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I have 4 platies, 3 of whom seem to spend a large amount of time hiding under bogwood or up behind the filter. I have 6 baby platies in the tank also ( 20G ) which are the offspring of one of the 4. I thought that all of the adults were females as they certainly seem to have triangular anal...

Can i please have some recommendations for a substrate vacuum / cleaner. I currently use a battery operated cleaner with a sort of a small sock type of thing that collects the debris as the water is pumped through it. This device seems to be very slow though without much power and i have to...

The temperature in the LFS was 80F, my tank is 77F. I didn't check the pH of the bag but i would have thought it couldn't be much different to mine ? Apart from the 3 sickies ( don't know why i said 2 before !? ) i have just 2 wagtail platies. Salt ?

Thanks Wilder It looks like this is what they're doing. Their breathing is pretty quick like they're out of breath and one keeps gulping at the surface. I've checked Ammonia and Nitrite just now both are zero. Maybe they didn't like the 20L water change which is close to 20-25% ? I've tested...

My pH is around 8 but when i asked at the LFS they said it would be the same as theirs and they don't do anything to adjust it. My Platies are fine Left bag floating for 10 mins, added tank water every 10 mins , let them out of bag after 40 mins. The other 2 are now stuttering in the top...

No.3 is now dead. Any suggestions - anyone ?

I added 6 HRs to my tank on Monday. The tank is 20gallons, was cycled beforehand , and had 2 platies living in there for 3 days previously. When i put the HRs in the tank 4 of them scooted off and schooled together while the other 2 just did their own thing . One of them occasionally joined...

I've just noticed that one of my 2 platies which i've had for 3 days now has a small lump under it's skin just before it's tail. It's definitely under the skin and the skin itself isn't broken but it is protruding slightly. It looks a bit like an insect egg ? She doesn't seem to be bothered by...

Thanks guys. Arfie - how much did you pay for your pandas ? £6 each at my LFS .... well worth it IMO.

OK, yesterday evening after work i visited my LFS looking for some new inhabitants for my tank. Currently i have 2 wagtail platies in a 20G and they look a bit lost !! I set my eyes on a tank of Panda Cories .... i just have to have 3 or 4 of those little fellas. Anyway, i noticed the LFS has...

Just an update - i opted for 2 female wagtail platies, lovely little things. They are soooooooo entertaining, never stop moving, all over the tank and love swimming against the current from the filter and then "flying" back the other way with the current . Was thinking of getting some more...

Thanks guys, points taken on board. catxx - i'm in Ramsgate

Is this for both Guppy and Platy ? Apologies by the way, this was meant to be posted in the Beginners forum . :blush:

Do guppy and platy have to be in shoals ? I've read the index and it doesn't say they need to be - are they best in pairs ? singles ? Are there any others that can be singles or pairs which don't grow too big ( i. more than 2") ? Thanks ps. my pH is around 8

Thanks MW. I was thinking maybe of starting with Platy and Guppy which seem to like more alkaline conditions reading the Fish Index. Don't really want to start messing with the pH being a beginner ...

Ok, i tested a sample this morning which i left out as advised and it came in at 8.4. So the tap is 7.0 , left for 36hrs it's at 8.4 and in the tank it's currently 8.0 Does this make sense to anybody ? Is it something i should be worrying about ?

Thanks, i'll try that.

I bought a test kit yesterday and the pH result was 8.0 in the tank ( tap water is 7.0 ). Does anybody know why this could be so much higher than the tap water ? Thanks

Thanks for the advice.

I've read around various sources of info and now think that i have a reasonable enough understanding so as not to rush out , buy a load of fish and watch them die within no time at all. So far i'm comfortable with the concepts of : not over-stocking ( 1inch per gallon ) frequent water changes...

Hello to all My wife bought an aquarium a couple of weeks ago as our kids' 2 goldfish had outgrown the old one. Feeling a bit bad because they never had any filter and we used to change the water once every three months . Having read around a bit over the last couple of weeks i realised how...