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  1. paulbrear

    Excess green algea

    Suddenly I appear to have got green spots of algea all over the Inside of my tank glass has anyone any tips on prevention/cure ?? All ideas welcome !! First photo shows location second shows if you look carefully the algea
  2. paulbrear

    Excess green algea

    Suddenly I appear to have got green spots of algea all over the Inside of my tank glass has anyone any tips on prevention/cure ?? All ideas welcome !! First photo shows location second shows if you look carefully the algea
  3. paulbrear

    Dwarf Gourami

    Have a male and female dwarf gourami and wondered what to look for in mating behavior are there any special
  4. paulbrear

    New fish

    Hi rainbow fish and hengali harlequin could I have ur opinion on this combination ??
  5. paulbrear

    Betta

    Ok so I wanted another fish to go in my tank and found a betta splendid would b suitable, since getting him we've lost three rasbora harlequin one green neon tetra and a mickey mouse platy ! Is he being agressive and killing my fish? Tank is a 40 ltr (uk) was he a bad idea ? Opinions would b...
  6. paulbrear

    lighting

    hi guys n gals Out of interest is there any other forms of lighting other than the in lid shining down type wondered if its possible to get in tank bottom lighting if that makes any sense !! opinions welcome !!
  7. paulbrear

    Platy babies

    I have two baby platys of about a week to ten days old ! Is there sex already determained or does it change ?? So far they are female which would be ace to balance my tank out !!
  8. paulbrear

    Unidentifeid crawling odjects

    Ok, looking at the substrate in my tank I noticed somthing moving in-between the small (yellow) stones, the objects little and dark move fairly quick ! I don't think there snails but need help identifing what ever it is as it's baffling me please help !!
  9. paulbrear

    Red mark on her side

    One of my mm platys has a unusual red Mark on her side she has been acting unusual, it started fading slowy shes had it since the prevoius wed !! ideas r welcome pleeeease !!
  10. paulbrear

    Red mark on her side

    One of my mm platys has a unusual red Mark on her side she has been acting unusual, it started fading slowy shes had it since the prevoius wed !! ideas r welcome pleeeease !!
  11. paulbrear

    What can it be?

    Last night we noticed that one of our female platies had a red mark on her side. Isn't behaving as 'ill' although she is spending time at the back and top. Have added a pic for you, thanks.
  12. paulbrear

    What could it be?

    Noticed last night that one of our female platies has a red mark on it's side, she is not acting ill although she been sat near the top and back of the tank. I have taken a pic for you, thanks.
  13. paulbrear

    Help dying fish!

    Our tank has been established now for a few months but suddenly we lost 3 rummy nose tetra overnight and now the other fish are all stressed and we now have lost a couple of the tiny babies. Nitrites 0 Ammonia 0.25-0.5 We changed our heater as the other broke but the thermometer reading is...
  14. paulbrear

    Tannins

    Evening from good ol blighty !! I have some bog wood in my 40 litre (uk) tank, if I'm not mistaken I believe it may be leaking tannins into my water, I also know it's not harmful to my fish, it's just it making my water look brown. Is there any way of removing it? I still have carbon filters (...
  15. paulbrear

    third time round

    two months ago we had a silver mickey mouse platy give birth to 3 or more fry of which only two fry survived, my orange mm platy has had a batch of fry to the tune of 17 about 2/3 weeks ago and remainging pretty large i was worried she may be ill, this morning she started having more fry and we...
  16. paulbrear

    Rummy nose tetra !

    Hi there I have three fab rummy nose tetra in my 40 litre (uk) tank! what possible way can I tell if I have male or female ? Help please they look the same.
  17. paulbrear

    Dropsy

    Just discovered one of our female platys possibly has dropsy! We've noticed her scales are moving away from her body she has been off her food for a bit sat at the bottom of the tank keeps coming up now and again started eating a little again but generally not behaving normal could this affect...
  18. paulbrear

    Swimbladder problem??

    Hi My silver platy has suddenly been acting strange but wondered if it could be a swimbladder problem - don't know much about it as googling gave me contradicting info. She has been laying at the bottom of the tank in the same place, come up and swims a little bit then lays back down as though...
  19. paulbrear

    Any idea roughly how long left??

    My mickey mouse platy is pregnant and she is looking more square like now. I am a newbie to fishkeeping so just wondering if anyone knew roughly when we could expect fry? We have had her 4 weeks today.
  20. paulbrear

    Any idea roughly how long left?? (

    Hi My mickey mouse platy is pregnant, we have had her 4 weeks today - anyone know roughly how long left she has before dropping fry?? She is getting bigger and is getting more square like now and her gravid spot is quite dark. Thanks
  21. paulbrear

    MM Platy behaving strange

    We have had 2 female mickey mouse platies for 3 weeks now and they are both been really happy, out swimming around and feeding well. We think one of them is pregnant but its the other one acting strange. We noticed yesterday we hadnt seen it out swimming as much as usual,it was near the top of...
  22. paulbrear

    Can anyone help identify plants please

    In the 1st pic its the one near the rock to the right of the pic, its dark green with paler centres. We have another variation which is pale green with almost white centre leaves (2nd pic in front of the rock , front right corner). Not gret pics i'm afraid but any help would be greatly...
  23. paulbrear

    new to the fish world and loving it

    my name is paul from hull england !! recieved a 40 litre starter kit for christmas as a family thing had it set up since 28 dec 2010 now have two mikey mouse platys (cute little things)very excited about the whole idea just waiting is the hardest thing. feeding is the only thing i'm having...
  24. paulbrear

    hi guys n gals

    my name is paul from hull england !! recieved a 40 litre starter kit for christmas as a family thing had it set up since 28 dec 2010 now have two mikey mouse platys (cute little things)very excited about the whole idea just waiting is the hardest thing. feeding is the only thing i'm having...
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