inc and created a virus that mimicked corona. It was one of the quickest wins I've had.

A goldfish will be fine in a 5 gallon, also pets at home.

When I was looking for otos I chatted to the manager of one shop who said the problem was basically there are barely any transports coming out of South America and live fish aren't high on the list of priorities for freight companies. A Betta importer who imports from their family fish farm in...

1 x 5 gallon shrimp/quarantine tank 2 x 7 gallon 1 with dwarf rasboras and shrimp, 1 empty for now 1 x 15 gallon Betta Coccina fry tank 1 x 29 gallon Adult Betta Coccina and oto tank.

Vitamin string quartet is a good group to listen to, they do instrumental covers of songs.

Where abouts in the UK are you?

Few photos from tonight. I think the majority of them are male, I've got my eye on a couple that I think are female to decide which one to keep back. I've also decided that once these guys are moved on to split the adults up a bit depending on what they're like once Big Bertha has gone. Current...

Maybe try putting a little bit in a container or the lid then use something to grind it up.

Liquifry do a powder food or you can crush up some other food.

Regular water changes and aquarium salt are the best thing. Going forward I would remove the aggressive one into a tank on her own as chances are she'll do it again.

We had about 10 minutes of really heavy rain this morning in Manchester then the sun came out and now I'm dying from the humidity. We were supposed to have thunderstorms too but they seem to have gotten lost along the way.

When you get your new tank try to get a bottle of something like Tetra Safestart, it's a bottle of the bacteria you need in an aquarium to process ammonia and nitrite and it will allow you to get the new tank ready much faster. You could also use live plants, a lot of members here including...

You know it's bad weather when a northener debates whether they need to wear a coat or not. The answer is still usually no:lol:

The 2 otos in the big tank are settling in well apart from being almost as hard to spot as my Bettas, some days I'd swear that tank was empty. The 3 in quarantine are also settling in well and doing a good job of cleaning up the shrimp tank. It was supposed to be four but I think we were so busy...

The tank is too small, you want to be looking for a 5 gallon tank for him, ideally nothing smaller than a 2.5 or 3 gallon as waste will build up quickly in such a small tank which will cause ammonia poisoning. How long was the tank set up for before you added him to it? I can't comment on the...

They are struggling to get hold of them thanks to corona disrupting shipping. Unfortunately for us I don't think aquarium plants are high on priority :(

If you can find a supplier for Tropica plants I recommend those. They're grown from a close cell culture so no snails or things like that to worry about. They're the only plants I use in my tanks now.

Makes me realise how spoilt I'm for shops round me. Within 20 minutes I've at least 3 pets at home, a maidenhead aquatics and about 5 independent shops.

What do the bubbles look like? Do they look like this picture?

I'll definitely have to have a look at them because I would like to get the tank started at some point in the not too distant future.

Not Sonia, I usually use a different name for forums but here it was already taken so had to find something else and I'd been reading a book that had a little sprite in it called a Sylvan Riverseed so I thought it was appropriate for a fish forum. They've had real problems getting hold of them...

Ended up going back to the shop I saw them in after trying a couple more today with no luck. The owner in one said it's because there's basically no flights coming out of South America at the moment and they've no idea when they might start up again so what's in the country already is what's...

Measured the tank last night and it looks like working in a haberdashery has done wonders for my ability to guess sizes. I was bang on, the tank is 24 x 8 x 8 so using the calculator on here that gives me a 7 gallon tank. It's going to be a very slow setting up process as I like to use plants...