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I'm no expert but I have done a lot of research on these, I keep platies and guppies myself and the general rule seems to be 1 male per 2-3 females. Apparantley the males are highly sexed and can cause the females to get really stressed by harrasssing them too much. If you have more females the...

I got a new fry tank yesterday its 28l and I got an aquavital hang on the back filter with it. Can anyone tell me where I can get replacement filter media for it? And is there smaller versions of heaters as the one I have takes up loads of space in my little tank? Thanks Tina

Just thought I'd mention when I feed my fish courgette their pooh changes to white.

same thing i was thinking, how do you hand feed it and what?

I have a filter in my fry tank that was blowing them away, so I used some of the sponge that was around the bottom of some plants I'd recently got and stuffed a bit in the outlet and then covered it with some more and put a rubber band around it. This has reduced the flow but the filter is still...

My friend has gotten bored with the her fish and I ended up taking it off her hands, tank, fish the lot. I have managed to ID all the other fish (platties, guppies, angels, corys) and I know this is a pleco but not sure which type. Please can you help me, if it is one that is going to get too...

Heres an update: since my last post my palty has had her babies!! :wub: They are tiny will probably fit through the canvas have to re-think that idea.

I just got my new tank set up in time for my platy to have her fry. I put her in the new tank and shes had more, I'm just worried will they get sucked into the filter?

this is a c.panda isn't it?

I have some plastic canvas it is 10.5" x 13.5" and the holes are 2mm x 2mm, so it really depends on how small the fry are I'm still waiting for my platty to have hers so I don't know how small they are. If the sheets are too small you could just overlap two and sew them together. If this is...

I have the filter in my tank, the tank is already cycled, how long before the filter is full of bacteria?

When I took the guppies back the girl wasnt very helpful so I just got the female guppies and an orange mickey mouse platty. I went back the day after, after doing a bit of research, the way she looked at me I thought I was imagining the name!! I'm new to this so I wasn't sure if I had made the...

I took some male guppies back to lfs because I had too many and they were harrassing the females. They said I could exchange them so I asked if they had any corydoras and the girl gave me a funny look and said I think you made that name up!! :blink: I have just got two panda corydoras today and...

My platty is pregnant and when the light shines through her belly I can see lots of black dots (the eyes I think). It usually takes about a month for them to reach gestation (sp) When she looks ready to pop and I have also heard that when she starts spending more time away from the group shes...

I have a couple of pregnant platties and I would like to try and raise at least one batch of fry. I have a small sponge filter to put in a small tank for the fry to grow so for now I have put the sponge filter in my main tank. How long will it be before the filter is mature enough for a 5...

I phoned the fish shop and they said it was ok to change them. They only had two females left so I got an orange mickey mouse platty female as well. Heres a pic of my pregnant platty. You cant really see the dark spot, I find it easiest to see at night time when the house lights are out and...

I have a 20g uk tanks and I started cycling on Easter Sunday. I thought that the constant water changes might just be diluting the toxins in the tank so I didn't do a water change yesterday plus I got 4 guppies yesterday. Did my tests today and and my nitrite has gone down and ammonia has stayed...

I have 4 mickey mouse platies 3 female, 1 male and I went to get some guppies from lfs yesterday. I ended up getting all male, they are so much more colourful! I thought they would be ok being in an all same sex group but watching them last night, they keep going for my female platies. Will...

lol - sorry didn't take notice where you were from.

I'm no expert but I have heard other members say that they use childs play sand from argos about £2 just wash it really well.

I just got a 20g tank, I was planning on doing a fishless cycle (bought ammonia especially) but went to the lfs on easter monday for airpump and came back with 4 mickey mouse platys. 3 female 1 male. Fish are doing really well. I just wanted to know can anyone tell me how far through cycling I...

I just got a 20g tank, I was planning on doing a fishless cycle (bought ammonia especially) but went to the lfs on easter monday for airpump and came back with 4 mickey mouse platys. 3 female 1 male. Fish are doing really well. I just wanted to know can anyone tell me how far through cycling I...

I only have a small bucket about 1 gallon I think, I can't carry a bigger one because of my back. It says on my water treatment to add one capfull for every 6 gallons. Is it ok for me to add the one capfull to a small jug with some water and then add part of that to each bucket full. Hope this...

I have just got my tank setup yesterday, a friend did it for me showing me what to do. It was a second hand tank so all the tubing was in small pieces so we had to botch it together to reach. I have two tubes coming up at the sides for my undergravel filter and the flow in one is very weak...

Thanks, I understand how inportant the test is, its just that they cost so much! Any way I ended up ordering the Interpet 1247 Master Liquid Test kit for £15.99 and a couple of £ postage, so thats not soooo bad. Tina

I have just got a 20g tank and I am planning on doing a fishless cycle. I went out shopping and managed to find the ammonia in the first shop I went in :good: (I was expecting that to be hard to find). Now all I need is the test kits (nitrite, nitrate and ammonia). I looked around and they all...

Hi i'm really new to this (not even got water in my tank yet) but i want some advice on stocking my tank. Its going to be a while because i want to do a fishless cycle first (read so much about it on here) but i would like to have a community tank in the end and i'm researching what i can have...

does the same rule of adding fish and the space they need apply to shrimps as well. Thanks