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  okay, thanks. I just read my post, its doesn't make sense at all! I think it was the autocorrection.     The forum is set up to automatically change certain words and phrases to others. If you were to try to type certain swear words, it would automatically change them to something more...

Now bear in mind I have never kept angels, but I have read extensively.   AIUI, angels aren't fully shoaling in the way that characins are. Where you get a group of 5 or 6, you may find that a male and a female will pair off and mate, and at this point the other angels should be removed, for...

Generally, they can mate. Sometimes they can mate before it's obvious which are males and which are females.

Has she been in the birthing tank all this time? What size is the birthing tank?

  Boshk, the website that you are advocating has been found to have serious flaws in its rules. Whilst it does give quite a lot of detailed information, that information isn't necessarily accurate.   I would strongly suggest that you check the validity of anything that site recommends with the...

Colouration comes after a few months, when they're big enough to survive.

30l is fine, no issues with that. You may well find that she will eat some of her fry before you can remove her, which will help your situation, but I still warn you about trying to save as many as you can.    We get a lot of people saying "Oh, I can't let the babies die, that would be...

Cories and CPDs are both shoaling species, so would benefit from greater numbers, absolute minimum of 6, but preferably more.   Guppies aren't a shoaling species, as such, but they are very very boisterous. With just two of them in the tank, one will dominate the other, and he will end up with...

I'm not a huge fan of breeder boxes. They tend to be small, and therefore stress the fish out, and this can cause issues with dropping fry, and occasionally even death of the fish.   You'll probably find that all your fish, including the female platies, will have eaten the fry. Livebearers tend...

  Claims to know everything, supports Pompey.  Says it all       How very dare you!

The thing with livebearers is that they have the ability to store sperm packets, and use them for further fry-drops for about 6 months or so. Your females may well have dropped their fry, probably eaten them, and then started all over again. The photos certainly look like gravid females.

Hi Foz,   In terms of the filter's intake of water, so long as the intake tube is fairly low down in the tank, it doesn't matter whether the filter is mounted on the side or the rear (or for that matter, the front).   Its outlet can make a bit of difference. As well as returning the filtered...

Hi Matt and welcome to TFF.   There's a couple of issues that I'd like to bring to your attention, if you're happy to hear them?

  It would be the same, yes, however the aesthetic wouldn't be the same - having 3 gaudily coloured fish and 3 naturally coloured. LIke I say, I feel dirty for having to say it, I think more of the manufactured variety is the better option.   *shudders*

  Just to clarify for everyone. The Honey Gourami, Trichogaster chuna, is a different species to the Dwarf Gourami, T. lalius. Although some sources call them Honey Dwarf Gourami, this only serves to confuse everyone. The Honey Gourami, as has been pointed out, is not really known to be...

YOur issue is the plecostomus species. They have a disproportionately large bioload - they create more mess for their size than they should. This means that you can't stock as highly as other people, without plecs, would be able.   I would strongly suggest that you increase your cories to at...

For clarity, the OP originally posted this comment in a thread from over a year ago. As members will know, we're not keen on resurrecting old threads, so I have split this post off into this brand new thread.   The original thread is...

What he said ^.

    Pfft, speak for yourself.... ;)

I have 4 nice size polystyrene boxes with lids, would be ideal for transporting fish or inverts.   I don't want any money for them, but would like them gone ASAP, collection from my place of work in Portsmouth, UK.   I can send them to you if you want, but you would need to cover my courier...

Nasty situation to find yourself in.   Guppies are boisterous little fish, they do like to fight and bicker, and theoretically, your LFS is right to suggest adding more fish - the greater the number of fish, the more spread out the bullying becomes, and it's just easier for them all.   HOWEVER...

Can I suggest taking a sample of water to your fish shop, and asking them to test it for you. Get them to tell you the actual level that they read, not just "that's fine", we want an actual number in Parts Per ml, or mg/l (which is the same thing).   I agree completely with Eagles, it's ammonia...

Byron just beat me to it.   I would suggest that you get rid of them as quickly as you can, however you can. It's not going to get any better.   Whereabouts in the UK are you?

  Personally, I would. Kribs are exceptionally protective when they are spawning. You may be lucky with your individual fish, but not many people would consider this a general rule.

Yes, this is an old thread, over 8 years in fact. Not sure if you're asking for help, or offering assistance. If the former, please start a new thread.

I've moved this thread here, as you will get more specialist knowledge in this section.

  Might just have to find an excuse to go fish-shopping, yes.....

  Yes it is. :)

Where d'ya find them, FK? I've never seen any in shops.

How are you cycling it? Are you following our fishless cycling instructions? Whatever method you are using, please ensure the tank is fully cycled before stocking with fish.   It would be really good to know the GH and KH of your water, but for the moment, I'll assume they are fairly high, from...

If I could point my learned colleague in this direction here   http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/137887-mollies-need-salt/   This article was written for us some time ago, by Dr Neale Monks, a highly respected aquarist.

I would have thought the java moss would be constantly reaching for the surface, that's my gut instinct. I have never tried having it as a carpet.

I found the Interpet stuff to be good, but follow the instructions to the letter. If it says do a water change, then do one. If not, don't. And don't put salt in either. The treatment won't (or shouldn't) harm your plants.

I haven't kept mollies for years, but when I did, I found them to be very susceptible to single-eye popeye, pretty much every one I ever had suffered from it at one point or another. I'd suggest do a water change every other day until it goes away.   As you point out, mollies don't thrive in low...

This will still be stressing them. They don't know that you'll be letting them out after they've dropped their fry.   Try not using it for a while, and see if you have more success.

FIrst time I cycled, it was my first tank, I did a fish-in, as I didn't know any better, and it took about 8 weeks.   When I went the second time, fishlessly, it took about a week.

The first time I tried to cycle a tank, I used a bacteria-in-a-bottle product, and I didn't feel it made a bit of difference. The second time, I just used bottled ammonia and relied on my tapwater (and FK and I live quite close to each other, so we have very similar tapwater)   There is a lot of...

The issue there is tank size. It's only a 65l, already with 6 guppies in. DNRs are shoaling.   The problem with high pH is that generally you also get high KH and GH, meaning there's usually lots of dissolved minerals in the water. This would really limit you to fish that like hard water - the...

  It is so difficult to read, and the colour rendering on different monitors can skew things from your end as well.   IIRC, the legal max for nitrate in British tapwater is 50ppm, so if that genuinely is between 80-120ppm, Southern Water are being very naughty boys.

It includes newly-cycled tanks.   An established tank has built up its "biofilm", protecting the filtration bacteria. Generally, established tanks are around 6 months old.