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Livestock - Livebearers (Ilyodon xantusi) and assassin snails age n condition - young fish and sub adult snails qty for sale - Approx 20 livebearers and maybe 30 snails Reason for sale - need to clear tank for new fish and dont need so many assassin snails now they have done their job Delivery...

You made a mistake moving the betta to another tank as it was almost bound to have ich also even though it wasnt showing. You will equally be making the same mistake by moving it back to a now clean tank. All the fish in the tank the betta is in will have likely caught ich. You will have to...

Livestock - Malawi cichlids Also L066 king tiger plecs Age - Young fish and sub adult and some breeding pairs. The L066 are young bred fish Quantity - Around 60 Malawi cichlids to clear. 20 L066 plecs from 3 broods Reason for sale - Clearing out 2 tanks of Malawi...

I need to empty out 3 tanks of Malawi cichlids to make room for some rare catfish i am breeding (L66 king tiger plecs). I have a tank of wild adult breeding fish and 2 others with mostly F1 young to clear out before next weekend. I cant deliver, and i wont send by post so please dont ask...

Its not too easy to tell the sexes from your pictures but it looks like all 3 are females. They all are rather big in the belly regions. It may be that you are feeding your fish overly well in which case fish No 3 may be a male. I would suggest if you wish to breed these fish go buy another 6...

Hi, no im sorry i cannot send to Italy. BJ

Thanks a lot for your help. I will go try and do as you recomended. I am quite an expert fish breeder but i am not exactly good at this computer stuff so if its not on next time you visit you will know i didnt manage. I will have tried ty. Cheers. BJ

Hmmmm how do i fill out the sales form? Where do i go to find it? I already gave all the info thats on the form except a pic which i dont have to send here. As i have differant forms from differant collection areas i wil wait to give this on the sale of the fish. It is very unlikely that...

It depends what kind of plec you have if it will eat zuccini or cucumber. Many people make the mistake of assuming all plecos eat vegetable food but many are actually meat eaters. Having said that most of the commonly available plecs will love to be given cucumber or zuccini to eat. If they...

I have quite a few of the rare red morph of Micropoecilia picta for sale. These are all F1 having been bred by myself from wild adults i caught myself last year near Venezuela. When adult the males colour up bright red all over the body and often into the fins. There are 2 distinct red colour...

I have some L066 king tiger plecs which i have bred and now are ready for a new home. I have 4 broods ranging in size from ¾" - 1¾ in size and i am looking for £10 each for the bigger ones. Collection form Aberdeen only or i can occasionally arrange to meet in areas of central or northern...

I was lucky enough to find and catch several colour morphs of Micropoecilia picta including two distinct colour morphs of the red variety. I have never seen any mention of these distinct variation - indeed i found several differant colour morphs none of which i have ever seen documented. Space...

Hi bigc Send me a pm with contact details and i will call you with species and size. I have some Cyprinodon variatus 2 types breeding amongst some others. BJ

Hi. Bi-carb ( sodium bicarbonate) is only to be used as a quick fix to bring up the ph. It is quite normal in many soft water areas for a ph to come down below acceptable levels for the fish we are keeping. Yes we can keep adding sodium bicarbonate but that invloves testing water so often it...

I have many wild pairs and F1 young of Micropoecilia picta for sale. These are the sought after RED morph and were caught by myself a year ago. I have 2 distinct morphs of the red type - very few even know there are several diff red morphs. I also have several other wild and young livebearers...

Hi Kate. Seems you have a few beginners problems here. First and foremost never ever add fish to a tank where you already think you have problems ie fish offcolour. The fish you added would die first as the ones you already had were being slowly acclimatised to the probs in your tank. Next...

I have 6 tanks of Malawi cichlids which i must empty soon to enable new fish projects. These Malawis are mostly wild fish or are F1s and are not the usual fish found in the hobby. Most are very colourfull and can be seen at my home in Aberdeen. Young fish are priced cheap from £1 each and i...

