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sand any day.its much easier to keep clean because all the mess settles on the top plus it looks better!! :)

i was gutted when 'big mama' died,there was no obvious reasons tho so not sure if she got injured laying eggs (there were eggs on the tank glass the morning i got up & found her floating). im leaving the eggs that the 'babies' laid in the main tank,to take there chances.havent got time at the...

hi carmen,thanks for the info about ottos.my brother in law had some with his fancy goldies & i saw the ottos attached to them,thats why i asked. also,how many do you reccomend i get?think im def gona get some now. the pepper fry aint fry no more,they must be about 6months old now.our big...

hi all,iv got some peppered corys & white clouds in a 35G uk tank thats been running for almost a year now.i fancy getting some ottos to help keep the algae under control abit.are they compatable?iv read up on ottos & it says that they could attach themselves to other slower fish.i know the...

hi,i recently cloned a tank for my 11 year old sons bedroom.what i done was have the actual filter for the new tank running along side my filter in my tank.i also put some of the rocks,ornaments & sand&gravel (he wanted both) in my tank for about 2 weeks.then i transfered it all to his tank...

hi timmystood,congratulations on the eggs!!!!my suggestion is to put the eggs in a small tak on there own with an air stone right next to them,this stops fungus forming on them.when they hatch your gourmai will have a nice snack unless you seperate them befoe hand. when my peppers laid eggs i...

i said it could of been a Toxorhynchites rutilus in my post on the other page :P .cant believe i was actualy right for once & i dont even live in the USA :good: !! if that thing had hatched near me id have to squash it-yukky !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! shaz :D

i agree!!!atleast here in england everythings small,non-poisonous (except the adder) & everythings frightened of us,lol!!!

just looking through the internet & have noticed that there are some giant types of mosquito (Toxorhynchites rutilus etc),so maybe its just a giant mosquito larvae.a good web site to look at is h**p://fmel.ifas.ufl.edu/Key/index.htm if im alowed to post this link,sorry if not!! :)

glad to hear misty is doing ok!its really suprising isnt it how fast they learn to cope with out a leg.they just sort of get on with it as if nothings up,dont they!?cats are amazing creatures,so resilient.misty looks really happy & the vets have done a great job.a hint for giving cats...

hows your cat doing today?i can just imagine the happiness on the kids face when they saw him,bless them!!!keep us informed of his progress & i hope hes up & about very soon for you! shaz :D

No probs,keep us all informed of how it goes.another quick suggestion is that if youv got laminate or wood floors put plenty of rugs down for a while until shes got her balance back properly so that she doesnt slip sidewards etc.good luck!!! shaz :D

cheers for that Tokis-Phoenix,what i think i might do then is forget the centre piece fish & go for a shoal of bloodfin tetras & a shoal of zebra danios as iv seen these at my lfs (the hood on the tank is very secure so that the little un cant move it).so with my 6 cory & 6 white clouds,how many...

when i was younger my cat got hit by a car and had to have his back leg amputated.he suprised me by how well and quickly he adapted to only having 3 legs.in about 4 weeks he had learnt how to climb the 7ft back fence & everything!!your cat will be abit wobbly for a while & may fall over a few...

hi Tokis-Phoenix,i like the idea of the bloodfin tetras,i think they would go well in my tank.how many do you recommend i get?i love danios but have heard that there jumpers & since my 3 year old likes to help me feed & do water changes etc i dont think they would be a very good idea,lol.the...

hi all,posted this in tropical chit chat & was told to post it here.iv got a 3ft 35G (uk) cold water tank (temp is naturaly 75/76 degrees F summer & winter) with 6 white clouds & 6 peppered cory catfish (2 adults,4 juveniles).what other fish could i have?id like atleast another group of some...

hi chris,thanks for that.the reason i posted it here is because the tank temp is actualy classed as sub tropical ,so i thought id get more ideas from this section than the cold water section. i know i could get a group of either guppies,neons,cherry barbs,danios or harlequins.but unsure of...

hi all,iv got a 3ft 35G (uk) cold water tank (temp is naturaly 75/76 degrees F summer & winter) with 6 white clouds & 6 peppered cory catfish (2 adults,4 juveniles).what other fish could i have?id like atleast another group of some sort of hardy small fish plus maybe a couple of smallish (no...

