Recent content by IzzysGuppies

Thanks Wilder, I did a 25% water change today, will that be enough to change to the esha? there has been no melafix since thursday. Is Esha going to be better than melafix and Pimafix? Forgot to say that the fish do get peas- shelled, blanched and squished about once a week or so. Do I need to...

Hi and thanks Wilder, The test kit is the API liquid one, They are fed Tetra flakes, Tetramin tabs and the occaisional hikari wafer circular thing, frozen bloodworm every so often. They are fed 2ce a day and not fed on a wednesday. I do 25% water change every week with a gravel vac over half...

Hi, The normal bits: 60l planted tank, not tested tonight, but two days ago ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, nitrate trace and pH is normally 7.8 Set up for just over a year. Current occupants 2 male guppies, 3 dwarf neon rainbows, 5 glowlight tetras, 1 Panda cory, 1 dwarf cory and 1 pitbull plec. At the...

Hi all, I thought i'd update and say that I found a new fry in the q/t tank yesterday and put it in the net with the others, but I found 2 more today, so as an experiment I shall leave them in the q/t tank. If anyone thinks they'd be better off with the others in the net, please let me know, as...

Thanks for the replies. The net is 17cm x 13cm and about 15cm deep so I was hoping they could stay in there a while yet, I am not imagining until they are fully grown, just able to hold their own. I found another fry in the q/t tank today and the temperature is only 22 degrees so I would...

Hi all, I was wondering if fry can be brought up in one of those breeding nets in the main tank? I have (well my daughter has) a 60l planted tank with 2 male guppies, 4 dwarf neon rainbows (3 female 1 male) 6 glowlight tetras, 2 dwarf cories, one panda cory and one pitbul plec. I have 8 fry...

The gravel is dorset rounded pea gravel if I remember correctly, I'd say a medium size, but yes it is quite rounded. I have put the guppy into the qt tank, but I'm not feeling too hopeful. he did however have a poo, but decided to hide as soon as I spotted him doing it! The tank has a bare...

Hi Wilder, thanks for your reply. He looks thinner than the other guppies, but I wouldn't say thin, but to be honest they just look fat! He has a fair size fan tail in comparison to the other guppies we have and the gravel was on the bottom edge of his tail fin. His belly isn't sunken in and I...

Hi, we have a 60l planted tank which we are slowly stocking (been up and running since May this year), currently there are 4 guppies, 2 panda cories and 2 pitbull plecs. a few days ago one of the guppies (Ewan) appeared to be stuck on the bottom of the tank, his tail appeared to have a piece of...

Hi, We have recently added 2 pitbull plecs to my daughters tank. They have been in for 2 weeks. Current tank mates are 4 male guppies and 2 Panda cories. We started with 2 guppies and the 2 pandas and had suspected that a guppy had nipped one of the pandas before possibly all gong for the...

Thanks for that Keen on Fish, I am aiming to have 5/6 Pandas in the end. We are taking the stocking fairly slow though, and adding to the Pandas will come last, as although my first ones were sold to me after reading that they were easy fish and suitable for new tanks and beginners and thats...

Hi, If anyone can shed light on my original post I'd still be grateful, but I have stopped worrying about the Panda now, as I have watched him alot today and not seen him flick against anything. He is still a lively little chap (or chapess) and has continued to feed like a trooper. I shall...

Hi, Can anyone tell me if Panda Cories occasionally flick against things, or if it is more likely to be an early sign of Ich? I have a 60l tank with 3 guppies and 2 Panda Cories. the tank has been set up for 3 months now and it has been around 7 weeks or so since it finished cycling. Water...

Thanks again, Jonathangerous, the loaches thing was more a percieved requirement for flowing water, and from what I read, extra aeration certainly helps, but many people seem to say a larger, longer tank than mine and a flow from one end to the other to keep them completely happy, but of course...

Thanks for that. The Hillstream loaches are now a no no. I was originally drawn to them in fascination with seeing their bodies on the glass, and when I first showed Izzy she liked them too, then I read up a bit about them and thought they sounded that they would need more care than we could...