Recent content by T1gger

Hi there, I am getting better slowly. My 70 litre now contains the following: 1 male swordtail 1 female swordtail 8 neon tetras Pair of bristlenoses 2 small peppered corys 1 neon size swordtail Platty fry approximately 10 - will be rehomed once large enough 1 mini molly My 20 litre contains...

I feed my fry hard boiled egg yolk. I take the yolk and mix with water and then freeze and just defrost it in a little tank water to make a liquid which I give to my fry and some to my main tank for any missed babies and sprinula granules, and occasional bit of vegetable disk. I don't buy the...

I picked up a second hand fish tank. I've googled rounded corner tanks and think it might be wattonix. Can anyone find a 48-50 litre wattonix link. I am trying to find a picture. I would like to buy the hood as the tank I've got its missing its top and aesthetically it would look better than...

I wonder if you can help me. I want to speed up cycle time for new 50 litre tank. I have 70 litre and 20 litre cycled tanks that I can take stuff from. Would you recommend water or stones or something else? Also how do you do this. The new tank has foam filters and both existing have section...

Update: Cramped conditions worsening but part resolution in progress. Sold all 3 female guppies and 1 male so no more babies from them. I had to add 7 swordtail grow outs into main tank (temporarily) they were chasing smaller fry Swortail had another batch of fry with 7 remaining. Platty had...

Is it true that plattys will breed with plattys and swordtail with swordtails through choice?

My tank is 58cm long X 30cm wide and 42cm high. I was under the impression 1 litre per cm of fish. So I can have 70-75cm of fish 2 peppered corydoras 2x2cm=4cm, 1 bronze corydora =2cm, 1 male bristlenose catfish =4cm, 1 female bristlenose =4cm, 8 neon tetra 8x1cm=8cm, 1 male...

I have a 70 litre tank with the following fish in it. Can you please advise whether my tank is overstocked and how to rectify this. I have the following fish: 2 peppered corydoras (unknown sex) 1 bronze corydora (sold as female but no babies yet) 1 male bristlenose catfish (think sex right...

Thanks all for your help. Lowering ph is great as we are in high ph area that is why I have 4 pieces of driftwood and want to add more. Also does it really matter if its hard or soft wood?

The female plattys babies should be purebred plattys as this is the first babies and they were the first fish in the tank and the only other male was added only 3 weeks ago so with the gestation period being 4 weeks any of these that are plattys are pure breeds. The swordtail female was added...

Thanks for your help Do you also know about the sex size thing listed above?

I just hard boil an egg and take out the yolk mix it with water and freeze, break/bash like if your tenderising meat in cling wrap or a bag. into tiny pieces and give them a tiny bit of that and break up the flake so it's small enough and cut up the frozen blood worm so they are tiny and my fry...

I have neon tetras in my platty swordtail tank and they're not disappearing so I use that as my guide. I try and keep them in the fry tank as long as they aren't hassling the other fry. I think try the biggest one first leave for a day if still alive then I would try the same with the next...

I wonder if there is any way of telling whether my fry are plattys or swordtails. My situation is I had 8 small mixed babies left alive left from cycling my tank. I went on holiday leaving my 2 pregnant fish in my main tank with tank mates and baby fish. When I got back there was a tiny...

Love this. My OH kept telling me off for disturbing his TV watching yet I never complain to him making noise when Im watching fish TV That was for laughing to loud from reading this thread. Love it!!!