If you were interseted, those fish wern't for the aquarium trade, their young were.
How is that? i hear you ask, it is a loop-hole in our government that if you smuggle an animal into the country and you are able to breed it, you can sell its young legaly. That is because the young are Australian ...

Well, this just goes to show it's important to buy your cats from a reputable source. It's probably just the tip of the iceberg so far as fish smuggling is concerned and it shows that at least in some places there's enough demand in certain species to make it worthwhile.

They look like L333 in the ...

Everyone else has had a go so I might as well!

I'd stick with having 6 black neons and keep an Otocinclus affinis too. It'd appreciate a bit of current. With some bog wood and some Amazon plants that'd hopefully be OK stocking-wise and would have a nice theme too.

Just my ence though.

What is the yellow rock like in texture? Does it appear to be sandstone (looks obviously like lots of sand stuck together)? Did the yellow come off in your hands when you held the rock, or did it seem quite hard?

On the metal veins, how would you describe their colour? Black with a violet tinge ...

Err, was it a Red-Tail?

I would say C. Bilineatus. They have three proper horizontal lines whereas C. Elegans has one proper upper line and a lower "smugged" line which is quite wide. Still, that's all in my humble opinion, so hopefully one of the old hands will confirm or deny this

Hi there and welcome! Sounds like you're doing quite well for yourself already on the Cat front If you really like your cats then you've come to the right place.

Best of luck finding L128 they're very beautiful.

Unlike Corybreed I'm no expert but for what it's worth: I concour. C. septentrionalis looks most similar but your fish look longer and their eyes look, well, odd. Could just be artefacts of the photos though. You could look at C.Ellisae as well. Have fun with them whatever they are

http://www.tropicalfishdirect.co.uk/

Not used them mind you, or having said that, the others you mention. Can't find the fish you're looking for? Or have you had bad experiences?

Your L059 looks similar to this picture:

http://www.transfish.de/LCode/L059.jpg

Yours doesn't look as black though and I can't see any orange spots. Maybe yours needs a bit of time to settle-in before he'll show his best colouration? I do hope so, as the transfish.de fish is one of the most ...

L-numbers aren't really my thing so I'm probably spouting utter rubbish but perhaps L194 (and maybe L299) is worth looking at?

I can't say I'm best pleased either, having found out that Three Valleys Water also uses phosphates to reduce lead poisoning. Then again, people, in my most humble opinion, should come before fish. After all, it's not as though it's impossible to remove phosphates, and they won't (so far as I know ...

I've just looked up the figures and British water companies are allowed upto 2.2mg/l of phosphorus (doesn't seem to specify in what form) in the water at the customers' taps.

Start the campaign to remove all lead pipes

I've just been speaking to one of my lecturers about a thesis on improving software that maps pesticide spread in watersheds; software that the Uni originally designed for the water company Severn Trent. (:) doing work for once!)

Anyway, we got talking about Severn Trent and apparently they ADD ...

I think this post on thekrib.com explains the whole bubble problem.
http://www.thekrib.com/Diseases/gas-bubble.html

One of my cory's once swelled up over the course of a day and then started "farting" every now and then before returning to normal :shock:. May have been a form of Gas Bubble ...

I know it's about goldfish but I found this news story on the BBC and it's so heart warming I can't resist telling you all about it. Perhaps someone near-by with spare kit could fix them up with a better tank than a bowl :wink:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/4175495.stm

Poor little ...

I used to keep Killifish in a 20 gallon tank and used about 3litres of peat loose in the tank. It certainly made it go a dark brown colour, but that was so much the better.

I don't know how much the peat weighed; all I can say is that it is very light when dry! I used gardening moss peat that was ...

If I were you then I'd follow PlecoCrazy's advice and have a good clean around and perform some water changes before trying a chemical route.

As for hydra eating fish, according to Dr C. Emmens writing in "Dr. Axelrod's mini-atlas of freshwater aquarium fishes" (pheww, got it all out!) the Blue or ...

Not quite sure what an iridescent shark is but here are my thoughts for what they're worth anyway..

Given that a fish managed to injury itself and then its companion died, I'm led to believe that they are/were both suffering from something nasty indeed. Fish very rarely (in my experience) have ...

Thanks guys!
Sounded a bit funny introducing one's self, but I'm glad I did, it really is one big family here. I'm sure I'll come to rely on your advice.

Glad to meet you all,

Greg

Thank you both very much. I wish you low nitrate levels.

By chance I have found that a place here (animal-house) does indeed supply Black Beach, but whether tis #1 or #2 it doesn't say. It costs £12.99 for 20lbs, but I think I'll give it a go anyway :D . Thanks again for the advice. Mind you, if ...

Alright there.
I'm currently using fairly common light-coloured sand and gravel in my Cory tank. I would like, however, to change to substrate with a darker hue.
I can get hold of black glass-gravel, but it is very spikey and wouldn't be good for barbels at all, although it's about the right grain ...

Well, hello everybody. Just registered, so here I am.
I keep five Corydoras Aeneus (just the 'natural' colouration) in a 30" tank with a school of Neons. I've had them for a couple of years and they've just had their first breeding foray. I know they aren't the sexiest of cats but I don't care, I ...