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She was carrying a heavy load! ;)

Thank you Jadzir. It's good to know from someone who owns it. Do you think I could put it together alone?

How could you tell she was moody?

That's the tank I'm hoping to buy for my living room once the fireplace has been removed! Would you recommend it?

They are the 'peaceful' honey gouramis :lol: The 70l was put together in a hurry for them so it's nothing special. Here it is, the holey rocks are where Socket hides.

Thank you for that. It sounds like my gouramis might be related to those! The behaviours are almost identical. I've isolated them in a new tank whilst the first lot of fry sit in another tank in a breeding box covered with a stocking to stop them leaking out. They keep breeding too! My guy...

So, Fork and Socket have moved to their very own, brand new 70l (tank 4 including my planted bowl - MTS has struck). There is a system of holes and caves for Socket to hide, plus water sprite and planted plants for hiding too. It is working well. They had produced eggs in the breeder tank (3rd...

Hello 👋 Aah, you knew people would ask to see your tank!

Has anyone else tried breeding them? I have a few from an unexpected (within 24 hrs of getting them) breeding and wondered if there is a point at which it is critical to keep the air humid and warm for them to develop their labyrinths, or must it be so from day one?

They don't look quite right for planaria because they don't have the 'crossed eyes'. Is the pointy end the bottom or front? If it's the trailing end I'd fairly confidently say they are not planaria.

🤞 you'll get there!

I hope you don't mind my giggle! It's the thinking we'd all want to know, not the learning to draw the knotwork. How was it? (I do want to know :) )

I am amazed at how cheap your tanks are over there!! No wonder every other person seems to have 55 gallons+. My 80l tank cost £170, if I remember rightly. That's $240 for around 20 gallons! This country is such a rip off :angry:

No that's great. I thought they were dangerous. I could actually do with fewer fish eggs!

Did you know placebos can have side effects too?!

My pair of honey gourami. Peaceful my a##e (British saying)! They terrorised my peacock gudgeons to the point that I've had to buy them a new tank, stand, decor and plants. Most expensive fish I've bought so far! And they won't stop mating.

I think I've spotted a planarium. Should I do something about it? If so what should I use (I'm in the UK so may not have access to some medication used elsewhere)?

Every day water changes might be taking it a bit far! :lol: But if it is fin rot (and I'm hoping someone else might come along and confirm it) then I gather it's due to the tank needing more frequent or deeper cleaning. Do you test your water to check that there isn't a problem there, including...

Once the tank has been cycled you can match the pH to the fish requirements, it won't affect the bacteria.

It might be fin rot. You said you change water every two weeks, do you have a filter for the rest of the time? How much water do you change? It may be that you need to increase the changes. https://www.fishforums.net/threads/what-to-do-if-your-fish-gets-sick.450268/ Might be helpful for...

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There is a cheap, easy way to add CO2, assuming you can get or make it. You just upend a plastic bottle of tank water within the tank itself, add CO2 via tubing and a weight to the mouth of the bottle to keep it upside down. CO2 then gradually dissolves into the water as it is taken up by the...

I had 9 at one point! They all lived together in a 2 storey Critter Nation cage. When I opened the doors to feed them they'd run up my arms and on my shoulders and head. They were gorgeous rats 😍

It is awful what is happening now. How Boris Johnson can even consider relaxing things when we are in a 4th wave is appalling. My daughter is going to emigrate to China to work in mid - August, but if China closes their border to us because we are in a mess all her planning and expense so far...

Also, check your testing kit isn't out of date or faulty in some way.

I'd describe it as 'carrying eggs' I think. Or 'an egg' if it was the duck.

Try first4magnets online. They might do some.

Possibly the OP is planning to weight something metal? Or attach something metal to the side of the tank?

And the hi fi isn't bad either!

I see what you mean, but I wouldn't say it as an answer in a quiz ;)

Alternatively then, my tap water is currently low in nitrates (it can vary a fair bit). It seems unlikely all the nutrients are perfect. What a shame if that's the case. I've been desperately looking for a way to counteract high nitrates in my tap water since, according to the water board, they...

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Sorry! Can't be pregnant, but could be full of eggs. She's an egg layer, not a livebearer. :)

It could kill any beneficial bacteria. It could kill bad bacteria too. But, I have read that the amount of time spent in the uv light is too little to make a significant dent in anything. The water goes through too fast. Hence it is a rather useless piece of kit.

Could you ring a main post office or sorting office to ask? Alternatively, and possibly more cheaply, ring a major carrier like dpd?

I can't imaging Dwayne Johnson ever having hair. Bald suits him.

That looks like you may need to do the full cycle of 3ppm rather than 1ppm. The cycle is clarified, with a walk-through, here https://www.fishforums.net/threads/cycling-your-new-fresh-water-tank-read-this-first.421488/

Probably!? It was the late 1980s.

That makes sense. My aquarium is currently very lightly stocked, especially after I had to remove the gouramis for aggression. It also has a fair few plants and 'passive' CO2 from an upturned plastic bottle. Maybe they have resorted to using nitrates whenever the ammonia has gone? It sounds a...