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you are absolutely right I have had as many as 130 tanks way to many

in the past I had known a few people to end up getting a divorce over fish keeping, I get moaned at a lot for spending too much time in the Fish House lol

lol automatically change water every week, I sell the more common livebearers ,I pass the rarer ones on to dedicated fish keeper friends that have the same interests not too long ago I passed some very difficult fish onto a couple of friends that are doing very well with them when or if I needed...

my fish room now holds 90 fish tanks that's where I've got to stop and all for the love of live -bearing fish although I do keep the odd danio /tetras , many of my rare livebearers need live foods in the diet to help and keep them in good conditions for breeding , keeping and maintaining all...

Yes, flake food can be fed in the same way also Live food should be added to the diet

duck weed is a very good food for apple snails they have produced 4 heaps of eggs in the last two weeks.

Yes, it can work. There are many different ways of feeding infusoia i use yeast because it's easier and quicker to set up the culture Flake food spirulina can be added, If you're feeling egg yolk, there is no need to feed infusoia How are you feeling the egg yolk to fry ? As already been...

First of all, you have too much veg in the jar. Also having the lid on it Is probably not going to help. If you're worried about flies or other creatures getting into the culture, just put a mesh over top of Jar. your culture will probably take two weeks To break down and get established. Also...

if your tank water is going cloudy then you are feeding too much, you also may be overfeeding the infusoria It should clear within two or three days.

yes it's pregnant

it would have been better to start up a Infusoria culture before fry are born other foods for new born fry are liquefy or boiled egg yolk

male) goodea atripinnus. last week the female had 25 good sizes young

male Jesus Maria. they're really nice looking fish I have seen many goodeids give birth there's almost always the odd one or two come out head first I have also seen them give birth to more than one fry at a time ,

xenotoca variata giving birth

xenotoca variata giving birth

2 male Zoogoneticus tequila showing off colour in a friendly fighting mood

nice-looking platys well worth the time and effort keeping them

parts seem to break off and regrow

natural green water would be more suitable sometimes it can be difficult to create green water inside/ shed with little daylight. during the winter months, there are many options feeding daphnia as I have mentioned bakers yeast, or brewers yeast can be used. Spirulina powder, spinach, lettuce...

how i culture daphnia with great success, I fill tank/ container with old tank water I then add some bakers yeast to a jar of water and mix to a paste and slowly pour it into tank into the water goes cloudy, i add two or three bags of Daphnia the equivalent of what you would usually get from...

Mexico. there are approximately 40 species of goodeid

I thought maybe is food particles but then it's only a guess

for best resorts a 10 gal plus would be better it's easy to culture and feed, when kept outside winter months in the UK most of the daphnia will die

skiffia lermae, a really nice looking goodeid

probably a type of hydra it's been quite happy living in one of fish tanks for the past two months

a very good food for young fry and fish keep my culture in Irish Moss peat although it's very difficult to get these days i feed my grindall worms on ready Brek and have been doing so for 30 years

if you put mosquito larvae in the fridge it will help to slow down the growth

A bucket of smelly water will attract mosquitoes. my way to start up a culture and speed things up is to put a bucket of fish tank water and add old microworm culture I put the bucket just outside by the Fish House door , within 24 hrs I get mosquito rafts I have add as many as 80 rafts in a...

A very hardy nice looking fish easy to keep and breed not too fussy about tank temperature or water conditions . will eat any food offer to them they need to be kept in a tank of at least 3 foot+ with plenty of swimming space

just a pet shop stran, not a very good picture but nice looking fish

just a fancy name given to this guppy, with a red / orange line through top part of the fish

male gold laser guppys. as usual difficult to get compatible females