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She's red (as is my other female play) - she seems happy enough and quite sociable and eating lots so I don't know what's going on. The male seems a bit timid and shy, mind.

Hi - I have 2 female and 1 male platties - one of the females looks quite plump but there is no black spot in her belly (gravid spot?). Is it possible that she is pregnant without the black spot - or am i just feeding her too much? Regards

ok, thanks guys - will post on livebearer forum regards

Hi - I have 2 female and 1 male platties - one of the females looks quite plump but there is no black spot in her belly (gravid spot?). Is it possible that she is pregnant without the black spot - or am i just feeding her too much? Regards

Can anyone help me with this, please? Have I posted this in the wrong section of the forum? Regards

Hi - sorry I didn't get back to you before - I am still interested and will take some if you have any left. I shall PM you re this as well. Regards

Hi - I saw this at my LFS and it looks really quite lovely. Does anyone know anything about this species of crab? Is it totally aquatic or does it need access to dry land? Is it sutiable for a community tank. How big does it grow? What water conditions does it like? Regards

Hi all - just a quick question - can freshwater shrimp get white spot - do they get the same diseases as fish? Regards

Hi all Had a bizarre conversation with a friend today (seriously it is a friend - this isn't me talking about me) and he feeds ants to his fish by simply throwing them in the tank and using them effectively as live food. He accepts that this is cruel to ants (or at least a bit unfair on them)...

Hi everyone - just a quick question - can freshwater crabs and shrimps live together happily in tanks or do crabs end up eating shrimps? Just thinking ahead to what fish i'm going to have in my tank. From what I've read so far, it looks like crabs are difficult to keep generally whereas...

Hi - does this mean you still have some more left? If so, I'd like 2 of each please. PM me your paypal address and I'll arrange payment. Many thanks Paul

Hi - just thinking ahead to stocking my tank (nowhere near finished cycling yet but am enjoying anticipation of new fish andenjoying planning ahead as to what fish to get). I am thinking of getting 2 female platties and 4 males endlers - will the male endlers harass the female guppies? I don't...

Hi - I'm planning ahead re what fish to get. I have read that corys like to be in shoals of 4 or 5 or 6 at least. Does this have to be all of the same cory species or will they all mix together quite happily. I guess my question is, if you get 2 peppar corys, 2 albinos and 2 bronze, will they...

Hi everyone. I'm just in the process of fishless cycling and this is going to take a while yet, i think. My question is re plants - I like to see a tank with quite a few plants - does this detract from the number of fish you can have or does it in fact have the opposite effect? Look forward to...

Hi folks. Thank you so much for all your posts in response - clearly i h ave a lot to learn. I shall go with the fishless cycling and see how that goes. Many thanks again for the advice. Regards to all