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I think its a case of "if it aint broke don't fix it" it seems to be thriving at the moment and until that changes I will keep it as is.

Mines do eat the fry! I have watched them and sometimes they leave the stray fry but other times it seems like instinct that they just gulp them down. This one is a bit big now but dont know if they will hassle the poor thing and then it wont survive. Maybe I will wait until it is about 1/2 inch...

Hi folks, need a bit of advice. I have successfully nurtured a wcmm fry to grow to around 1cm in length and looks awesome. I just dont know when I should release it into the main tank with the adults. I dont want it getting eaten!

Yeah it was hard, probably for me, but my daughter was very upset. I have so much respect for the knowledge that you have and hope I will prosper with my wee minnows

Wow thank you and I am humbled by your words. I lost my first fish today. It was not down to water quality but social hierarchy. The fish was the smallest and had its fins nipped, I had to euthanize as it was readily sitting on my finger in the tank. I am devistated. It was a small minnow and...

I can imagine as I had to throw a bit away when I moved to new tank and it just felt wrong putting it in the bin

Hi Thanks for the offer but i got some from my local shop. Really appreciate the offer though.

White cloud mountain minnows

I might give 1 a go and see how it goes. I am fine cleaning the tank but like the idea of having a cool nerite in the tank as well

Hi folks. Any suggestions for algae cleaners in my 10 gallon tank. Its temperate water that mostly stays between 20 and 21 celsius. It can drop to 18 celsius and peak at 23 celsius but there is no heater in the tank. I have noticed a build up in the lower half of the tank on the glass which I...

Always love hearing others opinions on this. I love zebra danios but that would be like buying a ferrari just to drive in my back garden!

The temperature varies between 19 - 23 celsius. Mostly 21 celsius. I did think about small Cory's but I am trying to make it sound possible when I really know 6 WCMM's is probably my limit.

Hi folks, I have a 58 litre ciano aquarium. I currently have 4 white cloud mountain minnows and am looking at having 6 to 8 in the tank. Does anyone think I am able to have any other species in this tank or is it full with 6 to 8 WCMM's. If so what else could I add to have a bit of...

I am there. Tank cycled. I completed a water change then transferred the 2 minnows into the larger tank. I also moved the filter into the bigger tank so am running 2 filters (thanks to the advice from you guys here). In the last 3 days I have been getting the same readings. 0 to 0.25 for...

I think like i will run both the filters in the new tank. Seems like a shame to give up on good bacteria. It is quite small compared to my fluval u2 so I will stick it in the corner detach the venturi and probably wont even notice its there.

Just a thought. My fishless and fish in tank are both cycling and giving same water readings for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. Could I just transfer my fish and the filter into the bigger tank and basically be in the same position as I am?

Hi guys Quick question. I am completing a fish in cycle thanks to advice of lfs!! . Also I am completing a fishless cycle on a more suitable larger tank. The original tank with the fish in has a basic cheap filter/pump that has 2 sponge cubes in it about the size of small ice cubes. Once both...

Yes, could I take some biomax out of new filter and squeeze some sponge in. Or would I get away with cutting the sponge and fitting it into my fluval u2 filter somehow.

Will do. My plan is to move the 2 minnows into the big tank once it is cycled then slowly add another 4 to 6 minnows 2 at a time. I think it will be a slow process once I add them to cycled new tank. I will need to monitor the water as I aint that lucky that it will all be an easy smooth...

Huge daily water changes in order then.