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hi catalina , even after soaking driftwood has a habit of leaching into the water, as littlelouie said it doesnt harm your fish , some fish actually need driftwood in their diet[some catfish]it does become less coloured after water changes, but i have got used to it being like that now . the...

my favourite has to be the peppered cory, dont have one yey but soon

hi catalina :) , i would suggest you get some sinking food of some sort,i usually cut back a little on the flake and give some sinking wafers or pellets.they usually all share an algea wafer each night ,all my fish eat the sinking food and they have fun with the algea wafer , its quite big and...

hi,. i havent heard of a feeder tube i am afraid,i usually buy frozen bloodworm for mine, it usually finds its way to the bottom pretty quickly and they all get a share then, i can stock up on it when i go to the lfs.do you feed your corys any sinking food for bottom feeders? pebbles

i think you must be reading my mind folks , that was to be my next post... my cats have got the dreaded fleas,i am :x . i woulnt mind if it was just the cats but i think its my carpet as well , and they have a liking for my feet 0X . soooo my question was although i was fairly sure an aerosol...

hi, when your ammonia and nitrite levels return to zero that is when your tank is fully cycled ,it lookes like your tank is nearly fully cycled, keep testing untill it has zero ammonia and nitrites and then you can get into routine testing probably every 2. to 3 weeks untill your tank maturesand...

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hi,the long feelers on the gouramis are fin extensions, gouramis have extensions to their pectoral fin [the little tiny one under the 'chin']they are very sensative and they use them to touch and feel .i also have one with a bent feeler, i think its caused by injury etc. if it gets broken off it...

hi , i'm not familiar with what power filter you have , if its an internal filter, and has awater outlet on the side ,try putting on a spray bar , this lessens the force of water and it comes out of holes all the way onlong the bar. hope this helps, as for the situation with gouramis, my...

as corvuscorax said its a matter of preference, you could remove from the tank and soak it and keep replacing the water but it takes ages and ages.i have had my tank running about 5 weeks now and its still has a yellow tint to the water. i have 2 bits of bogwood in mine ,but i dont mind the...

hi ausdout, did you add any bogwood , this can leach tannins into the water and cause it to look yellow. will cause no harm tho . jackie

the only thing my hubby has to put up with is me doing the tank maintanance, when that's being done its my tanks, when chosing fish its our tanks,however that said he is very supportive of my hobby.what sort of filter do you have, mine has a sponge insert [fluval 3] and when i set up my second...

i'm quite lucky here , i can usually get my fish in pairs , i had a pair of pearl [red bellie] gouramis and a pair of powder blue dwarfs together .no problems at all untill one of the blue dwarfs died :( . both pairs lived with other fish with very little aggression. but after the blue died the...

my tank is in the living room, or should i say tanks , their are two in there at the moment. its great because then the tv goes off and we have the tanks for entertainment , i have some characters and they are facinating to watch, both tank are at eye level when you sit down , about32 inches...

well i now have the 40inch tank running cycled with all fish moved into it[used part filter and water and gravel from 24 inch] the 24 was to become the breeding tank for my gouramis,i was going to have a go anyway..but the last new fish we bought for the smaller tank were a pair of sailfin...

apparently gouramis are quite partial to afew peas,, just lightly cook them first then squeeze out of skins,, havnt tried it yet but plan to . will be using frozen peas. all of my fish like the frozen food bloodworm ,daphnia,whiteworm and i think the other one is brine shrimp, it comes in a...

hello again seem to be doing a lot of replying to you today, still i appreciate the input, he -did- live with gourami leapard danios mollies and beacon tetras.. oh and of course the flying fox ,, the flying fox has now gone back to the lfs... a beautiful fish , but not one to have with corys ...

hi there, don't think so, the neon was an odd one out for quite a while , the other three just didnt let him in their group, so that could have been stress related , can' t think of any other reason.. overstocked by half an inch the other fish were not fullgrown and we had already another bigger...

thanks for replying, yes the gourami are certainly bubblenesters, the pair in question are pearl gouramis..the reason i'm thinking on this venture is that i'just moved up to a bigger tank and finding the gouramis are my favorite fish would take it one stage further. he is about 3 inches nose to...

well i have now got my female gourami to go with my 2+ male :D i got the biggest i could find on this sites advice[thanks] but she is still half the size,they got on well from the start but how old will she have to be before being ready to breed ,i think she must be about 6 months old.i have...

coming from the uk i use the interpet range of medications for my fish.their instructions are to wait a week and do a 30% water change before redosing or using any other medication.i dont know whether this applies to other products but i imagine it does ..hope this helps , jackie

going off the subject a bit, but onto earthworms, is it something all fish like, the bigger fish like pearl gouramis, or mollies, they seem to have reasonable size mouths, will they make a mess of the tank,would i need to chop up small , they love bloodworms etc.. any thoughts on this would be...