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Great, thanks. I did a water change just now just in case it was needed, and will give the ground stuff a little try tonight. The tetras and betta can have a fast day, but I don't know how much the pygmys ate. They're a bit small to go without food for long. I'll do more small water changes in...

grinding it to powder won't make it float or pollute the water? great, then that'll fix it! My tank is quite heavily planted, and I put the pellet in the back corner. They didn't see it go in, but can obviously sniff it out. I thought feeding the betta and tetras first woud make them...

Hi there, I was feeding my fish pygmy corydoras on tiny generic sinking pellets, which I didn't trust and think led to a little oil on the water surface. I bought some tetra tabimin on advice here, and have a little problem I'd like advice with. I fed the neon tetras and betta on flake first...

This is the water chestnut in the bottom of my tank. It was left on the balcony in an open plastic bag with a splash of water for humidity to see if that would make it sprout, then when that did nothing I thought I'd leave it a while before throwing it out just in case. It was in a bucket of...

Thanks for the replies and tips. I had vague ideas about buying dwarf lotus seeds or collecting some wild plants, and already had a relative of the water chestnut with a big (edible) bullhorn-shaped seed. Then it occurred to me that there might be something else 'seedy' in the market I could...

Guessing no one cares, but I just put two water chestnuts in my tank. Bought them from the fresh market cos they appeared to be sprouting. Left them on my balcony in a bucket of water for so long I was about to bin them, and they sprouted! Put two in my tank. I don't expect them to look great...

where i live someone is selling an assortment of 18 seed online for peanuts. it'll just be a couple of each, but for that price if i get to see one or two germinate it'll be worth it. just wondering if people were gonna say i have to go through elaborate procedures to germinate them, or whatever.

thanks, i'll have a look. mini bloodworm would be a blessing! I'd feed them more often if i didn't need to cut them!

Can I ask what specific brand of food you give them? I've been giving mine generic small pellets, because the better ones I've found have all been too big. They might be able to slowly eat them, but it doesn't really work, especially with my betta pecking at the pellet. The guys are healthy, but...

Just for reference, I have a 55L tank with a betta, 8 pygmy corys, 11 neons and a nerite snail. It's doing well and the same betta that attacked and killed smallish shrimp has left them alone, except for sometimes chasing them away. He did that more at the start, because he arrived first. I...

I'm thinking of buying a selection of aquatic plant seed on the basis that I'll put them in my tank, a minority will germinate, and the others will do no harm and can be fished out at a later date if I feel like it. Does anyone want to shoot me down or tell me to give it a go? Any advice? My...

I think I probably shop at the wholesale market your stuff comes from. It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if pesticides were used wrongly or if the people using them didn't even know of the effects. when it's 35c and 95% humidity in the summer anything and everything will grow, from germs...

Thanks again. I like variety of food. I'll pick up a small tub of a general flake from a good brand like hikari when I next get chance. If I give abit of that and they can get brine shrimp and bloodworm once a wee each they should do pretty great. I got my tank right when it start getting cold...

Thanks for the tip. I'll see what I can find. the betta came from a rubbish pet shop an after four months he's started bubble nesting. would be a shame to change his diet, but if I need to I will.It did occur to me that if I drop big flakes of his food near him and then tiny pieces of...

Hi, my tank new is doing well. 8 pygmy corydoras all alive after four months, betta splendens doing well, and now 11/12 neon tetras made it and looking good. I got tetra min betta flake for the betta and mini sinking pellets for the corys. My question is whether my tetras will be okay on betta...

Thanks. It sounds like using an existing tank is maybe not wise. Perhaps it makes more sense to just get another tank as soon as you think you might want one, and get it cycling, or start cycling a filter in a bucket with no fish. Risking messing up two tanks is not the smart move I wanted.

Pre-cycling filters/media? Hi, I want to have a spare filer cycled for emergency use or ready for a new tank if I get one. Am I right in thinking that if I put one of those sponge filters next to the intake for my filter, where the water flow is strong, and hid it behind some plants, I'd...

went back to the market yesterday and asked everybody until i found the one stall that had pygmy Corys. I'm so happy to have them. they're incredibly cute. having previously had the larger kind, i liked the idea of having a large school of smaller ones. i also got a nerite snail that's...

Thanks! Didn't get a notification for some reason...   In terms of equipment, the market has almost everything. retailers chase the big deals, so many stock top-end stuff. There are water pumps there that are the same size as my tank that could be for a water fountain, and filter media sold in...

Hi! I'm putting together a tank and will post little bits and pieces about it here. I'm not aiming to raise anything super special, but the location is different, so there might be one or two details of interest for curious people.   The attached photo is from the Guangzhou fish market at...

  I like that! It looks quite professional, too. Certainly, if I want a slow moving fish there's a need either for something like this or a weaker filter. Logically, spreading the water flow out makes more sense as a first option than weakening the flow and filtration along with it.

Thanks! :D  

  Thanks I'm sure that would be possible. The current at the other end is not so bad, so that might make the tank livable for weaker swimmers. :)     Fair enough! Maybe I can change it...   If you need any tips on places to see nearby then ask away. The big one is the market at huadiwan metro...

I also forgot to thank the pair of you for the warm welcome!      

Hi! I'm from East Yorkshire, but have lived in Guangzhou since 2011. it's on the mainland, close to hong kong. I find that 'location' normally ends up meaning 'language' and if I choose china I find things like settings pages become Chinese and you can't always change it back. I can read some...

Hi there!   I'm living in china and just bought a tank from the massive market there. it has everything, and I searched around before picking up a tank of a type that's new to me. It has dividers in the back so you have three compartments for foam filter media, ceramic beads, and a separate...