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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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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, 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...