Recent content by waggie

I dont know Helter, as I don't have the experience you have. I just read whilst googling swordtail fry and came across an article that said livebearers could pass sperm to their daughters. I can't even remember which site it was on. Therefore as I am 101% sure she has never come into contact...

Please believe me when I say she has never been near any male platties or swordtails. When she was born she actually belonged to a friend who had gone away and me and my wife were looking after her house. As I said we had gone round and noticed the dead mother and rescued the baby and put her...

Hi I have a female swordtail that I rescued as a newborn fry after her mother died giving birth. She has grown up in a tank with guppy fry and has been with them since being a few hours old. There are no other swordtails or platties in this tank and never has been. She is now about 4 months old...

Hi all I am thinking about getting a new 20 Gallon tank in about a months time and using it as a qt tank. My question is if I was to buy some filter sponge now and put it in a tank with 2 ACF's and a common plec to "Seed" it, would it be cycled enough to go straight into the new tank so I...

Hi I'm currently after some female virgin guppies and endlers that are mature enough to breed. If anyone here is or knows any breeders in or around leeds that will sell me some, I would be grateful for their/your details. Thanks Waggie

Hi MHunt The filter is a Fluval 403 external canister filter. To be honest I could see as soon as I got this lot that I was going to have problems! I have already moved the guppies to another 60 litre tank, as all 3 seemed terrified and were huddled together in the top corner of the tank...

Rehoming the plec and firemouths shouldn't be a problem, however from what I've just read about the blood parrots, it seems I may struggle there! BTW the pleco is about 8" long at the moment. How much bigger is he likely to get and how fast do they grow? Waggie

Hi all I've just been given a 240l tank including fish, from my sister who due to seperating from her partner can no longer maintain. I've got it all set up and it is fully cycled, as it was when I got it. I've spent a few days watching the fish and there seems to be alot of squabbling going on...

Hello everyone I have been thinking about keeping tropical fish for a while, and in particular I'm wanting to keep some guppies as the OH absolutely loves them. I spent a few weeks reading up on the fishless cycle, ordered an 180l tank and everything I needed to get started, which all arrived 2...