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Dear all I am really sad about all my baby sunset platies that I have had for ages. I had to get a new tank for them because there was a problem with the old one, and given that I am not having any more babies I knew that in future it would just be a hospital tank, so I got the cheap one that...

Hi everyone My boyfriend is getting a fish tank (I’ve managed to infect him with the bug). I was just wondering if it’s a good or bad idea to take water from my established fish tank to put in his fish tank, so that it becomes suitable for fish sooner. Thanks guys.

Dear all I am having big trouble with my tropical fish tank, though thankfully I have had no deaths yet. I’m hoping someone may be able to advise me on what might be wrong and what steps I should take. About two weeks ago one of my platies was acting off colour, staying at the bottom and not...

Hi everyone. Is anyone able to tell me when is the earliest that Sunset Platies reach sexual maturity? I need to try and do something with all the babies before that happens... Cheers, Christina.

Dear all, I have just noticed that my head-and-tail light tetra (who has always had a very odd shape due to an extremely swollen stomach - someone suggested she is 'egg-bound') has gone into a really weird shape. I can't see any body parts missing but it looks like they are because the Caudal...

Dear all, My sunset platies keep breeding, and I don't like them to be eaten by my big catfish yet don't have enough room for them in my tank. Is there a market for them at all? Do people pay for them, or should I just give them away to good homes? If people do pay for them, how much should I...

I have a little platy baby that was born last Thurs I think. I was wondering if the baby should be kept at the same temp. as you keep the adult Platy at (my tank is around 250c as it is a communal tank) or whether it should be different. At the moment the little fish is at about 300C cos of...

I just spent ages writing this then thought I'd put in some colour and all of it disappeared! So I'll try and be more brief this time... Lovely surprise, went to tank last night to feed fish as usual and there was a cm long red thing bouncing along the bottom. We caught it and put it in the...

Hi everyone. My parents are looking for something to ensure that a heron doesn't get the fish in our new pond. The trouble is they are being very fussy about the way it looks, which I guess is understandable given the amount of money they have spent trying to get the garden to look nice. Here...

Hi everyone. This is the first time I have written about the pond. All my (limited) knowledge is of tropical fish, but my parents got a pond a few months ago. At first the fish we had (all goldfish types, shubunkins etc.) were very inactive and would never come up to feed. The weather then...