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Thanks for all the help :-) I've put them in a separate tank but I'm still waiting for her to spawn, not sure how long it normally takes but I'm trying to be patient lol

The legal limit is no higher than 50mg/l which I'm assuming to be the same as 5ppm

I already have a lot of pest snails but they keep my assassin snails happy so it's all good :-)

Yeah I'll have a look into an underwater filter tomorrow if I can pick up a cheap one other wise I'll have to try and make do with what I already have. Would putting a normal filter in work if I put it low in the tank or is there risk of it breaking?

Well I'm not sure if there are or not but my filters are all HOB filters and wasn't sure if the current was making it down into the bottom as its a tall tank, I might just be paranoid but don't want the eggs to be sat in a dead spot under the marbles, I guess I could swap some fish around to get...

I have contacted my water supplier and they are sending me an analysis of the water for my area and they tested and it shows 29 and abit (so call it 30) and my levels are showing around 60 for the API liquid test kit so what the other guy was saying is if my test kit is inaccurate showing 60...

I've had them around 2-3months now and were a fair size when bought so should be almost if not already adults so ill definitely check later on I have a 25L tall hex would that be ok for them to breed in? Only thing is I'm not sure if my filters move the water in the bottom around so as not to...

Oh I'll have to have a look later then, thanks. Don't think I've seen any that could be males but haven't looked that closely and I guess whoever told me about the colour was wrong then thanks for clearing that up :-)

im not sure on the sex of the rest of the danios to be quite honest im not sure on how to sex them, the only fish i can sex is live bearers to be honest lol. someone told me that the females arent as bright as the males but thats not always easy to see. I'd lov a mixture of both as im sure...

Well as far as I'm aware they haven't paired or he hasn't shown much interest (that I've seen) but I'd like him to be the father as he's a long finned zebra and such great colours so figured it could produce some nice offspring

Well she's already pretty swollen with eggs so is it too late to start feeding bloodworm? And wouldn't a water change so much cooler send them into shock?

Yeah ill have to find a site based in the UK for that as I think the shipping would be too expensive, the product is already pretty expensive but thanks!

Oh right, is it worth moving the female and the male I want to breed into a separate tank? (They're in a community tank at the minute)

Ok thanks for the help :-)

Yeah I will divide by 2 in future but does that also apply to tank readings for nitrates?? As I said on the other reply I've been told the law is no higher than 50ppm before they have to act on it

Well from what someone else has told me the law is no higher than 50ppm so they won't be concerned at all unless it does reach a lot higher

Yeah I have the API test kit although sometimes I do find it hard to decide what the result is as the colour doesn't match anything in the chart We don't really have any pool shops around here in the UK lol

I have the API TEST kit

Update for everyone: I contacted my water supplier and they said that their tests showed the trates were no higher than 29ppm and that my test was probably wrong as home tests are highly unreliable I asked for a report on my water and it should be with me in a few days. I spoke to someone...

Will they breed together? I have a female leopard and she's definitely carrying eggs but the only males I have are zebra, will they interbreed?

Ah well see I don't have a sump, I use HOB filters so its not so much the inside I'm worried about, I tend to spill mine down the front which would run straight onto the wood. Over here in the UK 99% of houses are made from brick we don't really use wood for houses so weather/water proof paint...

What's grocery water? Not heard of that one before

I don't know any place by me that sell those plants as a lot of places don't label them, do you have a picture of them so maybe I can look tomorrow at the LFS please? I had lots of cabomba plants in my biggest tank but they made such a mess and clogged up my filters I removed them for 3x large...

I just tested my tap water and the trates are through the roof what can I do to reduce them? Even if I do a water test on my tanks I'm not going To get a good reading I don't know what to do!

Over time could it become a dangerous amount though? If I'm doing a 30-40% WC each week would it build up enough to harm them?