Recent content by Kaida

You've certainly all given me food for thought, thank you.

I wasn't sure if an angelfish would be alright on its own?  I don't want the aggression of mated pairs picking on my corydoras.  Or would 2 or 3 males be alright together?  Ooh, would an angel be alright with German blue rams?    African butterfly fish might be a bit aggressive, likewise.   Are...

In US gallons, about 67 gallons.  Haven't built it yet, but I have the glass etc ready.  If I could get a really big betta, then that'd be ideal, I love them and have kept them for years, but I think one being the solitary not-bottom-dweller in a 4ft tank is likely to not look quite right...

I currently have a tank with an L201, 5 corydoras sterbai, and 2 German blue rams in it.  I've had in mind for a while a big shallow tank, 4ft x 1.5ft x 1.5ft ish, that I can keep some other L numbers in and a larger shoal of cories (have fallen for Peru gold stripe  ).  As you can see, other...

I mentioned the light was not that bright, but I've just changed sand from black to pale and it's made all the difference.  So perhaps it is too much light?  If so, are there easy floating plant options?  By easy, I mean foolproof!   StevenF, I can maybe add more rainwater, but I'm worried about...

Byron, the algae is not attaching to the leaves, it is growing on the wood.  Sorry if I was unclear.   StevenF, tank water parameters (I use a mix of tap water and rainwater as our tapwater here is really hard and too high pH): pH = approx 7.2 GH = 13 KH = 4 I don't have a NO2/NO3/ammonia test...

This stuff? http://www.seachem.com/flourish-excel.php   Thank you for your help.

I'm a complete novice at plants, and definitely don't have green fingers.  I have kept fish for over a decade though and thought maybe I'd start a tiny foray into simple plants, to make my tanks look better and give the fish more hidey holes.  I'm not interested in nor do I have the expertise or...

Thank you.   Yeah I figured the BNs were probably too much for the tank - like I said, they came with the tank.  If I was choosing a pleco it'd be an L183 ;).  I'll find them a bigger home.   I do have bigger tanks around, I just haven't got anywhere to set them up really.  I suppose that would...

My mum was left a tank by a child in her care when he moved on.  It had a few tetras and mollies, and 2 bristlenoses, and now it just has the 2 bristlenoses left after the gradual ageing and deaths of the others mum passed it on to me.  I moved my betta in from his slightly smaller unfiltered...

I have heard a little about giant bettas, and think one would go very nicely in the large tank I'm planning (other residents: bristlenose plecos), but I have no idea where to get one. Does anyone know of any UK breeders working with this gene?

I'm intending at some point to build myself a tank around 4' long, 1' deep and 1'-1.5' high. I want a pair of L183 plecos, and a betta of some form. I know plecos are messy, so over-filtration is a good idea, but I don't want too much water flow since bettas aren't overly keen on it, so my...

For years I've thought how cool it would be to have a modular tank, one with several smaller tanks connected by tubes, perhaps with different things in each tank, and the fish could swim between each one at will. I'm now craving another tank after my betta died last Christmas, but my house...

I am thinking of a long, narrow, squat tank with some starlight bristlenose plecos in it, and a nice betta in there. The thing is, to thrive and breed the plecos want blackwater conditions, very soft and acidic. How are bettas with that? My last betta, I didn't give much though to soft/hard...

I've just fallen in love with L183, the starlight bristlenose, and also with the long-fin trait. If I could get some longfinned L183 I'd be a very happy camper. Unlikely, of course, but at least I can use the time it takes to get OH to agree to another tank productively in my search. Thank...