I've rung around, and it looks like I'll have to pay about £60 for a Hi fin one, so I'm going to get one of the normal fin ones instead for about £30.

Any ideas about if there will be any aggression issues?

Thanks:)

Hi, I'm going to buy a green phantom pleco, and I know that there are 2 different species of the L200. I'm just checking that I'm right in thinking that the Baryancistrus demantoides is the hi fin green phantom pleco, and the Hemiancistrus subviridis is the normal finned one?

I'd also like to know ...

Thanks. I got into the habit of calling them L144 as on another forum every time I wrote ancistrus sp(4) I had to explain what I meant.

I'll try to remember to call them by their proper name.

Thanks for the info, I'm a bit disappointed that out of 7 fish I only have 1 female. I think I'll grow them all on to full size and then sell the excess males and buy 1 more adult female. I've been told that I can sell them for £15 when they are fully grown, does that sound reasonable?

Also, one of ...

Hi, I have 4 L144 that I would like to know the sex of, as I plan on keeping 2 breeding pairs in my 210l 4ft mbuna tank.

I have 7 altogether, but 3 of them I know are definitely male (they have big bristles that branch off into 2).

Here are the ones that I'd like to know the sex of:

I think this ...

thanks, the smallest are about 1", and the biggest 1.5".

cheers

Yesterday i bought 7 lovely little lemon BN's. they are great little characters and seem very healthy. they've had cucumber and peas up to now, along with algae wafers of course. they don't seem too keen on the cucumber though, so i'll see if the courgette plants bear any fruit... i mean vegetables ...

hi, thanks for the reply. i'll have a think as to where i can stack put the slate without it looking rubbish. when i get them they'll be quite small, so i won't need very big caves straight away, which will give me time to sort out breeding caves.

cheers

thanks, the 6.50 was including p&p.

i'll leave it a day of two then before putting it into the tank to be on the safe side.

cheers

thanks, i'll get the proper stuff then. my dad has plenty of sealant guns to put it in. :D do you only need to put a little bit on each piece, like when using superglue? and how long should i leave it to dry before putting it back into the tank?

i've just seen some 310g aquarium silicone sealant ...

hi, i'll not put any kribs in then. and when i'm making the caves will any waterproof silicon do, or will i have to use the proper silicon sold in aquatic shops?

and i'm looking for info as to a good diet for them. i have read that i should feed them daily on algae wafers and veggies, and weekly ...

hi, thanks for the help. i think i'll go for the lemon bn's. i have a big piece of bogwood that has a flat bottom to it, so they could breed under that, but i also have tons of spare slate, so i'll have a go at making some caves.

i am definitely getting rid of the kribs, and i'm not sure about the ...

hi, i would really like to breed them, so i think i will go for the bristlenose. i have found a shop that will take the fry at 1" for £1 each, so i won't have any trouble moving them on. but i'm not sure whether i should go for the lemon bristlenose, or the common bristlenose. i really like both of ...

hi, how about l129?

hi, i'm not really sure. i'm looking for a plec that grows no larger than 6" that i could possibly breed in this tank without becoming totally over run with babies. i do have another decent sized tank, so if i had loads of babies i could split the parents up for a while. i do like bristlenose plecs ...

hi, i have a 4ft 210l community tank, with a rena filstar xp2, at 24c, and this is the current stocking: 12 kuhli loaches, 8 bronze corys (juvies, ranging from around 1-2"), 5 Siamese algae eaters, 2 Corydoras (possibly copei, but not 100%), 20 copper harlequins, loads of kribs (2 adults plus ...

yes, i'll still give them the algae wafers. are there any other good prepared foods that i could give them? also, i have a little tank outside, which houses my damselfly larva, and the rocks in it are covered in algae. should i put a rock into my tank for them to eat the algae off, and then put it ...

thanks, i'll be up tomorrow to pick a cucumber or courgette from the veggie patch!

hi, i see what you mean. i didn't realise that they were so thin!!! with more food, do you think i could get them into good condition? and when i put the veggies in, should i put them in on the night or on the morning?

cheers

hi, i've had them for about 3 years now.

thanks, the one at the top has always been like that since i got it. i feed algae wafers, catfish tablets and blanched veggies.

hi, i have noticed recently that 2 of my 3 otocinclus (when i get my shrimp tank set up they will go in there with another half a dozen friends) seem to have paired up. here is a pic of them.

http://i585.photobucket.com/albums/ss298/pestcontroller/Otocinclus/040.jpg

do you think i have a male ...

thanks for the shops that post. yes beverley is just north of hull. we do have a MA, but they don't stock many cory species. i'll ask them if they could get any in for me.

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how much were they? are there any breeders that are either around me or could post? if not i'll have a look at online fish shops. do you know of any good ones? i would pick ones that i see around here, but there isn't much range. it's between bronze, peppered, panda and sterbai, with the occasional ...

hi, i know what you mean that i probably won't make money, but the parents pay for the electricity lol. :wink: i love keeping fish of any kind, but especially catfish. and i'd like to make a bit of the money back, so my parents don't think it's just a waste of money. i'll be breeding shrimp and ...

hi, thanks for your replies. i've spoken to a guy who owns a fish shop near me, and he said that a good one to try would be C. melini. i've had a look at them on the internet and they look lovely. are they very easy to breed, and about how much would i buy them for, and how much could i sell the fry ...

hi, i spoke to a fish shop today, and the guy was really helpful. he said that plecs are a good way to go. he said that he would buy as many bristlenoses as i could breed for about 50p each at 1". would they be a good way to go do you think? and about how many could i house in a rekord 60 at a time ...

oh, i thought that they were the l144.

hi, i'm getting a juwel rekord 60, and i'd like to breed a species of cory in it. it's been suggested that i get sterbai, panda, wiezamani, green lasers or gold lasers. which do you think would be best suited to my tank, and which could i breed relatively easily? i'd have to keep the adults and the ...