bubbles1

Hi I have a veil tail sword tail pair and they are in a community tank and the male is very aggressive to the other fish especially with the female guppy's. why would he become aggressive so suddenly it started we they moved tank to a bigger one? There is no lot of info on this fish on the net so if anyone has some info on them i would appreciate it a lot. Thanks Ape

I am still researching the type of discus I want...haven't made a decision yet. What sort do you have? Are they very big?

The tank has a Unimax professional FZKN 150 Aquael carbon filter. Seems to do the trick...though i do check for ammonia, PH levels. Do a partial water change once a week. Still learning about how to keep the balance correct. Seems to be quite complicated! Ape.

The tank is 1.20m long, 50cm high, 40cm deep and. Has 220 Litres of water in it. Planted with real plants, stones and plane ornament. Temperature is 26 degrees. All fish quite placid, except for the male swordtail. He can be a bit stroppy, especially when the female has babies. The platys, guppys, and swordtail all have babies - all the time! In fact I have another 55 litre tank just for those...currently 33 in it...small at this stage. Might need more tanks when they grow up! Thank you for your information so far, very interesting, as I am just learning this fish keeping stuff. Ape.

Hi What fish can go in a tank with Discus? I have a 1meter tank and it has guppys, veiltail swordtails, a platty and a gourami. will a discus go in this tank? Are they as hard to care for as they make out on the net? thanks

Hi I have two veil tale swordtail's a male and female in my community tank which has been fine up till now. The male has now become aggressive to the other fish specially the female guppy's and i had to move one out the tank cos it was so bad. Can you help me !!! there is not much info on this fish on the net so if anyone has info on it i would be appreciated it. Thanks Tank mates are: 6 guppy's 2 platys 1 gourami 8 neon tetra 3 glass-cat fish

Thats the problem it wont come out. its just bad luck would love to change tank and give more hiding and evrything but it costs.If i did that he could be happy do you think? bubbles1

I cant love im if i cant see him. bubbles1

yes thats right and the thin is you cant even see it its so hidden.

my pleco is about 12cm and sticks to the big drift wood in my tank and dosnt come out to eat the algae . Its not doing its job . it just sticks it self to the driftwood . is this what they do ? i know that driftwood is in the diet of pleco but whats the pont of having them if they dont do the job. does anyone know why its like this? this is a common pleco. is there an elgae eater that does not do this? thanks bubbles1

Hi whats best in a tank live plants or fake plants? I have live plants but are not growing very well and fish wreck them all the time? i have; 1 angel 2 electric yellows 9 barbs 2 parrot fish 1 red tail shark 1 pleco in the tank thanks bubbles1

Hi -Thanks for all the responses! I still can't manage to get the photo on... anyway the black markings are on the face, a horizontal black line between the eyes and black barring (stripes) on the body of the fish.There are black blotches on body above the stripes. His yellow is very very pale. In fact he looks pretty shocking compared to the normal coloured electric yellow. I don't feed spirulina. And this fish is the less dominent of the two electric yellows. The other one which looks normal bright yellow is defintely in charge! I have had these fish about a year. They were bought at the same time from the pet shop. They were both healthy yellow in colour. But this one has gradually changed over time. They are in a 1.2m tank with a red tail shark, small pleco, seven barbs, and two small blood parrots (yes - I know now they are controversial! But I didn't know that when I bought them!) Everyone seems to get on just fine. There is planting, and wood. I do regular water changes, and there is no diseases. The closest picture on the net I could find to show the markings on my fish is at http://badmanstropicalfish.com/afcichlids.html it's the pic of the single fish in the picture above words 'Lake Tanganyika Water Statistics'. This is what the stripes look like, but my fish is pale yellow, and marks are dark black and are dominent. It has black blotches too. He just doesn't look healthy. But is eating fine. Hope this info helps

I have two electric yellows, one looks normal, and the other one has black marks on it. All other fish in the tank are healthy. I have looked everywhere on net and can't see any pictures that look like my fish. What is making my electric yellow black? I have a photo of it, but I couldn't work out how to attach it to this. Can anyone help?