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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?

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!

When doing a PWC I've heard a few people mentioning mixing the warm/hot tap water with cold tap water to help get the right temperature but I've noticed with my hot tap sometimes the water comes out looking cloudy and whiteish, if I leave it it eventually settles but I'm not sure what causes it...

I recently bought some drift wood and I read somewhere to soak it prior to putting it in a tank so currently that's what I'm doing. I'm soaking it in boiling water from the kettle with a little very hit tap water along with an old piece of DW got with a second hand tank. How long should I soak...

Can someone help please? I have 6 danios. I had a massive spike in my nitrAtes and they were around 80 so I did a 60% PWC immediately, I'm actually going to move them to a larger community tank and I have put them in a jug to check them before putting them in and their fins have turned a...

I think my shrimp is carrying eggs underneath on some flap type things under her tail and I have a couple of questions Can I move her because she is in a community tank? How do I feed or care for them? Is there anything special they need like extra hiding places etc? How long do they take to...

I'm having problem getting rid of the old sealant, I have a Stanley knife blade and I'm sure that to cut the silicone out but I'm finding it hard to get the old silicone off. Any tips would be really appreciated!!

I've had these cabomba plants in my tank for a while but I noticed today it's starting to get tiny black spots on it, only where my filter flows past the plant though (at the top) is this bad??

I have a sick platy (at least I think it's a platy) I fed the fish around 3 hours ago and everything was fine. I just happened to notice something under my filter sat upside down on the bottom of the tank it's gills are still moving but it looks like its been attacked by something. On one side...

I recently bought a 4ft used tank and I would love the peace of mind of resealing it to fix any leaks but I'm not confident I'd do a good job and also unsure about removing old silicone I'm scared of catching the adhesive that holds the panes together I haven't checked if its water right yet as...

I recently bought a 4ft tank without a stand so I've decided to make my own. Now some of you may say this is over kill but I figure its better to be safe than sorry so I'm making it from 4x4s (keeping in mind I may decide to add to it for a bigger tank) ill post pictures as I go. If I remember...

Ok backstory: so today I went to buy a second hand tank today (50g US) and while I was there the owner asked if I wanted a pleco to go with it for free as they couldn't rehome it so I had a look and there was a 9inch common pleco in a tank that was maybe 2G (if that! It was around 12inch long...

Ok so I asked at the LFS and they said as long as he's eating and active he's fine but I'm still worried. I bought 2 BN plecs around 3 weeks ago (1 male 1 female but not a breeding pair that I know of just coincidence) and the female has stayed her normal brown colour (but has developed a white...

I have a question or two about these. I bought one when I first really got into the hobby a couple of months ago and Ive spent a lot of time on the forums here in the past week and was wondering what is the right levels for a tank to be at? And sometimes I find it hard to tell which it is for...

I was looking at some bio max media for my tank which has been running around 7weeks already should I get some to help my filters or would it restart the cycle? Also how often should I change my filters? I haven't changed them yet but was thinking maybe its about time now?

I was wondering if I was to buy some drift wood that has been planted from the pet store would I still need to treat it for tannins? Also I noticed there were some small white spots on it, they looked like maybe fish eggs, if I was to buy a piece with the eggs would it be a good idea to let them...

I checked on my tank around 2/3 hours since and all was fine I did a water test after checking the tank and ammonia was up to 0.25 but trites and trates were both 0 when I looked back one of my guppies was stuck to the filter dead. the guppy have been in the tank around 5/6 week and the tank is...

I checked on my tank around 2/3 hours since and all was fine I did a water test after checking the tank and ammonia was up to 0.25 but trites and trates were both 0 the fish has been in the tank around 5/6 week and the tank is around 8 weeks old. The stock is currently 4 mollies 6platties 2 BN...

Not sure if this platy is pregnant or if its just bloated/deformed? Also one eye is different to the other is that normal? I was told to look for a gravid spot but I can't see one so I was thinking she wasn't but she is really big and round compared to the others I got at the same time Any...

So far I have a FW and a few tropical tanks set up with mainly small fish and I love it but I want more! I want the vibrant colours and a new adventure but I like to research first. What I want to know is what is a good size tank that would be reasonably easy to care for and what are the start...

Hi everyone, I'm wayne and I'm new to the forum and fish keeping, been going around 8 weeks now and I don't know a lot but I spend a lot of time researching things that I encounter with my various tanks and fish. I recently became a father (not literally) to 24 guppy fry so I've spent a lot of...