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Thanks for that Matt I am less inclined to preform an open heart surgery but I have looked at the fat contents and microscopic histology sections in the liver. What I was interested to know was if some of the more experienced guppy breeders have seen a change in health, survival or fecundity as...

Yeah, way too many fish. I would start with 4-6 fish depending on size. Seems like your tank is not cycled so you will have to do a lot of water changes. I would go for 20% every day for the first three weeks. It would be good to return most of the fish to the shop if possible and let the tank...

Hi All I am looking into the effects of high fat diet on "fatty liver" in guppies. Any insights on the matter would be greatly appreciated especially if you've seen your fish suffer/die after prolonged periods of giving them high fat feed. Thanks!

Hi Andy Thank you very much for your reply. A lot of the eggs did hatch today and I have removed those that have not. I am running a little experiment by keeping some of the larvae in a small floating container (in the tank) and some in the actual large tank. Male seems pretty pissed off...

Hi all So after my success with breeding dwarf gouramis I now started a new project of breeding bettas. Got some nice fish and after a few bumps on the way the pair I've chosen have spawned. So I come home the day after (female removed, male tending to the nest) and I find all the eggs on the...

Update: fry hatched 5 days ago, now free swimming. I took the male out rather quickly after the eggs hatched. Now I am running around in search of fry food. trying to get some green water from someone, so far I've got two types of commercial liquid fry food, very fine flakes (probably not small...

Update: ok I think I just saw him release some eggs into the nest. He is super busy cause there are two females! How long does he keep the eggs in his mouth?

Hi My gouramis started spawning this afternoon. I've got two females and a male and both females swim to the nest and drop eggs in turn. This is crazy because I have put the fish in 3 days ago! I set the tank up for gourami breeding but this is happening much faster than I thought. Anyway I...

Things are moving forward fast! The female followed the male to the nest and bit him on the side and he immidietly swam sideways displaying his colors. I think the nest is not ready yet but looks like they are behaving as expected.

Thanks for the info. Got some plants and a really nice male with 2 females. I put the male in first and added two felames the next day. I put a round plastic lid in a quiet corner of the tank and he already started collecting bits of plants and sticking them under the lid! He chases the females...

Hi All I am about to introduce dwarf gouramis to my tank for breeding (72 liter). I have got two more smaller tanks I can use. I have been reading a lot about it but there are lots of different opinions out there so would like to see what you guys have to say. My questions are: should I...

Hey, sorry probably my poor English. What I meant was how did it go but you answered that already. Looks like the best way to go is another tank but that's not always possible. Another thing you can do is feed them some blood worms to condition them. The high protein diet will get them to a...

Hey, I think as you said the chances fry will survive are very low unless you proived them with some serious shelter. From what I know, spawning will only happen if the female responds to the male's behaviour, she will nip at his back, chase him and so forth and then the male curls around her to...

Hey, I am going to try breeding gouramis as well so I had a read about it and I think that first of all you would have a much better chance of breeding them if you just keep the pair in a different tank. I know that sometimes they will build nests and spawn in a community tank but chances that...

How many fish have you got? what kind and size? Do you have plants in the tank? How long is the tank running with your fish in it? I think your tank is probably not cycled and the ammonia hasn't built up yet. The parameters of your tap water won't make a difference because you need the good...

Do you have a smaller (cycled) hospital tank you can move the fish into? It would be much easier to warm up a smaller tank and you could also monitor the fish better this way. Of course the ich might still be there when you return your fish to the main tank unless you treat with medicine and/or...

Ah cool, just thought you might want to add a bit of non living ammonia source just as a quick experiment to see how the setup deals with a bulidup of ammonia and nitrits so that when you add the animals you would know if the your plan is working well. Also, how long will you grow your plants...

Not sure what you mean by 'eating bubbles' but turning off the air stones when seemingly they are suffering from lack of oxygen is probably not a good idea. Also, I think feeding them peas instead of their food for a longer period of time is probably not doing them any good. From what I...

It is a nice idea but I think would be tricky in the first few weeks, you will need to make sure the balance is kept by measuring parameters frequently. Why not add some food/ammonia without the fish at first to see if the bio filter and plants can deal with the ammonnia and subsequent nitrite...

I agree with lynda probably too much food, also I think 27c is too high for goldfish. Basically the higer the temperature the less oxygen will be available in the water. I would try feeding less (and maybe break up the pellets as suggested), lowering the temp and maybe throw in an air stone...

Hi Yup, sorry for posting in the wrong forum and thanks for your reply

Hi I wanted to know what you guys think about sponge filters. I have a 70 liter long planted tank which I am cycling and I decided to put a sponge filter in because as I understand it is a rather good bio filter and it is cheap. Also, I intend initially to only keep 2-3 dwarf gouramis in the...

I did some more reading, what I have is saprolegnia, a nasty mold growing off the rotten food. This is pretty bad news as it can harm and even kill fish although it attackes only weak fish (stressed, injured, sick) here is a link to a good paper if you guys are interested...

Thanks for your reply. I'll keep an eye on the ammonia and hopefully the cycle will settle soon.

Hi I have a question about fishless cycling using fish food. I have added some fish food to my fishless planted tank (plants and driftwood) (about 70liters, sponge filter, gravel and heater). A day later I found some fungi-like white growth around each food flake that sunk to the bottom and...