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At least 6 months ago I rehomed a plec for neighbour, I never got round to identifying it before I never saw it again in my tank, and assumed it hadn't survived the move. It was about 4yrs onld and 3" long. Today I'm sure I spotted it in a cavity in a lage piece of bogwood. but there may be a...

Does anyone have particularly good or bad experience of fish from Pets At Home? I only ask because I went in to kill 5min today and their fish prices were surprisingly low (for relatively common species).

In the last 18months, one of LFSs I've visited most consistently over the last 5-10yrs seems to have moved steadily cowards selling more "exotic" or "wild" fish varieties, and simultaneously the costs of even more common fish has increased. Has anyone else noticed similar trends?

i picked up some live Copepods and Blood Worms from my LFS today. (Never bothered with live food before.) Having got them home it occurred to me I didn't know if I needed to "clean" them before putting them in the tank. The bags have about 100-200ml of water in them. I've now read that...

I've always thought of keeping Cichlids as a separate branch of fish keeping - you pick cold water, marine, fresh water tropical or Cichlids, and that's what you stock a tank with. (Obviously Cichlids are a sub devision of fresh water tropical a, but you get my point.) From memory, Cichlids are...

I tried raising Killifish (Aphyosemion) a couple of years ago and having seen adults at extortionate prices at my LFS, would like to try again. My memory is that the biggest PITA was raising / harvesting singled cell critters and then a Brine Shrimp / Naulpli. I know I can buy bags (I guess...

I have about a dozen young Killis (6 months old) that I've raised in a 25L tank and it's time to move them to my 250L community tank. The only fish that are likely to be a threat to them are a pair of Dwarf Gouramis, and as they don't hassle my Rasboras or the smaller of my Neons, and the...

I've always run my tank at 26c. For a long time I've hardly seen my Ottos at all and my Amanos only occasionally. Last week I blacked out the tank for 5 days (to tackle algae) cleaned my filter pipes (improving the flow) and at the same time accidentally left the heater off (resulting in the...

I know Kuhli Loaches like sand to dig in, but does anyone have any experience of them with Adakama?

What is the normal concentration for a quick salt bath for treating parasites? I'm expecting about 2g of aquarium salt per litre and having the fish in it for only about 2 min. Does that sound about right?

A few weeks before Xmas I got 3 Female Dwarf Gouramis from Chiltern Aquatics. They lasted about a month and then died within a week of each other. I replaced them from the same LFS about 2 weeks ago and the first of these died within a week. The rest have since followed. I spoke to the LFS and...

I've had 3 male Dwarf Red Gouramis for several months. Although I was suprised, I was originally told they'd be fine without females. This turned out to be bobbins as they're been quite agressive towards eachother. 6 or 8 weeks ago I bought 3 females. They lasted about 3 or 4 weeks and then all...

Just got some female Dward Gouramis to stop my males from being so aggressive towards each other. What's the first thing the alpha male does? Start pulling up my newly planted Tennullus to build a b****y nest. It hadn't been in the tank 48hrs. Little b*****d. I assume there's no way to stop...

I'm hoping a NSLFS (that's a Not So Local Fish Shop) is getting in some Dwarf Gouramis tomorrow. Is it worse to get fish from a LFS the same day as they arrive, or is it good practice for them to settle in to the LFS for a couple of days and then stress them all over again moving to my tank...

I'm after some female Dwarf Red Gouramis to calm down my 3 males, which are quite aggressive. Other than one place that has some less than half the size of my males (which I don't think will help) none of my LFSs have any, and a couple don't even bother with females at all. Can anyone help?

In the last couple of days I've increased the temp in my tank to 26-27c. I'm not surprised to see my Neons a bit more active (along with some of the other fish) but there have been some definite signs of aggression ... which I've never seen in Neons. There are possible other health issues in...

(Apologies for a spate of related questions but my current fish problems are raising different issues which I think merit separate posts.) I've lost 4 fish over 3 nights. dw1305 suggested the nocturnal aspect suggests oxygen problems. I've added an air stone but one fish died after that. On...

I'm pretty sure there's at least one dead fish in my tank. But without dismantling half the tank I'm pretty sure I'll never find it. Other fish have died but with no visible causes. How bad is it to leave a corpse in a tank?

Having lost 3 Dwarf Rainbows in 2 days I've been reading up on medicating. One of the rmaining Rainbows seems to be breathing heavily but is active enough most of the time. I'm reluctant to use proprietary medications so I'm leaning towards putting an air stone in, increasing the temp by a...

Over night I've lost 2 Dwarf Blue Rainbows. I know dwarf varieties are usully weaker, and if it was just one I wouldn't worry, but as I lost two together it seems logical to think they're connected. They've been in the tank for several moths and both were males. Aside from the dead fish having...

I got 6 Dwarf Blue Rainbows 2 days ago and they're being quite slow to settle in. They hid as soon as they went into the tank and gave hardly broken cover since. When they do, they scurry away at the least movement outside he tank. As a result they're pretty much missing out on food as it...

Working on the basis that Amano Shrimp and Otos predominantly algae feeders : How do you know when you've got enough algae to feed Amano Shrimp and Otos? ... or ... How do you know when your Amano Shrimp and Otos aren't getting enough food from the algae in your tank?

My initial plans for an algae crew in my 250l tank are Ottos, Amano Shrimps and Assassin Snails, with other fish TBC to follow. 1) What would be good numbers for the respective species to start with? (These will not be the stars of the tank in terms of quantity, but rather just to keep the...

I have spoken to a couple of local LFS (including a VERY large MA) and the concensus sugests that Ottos are in short supply at the moment – no one has any and I've been told they're on order but there are problems getting the from South America just now. Does anyone have any insider / trade...

Firstly, hi to everyone on the forum. My first thread, so be gentle ;) I've got a 275L tank which will be getting filled fairly soon, but I want to have a plan before I start. It's 3'6" wide, 2'6" tall, and 12" from back to front. As it's relatively tall (and I don't initially want to go for...