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So I work for Environmental Health in Scotland and one part of the job is searching through houses and apartments for drugs/needles after a suspected user has either died, moved out or gone to prison. One house we did yesterday had a Terrapin in it. Still living, which surprised me, although the...

As above: How do you tell? My male is chasing my female around everywhere, usually away from the bubblenest, but he often leaves the nest unattended... How do I know? [youtube]

I've got a Gourami breeding tank set up and he's made his bubble nest (or is in the process) but there are snails on it above the water (that I can see). Should I really use a snailaway treatment to get rid of them? I've seen him picking them off if they get too near in the water which is good...

I had Rams lay eggs which they later ate about 2 1/2 weeks ago. When should I expect them to lay again? Will it be the same breeding pair? (I have 1 male and two females.)

Hello all, I have a Gourami tank with two dwarf's (m + f) and the male has rebuilt his bubble nest [black splodge on the front left]: What should I now be doing? I've heard about lowering the water temperature? What about feeding? Also, is my female ready? Cheers!

So I went to a wedding last night and when I came back I noticed this: Anyone have any advice on this? I've heard that Rams can be bad parents the first few times. I've bought a net-trap breeding thing because I also read that you should take the babies away from the parents. What's the best...

I went away for a week and a half and I came back to see that my male gourami, in a tank on his own, has constructed a good bubble nest. I'd been waiting months to get females in and the shop finally had them so I bought one yesterday and put it in the tank. I know that I'm supposed to put the...

I'm going to Thailand (from Scotland) for 2 weeks on Thursday. What should I do about my tank? My parents won't clean it (even if I showed them how, they would just forget). I was thinking I'd give it a large clean on Wednesday and then kinda just hope it doesn't get too dirty before I come back?

Recently, I've found two 20-23 gal aquariums which people had left at the dump. Has anyone else had such luck?

Hello. I've a 55 (UK) Gal tank with various fish in it, silver dollars, neons, guppies, kribs and a pair of Bolivian Red Rams. For a while, I only had the male... My old primary school had a tank I chased them up about and they sold me it, the Ram was part of that tank. Anyway, the LFS finally...

My LFS has been having difficulty getting in female dwarf gourami's. I realise that they are not very sought after nowadays, but I'm looking to breed a pair. Does anyone know where I could look to get them sent to me? Bearing in mind my stupid location:

I have had a tank running for a while specifically with dwarf gourami's in mind, IE living and breeding. I've read various reports over how you should start it, but I'm curious. My LFS won't be able to get females in for a bit and I'd like to get the tank populated. One of my mates was raising...

I have a 2.5 Gal sitting around which I used as a creche tank. I'm wondering what others have used their small tanks for? Bettas? Smallish fish like neons? iTouch and a battery next to it for perspective.

Since I re-started keeping fish last year, I've lost 3 fish to dropsy, which is about 3 more fish than I've ever lost in my time of keeping fish! This time, it was 2 Cobalt Tetras then just this morning my beautiful Betta succummed to it. Is there any way to pre-empt or reduce the risk of...

Alright, I found a 18 UK gal/21 US gal fish tank while dumping stuff. It's in fine condition, no damage and no leakages. Anyone have any suggestions as to what I should do with it? I'm tempted to make a Gourami love-nest, but I'm no sure. I'm looking for something adventurous, so any...

Hey everyone, I recently emptied my Creche tanks and shifted the now-grown babies to my main tank. Now I have two 3gal tanks lying empty and that is a crime! I want to make them breeding tanks for Neons but I'd like some advice. What I know: I'll need slightly acidic water (check) and soft...

I've noticed that one of my Neon tetra's has developed a yellow-y/brown-y/golden-y fungus-esque thing on his side. It's interupting his color-line. Sorry I don't have pictures or (ATM) extensive water parameters (pH about 6.5, temp 26). As soon as I saw the growth I did a 30% water change and...

I have a large tank with two Silver Dollars in it (and a multitude of other fish). I feed my fish with flakes in the morning and in the evening. I also (usually every other day) drop in a load of pea-halves. The Silver Dollars go mental when I put these in and eat them in a way I can only...

I've had 3 Cobalt Tetras in my tank (inherited) since I re-start the hobby back in November. Since then, one has bloated and died and another is on his/her way by the looks of things. What's going on? I don't have my tester kit handy right now but I do very regular maintenance on my tank, the...

I have 4 crabs in my tank, unsure of what kind they are. I noticed that one was lying upside down but not dead, and when I noticed I suddenly had a 5th crab in the tank I was a bit confused. Turns out that one has shed its shell (I can't believe how much the shell just looks like another...

I have a male showing off to another male (they seems to both do it). They're both different, one is snakeskin and the other has blotches of colour, maybe they're confused? They both definitely male as they both have the same long anal fin. Is this common? I know that guppies tend to want to...

I'm somewhat experienced in the fish-keeping world, but I've never had a tank larger than 2 ft. Either this Friday or the next I'll be collecting a 4x2x1.5 tank following an agreement to trade 3 smaller tanks for it. I plan on having two filters and two heaters in it as I think my existing...

I have two silver dollars in my tank and today I observed then chasing and playing around the tank. It generally seemed to be the slightly larger one who I think is male who was doing the chasing. Are they bored? I'm getting some more soon as I get my bigger tank.

I'm planning on attempting to breed neon tetras. I understand that they're a fan of sort water. My water is pretty hard here all things considered. If I set up a new tank with soft water and simply moved them between would that be harmful to them?

Right now I have 4 tanks running, 1 is a creche and 1 is daphnia so ignore them. The 2 that I have are essentially 14 gal each but I want something bigger. I just tonight acquired a 30gal tank (for free!). Now, I've been speaking to my LFS owner trying to do a swap. Should I swap all 3 tanks...