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Hi guys, I have had a tank cycling which has me confused 🫤. I originally set a new tank up about 3 weeks ago but it has me very confused as I have followed my normal methods. I originally cycled it for 12 days adding a small amount of old tank water daily . It did seem cloudier than normal but...

Hi , I am just starting to explore breeding some guppies more for interested at the minute . I am just wondering if these fish are a particular type ? I have this male which I purchased just because I thought he was unique . Is he any particular type ? Picture isn’t great but he has a very...

Hi Guys, Does anyone keep any of there tropical fish tanks in a garage UK ? I have ran out of space inside the house and have experienced a slight baby boom … one female birthed 62 fry yesterday. I will be selling them in 3/4 months when they grow but it the mean time I thinking of setting up a...

I did have 3 female and 1 male guppy however I went away and two of the female died I am unsure if they were over feed if it’s down to something else . The others seem to be healthy my problem is the tank is in “quarantine “ until I am sure it’s nothing else so don’t want to add any fish in or...

Thank you for confirming it was the behaviour that was confusing me hopefully she will settle down soon

I am just wondering if anyone can confirm the gender of this guppy. As i thought it was female but the way it behaves has me confused. It’s chasing the other females and nipping there’s the fins . The male in the tank isn’t interested in trying to breed with either . Which seems weird . Just...

I recently purchased two large guppy females about 5 weeks ago the tank has no males . The larger female had fry about 30/40 eggs and 7 live fry . The other has hers two days later but just had eggs . I presume it was due to stress of moving . However today I noticed the large female was...

Presuming you mean a breeder box no but I do have a grow out tank (a fully cycles separate tank) and wanted to put the one who was most likely in there instead of the big tank .

Thank you for your help you have been really informative as I wasn’t look for the signs . The yellow had some fry this morning we seem to have 6 fry and about 40 unfertilised eggs , she hasn’t had anymore for the last few hours so will separate her from the fry tank in a few more hours . I...

Thank you for your reply . That’s really helpful is that why she is chasing the other female off? Are there any key signs you woudl look for as there’s mix answers online . Some people say they stop eating, lose colour and become less active just before they drop fry . Do you have any signs you...

Hi guys , I am venturing into breeding some guppies I am typical used to egg layers so this is new for me. I brought two females they person who sold them said they are pregnant but didn’t know when to expect the fry . There is one massive female ( yellow tail) who has a very larger black...

Hi Guys, I have a nice rice fish display tank that is heavily planted (very new to the planted side) I have noticed the odd snail popping up all plants are quarantined for 2 weeks which doesn’t seem to be enough. Look for a long term solution to remove the snails . I have one bristle nose...

Hi, I purchased a wood with plant on and some moss balls from Pets at home out of the tanks. It isn’t my normal choice but I nipped in for some other bits and decided to give it . I do quarantine plants anyways but I have some hitchhikers already. Definitely 1 baby snail will see what he grows...

They are the display tanks . I already have one much larger in the dining room . That’s well stocked but the other two I have got. to show some of the fish I breed in my office upstairs. If I added more species I still have room in the fish room to raise more fry, I have breeding tanks for...

Hi guys, I have recently got two new display tanks ( to show off my breeding fish ) . I would also like to add some new varieties that I could also breed . I have a 55 litre tank which I have started stocking with - a selection of 12 rice fish & 1 juvenile bristle-nose pleco . I also have a...

Hey, So I brought a group of 12 daisy blue rice fish from a local store on Monday . Since then one has been doing headstands swimming but head first . When he does right his self he seems to have a tilt . The seem to do headstands when grazing algae but this fish is doing it all the time . The...

Hi, I purchase a group of 4 bristle nose plecos from a local fish store . 10 days ago . They have been healthy and happy . They were fine yesterday and saw two this morning. However I got back this evening to find 3 dead one had no eye or tail and looked to have a fungus growth - I saw one...

This is him they are in a quarantine pool for a few weeks . I have upped the temp as he wasn’t moving much as the others and now he’s moving a lot more . He could just be older but the others seem to look different ?

Thanks I will try to get a photo and it I looked and can’t find anything that’s matches . My hope as well !

Hi , I brought 4 new bristle nose plecos last week from a chain pet store . They all seem to be young as small ( maybe 2 months) and haven’t got the bristles yet . Two were labelled as “marigold” bristle nose plecos - I think it’s their fancy name for albino . They had a deal on buy two at a...

Hi, Looking for advice, I moved some nano fish out of a 80 liter tub . They have been breeding but eggs have a low hatch rate . Decided to move them into a 20 liter tank for a week with heater . To make temp more consistent and to make it easier to pull eggs as they have less plants to lay on...

Great thanks I can upload the video . But they look like they have segments on . They move by faulting in half and seem very active? If they plannaria how can you get rid of them !

Hi, I have recently brought a new strain of a nano fish I have been breeding. The eggs don’t seem the same as the other Strains in size and shape . They laid on some Java moss I got from a reputable LPC . It’s been almost 4 weeks since I brought the moss and 2 weeks they laid on it so I removed...

Hi guys, I have just brought some Medaka rice fish in a garden sunroom patio pond . They arrived Wednesday after a 24 hour journey in the Mail . When they arrived initially they all seemed not very active which I expected was stress . Only I ordered adults 2-3cm I was sent 6 at just below 2cm...

Hi , I have been thinking of adding some kinds of clean up crew to my Rice fish pond which is kept in a garden room that stays pretty cold in Uk winters . I can’t think of anything to add that won’t eat rice fish eggs or plants but will eat left over food etc ? Does anyone have any...

I am more concerned it’s not going to stay consistent as my normal tank water comes out slightly higher than that .

Hi guy, I am currently cycling two tanks both have low PH 6.4 . Slightly confused as my tapewater PH has never been this low . How can a raise it I have read online baking soda works or should I got get PH raiser (most stores aren’t open to BH and I am away for a few days ) . The tanks have no...

Hi Guys, I am looking for a specific type of fish to breed that’s hard to get locally to me, I had got a supplier lined up but now they can’t supply so I have 3 tanks all waiting and have been cycling for a while with no fish in . I have contacted all stores with in a few hours drive...

Thanks looks like this in water