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Hi all, Does anyone know of any reputable Betta breeders/stockists in the UK (preferably near Wales)? I'm looking for a plakat male Betta for my 10gallon but dont fancy buying from a LFS or online tbh. Thanks in advance!

Hi, Thanks for the reply. I have 6 that are happily swimming together....more than ever now that I have trimmed my stem plants. Fingers crossed they'll be ok. I've been dosing an anti-bacterial but not the anti-parasite because it contains copper and would kill my nerite snails. I can...

Morning guys, I picked up 8 Mosquito/Dwarf Rasbora (they were in same tank at LFS) on Saturday. Drip acclimatised for 1.5 hours. Tank is near 4 months old and heavily planted with external filter. Temp 26degC. All but 1 were happily swimming around. I kept an eye on it but decided to leave him...

No it doesn't. It doesn't prove that nitrate was the problem at all. I agree that at some point a toxicity level will be reached and studies have been done before. Fish (dont remember the species) showed ill signs at 400ppm or near about. Shrimp 120ppm. 1. Nitrate test kits are utter rubbish...

Seeing as a lot of us came from TFF is it ok for me to post this? Knowledge is power. http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?/to ... p__1692388

Lovely colours. Could the colour improvement also be due to the fact that they are more settled in now? Or did you notice a change considerably when the water was more tanned?

I think this is fine to do. Most folks here would agree that it's more polite to approach the customer when the shop assisstant has left them for a moment. If it was very bad advice then I'd be tempted to jump in regardless.

I think a proportion of aquascaped tanks will only have fish in temporarily for that final shot. Forgot about that.

Aye, very annoying. Tell them/the manager that it's good to see some staff caring but they are going over the top and should do some of their own reading on the web. Books are often filled with out-dated info. Seeing LFS' giving out wrong, lazy, non-caring info is bad but it's equally annoying...

Having a good plant biomass and large filtration will certainly allow you to keep more fish than perhaps a normal tank. The inch per gallon rule is a little tight though in my opinion. I mean come on, 8 Neons in a 72litre, that's too too cautious. I think it's good for beginners because it...

Sounds good to me. Ah, you're probably fine then. The guys at Wharf Aquatics are brilliant.

I agree about the aggression towards her from the male. Stress not good. The white mark on her head looks like a bite. Best thing to do is keep water clean and try prevent an infection. Not that it applies here but with GBRs, it's best to start on the right foot, and by that I mean getting them...

Keyhole Cichlids. Bolivian Rams.

Darrel, thanks for bringing this to my attention. I hadn't a clue that I was so close to Amazon Aquatics. :D Only about 40mins drive. The Indostomus have caught my eye.

I wouldn't have thought so. Pearls tend to stay mid/top of the aquarium anyway. They also don't have very big mouths. Never had any problems with them at the LFS. So peaceful.

I've seen that oldwhitewood has kept Rummy nose Tetra with success in an open-top tank. I'd give it a go. I see Rummy nose Tetras usually shoaling in the lower quartile of tanks.

If loaches stop eating snails then starve them for a few days and they usually go back to eating snails. Think about it from the loaches point of view, why should I go out looking for snails when a nice person makes me fat with flake food and bloodworm. :lol:

I added 4 Amano shrimps to my 125litre tank with the 2 Yo-yo Loaches in, and I see some shrimp occasionally. It was a sort of test to see if it worked. It was 2 females and 2 males I added. One of the females is HUGE! Even though I carried out the test, I haven't really been able to draw a...

My 2 Yo-yo Loaches happily snack on snails.

They look fantastic, Dan! I agree with Tom, they look far better than the normal "scalare" we see in the shops these days.

Wow, that's really good news. Breeding Discus in hard water, that's got to be a record! :shock:

Should look good George. Nice colours and they should definitely provide movement just below the surface. The only thing i'll add is that Ive heard some say, a tank with too many shoals can look a bit odd.

It would be a smallish planted tank, 15gallon or so and I'd have a true Leaf fish.