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Aye, and if they come across other fish or shrimp for instance they'll also take bites out of them. That said they do look quite cute in a nicley set up tank though they don't have a lot of movement. ------------------------------------- HAVE YOU VOTED YET

Ah, just shows how much I've researched frogs. You'll know the store I was in up Portrack Lane. Bit pricey in there though. Now, funny thing, or at least partly funny as it has to do with my wife's current cognitive ability. We were in one LFS last week and while I mused over various hardscape...

I think most people love the idea of breeding the fish they keep, as you do too. I am also dead keen on the idea but I do recognise the problems. The mollies I had, only 2 of them resulted in another 50ish that became a bit onerous to manage as the tank just wasn't up to it., and mollies...

Agree with Essjay on that. Actually one of my local pet stores has a section selling snakes, frogs, lizards, spiders et al. It's lovely to look at a properly constructed vivarium but I do notice that there's really not much water in them. Frogs, funnily enough are mostly land based except at...

No way back from that I'm afraid. CPD's are fragile already and this looks to be the end of days for this poor fish. Any disease that it's picked up has probably been in the original tank so whatever it was, the chances are that some sort of virus or bacteria is still in the tank. Salt may well...

Those who have fake are more likely to vote fake, as long as it looks good. I see no problem in that. And vice versa of course. I wouldn't expect a well planted tank that didn't look good to be voted for out of any bias. However the numbers of votes getting made are so low as to question the...

It's a soil subtrate material that naturally releases colour. A good filter should take care of it ---------------------------------------- HAVE YOU VOTED YET

The Bioflow comes with 2 sponges in the chamber. Take out filter number 1 and add the ceramics in place of them. I think I'd add them at the top of the chamber so when cleaning time for the sponge comes around, just hold the filter/pump upside down and take the sponge out without disturbing the...

Don't know if you get the series over there but Nora Batty springs to mind ----------------------------------------- HAVE YOU VOTED YET

Don't tell my missus that. I have 5 in a small spare bedroom. It's like a sauna at times. ________________________________________ HAVE YOU VOTED YET

I think in a lot of cases the build up this stuff is slow and when a change is made to the water conditions, albeit unknowingly, the reaction time to show any improvement is also long. I had/have it on Amazon Sword. I killed it with a quick bleaching. The sword is magnificent again, however I...

That's a bit of wishful thinking. I had a lump of bogwood in my large tank that was absolutly covered in algae, just the normal green stuff, but it also became long enough to stream outwards. Not hair algae though. I tried boiling water. It just died and stayed on the wood where it became a...

it's far better than ripping the tights off some woman

I made some bags to put aqua soil in from my wifes old tights. What a shambles. It worked OK but they reverted to being round sauasages, ie leg shaped, and bulged up to push all the gravel off the top. However, if you make a sheet from them I think they'll be fine. The problem is though that...

Mermaids perhaps

I did that with a couple of critters I found in bags of daphnia. Sadly they didn't survive but I learned a lesson from it. If it isn't needed squash the damn thing. I spent time attending to their needs than I should have done. I could have used the time better trimming plants or doing water...

I bought a supposed bag of Java Moss the other day to place on my new nano tank hardscape. When I opened the bag it certainly wasn't java moss as I've seen it, used it and also found it a bit messy to work with. At the same time I bought Xmas moss which I like for it's ability to grow upwards...

The problem with filter floss is that it tears and makes a mess if it gets disturbed. Sponge with a fine hole size will end up stuffed full of sand too, so you'll lose the ability for under filter development of beneficial bacteria. You need something that will be thin and with a mesh size...

It might be useful if the stats were posted on forum from time to time.

If you look over the site Members Online section you'll see a large number of guests who are just visiting to, I think, search for answers to some of their own problems, or to obtain data for species, plants etc. While we don't hold our hands up with a No Entry sign, can I encourage those people...

It's probably something I do wrong but large leaf plants I have, tend to attract Black Beard Algae. My Amazon Swords for instance get strung up with it easily. I dip in bleach solution to kill it and have added CO2 bubbler as I think CO2 also minimises BBA. ------------------------------- HAVE...

I treated a tank with salt around 3 or 4 weeks ago. I had suspicions of some sort of fungal disease on a few fish. It didn't harm them, including the panda corys and sterbai and the tank seems to have corrected itself. I did a water test before the salt addition, then after and I was horrified...

I know it's sort of an anomoly but most tanks of a set volume such as a 30 gallon, hold far less water due to substrate, hardscape etc. My own 75 ltr tank only has 58 litres of water. Nevertheless, it's still a 30 gallon tank. Just thinking out loud.

The thing with corys is that they are natural community fish that enjoy company. They will tend to shoal/accompany other cory species as do my own. --------------------------------- HAVE YOU VOTED YET

Ah, I see another tank coming..........

Too late for this one Alice. Pity though. Keep a watch on the next competitions. 29 gallons is a good size so I bet you're able to put a good tank together.

Unless you want to keep it as a pet, I'd suggest getting rid of it as you never know what it'll become. It might eat fish. ------------------------------------------- HAVE YOU VOTED YET

Nothing to worry about. Plants react to various mineral deficencies like that. Rocks naturally grow darker, or at least those with less dense surfaces do. Do you use CO2? ------------------------------------- HAVE YOU VOTED YET

It's part of the rock. Nothing to worry about. Sort of like knots in wood. ------------------------------------------------- HAVE YOU VOTED FOR TANK OF THE MONTH YET

I have 6 of them in my tank swimming up and down the glass. They are active normally and spend most of the time shuffling over the bits of tank that I leave to grow algae on, such as the back tank glass that isn't seen from the front. They are fragile fish and kept singly won't work. I commend...

I did the same sort of thing a couple of times changing to soil, once even with the fish still in the tank as I had nowhere else I could put them. Fish only take the oxygen from the water; they don't eat it. As the water is new in the tank then there's really no reason not to change it out in as...

My Samsung A7 tablet has been out of order for a few weeks since it slid off my knee in bed but yesterday I got it working again. Just by tapping the screen and back a number of times and rubbing the surfaces heavily. Something clicked. So last night I was on the forum and I too started getting...

Been there, done that. Amazon sword was overrun with BBA. Bleached it and stuck it back in the tank. Looks better than ever.

I think everyone is able to view a work of art and like it, even if he wasn't the artist. Inspiration is gained by those who take time to study.

Was cutting back some of the background plants on my TOTM entry tank this afternoon. The Rotala is now bunching on the surface due to a hell of a lot of growth. Guess what I saw ---- 5 very small fry in among the leaves. I have no idea what they are though as I have Chili and Dwarf Rasboras...

Just been looking at the TOTM voting numbers. 59 votes in total !!!!! I know not everyone takes time to look at the entries and vote but 59 !!!!! How many forum members do we have? Must be a lot more than 59 !!!!. Come on guys 'n gals. One day you might want to enter the competition yourself so...

Ah. food for thought there then.

Some of the tanks are less than 6" high. In fact I have Pyrex dishes that are bigger. Just goes to show what you can achieve when you put your mind to it. If you would like to keep up with their shop newbies, fish, plants and aquascaping get them on Facebook and/or Instagram. Apart from the...

Went over there again today for more Lava soil and 3 red crystal shrimp and another 4 Emerld Rasboras to join the other 4 I have in a small tank. I just hate having to leave the place. i could camp there all night. Anyway, their shrimp and nano fish room is home to a number of really small...