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  Definitely agree! That was one of the things that annoyed me most when I had my Axie.   Them: "Oh why don't you get some fish for that empty tank, it looks boring!"    Me: "It's not empty... It has my Axolotl in it."   Them: "Oh... Well it looks empty so get some fish for company."   So I just...

  They weren't thin as in painfully thin like my current blue female(who's still going lol) but they weren't as large as these two new girls at all. They were... I wish I had a photo but I lost all my old photo's.. They had a noticeable but not huge belly on them. Never looked pregnant until put...

Pangasius Catfish.   Went to my local today, they had 4 in a small tank simply labelled "may grow large" but no specific size and nothing about the fact that they devour anything that fits in their mouth. And they were in that "I'm pretty and shiny and look cute" stage so people buy them.

  Note that I said "when in helthy condition". If they are not in a good condition they will stop producing egg's even when with males.     My old females were perfectly healthy, these ones are healthy too(minus possibly the blue tailed female). They just never got any larger unless put with a...

Hi, nice pics but in the first pic the orange fish is a platy fry so it isn't one of her babies, I have noticed how more and more female guppies are starting to look nearly as nice as the males I guess it must be selective breeding where as before they were very plain.     I know that's a...

  Really? My old females never changed shape when not with a male. They were always slender(not like the blue tailed female though) and only got larger when producing fry after being put with a male.   If that's true then that makes sense for these two just not my old 3 lol.

  She's all female. She's had babies in the past and used to look nice, I think her age may be getting to her though and so she's starting to look a bit odd.   This was her and two of her sisters when I first get them and one of her babies. As you can see they all looked nice but I lost her two...

For those who care... I got these females off my friend, they've been in QT and I moved them into my tank yesterday.   They haven't been with a male for at least 3 years now and only went with my males last night. So how do they look ready to pop? Lol.   (Excuse the female in the background...

Another tank update photo :)  

Quick update now the Limnophila and Heteranthera have straightened up properly :) Oh and some Otocinclus photo's. A fatty Oto who can't sit on the wood properly after a big meal and my other little Oto sat on the sand.       You'll have to excuse the quality of these photo's, my camera is...

So here I am, again, with another planted tank journal that will probably end up failing similar to my last ones lol. But why not give it another shot, hey?   Right, I'll start where the tank came from since I'm low on money. I got it about 10 weeks a go on a selling site called preloved. I got...

  Our room is warm so that's possible, and it would be on the rack so would have some heat. Simply because it's the only place I can possibly put it. The problem is no filter so would be doing daily waterchanges which would just stress her wouldn't it? She hates waterchange day and I only do...

  I know, I used to breed Betta's in them. However, I do not have the room to set it up :/ At all... The only way possible would be to get a smaller version(16-18ltr) and put it ON the Leopard Gecko rack, hope the heat mats which are set at 30c will at least take it up to 26c and no filter as I...

  I do, but only the one and no room to set it up currently :/ It's actually the one my fiancé took apart to sell! He still hasn't sold it so all of this could have been avoided had he waited till he sold the fish before breaking it down :(    As for the second idea, I had thought of that so was...

  Thanks, they aren't staying here that's for sure. I don't have the facilities to house them correctly for life. My fiancé shutting down his tank was a last minute decision, he was meant to wait until he had sold the fish first. The ones I wanted were the farlowella, the male platy and the...

  Thanks, she was the second to hatch. The first was a male Aptor het Eclipse. No plans to breed them to each other but both are keepers with great potential :)

  Those are some very good points.   Dwarf Gourami's are prone to the Iridovirus, not many last longer than 6 months before dying from it...   Also, yes SAE's are very easily confused and do need shoals. If you don't have an algae problem but want something on the bottom, why not try corydoras...

So here's my entry, another gecko :) This time a leo though, not a fatty lol. So here is Smudge, one of our hatchlings from this season, a keeper :) She's an Aptor het Eclipse Leopard Gecko.    Entry.   Please excuse the verification pics, I had to take them on my phone with a light shining...

Really? I did not know, I knew that Gouramis in general are pretty aggressive little guys... but I heard the Flame Dwarf Gourami was a pretty peaceful fish.     They are actually one of the more aggressive species :) The least aggressive, that I know of, is the Sparkling Gourami. Though they...

