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As it is such a fine power I was able to dip a finger into a small amount of the feed and rub my fingers together in the tank water and put a lot of particles into the water. They stayed in the water column quite well so a little goes a long way. Hopefully I’ll have less wasted food in the...

When I had them before they were the only fish in a shrimp tank. Maybe that’s why I remember them grazing more Thanks everyone

I have had some very small ember tetras for a few weeks now and they have been really difficult to feed. I’ve tried live, frozen, powdered dried foods, fry foods and crushing commercial fish foods. They must be eating something as they are still here and have grown a little. I have never seen...

Forgot to say. Tank is cycled Ammonia and nitrite are 0 Nitrates are low Ferts are added with water changes.

Tank 40l Substrate fine gravel over soil Heavily planted (very little substrate visible) with floating plants too Lighting 7W daylight bulb in a desk lamp Heater 23c Filtered (sort of). Sponge filter on a powerhead to keep water moving without sucking up shrimp Apologies for the newbie...

I use a 1 to 2 mix of powder and water. Squeezing some through a garlic press made ‘worms’ for the tetras to chase. Feeding them first helps as they aren’t swarming the food on rocks and wood. You need a rough surface. Rough rocks, wood, the back of a ceramic tile terracotta plant weight...

Using dipped cholla wood in the shrimp tank today. Shrimps found it and it is less accessible to the snails as the food finds it way into all the little holes

We use smart plugs too. All named so we can use them with Alexa or from our phones. I have FX filters and they are set to go off at 8pm so that any maintenance I do doesn’t trigger the auto stop/start when we aren’t around just in case they don’t restart. Also, there’s a sofa bed in the...

I turn the filter off for frozen and messy foods that would end up all over the tank. After 10 mins I remove any uneaten food I can see with a turkey baster. I leave the filter on for pellets like Hikari that are easy to clean up. Most of the fish are full grown and swallow pellets immediately.

Pretty sure the instructions on that one expect you to dose your whole aquarium once a week until the fish is better. Something I wouldn’t want to do. I don’t like the thought crashing the tank if it kills the filter bacteria. Do you have a little isolation tank and air stone you could use to...

If I do get one I’ll change sponge out for something finer. It looks quite coarse. There are a frw places offering alternative sponges that look more suitable for baby CRS

I have a tiny tank that is running without a filter atm. If I have to add one it will be the Aquael Pat filter. It is tiny and uses a powerhead rather than a noisy air pump. There is a mod on Youtube to add a second sponge if necessary

That's what I had to do when I used co2. I had too rescue a few fish who struggled with it even when I thought it was turned down low. I have a 500l (established) tank and last time I added 40 cardinal tetra in one go with no noticeable water quality issues. I just fed the fish sparingly...

They are kribs. The parent fish were not bothered at first but are now showing more interest after a cardinal tetra attacked the babies

No. I suspected kribs but usually the kribs are very protective. The other fish are only interested in eating them. Will have to wait and see what they look like if they survive

They are really small. Don't rate their chances in a tank full of Angelfish but better than my chances of netting them successful in a huge, deep tank.

Not a great photo. Taken with an iPod by a 9 year old. It seems the main tank has some new inhabitants. Lots of tiny baby fish

There has been a big diesel spill on a local road a few days ago. The diesel ran off the road into the forest contaminating the ground and water. That is why the ponds and rivers are cordoned off

Just read your thread. It is interesting as my husband said his coffee smelt odd earlier in the week and questioned if the dishwasher was rinsing properly or if the cup still had soap on it as it had a 'chemical' smell to it.

I use Prime although it is getting harder to buy locally. I've been double dosing the tank since the Pleco started acting up. The start of the problem did coincide with a water change. They are building the new broadmoor hospital about a mile away and according to FB posts all the...

Take them back

The water surface moves well as I have fx6 outputs at surface level. The 405 spray has been moved up so it is providing a slight waterfall effect and breaking the surface.

Found dead otos this am and a very sick looking kribensis. When I went to the end of the tank to check the thermometer I found it lying broken in the substrate. I'm assuming it has released something nasty into the tank. Massive water change done and I'll do the same again everyday for the...

I'd like your advice/opinions please For the last two days my Bristlenose Plec has been darting to the surface occasionally then going straight back to gnawing the wood or cleaning the glass. I've seen him go to the surface about 4 times in total. He's active. He's eating my sword plants and...

