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So while op is awol, has anyone ever had problems feeding bloodworms? Either frozen or dried......

Sounded like they took the fish straight out and cleaned tank, so water would have been changed. They were still dying in holding. Can frozen bloodworms be tainted? I've had problems feeding dried bloodworms, but never frozen

They started dying whilst still in the tank.

Hi, really sorry to hear that! @Colin_T will have info hopefully

Mine are the opposite! I have them in a planted 20 gallon with my habrosus cories. They all forage around together and are always out and about no matter what time of day. And never worry when I come near, might stop and see if I'm going to feed them, and then ignore me. I had them in my 47...

Hi. I have mine on: white.......85% green......75% red ......... 68% blue........ 19% That's for the daylight time, which is about seven and a half hours. Night I have 23% red, 9% green and white and...

I have a Koralia, I don't use it all the time as I put in extra filtration and a bubbler. But when it is on, it is silent. Completely. So much so, I forget it's on. And I don't own a TV, so there is no background noise to cover it. My fish love the flow....and I love the quiet!

I've just added platinum ricefish to one of my tanks. Really lovely little fish, and no problem to anyone. And really look good in a planted. They use the whole tank and are quite the busy bodies. Very curious. Always trying to socialise with the panda cories, who mostly ignore them, but they...

Wow, I haven't fully appreciated how lucky I am for it all to have gone smoothly. Enough work mucking around with aquariums, would not like to have to add looking after the ponds to the mix!

I have four ponds, and I don't use filters, UV or otherwise. The only one I have an algae issue with is the one that gets a lot of morning sun. This year I just strategically placed a few old palm fronds to shade it for the summer, and algae problem solved. So much so that I've had to remove...

Thank you! I used root tabs under the sword and the crypts, only put one lot in to start them off, but found they separate and end up all over the place. I use liquid ferts, but at a far less rate than they recommend. Once everything is established it is it's own ecosystem. If it looks a bit...

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Harlequin rasboras are lovely! Beautiful, peaceful and no trouble in a community tank. I love to watch them when I put the koralia on. They will all swim up to the flow, ride it the length of the tank, then race back to do it again.

Hi and Welcome! Lots of brains to pick on here, and someone always helps. And that prob won't be me! Do you want to keep cories? If so sand is the way to go. I only use sand now, (cause even if I say I won't, I always end up with some cories in a tank), and don't have any trouble having plants...

That is really lovely! Beautiful betta, and he is in betta heaven!

Hi. I too think it looks great but I do see what jaylach means. And his idea of some tall plants, water wisteria, blue stricta, at the back is spot on. Sit with it a bit, but one thing is true, if you are not happy with it, it will bug you no end! Every time you walk past the tank you will...

I was going to put them in a community tank but will cancel that idea. Don't want to have them stressed (or dead!) so I'll keep them as pond fish. Looks like pond no 5 is the next project...... Thanks for your replies.

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Hi all. Wanting to transfer some of my second generation Mountain Cloud fry from my pond into one of my aquariums. Should I quarantine them first? I've popped them into my qt for now, only been there approx five days, but would like to use the qt for some new cories. They all seem healthy, and...

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All good! The experienced one chimed in, you're in Fishmanics hands now!!

Hi and Welcome I'm really sorry to hear about your guppies, it's horrible when something like that happens. Did you quarantine the snails? Someone with more experience will chime in soon.

Hi and Welcome! I seem to be saying this a lot lately but......Harlequins! I love mine, they're beautiful to look at, are peaceful and get on with everything else, never any trouble with them. And they'd contrast nicely with your neons. I have mine with black swordtails, only females, am over...

Oh.....this thread is so sad

Beautiful! Could we get a picture of whole tanks @AquaBarb and @Rocky998 please? The glimpses look stunning

He's a beauty! Nice tank too..

Hi and Welcome! Lots and lots of knowledge here, and nice people too!

Back to the fish question. A blue eyed lemon pleco, doesn't get too big and are sooo cute! Mine is still a juvenile, if he grows up to be ugly I will still love him, but I'm sure he won't. Has a lot of personality too. When hungry or wanting something different to what is on offer, he will come...

Harlequins!!

300 gallons! How exciting, I'm envious. I love harlequins. They are beautiful, peaceful and full of character. Love to watch them working out their hierarchy, which seems to change all the time, and even their "battles" are peaceful. All bluff and bravado. But I suppose it all depends on your...

I was having problems in my 4 foot tank also. Pandas and others were dying, everything was perfect, had lost none in quarantine, couldn't work it out. One of the posts on here was about the same issue, and someone mentioned dead spots. As a last resort I bought a koralia, and problems stopped. I...

Hi, and Welcome. That's a lovely fish!

Hi and Welcome! Lots of info on here, but after twenty odd years you would have some to impart! Always nice to get a new tank, are you keeping the old one going? Good luck with it all

Ha, she actually looks angry in the first shot! She looks as tho she has a gravid spot in second photo, and if she is, or has been, with males, she will be pregnant. And will be dropping fry for months. Mine dropped four batches of fry after I rehomed my male, it got to be just too many...

Harlequin rasboras are lovely fish, and you can't go past corydoras! Bronze cories are very forgiving, and love being part of a school. But as Slaphappy7 said, find out your water hardness and go from there. Lots of fun ahead of you....

Hi, and Welcome! My tanks are just lovely to sit and watch, I got rid of my TV long ago and the tanks have taken it's place! Tho there is a bit of worry involved, I worry about each and every one of my fish. But in saying that, it is so relaxing to see all the fish doing their thing. I know...

Medakas are nice little fish, and will live in a temperature range from 3 to 40 degrees. Tho I've never had a problem with my rainbows (sorry don't know what type, it was years ago I first got them) or pacific blue eyes with temperature. Winter will sieve some of them out, but they breed so...

With fish just go with what you can get. And plants the same, as I said I have bacopa, water reeds and elephant ears but just go with what looks good to you. You don't need any pump unless you are doing a waterfall. The pond does not need to be filtered, the plants will use the fish waste and...