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Hi In my current community tank I have a couple of fish i am going to move into larger surroundings 1 x Gold Spotted Pleco 1 x Black knife ghost 1 x Silver shark 1 x Clown loach Mainly because they all are starting to get big. Im guessing the clown loach would like a friend so would prob. get another one. Any other thoughts on what others i could have to share the new tank? Ive never had an angel or discus would one or the other work or are there better options? Cheers

Hi In my community tank i had two male guppys, i have added two female guppys. Am i correct in thinking they will breed, if they do how can i know when fry are around? Will I see them? What then catch them and cage them? Or is there some kind of sign that the mother is going to give birth and then I do something before she give birth? or because they are in a community tank will none of the above happen at all??? Basically i dont know anything lol.

Hi, was so worried about numbers we have removed the 2x Plattys & 4 x Golden Barbs. Done water changes without using cycle or waste control. The 2 x dwarf gouramis now seem to be happier and coming around the front heaps more. So will give it awhile and hopefully this should all help. You all have mentioned testing for ammonia, nitrates and nitrites can you recommend a suitable test kit at a fair price?? Cheers

Hi Brad, the little albino's are about 3cm and our Vince (Sailfin Gibbicep) is around 12cm long.

Hi Carol, ok - we are going to stop using the above mentioned products for a while and then carry out a water test. Our LFS and other fish friends assured us we hadn't over-crowded the tank? but after reading some posts in this forum it seems there are lots of different ideas about how many is too many! however - We are looking a getting an additional tank - much larger, where we can re-home "Vince" to (the pleco) before he grows up, and probably some of our other babies too :bounce: Thanks heaps for the advice.

:oops: Oh my bad... i think the LFS called the pleco leopard spotted.. and the albino i cant remember what they called it. cheers :lol:

Hi Penejane I think your right!! just googled images of golden barbs and they seem to look the same. Cheers

Hi Sharn Thanks We have been using aqua one water conditioner each time to dechlorinate the water, and the other products (cause we thought that was an extra good thing to do)? but it seems the extra's may be just a waste of money!! The cycle over the month did get disturbed as we had to gradullay change as the interior design was not satisfactory and had to be changed (as u do) haha. Just tried to take pics of the albino's but they scurry around too much! so got some pics off the net of ones just like them.... Pleco also (he hiding somewhere asleep).... thanks again for your help.

hi there!! we've had our first tank about a month and have done all the recommended preperation. We know it may be a bit fast to populate our tank with so many fishes, but oh well (too late now!). None have died to date and they all seem very happy and active!! (although the gourami's seem to hide at the back behind the plants) we have: 10 x neon tetra's 2 x platty's 2 x male guppies 2 x dward gourami's 4 x glass catfish 2 x albino sucker/cat fish 4 x golden black stripe (mollies??) 1 x spotted plecostamus Our tank is 100 litres (75x37x37 cm), temperature is 27c, 1 x power glo bulb, built in filter system with bio balls, carbon rod things with wool around it, and these white tube things in a bag. We have an additional air stone going as well. Have been using cycle with every 25% water change twice a week and recently added the product waste control. We've got no real plants, just fake ones, ornaments and a piece of wood. We feed them flake food (a small amount twice a day) and bloodworm every few days as an alternative. Is this too many fish? The water seems to be cloudy white for a few days after a water change but doesn't seem to be dirty. Any helpful advise would be great! Here is a video clip of the tank... http://s117.photobucket.com/albums/o80/ ... a_0001.flv