Mine have got too used to the veggies. They spend a lot of time just resting on the substrate or anubias. I think they were a bit too stuffed to exercise. I had to cut down on the veg to get them moving again

Lost one this am guess it is one of the newer additions. Hate that they can be so fragile

My son managed to capture this silly pic of the otos in the tank lining up for the 'All you can eat buffet'. :rolleyes: They hang around that corner of the tank just before feeding time to see what veg are on offer. Not usually in such an orderly fashion. They love sweet potato and sweet...

I'll try to do extra water changes over the next few days. It may not be a full 50% as that would be 250l per day. i did have a large quarantine tank but my husband let the children put goldfish in it. :banghead: They will be evicted in a couple of months when we can build a pond for them...

We have a staged on/off for the lights to make it a bit easier for the fish A 3ft blue T8 at the back of the tank comes on 30 mins before lights on/off (not much light in 500l) I do this so that the light fades in/out more gradually than sudden bright light from the big T5s. It is not clear to...

From certain angles it looks quite shimmery so my husband thinks it is just the colour of the fish that we hadn't noticed before. They have had shinier patches amongst the black but I've never noticed silver before

This am one of my angelfish has a large silvery white patch on its side. This has appeared overnight. It wasn't there at lights off yesterday. It just seems to have started and spread very quickly. I'm assuming it is a fungal infection. Do you agree? I'm going to dose the tank with protozin...

Took my 9 year old to the LFS on Saturday and was really amazed to hear him ask For ottos Ask how long they had been in the shop? What they eat? Have you seen them eat that? When did they last eat? Are there any fish they shouldn't be kept with? What size tank do they need? How long can they...

Thanks. I'll,give it a try. They have finally discovered the veg I put into the tank for the catfish after over 6 months so now they are willing try food I add to the tank I'm happy to try anything

That's going on my wish list. It's that or a snorkel and mask! The cabinet is 2.5 ft tall, tank is 2ft high and 2ft deep so rescuing anything from the back of the substrate is a challenge :)

Hi, I did a larger than usual water change on my tank today (to rescue my scissors that I dropped at the back of the tank without ending up soaked - the joys of an extra deep tank when you are short!) The replacement water was a bit cooler than usual (both heaters came on immediately) and it...

Hi Darrel, If you can send me your PayPal address I'll send you the money. I'll reply to your message with my address as I'm not sure how to send you a pm.

They were sold as standard Angels but were very small. Two have much fins longer fins and tails and very long points on their tails. One of the black ones is an evil little critter. He chases the smaller fish and nips our hands when we do maintenance on the tank. I do wonder if we will have...

I'd love them. Ottos are great but so would the Angel fish. The outcome would be bad for both fish as the Angels consider anything that will fit in their mouths to be food. The Ottos spines make them a deadly meal sometimes otherwise I'd have loads already I saw a friend lose an beautiful...

Those look amazing but funds are very tight this month. I would be interested after payday at the end of the month if you still have them. Christmas with two small children plus a big filter failure in December has taken all my spare cash

Rainbow fish and SAE not bothered. Keep spitting them out

Nori flakes were a hit. They break up a bit in the tank but the Angelfish, Tetras went mad for them. There was a proper feeding frenzy. Will try nori sheets next as they are on offer in Sainsburys. 100% seaweed so should be a healthy treat for them

Congo Tetra were suggested by my son as he likes the look of them and they are big enough to be safe

I did want to have South American fish but everything I've liked so far will become live food for the Angel Fish at some point or needs soft water. Our water is very hard. I live near London. Limescale on everything is the norm

Hi, I currently have a group of 8 Angelfish in my large 520l tank. At Easter, I'll be moving my Son's goldfish into a garden pond so that I can use their 120l tank as a community tank for the smaller fish currently in with the Angels. I'm planning on leaving the larger tank planted and...

A friend of mine bought Nori flakes to sprinkle on her food as part of a New Year health kick. She doesn't like them (I'm not surprised) and she had offered them to me for the fish. She says the ingredients just say Nori seaweed. I believe it may be a slightly different Nori variety to the...

