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I do recommend that you at least Google for the species before asking, you should have quickly found (probably from the first result) that clown loaches are not suitable because they grow to 16", common plecos grow up to 24" (depending on exact species) and that there is a lot of confusion about...

Assuming your tank is a "standard"ish 125 litre dimensions, which I would guess to be around 90*35*40 cm, then in terms of size, it's pretty good for the fish sizes and groups you list. Overall, this is one of the better stocking questions I've seen on here in a while! :) In terms of total...

I prefer to use Flickr, and it should be simple for you as it gives you the BBCodes to copy/paste into here (under "Share", when viewing the image after it has been uploaded).

I'm an Open Source type of person, so the a couple of the best recipes are available to the world already :) I'm offering these foods to others not to make money, but so that I have a higher turnover and can try more recipes :good: (although if this works, I might do it for money in the long...

If it freezes in time, I can try sending it tomorrow, so would be nice to get paid this evening or tomorrow morning. Bank transfer is simplest, but I'll also take Paypal and Google Checkout if you cover the fees or cash if you don't mind waiting till next week for me to send them. Roughly how...

I'm feeding the aforementioned mix to some SA dwarfs right now and it does give them quite nice colours, so should work for your fish quite well. I'm going to pick up the beef heart today, and will probably make up the mix(es?) tomorrow.

I get best results with 10-12, but it is really down to what works for *you*. For some people, 2-3 hours is ideal, for me nothing under 10 works in the long term. Usually, the advice is to start with 6 hours and adjust from that. If you adjust, then I recommend by no more than 1 hour per week...

The décor will reduce the total water volume, so if it's 202 litres pre-décor, then 2* 100 W heaters will be enough.

I'm about to make another batch of home made frozen food. Anyone interested in some? If you are, tell me what type of fish you keep or what type of food you're after and I will customise it to fit the average. It will be generally aimed at young community fish as I will be feeding it to baby...

Yes, no and maybe :) Assuming that no sumps are involved: - for tanks that are 3l*1w*2t ft or smaller, one heater is enough - for tanks that are between 3*1*2 and 3*2*2 ft in size, you may need two heaters - for tanks that are 4 ft or longer, 2 heaters is a must for even temperatures throughout...

What are the dimensions of the tank? What are your tank water parameters? What decor do you have?

What is your tap water nitrate and how often do you water change? I always aim to keep nitrate lower than that, so I would consider that there is no room based on that and would try to reduce it down towards 0 ppm (which I do with plants). A higher surface area and longer length can increase...

Aye, if you were to get a 5*1.5*1.5 ft tank, then you should be able to have the following: * 10 Botia kubotai (if you don't already have sand, I highly recommend that you swap to (play or sharp) sand as these guys will sift through it) * 10-20 long-finned rosy barbs (best not to mix in...

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The 10 litre upgrade in itself will not make a difference to what you can keep or how many fish you can keep. What is the tank length and width upgrade? Tank length and width are what determines the fish that you can keep and how many of them you can keep. What are your tank water parameters...

"S/+, pb/pb" literally means "blue ghost" ;) The full version should be "+/+,S/+,+/+,+/+,+/+,+/+,+/+,+/+,pb/pb" S means blushing (stipeless, aka ghost) from father and + means wild-type (in this case stripes) from mother. pb/pb means "blue" from both parents, which is recessive, so quite a lot...

Hi Emma, It is extremely useful to write down the readings and keep them in the long term, for example in a notebook or a log of some sort. Ammonia at 0.15 after water changes is pretty bad. Basically ammonia is very toxic to fish: it can harm them in the long term (decrease life span, make...

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You can give the shortest and deepest width or you can give the average, either is good enough! The loaches and rosy barbs are very likely to be stunted in an aquarium this size and the gourami is moderately likely to become stunted; 3 ft is just not enough space for a 5" active loach to swim...