  You're thinking of CAE not SAE :) SAE max out at about 4-5 inch and are calm as could be. CAE get up to 9 inch and are the aggressive ones that eat the eyes and slime coats. As for what you want, if you plan to keep both in future get the least aggressive today - The SAE. Dwarf Gourami's can...

Right so a bit of background history. When my fiance shut his tank down I inherited his fish.  A total of:- 2x Adult female mollies and about 50 babies. 4x Female Jordanella floridae(Flagfish) 1x Farlowella catfish 100+ Cherry Shrimp & 1x Male platy.   I re-homed the mollies as they were...

It's not fin rot :) Just a few nips, the IAL is all I have right now and I've had good results from it in the past. Currently I have no spare cash to get some Rooibos tea but will remember that in future to try it out in future if needs be :)

  Thanks, just needs filling out with plants now. Yeah, I was planning that with the background :) A 50% waterchange would be doable but I'd have to try and work it around other stuff(as I already do but it would take longer obviously) so will have to gradually increase so I can get it done...

  Will try boosting my waterchange regime to twice weekly. The tank isn't too bad tonight as it's only tonight that I took the carbon out. By tomorrow I'm expecting the tank to be a light shade of brown, by the end of the week probably a very dark shade of brown. Though I think the wood is...

I've removed the carbon for now as I actually need the tannins from an IAL for a few nips and tears. I usually don't mind tannins and find them beneficial and will leave them. The problem was this was getting to the point of not being able to see properly and it was becoming detrimental to my...

So how often should carbon actually be changed? I've read anywhere from monthly to yearly! I've been changing mine every couple of months so far and just wondering if maybe that's too often?   I'm only using it because I have wood in the tank which is still leaching tannins despite being in a...

  Magic ;)   Just kidding, a website called Pic Monkey :) Their "Winterland theme" is basically a package of different snowy themed effects included the ones used above(the snow effect and frosty edges) :)

Thanks everyone!!    Baccus, sounds like Bugsy but she's completely black instead of white so actually looks like the devil she is! :P

OK so only one of our cats is silly enough to let me do this to him lol. Tiger says hi too and Bugsy says Bah Humbug! XD   So anyway, here's Sox being silly enough to let me dress him up!! Oh and some "fail" photo's too :P Yes, I bribed him with treats...      Sox and the other half, Sox just...

So here's my reptilian Merry Christmas photo's lol.   Zara - Female Blood x G-Project Leopard Gecko :)   Elysia - Female Electric cross Leopard Gecko :)   Below are the hatchlings from this season. Both APTOr's are gendered as they are old enough(though Smudge could still turn male) but the...

Agreed sounds like a Ghost or Glass Catfish. The most commonly sold species reaches about 6-8 inches long so be prepared.   Also, you say you have two male and two female betta's..... I hope I read that wrong and they aren't all in one tank...   Both your tanks are overstocked and badly stocked...

Well, it was a while a go but I've only just re-gained access to TFF for some strange reason so I will post now.    Pip, when you hatched on the 6th August, I knew you had problems... I honestly thought that was it there and then. You weren't going to make it through the night. You still had...

  Close but not correct.... I would like the latin name too btw :)

  Thanks, they are so stunning in real life :) I'll have to get my camera working properly and try and get some better photo's of them tomorrow or before feeding on Monday :)

Perfect :) This is the pair now.   Pandora - Amel Stripe het Caramel.   Vladimir - Caramel Stripe het Amel.

  Exactly the same thing, different common names ;)   Anyway, here's mine. Sorry it's not a very good photo :)

  Ahh!! Thank you so much!! They are gorgeous!

A while a go me and my fiancé went to The Deep in Hull... They had these, what I assume to be cichlids, in a tank and we couldn't find an ID tag. I was wondering if anyone here could ID it as it's really starting to annoy me lol.     Thanks in advance.

Black Tang or Zebrasoma rostratum I thought this was freshwater only anyway? Or did it get too hard with just freshwater and so marine was included? XD

You have a Bristlenose pleco which will reach about 8 inch maximum(commonly max out at 6) so will need a bigger tank(30inch bare minimum, 3ft is much better). Platies do need a bigger tank than 22l unfortunately as they can get pretty chunky. Guppies are fine in a 22l tank. And the loach has...