Thanks Darrel. I do feed the fish vegetables such as courgette, broccoli stems, spinach and sweet potato blanched until slightly soft and weighted down with a metal spring. When the Bristlenose was younger he'd leave the plants alone and hang on the glass eating biofilm/algae. He's only...

My Bristlenose Plec destroys swords plants and Bristlenose plecs are supposed to be less destructive than other types. He was fine when he was smaller but is a menace now. He'll completely strip 5-10 sword leaves overnight if he is in the wrong mood despite having algae wafers dropped into the...

Hi, I know Ottos are supposed to only be interested in algae and veg. Twice in the last 7 days we have dropped a frozen cyclops cube into the tank and, while the main feeding frenzy has been taking place at the top of the tank, we have noticed the little shoal of ottos start swimming round...

Another vote for Hikari. My fish fight over the Hikari algae wafers but aren't fussed with other types such as Novo tabs. The micro pellets are good as they are tiny so can used sparingly. Frozen bloodworm too. I melt a block down in tank water and add a little bit at a time so they only get...

Originally I intended to keep them in 500l+ but can't see them suffer with the co2. Anyone know how dwarf neon rainbows cope with co2? Might give these a try if someone has kept them successfully in a hugh tech tank. Hubby is talking about getting 8 of them.

Thanks for that. Might have to rehome them as I don't think a 90l tank will be big enough for them long term and I don't want to see them struggle in the big tank.

Hi, Do rainbow fish have a lower tolerance to co2 than other species? I have recently added a pair of bosemanni rainbows to my high tech tank and have had to move them back to the quarantine tank as they seem unable to cope with the co2 levels. They were added when the co2 levels were very...

Good luck with the cory tank. Mine have spawned in my 90l community tank. It is very heavily planted at one end and had a few bits of bogwood with moss so there must be a few good hiding places. Adding cubes of dried tubifex to their diet and using cooler water at water changes seems to have...

I have just realised that my panda corys have spawned successfully. :D :thumbup: Tonight 4 tiny babies have ventured out of the plants for the first time to nibble at a novotab tablet. They are so tiny that their full body fits onto the top of the tab. I'll try to get a pic posted but...

They look great to me. The short fat one might just be a gravid female. The last time my panda corys had a go at spawning one of the females got very broad and almost looked wiser than she was long. A few days later she coated the glass in eggs that I naively scraped off as I didn't know...

Re: Can you recommend a shoaling fish for the top of the tan Don't think hubby will allow any livebreeders in the tank after the molly population explosion in our 60l. Two 'males' rapidly turned into 60 or more Turned out they were pregnant females. I know this is easier to avoid with...

Re: Can you recommend a shoaling fish for the top of the tan That's a pity. We are near London so the water is very hard. Every droplet that's allowed to dry leaves a white sediment. Limescale removers are a regular item on the shopping list.

Re: Can you recommend a shoaling fish for the top of the tan Don't know much about them but will check them out. Thanks

Re: Can you recommend a shoaling fish for the top of the tan Have a few in a biorb. They do stay near the top but are so tiny and don't really stay together. I think they'll be lost in the big tank. Great suggestion though, will put them on the shortlist. :)

Doesn't their tendancy to burrow mean that they keep uprooting your plants?

Re: Can you recommend a shoaling fish for the top of the tan Someone should tell my pair of bosemanii. They stick to the bottom but that might be in protest at being sole occupants of a 60l biorb (before I'm flames) Temporary measure while my quarantine tank is having issues.

Hi. Looking for a fish for the top of my 5ft tank. I'm stuck for ideas and with an extra deep tank that's not good. The rest of the family seem to have chosen mid/bottom shoalers. So far we have cardinal tetras rummynose tetras Odessa barbs rams (captive bred and happy in hard local tap...

Just read my original post again. Must turn off iPhone's not so helpful spell checker (aka random word substitution) or get to grips with it's keyboard to avoid such embarassing posts :oops:

Great. Thanks. Will definately consider getting a good size shoal of both. Just need to find something for the top. Everything in the tank will be at the bottom at this rate

Hi Do any of you keep cardinal and rummynose tetras together? Do the shoal in two distinct groups or together? Had to agree to DH getting 24 cardinals (part of the deal for me to get a big tank). 12 more coming next month. The kids have fallen for rummynose tetras and I'm thinking of getting...

