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Do you have test kits? They are an essential part of fish keeping! Any time I am asked for advice before setting up a tank the first thing I recommend (before even thinking about buying the tank) is to get a full set of test kits and work from there. You can not tell what is going on in the...

It is always best to get the biggest tank you possibly can for any fish you plan on keeping. Perhaps you may think about keeping a lone Siamese Fighter? It would live very happily in a 5-gallon tank and a lot better suited to it than most other fish in my opinion. Is your choice of fish due...

Being from a different part of the world I have no idea what shops stock in the US but here in Dublin it is rare to find female Dwarf Gouramis. I kept my first pair of Colisa Lalia in the early ‘80s and at that time there was only one variety to choose from… blue with red stripes. The females...

I just lurve my Rams :thm:

P.s. LOVE your Bengal!

Hi hurricanejedi, Gold Rams are a captive bred variety that does not occur in the wild, or at least does not survive in the wild. They are the same species and the gold has no wild population purity to protect so don't worry about crossing them. Besides, the majority of golds are bred in...

How are the fishes doing? The maximum ammount of salt to add is 7.5 tablespoons to each 10 gallons USA / 40 liters of water of non-iodised (ie not table salt) for each gallon of water added very slowly with a 50% salted water change each day for 3 days. (According to DPH Discus forum)...

Hi Sploke, I have been thinking of setting up a Diacus tank but having no hands-on experience of them went hunting for good advice. I found this website which is excellent with lots of articles and a dedicated Discus forum The guys there are really friendly and experts to boot. Hope it is of...

Red Sea Freshwater Test Kits Here are the charts from the 'Red Sea Fresh Lab Deluxe' It contains 8 tests and 2 planted tank supplements:- Ph low range 6.2-7.4 and high range 7.4-8.6. 100 tests each Ammonia/Ammonium. 60 tests Nitrite. 60 tests GH. 25 tests approx KH. 25 tests approx...

:joke: Came across that in a way too in-depth article for my liking... here’s the link in case you are into it http://www.fishhead.com/articles/ventsex.htm (Could that be considered fishy porn??? :Angel: ) Anyway... papilla is the singular and, although can be used for either, normally...

Hi Emg, I have been following your Ram breeding thread with great interest. They are without doubt my fave fish. Not being blessed with good eyesight I have never been able to use the papillae as a method of sexing them :( but have never found a problem with the extended fin ray method...

If you are correct then at some point (probably fairly quickly) a pair will form and the remaining female will have to be removed from the tank. Watch for two staying together more and displaying to each other. The excluded female will be chased away and will probably end up staying mainly in a...

I have a pair of Czech bred Blue Rams in with 9 Cory adolfoi and they get on great together. Occasionally they school together which is quite amusing. When the Rams spawned the Corys were chased from the eggs but not overly aggressively. Rams sure are a stunning fish, hard to beat for their...