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Reduce the amount you feed and squash them on sight. While you can get predators such as assassin snails or small loaches they only deal with the symptoms and not the cause. I've not kept assassin snails but my understanding is that they wouldn't be able to get into a crab so they're probably...

Hehe, Thanks for the complements, I'm sure Shuey will be most appreciative of them ;) The photos never really do him justice, the gold spots are actually iridescent, very pretty boy indeed! I've had him for about 2 1/2 years now and he's only grown about a centimetre from when I got him...

Sorry to resurrect an old thread but I managed to get my hands on a group of these fellas last weekend and they've not touched my plants at all. They're being very otto like at the moment and scouring the biofilm off anything and everything. :lol: Spilisoma are known from going Jet black to...

You talking about the Parotocinclus Spilisoma? If so I've got one and he's lovely :P When they're young or fresh caught they should be treated a bit like otos, they need a fairly mature tank with plenty of bio film to much on. As they get older they will learn how yummy algae wafers are as...

I have never kept either but the reports you see on the internet are mixed. Some people will have no problems with bristlenoses others will find their entire scape destroyed in moments. I would suggest trying it and seeing what happens, you may be one of the lucky ones you may not. Transfer...

Sorry, I should have made it clearer, my Gold Spot Dwarf Plec was sold as a pitbull, not because the shop were necessarily ignorant but because when I bought him it was when pitbulls were first coming into their own. He is almost identical to a pitbull in size, shape and temperament it is...

I've had a gold spot dwarf plec (parotocinclus spilosoma similar to a pitbull) since I started fish keeping, I've never known him to eat any of my plants, that includes amazon swords. They like a bit of matured bog wood to much on (or the bio film off) and mine adores hikari algae wafers. They...

Cheap and cheerful Argos play sand :)

If you're choosing between the two then I would recommend the WCMM unless you have a good source of guppies. I've never had any luck with shop bought guppies, they were always so sickly and fell over within a month or 2 of being bought - but the babies they had lasted for ages!

I can understand that, there's been a lot of shops who have received bad press because of them selling silly numbers of fish to people with new tanks. Definitely look up fishless cycling (if you haven't already) and then when you approach the store explain what you've been doing and the fact...

Personally I'd boost the numbers of emperor tetras. I like a bigger shoal of one type of fish. In the same vein I'd get 6 of the same type of cories, they'll probably be happier if they're all the same, while different types do shoal together it's not a given. Assuming you want to keep the...

Current inhabitants? Filtration/flow levels? (some fish like stream conditions others prefer lower flow)

This doesn't apply to all apple snails. I have a healthy colony of Pomacea bridgesii and they don't touch my plants. The Asolene spixi are another matter entirely :lol: It's a shame the apple snails have a bad rep with plants as the Pomacea bridgesii are gorgeous creatures, looking a bit...

I've got tones of water lettuce so if you want any just drop me a PM and I'll send some your way!

You'll need to give it some ammonia to feed on then otherwise all the bacteria you've added from your old tank will just die off. The easiest way to cycle a new filter is just to run it in your cycled tank for a couple of weeks, then you can transfer over the filter, some water and the fish...

Amy, In a 20l I think most of the normal snail eating fish are going to be out of the question. Keep up with the manual removal and reduce feeding. If they really annoy you then temporally re-home your shrimp and treat the tank with chemicals, be sure to get rid of the treatment before you...

I think it depends on your filter. Some externals have a good inch round the media, others barely have room to fit a baby shrimp. I have found a couple of shrimp in my eheim 2213 and a dragonfly lavae too. :shock: Though I don't think I get as many as some of the others on here as my filter...

I did think that might be the case which is why I was surprised that you would be considering going through an online supplier. While >50% discount may be a lot to ask, even for you, I think you'd get better value for money using your regular supplier.

See if you can get them to do you a deal, especially if you're after lots. My local MA seem to be fairly flexible on that front.

Mine have become much better after 2 things. The first was to re-arrange the tank, there's now less to hide behind but a nice are which has surface cover. The second was to add a shoal of harlequin rasboras. Now the rummy noses are out and about much more. I'll agree that they still get more...

I forget that very few businesses run on the principle of do it right the first time. :roll:

That's scary, have importers not started stricter quarantine procedures? Do we know if it's contagious to other fish?

Hi Justin, I'd agree with the shop that it does sound like worms, there's a discus wormer which used to be safe with shrimp but not snails, it's based on flubenzadol I think, it can be used in conjunction with most other medications too. (Though I've just done a search for it - 'Discus Wormer...

Mine are in with just ottos and a parotocinclus so maybe that's the problem.

Well I'm glad it's not just mine! Do yours come out more after lights out?

Right well according to my bank balance these have been in the tank over 4 weeks and still spend all day hiding behind a large thicket of stems. As soon as the lights go out they come out in search of food but otherwise I hardly see them :( I wonder if my tank lights are too bright but for...

Mine only shoaled when scared, otherwise they were quite territorial.

Tetra prima granules Tetra min flake Hikari Algae wafers King British Algae Wafers Aqua One Vege Wafers Ocean nutrition frozen brine shrimp and blood worms (I now cook these before using as I think they might have been responsible for giving my guppies internal parasites :evil: ) Various Veg...

I'm trying to train mine to realise this, it may take some time.

New tank old filter/plants/decorations, did a straight swap over. It's got an eheim 2213 and the original juwel internal going so there's quite a turnover. Parmeters were fine last time I checked. I was thinking about getting some more, but I've been a little low on fish of late (waiting for...

Sounds like I should give them a little while longer then. It's the first group of fish I've put in a heavily planted tank and I wasn't sure if it was normal for them to hide for so long. The 6 ottos I put in at the same time are much more out going. The lights are fairly bright, 60w over a...

I've bought 10 but haven't been able to count them in the last couple of days, no floaters so I'm guessing still 10!

My rummynoses keep hiding behind a bunch of stems, they've been in just over a week and they dart for cover the moment anyone enters the room. Is this normal or will they come out into the open more when they've had a chance to settle in?

Why don't you post a wanted in the Buy/Sell/Swap section or the 'Where to buy...' section Also think about your topic title, people in a hurry tend not to click on generic topics such as 'fish' but are much more likely to click on a title describing the post better 'Where to buy True Altum Angels?'

Would fully agree with Clive, not only are most of them not what they're cracked up to be in the algae eating department they also don't always suit your stocking plans. I do keep various 'algae eaters' but it's only for the little bits here and there and mainly for their other characteristics...