I'm down South. Was one of the MA stores that we don't go to often, Newbury, Guildford or Bordon. Don't recall which though. It was a couple of months ago. They were amazing nowhere near full grown with black heads and vivid orange tails. Even the females had faint colours. The captive bred...

Both of those get big (12cm) so I think 8 would be too many for your tank. I'd only go for 4 but it is down to personal preference. Our local lfs have 6 full grown adults (various types) in a 5ft tank and it looks very full by my standards. I recently saw some wild caught boesemani for...

Emerald dwarf rasboras are lovely. Tiny like the ember tetras but with pretty markings. Bit delicate though so only for a mature stable tank. They are timid so need to be in a large shoal. I had some in my shrimp tank a few years ago. The last two used to shoal with the embers that I got to...

The dwarf neon rainbowfish don't look anything in the shop but soon colour up. I used to have 5. Under good lighting the blue really shimmers and has pinkish tints sometimes. The males fins end up a really deep coral/red. The threadfins I had for a while were really timid but their fins are...

All the rasboras I've kept have been delicate and very sensitive water quality issues. My tank went through a couple of mini cycles when my toddlers managed to turn off the extension bar and I didn't notice until next feeding time. Both times, I lost rasboras. Ended up with just 2 of the...

The first batch of german rams I had were kept in RO based on LFS advice. They were quite sickly and I lost 2. Later found out that the LFS were keeping them in local tap water. Gradually reduced the amount of RO and have the remaining 2 plus 3 babies in 100% local tap water and they are...

Supposedly turning the lights off for the first few hours helps. Always wondered if it really does though.

Larger maidenhead aquatic stores sell a shrimp kit. A 20l tank with a basic filter and lights built into the hood. Also comes with one of the charcoal/bamboo shrimp shelters. http://www.fishkeeper.co.uk/Prodshowroo ... aspx?id=49 If you end up with a cheap tank that doesn't include a filter...

Love all corys. Especially their mad courtship tank cleaning. Yours are a pretty species

They are great. Always think they are cool at LFS. My son thinks they are brilliant little under-water snakes. Weren't you concerned about your shrimp on another thread? Guess this is another tank. Loaches and shrimp.. Recipe for disaster in my experience

Most of the colouful fish I can think of are either dwarf cichlids or likely to snack on the shrimp. My personal favorites are either apistogammas or dennisons barbs. The former are probably too close to the kribs and a shoal of the others might be a bit big given your stocking levels. BTW...

Personally I wouldn't have more than 10 small tetras or rasboras in a tank that size but ultimately depends on your maintenance schedule and what looks right to you. I have a u3 and aquaball with 4 cartridges in a 90l with less than quarter of the bioload you are suggesting and still end up...

Depends on the size of tank. Rams and shrimp may be ok at first but the rams may see the shrimps as a buffet when they get bigger. I've got 4 in with my shrimp and I'm getting away with it for now but the rams will be moving to another tank in the summer.

Sorry... Just looked at waterlife site. It says octozin is ok for tropical aquariums but specifically states it treats whitespot in saltwater

I believe Octozin is safe for invertebrates and although it is marketed for marine can be used in a tropical tank. Been a while since I looked at a bottle so you may want to check the manufacturers info.

My panda corys don't damage any plants but they do drive the female ram mad when the shoal start swimming frantically up and down the glass together. (supposedly normal spawning behaviour). After a while the ram starts charging at them and swimming at the glass herself.

Thanks Nick. I've noticed that they like the Hikari wafers. They are the only food that the BNs defend also the ones that they make the most mess with! Tonight there's a screwcumber with a lump of cucumber and broccoli stem in each tank. They don't seem to sure about the broccolli but keep...

Does anyone feed their BNs exclusively on veggies? They do have bogwood to gnaw on too?

Thanks MrLuke. I have a few assassin snails left over from a glut of apple snails that hatched while I was away on holiday. They are in that tank and seem to leave the MTS alone maybe they are just overwhelmed and we'll see their numbers increase soon. I do feed courgette as one of the...

Hi All, Hopefully you'll forgive another question from a newbie to the forum. From searching the forum I know that some of you are very successful at keeping bristlenose plecs and was wondering what you feed them? We've recently adopted two 2cm long bristlenose plecs who are cute but such...