Caryl

It is a sign some fish are not behaving well. Fish can get damaged when spawning but it is more usually scale damage on the body. In this case, since you have seen one of them attacking the tails of the others, I would say it is totally due to this. Blood streaked fins along with frayed, white edges, can also be fin rot.

Crushed flake food is fine from birth. They are too big to bother with microworms, brine shrimp, liquifry etc. They are not getting enough food. Liquifry is not enough.

One 405 would be fine. I have a Jebo 819 on my 280L and it copes well (it replaced a 405 which worked, but we hated having to maintain it all the time). Morcs' suggestion would also work.

I seem to remember being advised to do a dive course before going to (in my case) Fiji, as the tutoring was more indepth (no pun intended) and "better quality" than having lessons 'on the spot' in the islands somewhere. Is this so?

Same as guppies.

Male guppies will attempt to mate with any female (and sometimes other males :roll: ). Always have way more females than males to spread the aggression and constant harrassment.

Not always. If it fits in the larger ones' mouths they will consider it food. Are we talking goldfish here or another species?

He said his sister so I am picking it is a girl Oh, you mean the goat???

and let us remember this thread is about kid goats!

There are too many factors affecting growth to have an accurate chart I would think. Feed little and often, keep up the water changes, and don't overcrowd. This will ensure your fry grow quickly and well.

Quite possibly, depending on the species and size of the tank (and other inhabitants). Males will often do this to show who is boss.

Diving and snorkelling will keep you happily amused with no need for other activities Underwater camera cases are expensive. I believe Canon do a goodie.

You should see what a duck can do hitting a windscreen at 100kph (the car was going 100kph, I don't think the duck was)! You could see all the veins etc from its feet indented in the glass.

We could never convince my grandmother that electricity didn't dribble out of the switch if it was left switched on with nothing plugged into the outlet :roll: Tanks will drop their heat quite slowly. Make sure the filter media stays wet and throw a duvet or similar over the tank and all should be fine. Or, if you have a wood burner, keep it going to keep the room warm.

Only animal here with a name (apart from Grant) is Bud the wonder budgie. Called Bud because it is a short version of Budgie and because bud is also a nickname for friend.

I realise you are all proud of your war wounds but please do not post the pictures here as it will upset many. Just give a link to it instead.

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It seems to depend on conditions and the type of snail as to how many you end up with. Watch the apple snails though. There are 2 types and one of them eats plants!

Bottom feeders need food in their own right. They are not there just to scavenge others' leftovers. Some are better at it than others and many don't eat algae at all. They certainly do help keep the bottom of the tank clean. It is always good to have top, middle and bottom feeders in an aquarium. Snails often produce more waste than they eat and are prolific breeders! Most small bottom feeders will not bother a Siamese fighter at all. Corydoras, bristlenoses and small loaches will be fine.

Moved. White clouds are easy to breed. Add a group to the tank with water and fine leaved plants like cabomba, ambulia or Indian fern etc then leave them to do their thing.

I never add any chemicals to my tank if I can help it.

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Cryophytum (ice plants) cascade in a variety of bright colours. I think they are banned to sell now but plenty of people have them in their gardens to get some Arctotis - wide variety of colours, pretty gray leaves aubretia (aka aubrieta or aubrecia) - trailing evergreen with pink or purple flowers lobelia - upright and cascade in variety of colours begonias - flower profusely portulaca (sun plant & drought tolerant) variety of colours. Die off and then self seed everywhere alyssum - hardy white and pink. Self seed like portulaca pansies violets Celosia (cockscomb) - look like flames in red, yellow, orange and pink look through plants in nurseries or Warehouse as labels will tell you what conditions they require. Look for the mass blocks rather than individual plants.

If given the choice I would rather do water changes

Hi and welcome. Thank you for rescuing Coby