my peppered corries? Is there any way to do it?

my Vampire pleco? Any pictures showing the difference between the sexes would be greatly appreciated .

After saying to myself "I'll get a bigger tank when he needs it", thinking it would be a year or two before it ever happened, I actually did something early for a change and bought a big tank this week :o . It's all very exciting :D . The tank I bought, off of ebay, is 400 litres (100 gallons)so ...

The black one with white/yellow spots could be a vampire pleco? The spots on mine are slightly yellow. Look at the cat-elog pictures of them.

There are lots of black plecos with white spots so really it could be any and people will find it hard to say until you have pictures.

I don't currently have a river tank set up...but I know some of you do .

I was wondering if you river tank folk could post a picture of your tank and list the fish, equipment and objects/scenery present?

It would be a big help

I have heard of some people "conditioning" their plecos into coming out during the day. How exactly is this done? My pleco has very recently started coming out in the light in the evening (6, with lights out at 8). He also comes out within half an hour of me puting food out after lights out. Do I ...

would the squid ring and cooked mussel be ok for him? I don't think these would pollute the water. How do you feed the shrimp and bloodworm? Also, maybe this is being stupid, but would cricket do him any harm? I think they're rich in protein :? ? I shall look out for some broad beans next time I'm ...

When I bought my Vampire at the shop, I was told that he would need a lot of algae...I took this semi-seriously as I already knew that he was omnivorous. I never saw him eat in my tank: I left sweet potato, zuchinni, algae wafers and the only thing out of those that might have been touched is the ...

It would be next university term when I got the snake, and I'd be staying in a flat with my boyfriend and another couple...I've asked and none of them mind snakes, so all is good :D . The problem would come when I took it home for summer to the house of my snake-phobic mum :lol:. She says I'm not ...

I agree that beardies are absolutely wonderful pets as far as interaction & general intelligence go, but I'll be very frank about the fact that they are quite expensive & somewhat labor-intensive to care for properly. I only say this because most care info is lacking at best, since even the most ...

maybe its not so good for very specific terms, but if its just general scientific words it should help and it can explain in quite a lot of detail sometimes.

Does anyone here keep corn snakes or bearded dragons? How do they compare as pets? Which is easier to handle, or more interactive and friendly?

It may sound stupid but wikipedia can actually be a really good resource for scientific things...

Over-stocked...but I have to be honest it does look impressive and I can see the appeal. I don't think I could fit even one of those fish in my tank! If you live in the UK why not ask him for those fish? He might sell them separately for cheap if you're lucky. Are fish even allowed to be sold on ...

Check this out:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/STUNNING-8FT-AQUA ... dZViewItem

Yargh, is it catfish heaven? Or a box of monsters ! Do you think he bought them all that size or grew them up? Either way I'm scared

Aww smile1 I feel like a mum watching her baby taking its first steps...my Vampire pleco has come out to eat for the first time since I've got him without the whole room being pitch black. The tank light is out, but normally thats not good enough...this time I can see him giving his prawn a good ...

well aquacadabra doesnt have orange walls or stairs so i guess it must be the other one! It would be really useful for me to find one nearer by...i dont drive so everytime i want something from the fish shop i spend over £10 just getting there and back

I'm a student at Edinburgh and so live in a flat here with my tank but my family live in Aberdeen and thats where my dad would have his tank. The choice of shops there really isnt that great. I've fallen in love with one shop here called Aquacadabra, I'd never seen such a big shop just for fish. Its ...

Yes, I 've heard that too (about the medication). Are they sensitive to salt treatment? I'm planning on cycling the tank without fish first, I'm really excited about it actually. When I set up my first tank a month or two ago I had heard about cycling but I thought it just meant running it for a ...

Well I don't know what the size or shape of the tank would be yet as we haven't got it but I think the footprint of the tank will be bigger than a Juwel 300. Ideally a catfish that will not outgrow the tank would be best as I think my dad only plans on keeping the one tank and would be unlikely to ...

Are clown loaches part of the catfish family? From what I can gather they're not, loaches are a different family?If not, would clown loaches get on ok with catfish, and if they would what kind? I ask because in the next few months my dad might be getting his first tank. He hasnt decided what kind ...

Quick and direct I guess but:

Are plecos scaless?

I don't know what a condensation tray is, but yes I have a hood so all the water is returned to the tank and so yes, I'm guessing this is a closed system. I was going to get an air stone but the guy at my lfs said they didn't really do any good to the tank. What are people's opinions on that? To use ...

I thought plecos liked lower tempteratures, with a maximum of 80? Higher temperature doesnt go well with higher oxygen level, the lower the temperature the higher the oxygen concetration. My tank is at 82 at the moment. What is more important right now, the oxygen or the temperature? He (I've just ...

Its glowlight tetras, and I don't think my guppies would mind too much as long as the water wasnt too strong: before i aimed the water at the surface it used to point directly into the tank and the guppies would go right up to it, swimming against the current to see how far they could get (or thats ...

Plecos (or at least some plecos) like currents. How do you create that in your tank? Mine is only a 70 litre with an internal Juwel Compact H filer. I aim it at the surface of the water to create turbulance and bring more oxygen into the water, but how would I go about actually creating currents in ...

Ok, thank you , I really don't want to be being cruel to him by keeping him in too small a tank. I'll be prepared to upgrade the tank (hoping to get a 300 litre when I have enough money) and that should keep him happy.

Today I bought myself a 5 inch vampire pleco. He looked kind of lethargic and white blotchy (as they do when they're stressed) in the shop and I know you shouldn't buy fish because you're worried about them or feel sorry for them, but I couldn't help it :( . My tank is a 70 litre, I know this will ...

For now I'm just going to leave the two adult guppies and two fry as they seem to be ok. The fish that I thought had anchor worm died last night, so I don't need to worry about treatment for that anymore. Hopefully the guppies will make it through the cycle and maybe in a month or so I'll start ...

he's lying at the bottom of the tank at the moment, I think hes dead :( . I'm going to try and catch him with a net, if hes alive I'll put him in the tiny plastic tank with fresh water and float it in the main tank. If he's dead then...well theres nothing I can do, and its my fault :( meh, I ...