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I have a guppie with a split in his tail the tail is about 15mm and the split is approximately 6-7mm. Is this normal wear and tear ?

Yesterday I spent all day next to my tank waiting for my heavily preggers guppy to drop... No joy... Woke up this morning no fry and Shes skinny again!!! Missed it!!! Grrrrr! Also on looking for fry found a tiny spore looking thing on a plant leaf and 1 small snail :s will post pics later but...

I'm keen to witness the fry being born and mummys massive ready to drop... And behaviour characteristics to keep an eye out for ??

hi ive just got home from 3 days away thinking all would be fine as i did a PWC before going and fed them ect. i come home to find a portion of 1 male guppies tail has definately been nipped at. (see attached photo) i have 7 guppies (3 males 4 females) and 4 cherry barbs in a 95 ltr tank...

I have my first sick fish! He (a male blue guppy) won't open his rear tail-fin and just stays mouth to the surface barely swimming behind the filter... Checked levels all fine and the other 7 fish are very active and healthy looking! I think hes been fading colour since we got him 2 weeks ago...

So my new tank is so far doing well and all 8 fish are vey much still alive :) 4 cherry barbs and 4 male guppies :) They have however devoured two of my 3 live plants!! Are they worth replacing if they keep nipping them down to nothing before they have barely rooted ?? Also the LFS suggested...

Well I just bought a test kit and subject to speculation the results were fine ammonia less than 15 nitrates ok and nitrites down! Nutra cycle worked out so far

So we are 8 days into my first ever aquarium and I just did my first PWC it's a 95ltr tank and I changed 10ltrs. Now I know I shouldn't have put fish in yet but that's a mistake I will have to live with!! I dont have a test kit yet but will take a sample to my LFS later today. What sort of...

Is it better for my fish to be warmer or cooler?? I'm within the parameters for my 4 cherry barbs but because my house has old storage heaters it's cooler at night and warmer in the day. I've set my thermo to 25*c and it's 25 during the day but when I check in the morning it's dropped off to 24...

Hey all just started my aquarium 06/01/11 still early days yet I know. Hi to you all :D I've joined here for a little assistance as a friend gave me the tank and I don't wish to give him the satisfaction of spoon feeding me through the process. (that and I think his tank is boring and risk them...