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They are banned for import in the UK, which makes it difficult unless you have someone nearby breeding them and supplying the shops. As for finding them, there are probably still people breeding them privately and that's legal as they are only banned for import. Anyone who had them before the...

That's the way it used to be for me, I used to look after a 6ft tank that was regularly half full of java moss which I used to pull out and bin. Ive ordered some more in the hope that this time it will grow for me.     Should have said lol, I could have sent you some :)

  Mine is ridiculous, I'm not even kidding xD If everything else grew as fast as the moss I'd be able to supply the country with cuttings every week!

I second the java moss taking over if it grows! I recently trimmed mine back again and managed to take 40 grams(a very large handful) off and still leave quite a bit on the wood. It really does grow, and grow, and grow once it gets going. Before the trim:   After the trim(still cloudy):   The...

  As I said, it's been about 7-8 months since separating my male off and I think my females have finally cycled out! But mine are platies, not mollies. I never really kept my mollies separated long enough to "test" their abilities.. 

I'd just like to add something into this- Platies(at least) can carry sperm for more than 6 months :) This I have experienced myself with my own platies. I have a tank of all females, I only ever had one male. I separated him late April/early May 2015 so the tank has been all female since...

  15 Gallons- 68.19 Litres. 5.5 Gallons- 25 Litres. 8 Gallons- 36.36 Litres. 4.8 Gallons(the one that was just under 5 gallons)- 21.82 Litres.     I have kept betta's solitary and with tank mates, always in planted tanks

Trying to keep it slightly scientific I am going to use some personal observations as well as my personal feelings. I, personally, think that for a betta to have a minimum tank size it varies greatly on the betta's and their different personalities. For example, my current boy is in a 15...

Well it's been a fair few months on this, I know I'm bad lol.   The tank is still going but no longer look this good. My Java Moss at the front has taken off, so has my Stargrass. So badly that it was at the point of blocking out loads of light. So a few nights ago I went on a rampage through...

  Mine said they don't taste very nice apparently haha!

Yep, completely normal :) I have a mixture in my tank. Some have stripes and some don't but I don't mind either way. I'm not breeding them for any particular reason(I'd be doing a horrid job if I was trying!) so who really cares? Lol.

  Thank you :)  *Late reply, as usual... Starting to think my browser hates the forum as I keep getting error messages...*

Thanks everyone Sorry for the late reply, I've either not had time(moved house recently) or had issues loading the forum up.   Some more recent photo's of the pair :) The small tubs are the ones they arrived in when I had them couriered to me in October 2013 lol.   Pandora.   Vladimir.

  Thank you :3     Thanks, it doesn't look like this at the moment unfortunately as I was a little slack on trimming and a lot of lower leaves died off.

  I'll PM you for address/collection time.

Plants: Cryptocoryne wendtii "Red"(Supposedly) Age and condition: Good Condition, growing well. Roots will be trimmed before the plant is sent to allow for easier rooting in the new tank. Quantity for sale: 1 Reason for Sale: I have two in total but cannot fit them both in my tank any more...

Another late update... Had to give the tank a proper trim back tonight much to my dislike as some of the plants are suffering from not having enough light due to the tops growing like mad! I'm seriously tempted to rip out all the Hygrophila polysperma on the right and replace with something else...

Pandora & Vladimir turned 2 years old today.   So much difference to when I got them! A friend in Surrey(UK)​ hatched this pair in June 2013, I received them both on the 8th October 2013. I have lost their weight record from that day(my old laptop crashed and I lost a lot of things) but today...

  I don't use any pressurized or yeast Co2. I use Easy Carbo Liquid Carbon and Plant Elixir - That's it :)

Ooh! Thank you :) My tank is very overgrown at the moment with baby platies showing up everywhere! Lol.

  Yeah, that's why I can't do proper Co2... I can't afford it, even just the set up of it. EasyCarbo seems to work for me so I'll stick with that at least for now :)

  I'll have probably just about every species in my tank available lol. I've decided not to trim until I sell because I have no-where to keep them alive while they sell.     The bottle says not to exceed over double the maximum dosage, I think I do about 2.5x the maximum dosage in my tank daily...

Thank you! Going to attempt to trim tonight I think. Will have sell some stems though as I don't have room for planting them.   Not really, I dose EasyCarbo Liquid Carbon though :) I usually do it daily but I've been so busy that the tank has only had about 2 days doses in the past week and...

It's been a while since I updated this I know, I am very sorry about that! I've been so busy! Anyway, a much needed update now. The tank is in desperate need of a trim now haha!   I found out I have both older and newer babies in the tank last night :)   I also saw my Farlowella cleaning...

  Well, a happy four months anyway. His first four were spent growing up, the next 7 months in a 2ft bare tank with nothing but filter, heater and gravel with the fish listed in the main post and then his last four with me in a planted 5.5 gallon with filter and heater.

I unfortunately found this little boy had passed at some point early hours 25th May(it's the 26th in the UK now). He was fine when I went to bed at about 2am but I woke up to find he had passed on unfortunately. I didn't have him long but knowing he died in a clean, comfortable environment makes...

I've not updated this for a while. The tank went into jungle mode and I trimmed it back, will get updated photo's tomorrow as the light has gone off for now. I moved all my male livebearers over to the 5 gallon and left all my females in the 2ft. I have 4 baby platies(at last count) in the 2ft now.

  Hiya, thank you :) He has been entered already which is what prompted me to introduce him since up until Thursday I was known for having 3 cats not 4 lol.   Haha! I have to admit my little 3 year old sister named him but her reasoning was priceless!   Yeah, he's sort of brown with black...

  Haha, sorry for taking so long :)   I've done my individual post on him now lol.

Tuna! Yes, we have a cat called Tuna now lol. And I would like everyone to meet this crazy little boy!   Let me start by telling you his story, from the first day we knew about him(sort of).   Last year, around August time, there was a very pregnant black female cat hanging around. She...

OK so I'll put this forward now and it can be entered in the June one if no-one else enters this one lol.   I have been waiting to get the perfect picture of this boy. I will do a post on him after I post my entry and verification   Entry:   Verification- Excuse the biscuits on the floor, it's...

  Unless you've been applying ammonia for the bacteria to live off you will have lost it. They die off pretty quickly with nothing to eat, etc.

Hiya, that pleco you pictured is a Sailfin and will reach 18-24 inches long and need a 6ft tank minimum when adult. Coldwater(room temp) tanks that can have drops in temperature are usually best left with coldwater or temperate species such as hillstream loaches, etc.. As for the bulbs - They...

  This one stem seems to be growing well, I'm hoping once it's tall enough I can trim it and hopefully start more than one stem growing :)

Yep :) I just have one stem left of about 5. Although nowadays it is probably just a plant stem, it originally came out of the tank my old female Angelfish now resides in and bred in so I see it as sort of sentimental in a way. I know it sounds silly because it's just a plant from her tank but...

Some more photo's from last night :)     Spot the odd plant out :P

  Thank you, I guess I just never see it as matching up to the standards of some of the past entries lol. Your tank is lovely too :) I have a bit of Java Moss in mine but it's not done much since putting it in, probably because everything else steals the lights/liquid carbon/ferts lol.

  Thank you! I'm using EasyCarbo for liquid CO2 and Plant Elixir for Ferts :)    Haha! Jungle mode is always fun to watch. The fish love going in and out through the stems at the moment.