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Hi Guys, dont know if this will work, but here is a pic of me and my fiancee Louise, she luuurves fish :wub: :wub: (but hates the taste, she adds) Taken about 3 1/2 mins ago :lol: :*) Mark and Louise :)

Hi Silver... What you talking about... :P I know that, cant you see.... Yes.. ok... i did edit it :*) My apologies Silver.... thanks for letting me use btw. ur a darling :look: Mark :flex: <---- a man :lol: EDIT: And I just saw ur pic in rogues gallery :P , ours is up there too...

Hi Everyone, GREAT BANNERS :clap: :cool: :kewlpics: Heres my attempt, and if its ok with Silver I used one of her pictures from her signature. I used photoshop, and the file might be quite big. If Silver does object I will find another photo, (but hers are cool ;) :) ) Hope you like...

Hi Everyone I have 4 and a half mollies and a golden loach (baby molly is the half) I just read the pinned topic about ICH. and i'm sure this it it The are wriggling up and down (silver one is anyway) but i dont think there is spots yet. but they are flicking off my heater, not the rock...

Hi Guys Hi to Andy T, there is one by me thats sound like the dodgy one your talking about... Two by Two in Merry Hill is quite dodgy. Lots of dead fish, very cramped horrible green tanks. I bought the tank, cos the guy who helped us was really nice, the I looked at Pets at Home in Oldbury...

Hey William Cool idea for the chat stats. I used the word 'about' 260 times. I can now put that proudly on my resume. :lol: No.1 I am!! Mark :)

Well, its been 3 days since Molly gave birth There WERE 3, now theres only 1 (we think) So we're hoping that one is a survivor. In the tank though the fish seem to be either bored or scratching. The go up to the heater slowly, then sort of rub against it and flinch away quickly to one side...

Thanks again guys what a help this site is :) :) p.s we got baby mollies!!! (for now, unless the black molly get hold of em :/ ) Mark

n.b its 3am... :blink: sorry about the typos above, I'm still watching the fish with the lights out... Its soooo addictive!!!!! :look: (or am I just weird :lol: ) Mark

Hi guys :D They sound like the fry you are talking about, pretty big really really, we thought we may have missed them and they were a couple of days old, but no fresh today. We have a black molly, and he/she is really mean, so I dont fancy their chances. It was nearly 10pm when she dropped...

Hello, please help us, help us!!! Our balloon molly (we think its her) has dropped three babies, it could be the loach though cos we saw some eggs in there a couple of days ago. they are tiny and we dont want them to get eaten. they look like tadpoles I dont ahve another tank set up, i only...

Hi guys thanks for that, I like the sound of both of those, i'll try letting the food go down AND sprinkle some in the corner. He's a great fish the rest of the time, but he really is like Jekyl an Hyde at feeding time. Thanks for the tips :) Mark

Hi guys I like natural too, something thats easy on the eyes, plus it suits where I live, pink gravel and multi coloured ornaments dont go well with antiquey mahogany stuff :lol: (nice tank kevin07) Mark :)

:D thanks tsenback :D I know how it is when you got new fish, I cant take my eyes off mine :lol: still nervous an worried tho, just in case, so anything i can do to help others :D you helped me too remember :) Mark :) 8) :flex: <---- gotta big head now :lol:

Hi everyone.... Thanks to everyone for advice on getting our tank set up. The fish are now in (the ones in my sig) but i'm not completley sure how to tell if they are happy. I guess they got nothing else to do, but they just seem to constantly be looking for food, picking at gravel, walls etc...

:lol: or just go to where tsenback says hehe :lol: (I took too long typing the above message :lol:) :rofl:

Hi Browolf. Sorry to hear about your fish :( I'm also new to fishkeeping, I just had mine a couple of days... anyways.. some questions that others on here might want answering... Did you read into or do, fishless cycling? When you bought the tank, were you given a bottle called 'Cycle' or...

Hi again, this is almost as quick as a chat room :lol: I agree about not adding more fish. I didnt want to put that many in but my mrs wanted just ONE more :S The fish store recommended just 1 loach because they grow quite large, but also aggresive to it own kind he said. I did add some fish...

