Search results

I have one and I get to see plenty of it at feeding time , a store that I don't shop at all that often sold me a pair, two days later one was daed, I checked with my local shop that I get most of my fish from and he told me they should never be sold in pairs, anyway if you decide to get it enjoy.

my gibby is about 14 in I rescued it from an estate agents near to where I live, they had decided notto keep a tank any more and had thrown it in a bucket, It's a great fish and loves nothing more than munching on courgette, they do produce a lot of waste when they get bigger so I have added a...

I have kept these fish for years they are great they have a barb which can give you a sharp sting like a bee but I have never been caught so far, the other thing id try not to net them they will get caught up in the net and you will have to cut them out don't be afraid enjoy them they are great fish

Hi guys never visited this site before as all my fish are tropical, just had a frantic call from my dad he has a beutiful kio pond it's been set up for about four years now, anyway today he has three of his fish on there sides at the top of the pond with what looks like there scales starting to...

My LFS says that what they are accually doing as they are vegies is eating the slimy coating off the body I asked him as my gibby was attached to a fish I lost the other week but the real masters of waste disposal are clown loaches man they are quick.

Had to put a 10in oscar out of it's misery last week, even got my LFS owner to come round to see if anything elese could be done that I hadn't tried already there wasn't but that was a big plastic bag and one swift blow with a rolling pin in his opion that is the most humain way didn't feel like...

Ye one of my tank's has sand my 16in Gibby lives there he's fine with it stirs it up a bit though.

Hi there I have a 16in Gibby so you can guess Iv'e had him a long time and I have never seen him eat, it is night times only so don't worry mine do seem to like courgette more than cucumber and they love spinich leaves I put them on a clip on the side of the tank and the temp of the water...

Unless you want to get soaked trying to put him in a bucket (tried it once ha ha) leave him in the tank

I got my oscar at the same time as I set up my tank that had 3 angels in it my oscar died very suddenly last week he was 10in but my point is I didnt have a problem for two years it could be as they all grew together or I had well tempered oscar who knows anyway i miss him he had a great...

Sadly i lost my 10in oscar last week very sudden but he loved earth worms, prawns, and i would sometimes give him liver as well as pellets and sticks, I understandd that when an oscar gets to a certain size there is only two real things that are a threat to them whole in the head and...

mine never did but my mates will lots of cichlids eat vegi stuff so try it i had a tank clip to put stuff in saved them chasing it round the tank

The point you made about putting real veg in the tank it's a must my plecs love corgette it has more nutrician than cucumber also spinich and green beans I put it in at night and remove whats left in the morning, my common grew to about 6 to 7 in in the first year then slowed and is now on the...

I have all sorts of plecs and catfish, and the one thing they all seem to need in the tank is some bogwood to rasp on I hope this helps you to decide my bristlenose lives inside a hollow root i found this out one day when cleaning my tank I put it on the floor and then heard him buzzing inside...

I have just cut two pots in half lenghthways and then cut holes in the front that way you can put them against the back of the tank to take up less room anyway my point is I am a builder and used a 4in disk cutter so if you know any builders offer to make them a cuppa and I am sure you will get...

Lion fish are fantastic looking but they are also marine fish and there barbs are poisonious but you are right they are great

What about hatchet fish I had some of them great fun just dont laeve the lid open as they jump up to about a metre .

I have just opened the picture yuo posted and it is of a Lion fish, are you sure you posted the right one?

How big is the pictus you want to put in with him

you are quite correct although my fish will eat the soft flesh in the middle of a cucumber it dos'nt do them much good so I give them cougette which they demolish, also I feed green beans and peas

that price seems great I have just lost a fire eel that I had for about a year,(choked on some gravel which blocked it's stomach) it was about 12in, I am replacing it this week for a slightly larger one (about 15in) and I am paying £40.00 they do each 2ft plus so be warned, but when I went to...

as a jewel tank owner with a failed light system (waiting over a week for replacement under warranty) and an electrician i find the comment about timers utter BS? if that were the case I could make a fortune from the local high street shops whose lights are on all night then go off in the...

My lfs keeps all sort of sizes for a couple of pound a meter and yes it does speed up water changes Ect

I kept three pairs of honey gouramis for about a year I had no problems at all I decided to do down a different fish keeping path and my brother has had them for about four months again no probs, I did however have no luck keeping dwarf blues they all died quickly my lfs says this is common in...

Great idea wouldnt like to have any power in there for heater Ect not in a bathroom thats just the electrician in me talking, to hell with it how bad is a shock now and then cool idea my kids would love it not sure about the wife

Try asking your supplier to test a sample of your water for you, mine is more than happy to do that for people but the comments are correct you need to invest in a testing kit, I hope the rest survive good luck

Nice decoration in the tank by the way

Sorry should have mentioned my oscar will be moving to his new home soon at present it is home to a fully grown tilapia which I rescude from flushing, i had set the tank up for the oscar but this was a bit of an emergency, I did try them together but the oscar was getting pretty beat up, soon I...

so are you saying its ok to rinse the filter spounge under the tap and not worry about the chlorine but not the rest of the media

I keep a large (about 9in)oscar in my tank with some smaller fish but they have all grown up together, that's not to say that this will always be the case and one day he may turn so it is all down to individual fish mine has gone from 2in to 9in in ten months and yes I have installed some major...

I always try to use the method of going one bigger than I need one of my tank's is a rio 180 I have a tetratec aps 400 with a 9in air stone it works great, the same goes for my external filter I went for the Fluval 305 so as not to put so much of a strain on it, if you can afford the extra go...

Yep my jewel lights packed up last weekend staretd blowing fuses, a F O C replacement under warrenty was due in yesterday so took my unit in Tues afternoon,( worried my oscar would do a steve Mc queen on me) anyway bless jewel they sent the paper work but no lights luckally my supplier did'nt...

There is no hard and fast rule but it will depend on what your tank is stocked with as to how much waste is produced, large oscars and some cats will produce large amounts of waste( I have both) but I still only have to clean mine every four to five weeks. keep an eye on the outlet mine somtimes...

So sorry you lost your plec, but I totally agree with your comments about pets at Home, fine for bit's for your tank Etc not for fish and certainly NOT for advise I have been in my local store for some frozen foods (good deals on them by the way) and heard staff telling people some horror...

according to my supplier it sounds like somthing that happens quite often to any fish fish that spends most of it's time looking for food in the subterain (spelling?) it is a shame that I have to learn all these facts after losing a beutiful fish but I suppose that is what keeping these...

I had the same problem a while back infact my female killed the male, it would appear that a lot of the time the female just is not ready and the male is, anyway I took some advice and I added another female this took all the pressure of the single female gave the male a choice, and glad to say...

yep you have two females, you may want to think about keeping them both and getting a male I kept a pair for quite some time and the female killed two males, on the advice of somone I introduced a second female and another male, this apparently takes the pressure off the females as there is more...

yep sad I know but I do feel a little better knowing that I had not done any harm to him myself and that it was an accident, speak to you again under better circustances I hope.

I took my fire eel to my local centre where I got it from in fact where most of my fish are from and with a little further investigation I now know that it accidently swallowed some gravel whilst feeding causing a blockage, thanks to all who replied.

great what size is it and how much do you want for it, have you shipped many fish before, I have only ever bought fish from my local suppliers so this is all new to me thanks for the reply. :good: