Recent content by 1873teddy

240 litres

Sorry but why do you ask this, my tank is up & running & stocked now, done a fishless cycle initially then added several amano shrimp. It now has 2 x rams, 4 x mollys, 2 x platys, 2 x apistrogramma, 4 x honey gourami, 4 x chocolate gourami, 2 x blue dwarf gourami, 18 x neons, 4 x swordtails, 4 X...

Around 5 weeks

Good morning, Performed my first test results since upgrading my tank & think they are pleasing. Ph - 6.6 Ammonia - 0ppm Nitrite - 0ppm Nitrate - 10ppm Can anyone confirm this is where I want to be in a community planted aquarium, acco4ding to the booklet with the test kit, my results are...

I neglected my tank for approximately 4 weeks after the birthe of my son, the fish were fed as normal but didn't perform a water change during this time. I had a break out of white spot which I treated with anti white spot then.followed up with a daily dosage of pimafix. Done a partial change...

I'd prefer a temporary solution rather than ruining a good tank by sealing the partition to it, need to get my thinking cap on here methinks hahaha

Hahaha it is a lot to take in but would recommend it. Agree with swordtaillover above, a breeding tank does stress them out slightly but from my experience you will get more surviving fry that way & as long as Mum isn't in for more than 2 days, she will be fine. Over the weekend there, my gold...

Having had recent success with swordtail breeding, I would advise the following, she can store sperm for up to 6 broods of fry, so once the first brood is born, note the date, approximately every 4 weeks after you will have fry, they can give birth to up to 40 fry, the adults WILL eat the fry if...

Hi all, I am being really successful with my swordtail breeding, to the stage where my wife & I are looking into setting up a new tank to accomodate the fry of different stages, can anyone advise anywhere in the UK where I can get a tank divider which allows the water to flow freely throughout...

Cheers Taylor! I'm delighted with them! As mentioned, I have 10 gold comet fry & 4 from my black swordtail pair, 2 of those fry are jet black while the other 2 are transparent, I am intruiged as to how they turn out when they mature. They almost look blue at the moment, more than likely become...

Here we go guys, first images of my 14 swordtail fry. Hope you get pleasure from them :-)

I'm now in the process of setting up a 30 litre tank for the fry to allow them to flourish in their own environment so there is no chance of them being eaten & also to make them easier to catch when I take to my local independant fish store at around 8 weeks. Plus they will be easier to...

Yeah will do! :-) I'll post some very soon for you.

Thanks also Swortaillover, it's amazing how fast these fish grow, the original 2 that survived the first batch are only 5-6 weeks & already about 1 - 1 1/2 inches.

Thanks Jemma, do you have any idea up to what age they can turn male at all? Heard something similar from a friend but wasn't sure.