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Literally what I was going to say! :D I don't use Nerite as food on purpose. Loaches however are actively disagreeing with me on that one so every now and then I see them turning into French messieurs sucking them up as if it was the best food they ever had.

Ahahah no no, stuck in Wales in UK (loving it here, really). I actually relocated even deeper into Wales into an even smaller town so my choices are limited but I am not giving up just yet :fish:

All frozen food that is available for me here in UK I already have - I have daphnia, cyclops, bloodworms and a few other bits but all of those are small in comparison to let's say nerite snails I get. My loaches are active and curious so I don't see a problem with giving them an occasional clam...

Yeah that is very likely my mistake, I do confuse them and I won't even pretend that I know what I'm talking about :cool: Yeah I am definitely more flexible when it comes to that, kind of going with the rule that if there is no harm in it and the fish might enjoy it I will give it a go. I...

Clown loaches? 100% yes. I can see how they shred snails, so I have absolutely no reason to believe they would not handle a clam or a prawn that was cut into smaller pieces. I even reckon that the bigger loaches would easily get into the shell of a clam if they had to. Other fish? Depends. I do...

Fair point but aren't some prawns and clams freshwater too? I will check the origin of the ones in the shop but when I googled it originally people did divide those into freshwater too hence why I assumed it was a good idea to ask for more opinions / advice and give it a try. In the end...

I actually do have prawns but they come pre-cooked. Would that be ok? I suppose there is no harm as if they don't eat it I will just take it out but not sure if I should go raw instead? I heard about the maggots in the mouth, dear god absolutely no :sick: They are disgusting as they are so I...

I am staying on top of the cleaning and test water regularly, also gave other fish in the main tank so if I introduce it there it will all be gone. Not worried about that part As for live food I provide them with live daphnia, bloodworm and whatever else my LFS is selling, I like to rotate...

Is there a reason to not to try clams? Not that I HAVE to use them if it's unhealthy or dangerous but I wonder if there is a reason to avoid them, I enjoy introducing new foods for all my pets and the rule applies to my fish too :)

720L All stats fine, no ammonia, no parasites, no fish dying since Feb (bala jumped out so not even water related). One of my clown loaches got VERY skinny, I can see his bones (the ones behind his head), 2nd loach getting skinnier but still looking good. I have 6 of them, all others are nice...

I shall try to split them like that first and see how that goes! Hopefully more space will make them less agitated and if that doesn't work I will certainly look into rehoming the ones that are unhappy here Thank you all :fish:

So would I do: Tank 1: 2 Blue pair 2 pearl females Tank 2: 1 blue/ orange dwarf male 2 gold pair 1 pearl female I will rehome fish if I have to to ensure they are all okay etc but I have them for a long time now so I was hoping to keep them all and just give them more space and in time...

Oh and the 110L is 80cm long, 150L is 68cm long. I can run to measure the depth as well if needed

Photos are not the best but are showing fish bums and I assume that's the main bit we need here. Blue ones I bought in Maidenhead and I can accept they messed up as it wouldn't be the first time, they told me its 1 male 1 female. Yellow ones are from my LFS and the seller so far did not give me...

Okay, let's do it I googled the latin names and pearls seem to vary so I will make it easier for all of us and add photos. I am fairly confident that the blue & yellow are Trichopodus trichopterus and the orange/blue one is a Trichogaster lalius. To make it as simple as possible I will refer to...

It might be silly but... Due to some of my fish growing too fast I now had to get another tank to accommodate this. I've decided to split my main 150L tank into two (150L & 110L) and move some fish around to give them more space and reduce the aggression between some of my gouramis. Does it...

Oh I know that. I called them because all my friends had at least their first jab already. I only moved to Wales in December and registered with GP in Jan (moved during xmas time) so they said they potentially didn't update the records in time. I did get the text from English GP but I would have...

Could it be severe fin rot? What other fish do you have?

And yet UK wants to let people travel if they are jabbed even though I personally know 2 people that did get both jabs, still got covid and did spread it around because they didn't have any strong symptoms so didn't know about it until it was too late. My GP surgery is currenty jabbing people...

They only had chinese ones and common plecos which I knew can grow too big so I didn't want them...

Ahhhh this is gorgeous!

I had eggs from Nerite snail the day after I put them into the tank so I wouldn't say that it's impossible. Are they moving?

Conflicting information is out there about nearly everything, sometimes you need to experiment to learn. I can promise you the goldfish move was a good decision, I made the same mistake in the past and I saw a massive change in my goldfish behaviour whe I moved them to a cooler tank. I can't...

Thank you very very much, I love you! (in a fishy way) :fish: PS: props for the smile part of amazon link!

I will sound daft here but is it something I can buy or do I need to DIY it?

Searching through amazon feedback I saw a photo of a pretty lovely tank with what looks like a horizontal air pump. I tried to search that on amazon but can't find anything but would really love one for my fish tank. Could someone please tell me what's the name of that thing or where to find it...

I did the change too. I moved the fish to a big plexi with tank water, heater, little air pump and even some loose plants. I was changing from small gravel to fine sand so I was wiping the entire tank out, cleaned the glass, covers - everything. The only thing I did not clean was the filter...

For 6 weeks lived in a house that didn't have a kitchen because I was replacing it. Did I adapt to it? Yes, I did. Did I thrive in it? Absolutely not. Just because a fish is surviving doesn't mean that it should live like this. I might be wrong but I thought we were supposed to let our fish...

Do you have any fish in your tank? Do you have any decaying food / dead fish in your tank? did you use ammonia removers? Some can give false positive result on tests

I am not a fan of fake bright plants but I have to say I REALLY like the overall look of this tank. Wish real plants could look so nice and clean 😂

If your shark is not suitable for your tropical community tank consider rehoming it. Do not mix tropical fish with goldfish. Temperature aside, goldfish are poop machines, they really change the water quality. I know, I made that mistake too. Please, please - do not mix tropical fish with...

I'm kind of tempted to - if I end up using it - just buy a new bag every time I need it. Don't think I will want to deal with bleach and risk losing my fish :/