Recent content by pharinha

hi, I have about 30 male guppies and 10 platies. A very friendly and happy bunch. The adult male platies are particularly sparky to each other. Plenty of posturing and the odd whizz about, very entertaining. Platies are really hardy. My four males were inherited from someone else when already...

Hello. We all have our ways of doing this. I stand my buckets for two days. After 24 hours I add the de chlorinator/anti chloramine. At the time of adding to tank, a kettle of boiling water goes into the bucket to bring it up to similar temperature to tank. Test by feel. I stand the buckets...

Hello, so glad you like Platies. They are about the best fish to have. I inherited 4 when I got the tank last year. A sunset, a comet, a blue and an orange. They were all male. I bought a tiny red wag and a peachy coloured platie, cant remember the names for all. The 2 bought were female. I now...

[I think it is a good idea to have a recommendation list. I did read the rules of course to check, and did not think this came into your commercial bracket. I came across a good product with an honest seller who is no connection to me. I would like to see other recommendations of good service.

Hello all, I hope I can recommend an e bay seller. I bought very good xxx from him and it lasted ages. He is, xxx and can be found under xxx. He very promptly and kindly sorted a small problem with a purchase weeks after I had dealt with him. Thoroughly recommended.

Hi. I like to get to grips with my filters. I was advised once not to bother with under gravel, and I do like to give a good vac out anyway. I started with a Juwel tank a long time ago and was quite happy with that. Now, however I have Fluval U3 in both my tanks. I am happy with those too. I...

A bit late, but I have just joined. I breed guppies and have several young red male guppies to go if you are interested. I am in Daventry Northants. 01327 311831

Hi, as a change to cucumber for the pleccy, he will love courgette (baby marrow) . Slice the top off and lodge it under a log and see him go. Mine preferred it. He would pop out to see what was on offer, if it was cucumber, you could almost see the disappointment.. :-) I look forward to your...