Actually if your ph is already 7.4 you could do with it coming down a little if you wish to keep the normal community fish like tetras etc. The use of bicarbonte of soda will only bring the ph back up after it already has come down and will need regular testing. A much easier way is to just...

Yes its too expensive to buy water. Are you positive the water has ammonia? Are you using the correct test kit? You could be confusing it for high nitrates which on its own is not too much of a worry to us fishkeepers. If you have too much ammonia in your tapwater you should contact your...

Email me offline and i will give contact details - theres a few unusual species here and i wish to move them to make room for some different ones. I have adult ps sabardi and Plac. milomo to clear also some adult Lab gigas lupingu and Ps polit tumbi. Also several young fish from above groups...

HaHa yes ty for pointing that out. Most were caught on 23rd December 2008 not 2009 as i misprinted. I wont post these fish sorry - buyer collects afeter seeing them. BJ

I have several Malawi cichlid species i need to clear out to make way for another project. These fish will be for sale from £1 each for young fish and i also have several adult pairs/groups to clear. Most of these fish are bred from wild adults and are very colourfull and healthy fish...

I have several species of very rare livebearers i need to clear, all have been caught wild late in December 2008. I also have some F1 young. I also have some pupfish (Cyprinodon variatus) to clear and a tank with a hundred cherry shrimps. The shrimps are for sale at 50p each for 1cm size...

Hi I cannot guess to why your fish died as you havent given any exact readings. However i certainly would not add any new fish until you leave the tank to settle for another 10 days because doing a 75 percent water change on a new tank is close to starting again. I think we can assume that...

Hi Ellena. Normally i would say you cannot have too many plants as plants do much good in brightly lit tanks by removing nitrates and other compounds. However in your case if you have not enough light then the plants will decay and cause pollution problems thus affecting your fish. Also your...

Find out from your water board if they are adding chloramine. Depending on their reply will tell you what to dose for. If you are unsure if chloramine is added it does no harm to assume there is chloramine in the water and dose for both chlorine and chloramine. Lets face it - for only a few...

Hi Matt. There is no need to maintain a ph as high as 7.8 - 8.6. Anything above ph 8 will be very difficult to maintain. As long as you get a ph above 7.4 dont worry. You can also add cleaned shells as they will raise ph. Pieces of coral also are good but stay away from bits with sharp...

I have some wild livebearersd i have caught myself over the last year or so and have been breeding them. I am now ijn the position where i have more than i need so am willing to sell some for collection in Aberdeen only. I have some Gambusia rhizophorae wild trios and also many F1 young. Also...

These fish were my fav fish from lake Tanzania and i loved them. They are best kept as a group - mine were in a group of 8 fish in a 30" tank. I had sand on the bottom and planty caves of flower pots and also some shells. These fish all seemed to pair up at the same time and all defended a...

I have 10 tanks of Malawi cichlids and need to clear at least 4 tanks so can offer young Malawis from £1 each or adults and pairs/groups at good prices. I have quite a lot of young fish i need to clear and some are very rare species. Most of these fish are bred from wild fish and are top...

I have for sale some swamp river tiger guppies at £2 per pair or 12 babies for £5. I also have some red cherry shrimps for sale at 75p each. Email me for details and you will have to collect from aberdeen. BJ

I bought mine for £9.90 and they were around 1". The price is about right if they are chain loaches or botia sidthimunicki. If thery are skunk loaches thats too expensive. BJ

You dont say what kind of catfish they are. Before anyone can offer proper help we must know if we are talking about vegetarian or meat eaters. However you mentioned youre peacocks eat so much food that lots of it is expelled through the gills. This food is undigested ie uneaten therefore...

Hi Cindy Dont worry about having to recycle the tank. It should be ok without having to recycle. Just take care feeding for a few days ie feed a little less than normal for a while just in case the bacteria is down. Try to find out what caused the trip and prevent it happening again. Always...

It seems you made tha classic mistake of putting a small fish into an established tank of bigger fish. If you have lots of hiding places it will maybe be ok. Dont worry about food as it will find food at night. Try getting another eupterus maybe that will help. They really are a great cat to...