Recent content by Pips

I've only had my tank 3 months and yes, I'm paranoid! Luckily we've got wooden floors but it's a coffee table tank and right next to the telly/DVD/video etc so hubby would go mental if all that flooded!! The glass does move on the tank if I push it, but as it's always done on all sides I'm...

It's "water fleas", fish love 'em Edit: No apostrophe when it's just more than one! bags, fleas....grr!

Speaking as a relative newbie (had fish for about 3 months), with a coffee-table aquarium that obviously sits right on the floor; these gravel vacuums are brilliant. Mine uses 2x C batteries and I've used it about 12 times so far without having to recharge/change them, and you can either siphon...

Thank you, I'd read this. They're separate now and I'm looking to rehome the girls; obviously if I can't then they'll live permenantly in their own tank but hopefully between fish shops, internet and friends they should go somewhere good.

Thanks everso for the advice, and I know this might sound really stupid, but I just couldn't raise them only to be eaten. I must be so naive not to have thought that folks use them as food for other fish, and I do hear your point that I shouldn't have such ready breeders if I can't home them...

As a newcomer to fishkeeping, I'm very much looking forward to the day when I get babies; this might not be too far away from what I can tell with my girlie guppies. I'd like to think that I'm a responsible owner and will obviously do the best I can to ensure the survival of any fry that I'm...

Oh yes, I bloody well do! I've been "wife" status for 6 weeks after marrying my boss.....I need to spend at least an hour a day watching my fish ;-)

Oh you're not wrong, I felt terrible when the molly died; at the end of the day you're responsible for their happines and when they're doing well they look better, and that makes me proud ;-) On the other hand I have 3 cats, one of whom ( a cream persian) is terrorizing a neighbour's cat so...

Hiya, and one who lives up the road too!!

Just to introduce myself, I started looking at this forum a few week ago and it's been very, very useful; you experienced folks do an invaluable job. I have a 60 gallon aquarium coffee table with 24 fish. Unfortunately although I'd have liked to do a fishless cycle the fish abruptly landed in...