I have no idea what's up with your Cory and he is a sweet looking thing. You need someone who knows Cories and maybe you could also phone the LFS and ask there? I was in a flat that ran hot - really hot - south facing with large windows - it baked in there. I used to freeze a bottle of water and ...

Glad to hear it's all settling down again.

I recently learnt that my loaches - yoyos, zebra and polka dot - would tolerate earthworms. Despite having gone out hunting for them, neither I nor the cat have managed to find one worm since. I did see a slug today but decided against it. Some people have mentioned garden snails but they also ...

When you say the pH has gone up to 8.3 do you know what it went up from? As pH is logarithmic, a full unit change is +/- 10, a half unit change is +/- 3.2 and a change of 0.3 is +/- 2. Like the others here, I strongly advise against adding pH down. From experience. I used 6.5 Buffer and managed to ...

Well ... I rehomed the plec successfully today at the Woking branch of Maidenhead Aquatics. :? The bucket plan worked a treat but he gave me a fair shower before he got in it. I used a four pint milk carton with the bottom cut out and a net and finally caught him between the two and into the net. He ...

Aww bless! I personally don't like the coloured gravels, nor plastic plants. But that's my taste and not yours :wink: The only bit I'd be worried about is the tank doesn't appear to be properly supported over its full length. It's overhanging the chest you have placed it on. You might find it flexes ...

Well the water down here leaves something to be desired ... the pH runs to about 8 and it's quite hard. The 120 carries 120 litres and is just over a metre long at 101cm 46 cm high and 31cm deep. Not really deep enough for a large fish. I took the filter box out so all the room in the tank is ...

Hi I live in the UK and used to live in a flat where I had to cool the water down in the tank. I used frozen bottles of water double bagged with some tank water in between so the fish couldn't get to the ice itself. It helped some but I did also keep a heater plugged in and set because fish can be ...

Hi Carp I've been reading about your horny little devils over on the SVAS forum :) . I'd say congratulations but it must be very hard work. I have actually been thinking about bristlenoses because they are the most easily identifiable out the lot! Not sure how I'd cope with the breeding rate though ...

MatP I'm in the UK and about 12 miles from your LFS. I might take a pop up there to see what they've got in. It is hard to find a good (and honest) LFS. There are two Maidenhead Aquatics shops at Woking and East Horsley and the Woking one has said they'd take him off my hands wen I asked earlier on ...

Thanks for all your help on this. He's in a 30 UK gallon tank at the moment so I guess I will have to find something at least double that size within the year. It's not really very well set up for him being a fairly narrow tank. It's difficult to get anything of enough height that he can go hide in ...

Hi I have pictures of my plec here and I would like to identify it so that I know how big it is going to get and the environment I need to provide. I have had him about 9 months now and he is about 8" long. I'm interested in knowing what he is and how big he'll eventually get. He's in a 120 (c. 27 l ...