ahhhhhh,how sweet are they :wub: !!!!they look massive compared to my little lop eared lion head!what other toys etc do they like to play with? :D

iJay,shes the only rabbit weve got (we bought her to replace our old rabbit that died 3 months ago,he was 10).i meant our extended family in general,me,my partner,2 lads,5 gerbils,2 guinea pigs,stick insect (my eldest sons-yuk!) and of course the fish,lol. we went the rescue centre friday &...

shes deffinatly different looking aint she,lol!! :wub:

hi all,heres a pic of the latest addition to our family her names sally,shes 6 months old and shes a lop ear lion head.we got her from our local rabbit rescue centre.she was in there cus the owner also had a collie dog and one time the rabbit escaped and the dog was chasing her & got her...

i had the goldies & 5 pepper cory in my 15G (uk),after the goldies went i got 7 white clouds with them & thats where they started spawning every other day.my sons now got the tank & at the weekend when weve cloned it he will have white clouds & cory in there.so as long as you give them a few...

hi black angel,welcome to the wonderful world of corys!!! IMHO i personaly wouldnt keep any type of cory in with any fish that could potentionaly bully them.cory are very peaceful community fish that will get easily stressed by any agressive behavour towards them and could become ill from the...

thanks for the info dthoffsett,just wernt sure what to expect with the tank. my lads been asking for a tank since i got my first one two years ago but have made him wait until i thought he was responsible enough for all the weekly water changes/substrate vacs etc.hes even saved up his pocket...

looking good Tokis-Phoenix!!!!cant wait til we've finishd building the concrete sectional garage & conservatory.then it will be pond digging time-yayyyyy!!!the rate were going at it wll probaly be next year tho,lol!! good work,keep us updated with how it all goes & loads more pics please!!!! :D

thanks dwarfgourami,were planning on setting the tank up saturday morning so will send my partner to the lfs to get the white clouds while were doing it. one more quick question...since im cloneing the tank does this mean that it wont get the amonia,nitrate spikes etc?sorry if this sounds silly...

thanks for that Opcn,just wernt sure if the bacteria would be enough to skip cycling the tank. a few years ago when i first started keeping fish i used fish to cycle my tank.on my bigger tank i done a fishless cycle but i have never tried cloneing a tank,so wernt sure what your suppose to do. :)

hi all,my 11 year old son has become really interested in fish keeping & i have decided to let him have my old 54L long tank in his bedroom.hes decided to just have a group of white clouds & corys in there (unsure which corys yet but will be either pepper or bronze). iv set up a spare filter...

what iv seen from personal experience with my peppers is that after they have Td & the female has got the eggs in her egg basket & ferilised them she will swim around to pick a spot in the tank to deposit the eggs.when shes picked a spot she will clean any algae etc away to make sure the eggs...

thanks alot for the great reply neale,it was really useful and informative!!!!i honestly didnt know if i was suppose to quarentine them like i do new fish because i wasnt sure if they could pass disease on to the fish etc.i suppse the same would apply to shrimps etc aswel then. thanks again...

thanks for that.i just wernt sure whether snails could carry diseases that could affect the fish or not.not that im saying the person i got them off has got any type of disease in there tank or owt,lol. shaz :D

hi all,have posted this in the beginners section aswel cus wernt sure where to put it.iv just got some MTS from another member on here and im not sure if im suppose to quarentine them or not.suppose this is a really stupid question but im really unsure!!!thanx in advance for any replies. shaz :D

hi all,iv just got some MTS from another member on here and im not sure if im suppose to quarentine them or not.suppose this is a stupid question but im really unsure!!!thanx in advance for any replies. shaz :D

ahhhhhhh Carmen,they are soooo cute,im in love :wub: !!!bet your sooo pleased that they keep laying eggs after waiting so long for them to start.good luck with them & let us know how it all goes! shaz :)

i kept 4 peppered cory for a year in my 54L tank at a ph of 7.8,no probs (there now in my 106L).they lay eggs every other week and have never had any illness or anything (touch wood).dont forget that if you buy them from your LFS then there ph will be similar to yours anyway so the corys will be...

there so cute aint they.my pepper cory fry fight the air stone current then ride the bubbles to the surface (it zooms them up),soooo funny to watch!!! :)

thanks once again bloo,your a star!!!! gona go & check out the buy/sell section now.might put a wanted up for some.thanks again!!! shaz :)

thanx for that bloo,i think il be getting some MTS then.how many is a good number to start with?i put my hands up to over feeding the fish slightly but not too much and the filter seems to remove any of whats left so i shouldnt have too much of a problem with them taking over the tank. do most...