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Thanks for your reply. I didn't once spot the Endler chasing the guppy today, which I was very relieved about! Maybe it was fed up of being rejected by the guppy...

Hi, just bought some Endlers for a tank which has some red tailed guppies in. I noticed one Endler chasing one guppy in particular and seemed to be nipping at its tail fin. The tank also has some neon tetras in which don't chase the guppies at all. Has anyone experienced this? Do you think it...

Hi, just purchased some Endler's Livebearers for a tank which also has some red tailed guppies in. I've noticed one of the Endlers chasing one of the guppies and it looks as if he's trying to bite its tail. None of the other tetras ever chase/nip the guppies, do you think the Endlers could be a...

Thanks for your reply. I was surprised that so many fish died. Especially considering that I heard there was an excellent chance of completely treating white spot if you started treating it early enough, and we definitely caught it in the early stages when not many fish had very few white spots...

Hi, About two weeks ago I got ten rummynose tetras for my 120 litre tank. After a couple of days I noticed that one had a few white spots and decided that the next morning I'd get some medicine to treat it, since it was quite late at night by this time. The next morning it seemed as if more of...

Hi, I'm thinking of getting some hatchetfish for my new 120 litre tank some time, but because the tank doesn't have a condensation tray the hatchetfish could jump (I've heard they're renowned for this!) up at the light. Would it hurt them? I don't want them to get hurt by the hot light! Any info...

Yes, it might be nature for certain animals to eat other animals, but that's just it, it's nature. It's natural. However, keeping fish as pets in a tank isn't natural. So nature doesn't really apply here, because it's not. The OP obviously wanted to keep the new fish as a pet so I doubt he...

I'm sorry for your loss, it must have been quite horrible for you. But even to me (a complete newbie) it's obvious that those two fish shouldn't go together! I had never heard of a bichir, so i looked it up on google and the first page it listed said that in the wild they ate small fish and that...

I think you should top it up right now, all at once to about 5ppm. If this is red on your scale then yeah, add it until it becomes red. You probably won't need to add anymore ammonia after that for a while. Just make sure you check daily and once it gets to 0ppm, top it back up to 5ppm. Oh, and...

I think it mainly depends on the conditions in which the captive fish are being kept. Of course there are some people who I'd consider keep fish cruelly. Ones that are stuffed into a tiny tank, ones that are kept with unsuitable tankmates and can't escape them, ones where the water quality is so...

Yeah, just multiply the three measurements (in cm) of your tank together, eg if your tank was 10cmx10cmx10cm (I'm guessing it's probably not!) this would give you a volume of 1000 cubic centimetres, and to convert this into litres divide the volume by 1000. In this case it would be 1 litre. Then...

Hi, Add ammonia until the test value is about 5ppm. So yes, you want it to be quite high on whatever scale you have with your test kit. Test the ammonia level daily and eventually it will start going down. This will probably take quite a while, so you'll have to be patient! When the ammonia...

Thanks very much, that's really helpful. Yeah, whilst I was doing some research the other day I read that because they eat mostly algae (aswell as some other veggies and things) that they need a nice mature tank with lots of algae for them to feed on. So I'll be sure to keep my tank running for...

Hi, Whilst visiting a fish shop yesterday I spotted some fish that were labelled as Whiptail Twig Catfish. I fell in love with them, and after doing a bit of research online, from what I could remember of their appearance I think they're Farlowella Acus. Of course I could be wrong, but they...

Oh that's very mean! I'm sure they're not disgusting! Just think of them as little pets before you put some fish in there. :)