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I got some apple snails only four days ago and last night found a large cluster of eggs each about 2mm and they are on the underside of the hood well away from the water. But when and if they hatch will they automaticly go into the water or is there a chance that they will get out of the tank...

I did have to wait for them to appear so thats why I used the cucumber to brib them, they are just like kids!!! Thank you to everyones answers, not being an expert I was finding so hard as many look so the same

Thank you for that. The second one, it hasn't actually got bristles on its nose, would that be right if its a female?

I was given these two a couple of months ago and have not manged to get an ID for them. Any help please. the grey spotty one has what I would call a flat appearance and normal D shaped tail, the dark one with gold stripes has a lovely long tail with two thin whips each nearly the same length as...

I done a poll a little while ago for the same as I was very supprised at the number of females on the forum. my results were very close, I am going to keep an eye on yours for interest. MALE

I have been thinking of doing theis swap myself. I have been running a fluval 4+ in my ft tank and quite honestly have been very disappointed with the quality of the filtering. Just wondering if this is the same reason for your change.

Purhaps I should get the beast out and have more of a play then at close ups. Yours are very good.

These pics are stunning, I have always wanted to tale pics like this my self. bought a 6mp camera but was very disappointed takes crap close ups, too cheap(kodac) saving for something better.

There has been no other problems with any other fish and water srill good. I think this may have been a very unlucky individual. Thank you for your input.

Thank you for your reply, very useful. I do have alot of hiding places alot of plants and vac the sand at least once a week. From what you say it must be this infection and just bad luck that he got this infection from something, do you think it could have been the bog wood that is still...

basicly yes they will turn black, this is the eyes of the babies showing through but it can be very difficult to see this depending on the colour of the fish. After the first young you will get to learn when the young are due a bit more by the size of the mums tummy, she will get very large upto...

When I had black mollies I found the best way was to just keep looking and see when she slowed her movement and started panting, not much help though when at work so I purchased a cheap tank of 30 litre and put the mum in breading trap and made a large hole in the bottom so the young just swim...

I was going to put this into emergencies but thought someone here may have more of an idea. I have in my tank a number of community fish, guppies, platies, keyhole cichlids, and rummynose tetras along with peppered and bronze cory. last week one of the bronze suddenly had both eyes bulging, he...

I havent been onfor a while, but I agree with what you all say, I think the thing that gets me so interested is the technical side of it all. How just one small thing can make a difference to the race like when refueling occurs, how much is put in and even down to the very fine tuning of a wing...

Plants may not be as large as you see at pets at home but I have bought very good quality plants at much better prices from Java delivered to your door.

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Thank you for a good plain description, other info on other sites I have looked at only seem to glide over the basics. I think I will give it the weekend and see what happens, water change due then. no bubbles visible yet. As I have a fair amount of other fish in this tank I dont think any fry...

I have just come home from work tonight and I have a dwarf gourami has, I think, made a nest. He has pulled out some hair grass and put a bundle about 3 inches across under a large lily pad at the surface in a calm corner of the tank and getting a little bit teritorial. Will he only do this if...

The larger one (red and blue) is a male dwarf gourami, the blurred small one at the bottom rummy nose tetra.

Yes got mine there, or toys r us, gamleys but a bit more pricey

Not to sure but it was cheap one bag did the bottom of a 4ft tank 2-3 inches and it was only £3.00

I used childs play sand, seems fine.

Sail fin we have named Julian (clarey) it just seems to fit.

Never used photo bucket before so if this does'nt work I will try again later. If it does work I will post some more later as I will be pleased with myself. This is my set up started arround christmas, 4 ft, sand substrate, fluval 4+ filter, heated etc. Pics are from a month ago now and I have...

Sorry dont know up there, but try asking at your local garage, dont go to Halfords they are only disposable and expensive.

Go to a motor factors and buy a co2 bottle for welding. first bottle is a little expensive but after that an exchange one is about £10. Where are you?

Lovely large plants look good

i just use a long piece of air tubing strapped to a long scraper and syphon into a bucket hoovering just off the surface then top with water used does not take long atall the poo is lighter than the sand and you can see it lifting, this seems to be easierto me and you can get between plants and...

My bog wood floated for 2 weeks. had to put slate on it. Then it made water very cloudy, There was an article in practicle fishkeeping that said this should be harmless to fish. To clear it I done small water change daily and added a carbon pad to the filter, all good now

Fair enough

Its not about waste, surely its demand. Here in the south theres more houses being built all the time, in my small town alone prob around 500 homes in the last few years and they have been told to build about another 700 I think. No extra water sources have been sorted and surely that "wasted...

Could be a good idea to get rid of unwanted doulbe glazing salesmen :devil:

Anybody else looking forward to the new f1 season starting soon. Even though I think Mr schu is the best driver still:byebye: , it'll be a much better season without him. should make things much closer for everyone else with old and new drivers shifting around. not long now :thumbs:

In the past I have used both, a net seems kinder to the mother but I have had young get stuck in between the frame and net. more succes with traps. but I am much happier leaving them to get on with it in the tank, well planted for hiding, some will get eaten but I see this of natures way of...

Yes, didnt put any fish in until it had been planted for a while. stat now set at 22c, temp is 26c

:hi: only been a member a few days myself. learning loads.

Just a note to pass on an experiance i've had with my heater. I set up a new tank that I was given with no filter, heater, lights. I bought an adjustable elite heater with temp setting on the front and adjustable by twisting the top along with a digital thermometer. Setting the heater to 25c I...