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I was looking into it as I really wanted Python but the price in UK... hell no. Anyway... people claim to add dechlorinator into the tank before you fill it up with fresh water. Calculate the volume of the tank, not the missing water. How accurate is that advice I don't know as I haven't tried...

As far as I know it's not easy to breed them but if you kept them happy then there is a chance you will get babies. Kuhli Loaches reach sexual maturity at 2 years old so not having little babies sooner does make sense. Females will get really chunky! I don't own Kuhlis yet but apparently they...

Weekend task for me usually, although my clown loaches massively disturbed the plant substrate I had under the gravel so now I do water changes daily to vacuum this mess out

As bad as it sounds I would absolutely pay someone to maintain a tank of this size for me, I'd rather chill and enjoy the fish. And maybe clean the filter, I find that task to be oddly satisfyingly

Ooooh good to know! In that case I think I'm okay with two boys. My LFS would buy babies easily, but I'd rather not have to worry about that, I'm not experienced enough to handle fish babies on top of all the other stuff I need to maintain to keep them happy :D

Would they actually successfully breed in a tank with other fish? Not to sound too cruel but I thought any potential eggs / fry would have been eaten so I never considered fry problem to be a problem

I need lots of caves because of my clown loaches so that shouldn't be a problem, really. Hopefully there will be no drama before the upgrade, I started to like 'her' so I'm not too happy about rehoming 'her'. I will if I must but I'd rather avoid it. Feel free to come over to clean mine, happy...

I guess it's time for another tank then :hey: thank you

For a second I thought you had a squirrel drowning in your fish tank because of the picture on one of the photos 🤦‍♀️It's a very lovely fish tank, as Colin said do tell what you did. I am currently removing algae manually whenever i clean the tank but preventing it would certainly be better

I was looking for a female BNP. I already have a boy so when I went to LFS I specifically asked for a girl. We found a BNP wit no whiskers on the head so I assumed it was a girl and the guy in the shop assured me it was indeed a female. I have her/him for roughly a month now living with my other...

scrape them off, from what I remember when I had them they do peel off quite nicely :) I wouldn't try to squish them, taking them off in one go will be definitely faster

My boyfriend had 2 goldfish when I met him but they were slightly neglected and since I was often looking after his dogs when he was at work I offered that he can bring the fish too. Now we have a 150L with tropical fish (I say 'we', I am the one caring for them. He is just carrying heavy...

I am not able to accept the defeat just yet :lol:

I am currently using 2 sizes of gravel in my fish tank. I only have plants on rocks / wood and some moss attached to a ship wreck. 2 big plants growing in gravel very well, roots are all over the tank and can be seen through the glass so I am assuming those plants are happy. I had the proper...

My tank is heavily planted and I never had major algae issue but I did try to follow instructions on fertilisers to the dot. I am very new at fish keeping so I was genuinely doing it all as told, limiting the light, feeding plants and most importantly added Co2. I also added a few floating...

Thank you so much for explaining this. I think the overwhelming amount of people screaming 'salt and heat' is what really confused me. I will stick to cleaning the tank and the 30Celsius temp for now and hopefully in a few weeks time I will have a spot free tank. No fish died so far and today I...

Why is it so widely recommended then? I think this is where my confusion is coming from, lots and lots of places say salt + heat is the best. I do want to avoid salt if I can because of the clown loaches but then there are also paces saying it won't affect them and is needed to treat ich... I...

I noticed that but the ones that are like 'under the skin' are actually very similar to the rest of his body, just more visible in bright light. There are 4 of them, all on the bit where the body ends and the tail fin starts. I asked the shop owner I bought him from and he showed me other...

I don't think I ever felt more lost and confused so here we are. Water: Ammonia 0ppm Nitrites 0ppm pH 7.5 Stock: 5 x Gourami 3 x Clown Loach (yes, I know how big they grow and I made arrangements for them when they grow big, hopefully I won't get disheartened by this hobby and will just get a...

I'm also interested to know when do i add the water conditioner - before, after, during?

the drive is roughly 30-40 min and I can set the tank up fairly ast, is that too long for the bacteria? That is something I actually can grab from my friend so I will give it a go, seems more secure than a bucket anyway Thank you for the link, on it! I will research battery air pumps too, I...

In 2 weeks time ish I will be moving my 150L tank to a new home. I did some research, spoke to the owner of my local fish shop and checked a fair few YT videos. My plan: I have 5 orange buckets from B&Q - those are for gravel, plants, decorations, filter and all the other stuff that needs to...

I name the fish as long as the name comes to my mind instantly - don't have kids to help with that so it's either me or my partner (who is like a child sometimes so I suppose this can count) We now have: orange Molly with black spots called Freckle Bristlenose Pleco called Zoltan A Gourami...

Ha now that might be the answer to my issue! I did give it a good rinse in the bucket filled with the tank water but the filter did spit out some white particles still. I only recently upgraded from Superfish 150 (came as part of the tank) to Fluval U4 and frankly I didn't really notice that...

They seem to be stationary, coming off very easily just by using the magnetic cleaner thing (you know, two pieces of plastic on both sides of the glass with the magnet inside). I need to check if and how fast they come back. Ideally I want to clean the green spots too, but my tank is quite tall...

Just by googling it I'd say no - I did have the lovely brown algae / diatom bloom at the beginning of having the tank, it cleared out now. Okay so in that case I have both - honey and dwarf. I will read more about those so I can understand the differences. Thank you! It's hard to take photos...

Hi Wills, thank you for your response. I got my loaches as the first fish that went into the big tank and they are only about 2 inches each - still plenty of time to worry about the size but I always prepare a few options just in case something goes wrong. I am confident those are not snails...

I'm very new too but if I could give you one piece of advice - get the water test in the form of drops. I was using strips for a fair few weeks and every time the read was exactly the same. Once I got annoyed and dipped 3 separate strips into 3 cups - fish tank water, tap water (untreated) and...

Hi (disclaimer: English is not my first language and I am new to the fish hobby so please go easy on me) I currently own a 150L tank with tropical fish. It is still a work in progress thing but I am taking it slowly as until about 3 months ago I truly believed I can't keep fish alive. Inside...