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He's in a breeder box until he's a bit bigger, then I'll move him to a little 5 gallon until he's big enough for the big fish tank x

My single platy fry 'Lucky', he's the only survivor from an over night Danio massacre

Hi everyone, I've currently got a well established 60 litre tropical tank running and I've been lucky enough to acquire a Fluval U4 filter for next to nothing. Is it going to be far to strong for a 60 litre tank or can you never have too much filtration? Your thoughts and experience would be...

60 litre tropical - my first tank x

Hiya, I'm hoping that my female platy is pregnant, she's certainly seems to be getting a bit fatter I believe and I was wondering if you lovely people could cast your expert fishy eyes over these pictures and confirm my pregnancy suspicions? And if so how long until you think she'll give birth...

Hi, Has anyone ever used white spar gravel for their aquariums? It seems super cheap in our local day store and I'm wanting white gravel in my new tank. Any experience or advise would be appreciated? Thanks x

I've put some disease clear in and turned the filter off for a few hours, he seems to have perked up amazingly already. Swimming around all over like he's back to normal when I was seriously worried about coming home and finding him dead earlier. Thanks for your help coralbandit x

Yeah definitely doesn't look like salt crystals, more like cotton wool if I were to compare it to anything. I'll sort out some bacterial treatment. Thanks

Hiya, My male platy has suddenly gained large white spots over its eyes and 1 white spot on its body (they aren't tiny spots like ich pictures). It's being much more lethargic than usual and just resting on the bottom of the tank a lot of the time. My Cory is fine at the moment. Does this sound...

If I transferred everything to the new tank (old filter, fish, plants, gravel etc) and ran the old filter as well as the new one for a few weeks would that make an instant cycle?? Or am I just being optimistic? x

I'm going to sound super thick now but what is media and how would i go about transferring it? I don't have any friends with tanks but I do have my established 3 gallon with an i25 filter running??

Hi everyone, I currently have 1 cory cat and 1 male platy in a 3 gallon tank. I'm purchasing a new 30 gallon tank on Thursday and was just after some advise really... Firstly, I'm fully aware of the need to cycle my new tank before adding any fish but what is the quickest and most efficient...