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My Convict has now got her 5th/6th batch of eggs in as many weeks, conditions in tank must be good or I guess they wouldn't keep laying as they are, it's fascinating watching the eggs change and finally hatch, however each time they've hatched I get to the point of them becoming free swimming...

As in title I have a yellow lab, fairly small still as not very old, maybe a year, seems perfectly healthy, eating, swimming around fine and generally very lively, however he/she seems to have a quite pronounced sinking in of it's stomach, as you look at it from side the underneath instead of...

Hi All, I want to get a python water changer to make life easier and less messy, I live in the UK and they seem to be more than double the price over here so a friend who's coming to the US in a few weeks on holiday is gonna pick me one up while there, looking online it seems to me there are...

Hi All, I have a cichlid tank that is doing really well, I'm really pleased I switched to cichlids probably a couple of months ago and while the fish seem to be thriving I do have one small niggle, I have coral rocks in the tank and when new they were a bright white colour and gave me a display...

I want to change my community tank over to a tank with just cichlids, I can find homes for most of my current stock but I'm almost certainly going to be left with around 8 guppies of various sizes from 1cm to fully grown, I've still to research yet what stock to go with but deff want to start...

Hi All, when I do my water change tomorrow I want to clean the impeller as well as usual rinsing of sponges, first question is how easy/difficult is it to remove the impeller, do I just rinse it once it's removed? My second question is regarding the filter being switched off during water...

Hi, I have added a new filter to my tank, which is a canister type, the pipe comes in the back and connects to the intake strainer via a rubber bung, I'm sure anyone with similar knows what I mean, so why is it my fish will for hours at a time peck away at the rubber connector, just seems odd...

Hi All, I was hoping to get another tank this week, I thought I was having a nice easy introduction to keeping fish and counted myself very fortunate that only being in this hobby for around 3 months (ish) I had tootled along with very few mishaps even tho I did a fish in cycle, I think in first...

Hi to all, I am keeping my fingers crossed that this week (could even be tomorrow) I am going to buy myself a brand new tank, the one I have my eye on is a fluval, equates to around 70 US gallons, it's drilled for the filter which I'm pretty sure is a 306? It's 120cm long and I think off top of...

Hi all, I've just done my weekly water change and added a piece of mopani driftwood to the tank, I've attached a picture just to show how it now all looks, my other half has just told me she doesn't like the way I've set things out but I think I've disturbed the fish enough for one day so bit...

Hi all, just wondered if anyone can point me in right direction regarding starting out on a saltwater setup, there are so many threads/topics on here I dunno which are worth reading for their accuracy and which aren't, I've just been to my Lfs and got chatting about setting up another tank and...

I'm re posting a question about what to feed my 3 assassins now they have almost cleared my tank of the plant brought in small snails, they have done a brilliant job of clearing them I now owe it to them to ensure they get fed whatever keeps em happy so tips much appreciated peeps. BP

Hi everyone, well as anyone who has seen my previous posts will know I'm a real newbie to keeping fish but I am sooo enjoying it you wouldn't believe, it's funny my wife was very dubious when I first got a tank which was just 75 litres, that lasted just 2 or 3 weeks and then changed it for a 125...

Hi to everyone, I have just done my water change and as part of my routine I as always cleaned the sponge in one side of my filter in the removed tank water, I've just been thinking tho about the bio rings in the centre compartment, I noticed they have a brownish tinge to them which I'm assuming...

I noticed someone mentioned in another thread about blue lights on an aquarium so I thought rather than hijack his post I would ask my own question, I recently bought an LED strip, it comes with a remote control and I bought it originally because I wanted to use the blue effect as a moonlight, I...

Hi, what I don't understand is I have several live bearers in my tank who have in the short time I've had a fish tank given birth quite frequently, I see them one minute and no sooner born than eaten, so finally I've managed to net a second tiny fry, so what I don't understand is how can it be...

Hi all, just a quick question before I leave for work so hoping to have some input for later, I have guppies, mollies and platty in a 35 gall, I get fry all the time but see them and within no time they're gone, eaten, I have a reasonable amount of plants and various types of cover, hiding...

Ty's not a major problem but I keep getting snails in my tank, I know people reckon that in general they are ok in there but purely from a personal point I don't particularly like them, must have got in on a plant I guess even tho I check them obviously not thoroughly enough, so every time I see...

My first tank, or 2nd if you count the one I had for just 3 weeks, 125 litres freshwater community

I don't think it's actually anything to worry about but where better to find out, I have a gold/orange platty that when I got it around 6 weeks ago as one of 6 I bought was a nice vibrant shade of as I tried to imply either gold or orange, it's now fading fast to the point that it's now pretty...

Hello to everyone, I've been reading on this site for the last couple of months since I bought my first ever tank, by the way I'm in the UK, I first got a 75 litre which lasted at least 3 weeks before I went out and got a 125 litre, still not big enough but as big as SWMBO will allow (for now)...