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The caves you have pasted up these look fantastic. It is Krib heaven! I've bred Kribs for over 20 years and found that some will breed in the most primitive of cave set ups - they'll improvise if they need to and create shelter from gravel and exisitng rocks/plants. I found that one of those...

Hi all - for the past 5 moths I have had a 180L tank housing 2 Cyrtocara Mooris in. They are doing really well but the tank suffers from lots of algae growth. I have decided to move the tank due to the excessive sunlight that pours in the room that it is currently housed in - and hope that this...

I have a pair of Cyrtocara Moori housed in a 180 litre tank (they are the only occupants). One of the 2 has some marks on its dorsal fin...I cannot tell if it slightly furry or if the fish has damaged its fin on some rock. I am quite worried as if it is fin rot or fungus will it spread? I have...

Hi, I have a new Eheim 2215 and just wanted a quick idiot-guide to getting it going for the first time. I'm ok with everything (i.e. setting up the cansiter)but am a little unsure about the double taps. Can someone advise as how to get the filter working for the first time with both in and out...

Hi all - help needed.... I have a Juwel aquarium which was all working fine until the lights went out yesterday. When I switched them back on they stayed on for about 5 seconds before going out again. As this has happened on another tank I decided to buy 2 new lightbulbs. After changing both...

That is what I have at present and was just hoping to add some Neons or Harlequins (something to add colour/movement). I'm scared to put anything in there now.

Could water conditions affect the nature of fish? It all started to go crazy with the introduction of the Black Widow Tetras.

I have a 240litre aquarium which has been up and running for approximately one year now. I currently house 2 small Clown Loaches (yes, I know they will grow); a pair of Kribs; 4 Corys; 2 Giant Danios and 2 Zebra Danios.The first 11 months went smoothly but now I am fearful of adding fish as the...

Yesterday I inherited 5 platy fry - they are about 6 weeks old and in good condition. I introduced them to my comminuty tank but have them housed in floating trap for the time being. How long before I should introduce them into the community tank? it is a 180litre aquarium (well planted) which...

I have 4 platies - 3 of which are males. They are small and keep themselves to themselves. I've been keeping fish for over 10 years and have never had this before. It was as if the Black Widows were simply live feed. I wonder if it was the Oplaine Gourami that caused it?

Thy weren't dropping dead - they were getting attacked from what i could see. Some by the Clown Loaches, some by the Gouramis.... can't think why though? I did introduce a Dwarf Gourami at the same time and he is fine.

I have a 180 litre community tank housing 2 clown loaches, 2 Oplaline Gouramis, 2 Giant Danios, 4 Platies, 2 Bronze Corys and 2 Kribs. All get along fine.....then on Sunday I bought 5 Black Widow Tetras and introduced them. Within the space of 2 hours all the new fish had gone, like feeding a...

I have pair of kribensis in a community tank that have spawned - after successfully raising 20 or so fry I moved them to a separate aquarium. The aquarium has a sand substrate and since moving the kribenis none have shown any colouration. In the community tank the parents are both very colourful...

I've just transferred 5 small Kribs from a community tank (where they were born some 4 months ago) into their own aquarium. I did this 2 days ago and the Kribs lost their colouring in the move - how long before it comes back?

I was thinking of a tank between 30 and 40g. I know the pair will breed regualrly but the fry from 4 months back are now getting quite big. If there are 8-10 adult Kribs in a tank would this be problematic?