They can be ok if kept in a school (which for these guys means at least in a group of 10-15, from what I have seen). I highly recommend that you drip acclimatise next time. What you describe sounds like pure temperature acclimatisation, and the lack of water parameter acclimatisation can kill...

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Yes, I would even go so far as to say that volume has no relevance to what fish one can keep since all the odd shaped tanks have come about (I'm thinking about the columns, the bowls, the tall rectangles, etc.), so it is always well worth giving and looking at dimensions.

What are the dimensions of the tank? It is only possible to get an accurate stock if one knows the bottom and surface area dimensions (which are usually the same, the first for territory and fish length, the latter for total numbers). What are your water parameters? There is little sense in...

This is not the case for Bolivian rams and they do, in fact, prefer cooler, neutral water. What you say something that is often said about blue rams, but in my experience, they are not anywhere near as picky as people make them out to be.

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Justagirl1981, it sounds like you made all the usual beginner mistakes. Go read about fish-in cycling and prepare for a lot of work to save the rest of your fish, there is information in the beginners resource centre on here. Not "only" 1 platy died in the first week, but a platy died when it...

The orange one is a female, you should learn to sex livebearers before you buy them as the sex of the fish matters to stocking. Males have gonopodiums, while females have normal anal fins. One should keep two females per male when keeping platys in smaller groups (i.e. under 15 individuals), so...

What are the tank dimensions? For a 60 cm long tank, this is not overstocked, but for a 30 cm tank, it is. It is still awkward stocking as the rasboras are not in a school, but definitely an improvement both overall and in terms of water preferences.

Plant: Pistia stratiotes Quantity for sale: lots (around 2*4 ft worth) Sales price: 5 for £1.00 25 for £3.00 large (13+ cm) plants 50p each Delivery or collection: either Postage & packaging: starting at £1.00 for a lot of mixed plants (£0.90 for stamp, £0.10 other packaging), or £2.90 (£2.70...

Those foods are all good, as long as the snails actually go for them. Out of prepared fish food, veggie pellets/tablets would be most appropriate as they are predominantly veggie and spirulina based, which is what the snails' staple diet should be made up of. I have personally found courgette...

Well, if anyone pays me to go there… :rolleyes: any recommendations?

The Roma is the better tank of the two because it gives you more options for fish (bottom area) and potentially higher stocking (surface area). In terms of species and total number of fish that you can keep, the Profile will not give you much over a standard 100 litre tank, which from my point...

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As many as are needed to keep the ammonia as close to 0 ppm as possible. You should also switch to using a dechlorinator which will "deal" with ammonia and nitrite, just in case. I recommend that all shoaling fish should be kept in groups of at least 6 per species and ideally 10-15+. This does...

Erm, what? That's not really prying :) Flights to the US are around 500 GBP from Heathrow (up to around 1000 GBP from other places in the EU), car hire is around 15-18 USD per day (I picked the car with the best mileage per gallon, not the absolute cheapest) and petrol is around 3.50-4.50 USD...

Did you replace the filter media with new stuff? Cleaning the filter and media with old tank water should not have caused a problem, but replacing all or most media will, as the bacteria live on the surface of the filter media. p.s. on a side note, do get your Corys and danios into schools once...

Yosemite photos from last year: And San Francisco: Here are the rest of the blogs from the last trip: May 16 - do Zion, drive to Las Vegas, stay there for the night May 17 - drive through Death Valley to Yosemite Bakersfield May 18 - drive to Yosemite through Meriposa May 19 -...

This product is the one that we call dechlorinator, although it is sometimes also called "water conditioner" by some people. They are doing a fish-less cycle on a tank while they have fish in a bowl. To be honest, it would be considerably safer to do a fish-in cycle as the fish are currently...

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Some years ago, I observed some guppies (at what was then my LFS) which were raised and kept in a marine tank (with corals, not fish, so salinity would have been around 1.020) for a period of at least six months. I still strongly advise against These are not very accurate, and definitely not...