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just out of interest do does anyone have any tips on breeding the bristle noses as none of the fry seem to survive im guessing they become a snack for our clown loaches :( cheers ben and alice

hi again guys :) the substrate we use is just smoothed gravel. but i dont think this is causing it as our corydoras are fine as are there barbels. cheers for the tip tankgirl i'll try the medication. seeya

Hi guys The parameters are: temperature 24.5, ph 7, nitrate 0.1ppm, nitrites 0, ammonia 0, highly oxygenated, well planted. I’m feeding them tetra cat fish pellets and flake, high protein krill pellets, washed earth worms, algae tablets and frozen blood worms. Someone suggested that he might try...

i would add a small school of corydoras about 6 at least. i know these would not shoal with your tetras but they look damn good. i would suggest a small shoal of another type of tetras maybe glowlight tetras:8. if you feel a bit adventurous you could try some cardinal tetras but be careful there...

it could be that your platy has a scar from a cut or she scraped herself on something. we noticed that on our guppies. one of our guppies had a cut which healed in a few days. she was fine after this. we put in some antibacterial medication to stop any further infections. any antistress...

thanks tankgirl but our water parameters are fine, we have no nitrate, the ph is 7, no ammonia. the female is fine as are all the fish. the tank is well aerated and filtered and is also heavily planted.

When we used to keep quite a few guppies we noticed that after spawning the female would become very defensive and try to chase away the males and even other fish that came near her. They sometimes took up positions in a small cave and attacked any fish that came near. I’m thinking that perhaps...

:cry: Hi guys, Just wondering if someone can help with my problem. We have had a pair of bristle nose catfish for about a year. Recently our male has lost all his bristles. It looks like an open wound. After a week the wound healed over and the bristles seem to start re-growing. But now it seems...