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I was so totally wrong. This morning after i got back from playing football i looked in my tank and whalah! Free swimming fry being taken for a walk by mom and dad. Im so happy! :D The kribs are definatly great parents. My only problem is now i have like 50 krib fry in my 20 gal. O well might...

NOOOOO! I looked in my tank thismorning and saw that a few of the eggs on the bottom of the cave had dissapeared. I took this as being the parents removing bad eggs. However when i got home from school, i find the plantpot in which the eggs were totally stripped of eggs. And the female was...

went to post pics and i got this mesage. Any ideas how i can post some new pics even if it meand deleting old ones. Thanks

So its not been a week since i got my pair of kribs and it seems as if the chemistry is already flowing. 8) I came back from school today to see my female with a small white extension on her abdomen. So i very luckily got to plonk myself down infront of the tank and watch not only the female...

It official i now have a pair of kribs in my tank! after alot of running about i found a woman who had had them breeding locally and wanted to sell them. So I took a pair off her. Im so happy, hope they like their new home. She told me they love to live (and breed) in barnicles. So i bought...

Right my lfs are totally useless, they cant make me a special order of anything. I think im going to go with another plan now. My tank now contains: 2 leapord danio 3 sucking loaches (i know they get big but im gonna keep them then give them two two good homes with big tanks i got lined up) 2...

Any krib freaks out there able to give me the low down on those cute little fellas. Im looking to get a pair of kribs at the weekend. So what i was looking to find out was; How can you tell the difference between the sexes? And what are the best water perameters for them? Those are just for...

Hi all, Hope im not being annoying but ive got so many questions. But im making a big trip th my lfs on saturday and i want to know exactly what to do. Right heres the low downon my tank. Inhabitants; 2 male swordtails, 2 danois, 1 green tiger barb. Water perameters; pH = 6.5 - 7, Amonia =...

havnt been on AA for a while, but al that time ive been feeling like theres been something missing.LOL My tank is looking the best ive ever seen it. Did some underwater gardening at the weekend and evrythings looking pretty, :lol: lol Unfortunatly my tiger barbs seem to hav been croaking it on...

Do any of the UK members know any websites or mail order services in the uk that i would be alble to buy fish from. Thanks

Hey ive sorted out my tank for good now. Through various methods such as returning the angels to my lfs for credit, giving other enthusiasts whom i trust my danios and unfortunatly a series of tiger barb deaths i now have a very empty tank. :( So heres the deal: My tank is a 20 gal freshwater...

one of my green tiger barbs has been looking really fat lately. Just now when i got home it was xceptionaly big and not looking too healthy. All its scales are puffed out now too. Anyone got any ideas ill get sum pics if i can. Thanks

Just out of interest. Can (or do) swordtails breed with platies for example? Just bein curious, any replies would be gr8 :D

Hi, I have been watching my red finned shark for a while and began too see a red area on the front of his head near his nostril. It was only small to begin with. However this morning when i woke up the sore has got bigger and turned into an open wound. It looks bad. Can anyone help me? What...

Finally my new tank has arrived. After it has finished cycling it will have 5 leapord danois transfered from my other tank into it. What else should i have in the tank to achieve a really good community. I possibly dont want livebeareres as i dont want to be overrun with fry. (In thi tank...

Just wondering, What size are mature male and female swordtails? Also what kind of male : female ratio sould i have in my tank? Many thanks :)

Hey, Itsthe guy fom the Uk again. Ive got a good link to a site in the UK where i can buy aquarium equiptment but i was wondering if anyone new a Uk site that sells fish. You see as there are only 2 lfs where i live as you can imagie there isnt much choice. Anyone got a good site?

HI all, :) I went to my lfs some 4 weeks ago now and purchased what i thought was a sex pair of green swordtails. However it turns out that one pf the males was just not mature when i got him and i now have 2 male swordtails. They both came from the same tank but there are noticible...

HI, It seems to be the general concencious that its my tiger barbs that are the problem in my tank. Evry fish i takl about introducing doesnt seem to go well with them. So my question is what do go with tiger barbs. Cos i love my tigers and dont want ot get rid of them. Thanks in advance for...

Right im going to start having a go at raising some of my own fry. So as ive been informed before livebearers are the way to go. So which livebearer do i go for? Guppies Mollys Platies Anyone got any recomendations. In my tank i will have 6 tiger barbs, 1 red finned shark and possibly 1 angel...

Right, I finally got my act together and have arranged with my lfs for them to take 2 of my angels on credit (maby 1 of my male swordtails 2). Also i have got a good home for my danios in a friends 20g tank. :lol: So in my 20g i am left with: 1 Marble Angle 6 Green Tiger Barbs 1 Swordtail 1...

Hey, I have had my swordtails for a couple of weeks now and when i origonally bought them i had a breeding pair. But now 2 weeks have passed the female has a fully developed sword. What the hell is going on??? Ive heard of some livebearers changing sex if there were no males but in this case...

I really need another tank but (Being in the UK) most are far to expensive for me. So naturaly i look for chep tanks all the time. There all pretty pricey untill i look on ebay and find some decent lookin CHEAP tanks. This is the one im thinking about buying and using as either a small setup or...

Its me again, Hey my 20g tank as you all know is vastly overstocked (problem should be sorted shortly). But i have just done a water change and my readings seem to be funny. Nitrate = 25mg/l Nitrite = 0.00mg/l Amonia = 0.00 mg/l pH = aprox 5-6 My pH was running @ an aproximate 7 before and i...

Hi, Im a newcomer and at present only have one tank however im looking to expand and would possibly like to buy another tank. Im most probably looking for a smaller tank say 5-10 g (US measurements). Hope there is someone out there who can help.