Recent content by Lilthuglet

Thanks all. I've had them about 6 months, the tank is in the quietest corner of my living room where I don't go except to feed them or work on the tank. I'll see how we get on without a vac, but they are such messy eaters I worry about leaving the bits in.

My Pea Puffers are super skittish. A water change is enough to make them hide every time I come near the tank for a day, even if I am feeding, and glass surf the rest of the time. Any serious maintenance, like a gravel vac or moving an item of scenery in the tank, or even moving stuff...

I'm looking for options on sterilising tank and equipment after a fish death, probably from columaris. I plan to empty the tank, then bleach the tank, filter (bio substrate and sponges will be replaced) and thermometer, rinse well and leave them for at least a month dry before re-using. I...

Of course, that'd be lovely.

Thanks, had to go with the puns :D. He did. For about 10 minutes then moved on to his other method of interacting with his environment, total indifference. He is a grumpy and exceedingly aggressive git who can't even be housed with a snail cos he will go for it, but I love him very much.

I don't want to be a negative nelly but one of my Bettas nearly killed a nerite snail by attacking it. I know a lot of people keep them together fine, and my other Betta is super chill and fine with the pest snails in his tank. But Ben is a grumpy git and will attack anything from a pest snail...

Depends on your natural water parameters. If you have hard water then I love Guppies. I know they are fairly common but they are cute, engaging, bold and wiggly. Mine come and check out my hand when I'm doing water changes and love investigating anything new in the tank. For softer water Ember...

Wanted to share my latest Betta glow up with y'all. Warning - the story starts a bit sad. This is The Infishitive, Adam for short, the day I got him in late July: He was sold as a silver veil tail. I saw him on his own, the only fish left in the cups. I honestly thought he was going to die but...

The guppies and rasboras come from two different shops so I don't want to QT them together. May be being paranoid but I'd rather be careful. ☺️

Whoever I get will be going into the quarantine tank for three or four weeks either way. ☺️

Hi all, I have a decision to make I was hoping y'all could help me with. The quarantine tank is up and running and I'm off to the fish shop tomorrow. But am I going to get... Another 3 guppies with beautiful black and silver spots to go into my planted 20g long with 9 guppies and 2 nerite...

Thanks for all the suggestions, I'll look into it. Essentially I want a 40g+ tank that is wider than it is tall.

I've been looking for large, shallow tanks for aquascaping and maybe one day for an Axolotl. But they're really hard to find. Does anyone have any recommendations for where to buy one? Or if they are as hard to get as they seem to be, any recommendations on building a fish tank from scratch?

Simple one but I'm really pleased with the grow in on my 5g snail tank. From this: To this: The Hygrophila Rosae Australis has really taken off in the last two months.

The plants have grown in well now, and the guppies seem to be liking their new home: