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    Uninvited guest

    Hello I woke this morning to find this worm thing in my tank. Any ideas where or what this thing is? Nothing new has been added to the tank except my BN just had it's eggs hatch? Really want to know mainly if it's harmfull. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice
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    Super Red BN pleco fry

    Hello quick question my 2 BN have decided to take their relationship to the next level and have spawned about 20-30 fry in their cave. It's been just over a week now since the fry were hatched and at least 3 days since the egg sacks have been eaten. How long will it take for them to emerge from...
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    Are these cory eggs or snail eggs?

    Hello I came to find these this morning all Over my pleco tank. I have 6 bronze corys in there with, neons and 3 elephant snails. Can someone confirm if these are cory eggs or not? They have stuck them to the glass and filter all over then tank Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice
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    Pleco behaving strangely

    I have 2 Leopard sailfin plecos in my 190l tank. They are both about 2 years old now and about 5-6" in length. One of them has a lot more colourful belly than the other. I have no clue what sex they are. But getting to the point in hand the colourful one has dug a hole about 1-2" deep through...
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    Why is my platty L shaped?

    Any idea why my platty has gone L shaped for the last month? No one attacks her and she's generally in amongst the rest if the fish. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice
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    Sexing of a sailfin pleco

    Hello is anyone good at sexing plecos? I just can't seem to work it out myself. I think it's a male just due to the brighter colours than the other one but honestly have no idea. They seem to be digging a hole and the same one guards it's all day which talking to lfs they believe they might be...
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    What's wrong with this platty??

    Please help. What is wrong with my bumble bee platty? Apart from the obvious upside down lol. She's been like this for 4 days now. Will sit/swim like this for about 10 minutes then right itself. Will hag around the heater for about an hour then go back to being upside down. It eats a tiny...
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    ID on this loach pleaser

    Sorry about the photo bomb by the silver shark Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice
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    Thinking of getting a turtle

    Hello. I have a 13gallon tank atm which is purely used for Molly and platy fry. I'm going to get rid of the last 30 or so when they grow abit then I was thinking if getting a mini turtle. Is this tank suitable for a turtle or is it to small? I would be happy with a dwarf species. I don't know...
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    Ahhh CO2 help!

    I bought a jbl pro flora 160 yesterday. Set it up and read the instructions to turn off the bubblers during the day as it gets rid of the CO2 that's being made. I got up at 7 this morning turned the lights on and stuff in the tank and turned the bubbler off. Came back at 12 and all the fish had...
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    CO2 tablets

    Can anyone suggest any decent CO2 tablets I can use? Preferably in the UK Sent from my iPad using Aquarium Advice
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    Help sexing angelfish

    Hello I'm trying to breed angelfish but I'm having trouble telling the sex of two angels I have. Can anybody help me out ? Can't get that many pictures as they hide soon as they see the camera? Lol Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice
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    Please help something gone wrong!

    Hello I'm not sure where to go from here. For the last 2-3 weeks I've been losing a fish every couple if dats to something in the tank. I've lost 3 red tail black sharks, 4 guppy and 3 loaches. Everything was fine until one day they started to die off. I had my water tested at lfs and they...
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    Dead or stupid

    My Molly just jumped outbid the water and smashed himself on the lid. He then did it again and either killed himself or knocked himself out?? She's been like this for 5mins now is she dead or do these guys go Into some sort of fish coma? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice
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    Corycat behaviour?

    I have 3 copycats unknown what sex they are. I have them in a 190l tank with plenty of hidden bits and foliage. In the last 2 weeks all 3 that were normally active and all over the place have suddenly become recluse and only stay at the entrance to a log cave thing. One is always at the...
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    Cloudy tank please help.

    I've had my 190l trigon going since February now. All was well till 2 weeks ago when the water became really cloudy and green water. I done a 70% water change instead of the usual 20% and that didn't solve it it just went cloudy in a day. I then stripped and cut back the plants incase it was...
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    Molly's fighting

    I've had 4 Molly for a whole now 1 male 3 females. Yesterday I bought 4 saffron Molly's again same ratio. But both makes keep fighting now and one has been banished to a small hidy hole and won't move from it. Is this normal for Molly's? Will it get better or is it literally going to have to be...
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    Molly birth gone wrong??

    My black Molly has had 3 batches of fry so far but today I out her in her little breeding box like usual and she has popped out all these. Am I right in thinking she aborted the birth?
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    Cloudy tank?

    Hello my tank has recently started to become really cloudy and green water? I've just done a 70% water change and the next day is again cloudy and green? Any ideas how to stop this. I've tried not having the lights on and keeping the sun light away from it but hasn't seemed to work.
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    How long do these guys have before they drop?

    Just over a month ago the Dalmatian one had a load of fry and is showing all the signs of doing it again (not eating bar a nibble here and there, not pooping at all really and keeping herself to herself to herself in the lower part of the tank) she's been like this for 4 days now though. The...
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    Platty issues

    Hello I've had my platty for nearly 2 months now and due to a mix up at the lfs I got 1 female to 3 males. They don't chase her all the time but I've just realised that she is pregnant and hasn't looked pregnant at all. My Molly and guppies had been popping out fry left right and centre but my...
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    Help with my Molly fry please

    Hello my black Molly had 3 fry about 2 weeks ago now with the dad being a white with black spots Dalmatian Molly. I've noticed that one has white spots over it. It's had them since I managed to get them separated from rest of the community tank. (When I first saw the fry properly) I'm not sure...
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    How long do they have before they drops?

    Hi there Got these two about 3 weeks ago now and they hooked up With my male Molly. My other Molly dropped the other night but I'm not sure about these two. Their scales are stretched abit and they are squared off but they seem happy as ever swimming about still.
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    Help identifying these please

    Hello Just found these on my fry tank. Not sure if it's eggs or some random algae thing? The photos aren't the best but it's like a load of small clearish balls in one big ball! All I have in there are 7 Molly fry, 4 RCS and a ra horn snail. It's stuck to the glass next to the snail in...
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    Help please sick bristlenose pleco.

    Hello I woke up this morning after not seeing my baby bristle noses for a couple of days (nothing out of the ordinary) but when I did a quick water change I found one half eaten and the other pretty much dead bar a couple of bursts to swim away and then laid there looking dead. They seemed nice...
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