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Fair enough, just looked very similar to the Double Red to me :)

I am not sure that is a Krib, I suspect it could possibly be Apistogramma cacatuoides. That would explain the pale coloration as well but cannot make out much in the video.

Phew, a few questions, somebody else will have to advise you on the African Butterflys (no experience with them) and I am not sure what your crayfish is but it doesn't sound good. If it is still in there I would be getting it out (but that is a personal opinion). The girl who told you to...

As long as you move all the filter media in your current setup to the filter in the new tank (if you aren't actually using your old filter in the new tank) then you will be able to put your existing fish in straightaway (obviously you must match temperatures first and don't forget to acclimatise...

Plenty of people are running open topped tanks these days, the effect of plants growing out the top of the tank can be stunning but obviously, as stated above, there are drawbacks and evaporation losses can be large. In talking about a top, you are usually referring to cover glasses or a lid (or...

No need to do a water change at present, pH 6 will be fine to cycle but the problem will be if it falls below 5.5 your cycle will stall. If the pH keeps falling you will need to buffer your KH which can be done by either a partial water change, you would then have to redose ammonia up to the...

Far better to give a fifth of the dose every day rather than a full dose every five days. You are putting excess nutrients in the water which will be utilised by algae. Have you tried an O2 test kit? As your angel grows it will find the cardinals a tasty snack ;)

Antoniakr is spot on with Swell and they have them in stock. I use one on a water reservoir (so it switches itself off in case I forget when I drain the tank) and can't fault it. Got a feeling in time I may replace the Visitherms in the main tank with them as well.

Well you might be a beginner but you have certainly thought about it and are starting off on the right foot. My first memories in the hobby are of guppies, platies and swordtails breeding like mad in my father's community tank. A lot of people don't like the nets and traps but he used them and...

Never a problem sidetracking when it comes to classic bikes (I started it anyway ;)). The corner boxes and the overflow which were the cause of all the woes .... Right, that's it until the plants arrive....

More depth is preferable as this will increase the surface area for gaseous exchange.

Very hard to say what your stocking should be without knowing the actual dimensions of the tank, as this will affect the surface area over which gaseous exchange can occur, and the details of the filtration it has. Stocking should not be based on the fishes current size but on their adult size...

Thank you all for your comments and to answer a couple of points No I am not a joiner, just a DIYer. The alcove the opposite side has a matching floating shelfy type thing...couldn't get the fish side to float ;) Yes it's a DIY background, polystyrene held together by silicone sealant, shaped...

If you move all the filter media from your existing setup to the new tank then you can transfer all the fish from your smaller tank straight away. The media in the smaller tank is supporting the bioload of the fish in there and that won't be increasing as long as you are not adding any new fish...

Sexing platies is relatively straight forward, see the attached image. If a female is pregnant she will develop a gravid spot (dark area) towards the rear of her abdomen. The gestation period is usually 28-30 days. A female Platy can also store the male's sperm and can produce multiple broods...

Bit late in replying to this, sorry, but I have just coated one with epoxy pond paint and then covered the surface in sand as soon as the paint had been applied.

Personally I would drip or slowly add the new water from the tank to the bucket to acclimate the fish. I also wouldn't try and lift the tank with the gravel still in.

I know what you mean about over engineering, my philosophy has always been better safe than sorry. Keep the good work going, but if you don't know whether to do more on it or not at any particular time (and you are anything like me) then don't, that's where things start going wrong. Come back to...

That looks so much better with the sand, definitely the right choice made there.

Not quite what you are after I suspect but peat is so darned messy. So, unfortunately, a few boring ones of putting the thing together will have to suffice for now. By the way, if I may ask, is that nortonmad as in, say, Norton Commando etc?

Thanks Mariah, trouble is I now have something to live up to   Well if I did Tom it would look something like this...          

A newbie to the site and was told that I had to start a journal so here goes... A bit of background, I kept marines for the best part of 30 years but a few years back my interest waned and rather than watch the system deteriorate I decide to move the it on. Recently the spark reignited and I...

Hello to all Kept marines for the best part of 30 years, was thoroughly absorbed by it, and then about 5 years back the spark died and everything was moved on. Recently the bug bit again and I fancied doing something different and started to setup a Malawi tank. Got pretty close to completion...