Recent content by Bruce1

Dear All, I know its only vaguely plant related! But in several books on Aquascaping there are tanks with bamboo canes "planted" to replicate reeds on the water. If done well it seems to look quite effective. So to the query, I presume ordinary garden canes are used and if so what treatment...

Hi Guys, Thanks for the reponses. So higher temperatures can mean more males or more females..... obviously it isn't that simple as you suggest! I had realised that the fish lived in green algaed (!) waters, as someone said to me afterall thats why the males are so colourful so they can be...

Two things. Firstly, does the water temperature/condition etc have any bearing on the sex of a brood od fry as I seem to get a very high percentage (upto 90%!) males in most broods. Also, to get a set up that replicates the type of 'scene' that endlers live in the wild what should one have in...

The filter was new, but the sponge was soaked in the original tank for an hour and then some of "gunge" from that tanks filter squeezed onto it! as it was not possible to put the old filter in the new tank. I had presumed/hoped that would have been fine for that short period of time. Maybe...

Hi All, Can any one offer reason why this happened. Had a 48" tank with aprox 36 Endlers in together with a breeding trap containing about 20 fry. Have had a problem with snails recently and over the weekend decided that the only way to get rid of the problem was to totally clean the tank...

Thanks for that info. I had thought that Platies would be the better option, I had considered guppies but then thought about the breeding situation (and am I right that Endler x Guppies produce sterile off spring anyway?) Lookin at the size of the Endlers I have been offered I would probably...

Hi All, After years of keeping a species tank of tetras I am going back to 'my old love' of Livebearers. However, as I still have several tetras remaining would prefer to keep them in the tank at least initially for variety. I have just been offered a couple of trios of Endlers (which are...