Hi Pendragon and every1 No offense taken, you're right... I didnt mention fishless cycling. However, this was one of the first things I started. (The tank also came with a chemical called "Cycle" which also helps the process.) Also, the plants I have found out, were bad from the start. The...

Thankyou to you both, I will replace a couple of the plants then, just to make sure. I'll let you know how we get on with them Cheers Mark

Hi everyone, I think i'm just a panic head, but i dont want it to go wrong.... We are getting our first fish in a couple of hours and I'm worried... We have had the tank set up for three weeks, the aquatic plants we put in, some are very weak and some of the leaves have gone brown or...

Thanks guys for your responses :D Well, I will get an airstone as well then when I can afford one, although it doesnt sound expensive (and i'm sure instructions will come with it. I like the sound of the one that blows bubbles up the back wall of the tank. The fluval 2 is working nicely and...

Thanks guys for the advice on Guppies and bettas I think we'll have tetras, and a betta then, but only after time i might add. I dont wanna put myself as a fishkeeper whos doing it just because of N*mo. :lol: We really do have an interest in fish, and want to learn and become experienced...

Hi Everyone. Do water changes need to be done evry week??? I idnt know this, I thought it was just every 3 weeks or so. Dont worry, I dont have fish yet, so they're safely at the shop at the mo :lol: Mark :)

Thanks sinistral... My pump is.... a 'FLUVAL 2 plus It does create water agitation, it moves the plants around nicely swaying in the gentle current :wub: so cool, an i dont even have any fish yet!!! So, lets say I do decide to get an airstone, do I need to put more gravel in? Are the pipes...

Hi everyone. As you may guess I'm new to the site, and fishkeeping. I bought a starter kit, (13 uk gallon tank) all the bits an bobs. It came with a filter. It is one with an impeller, the bottom part has the foam pads, and the top pumps out air, with a little bit sticking above the tnk to get...

hi modernhamlet an everyone... well in my 13 (uk) gallon, i wasnt sure, because i didnt know which fish would take to the water better? but after visiting the pet shop, we saw the ones we liked.. We're probably gonna start off with some livebearers such as mollies. Are they good? we would just...

Thanks again Tstenback, :) I now got the gravel, I cleaned it well, but its still a little bit cloudy but the lady in shop said it would settle. I will let it settle then dechlorinate. Apparantly, the starter kit I had, the sample bottles start the cycle for me, which figures as the bottle is...

Stan the Betta...

Thats great Terry, Thankyou We were just on our way to the pet store now anyway, for some more bits and bobs, so i'll ask for them. The other thing is... i've got everything running, pump heater thermostat plants are in but not planted as we forgot the gravel. I haven't dechlorinated the water...

Thanks for that flyhockey I didnt know that but i do now. Maybe in the future i'll get a saltwater tank, but for now, I'll try to manage the one i've got :lol: Can't wait to get mine up and running with lil' fishes. Soo exciting, we were quite dissapointed when we found out we had to wait...

Newbie here So, clownfish are saltwater fish ONLY? We just bought a tropical aquarium (no fish yet, starting cycle) We wanted a clownfish, but not so much for the film though, they were cool before we saw it. I agree with the point about the girl shaking the bag, very scarey!!! But a very...

Hiya fish people, Thanks by the way to all who welcomed me yesterday. Not only am I new to the forum, I am new to keeping fish... this site is a saviour for me. Brilliant. I've had a couple of questions answered already so thats great, but I'm not sure on when the fishless cycle will end, I...

hiya fish lovers we just set up our tank (almost...we left gravel in the shop) i need to dechlorinate the water when the tap water is in the tank??? its 14gallon UK tank (just under) i read about the fishless cycle, and when i put the food in, how long do I need to leave it, how do i know...

Oh, and i just looked, my tank is 13.5 gallons (just over, 64litres) Is that a good size for starting out? I plan to keep tropical fish only. Mark

Hiya everyone I just bought our tank, (6hours ago) and I know nothing. (quite dissapointed i couldnt have fish straight away, but I know it'll be worth it) I set it up, but I am quite impatient....but I read some posts, and decided I will be patient and have a go at the fishless cycle...