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hi ll. any of u keep freshwater fish ? if so what do u keep ?

currently i have . . .

4 bristlenose plec's (2albino 2 brown)
3 albino cory's
1 anchor catfish
13 baby guppies (bout a month old)
8 assorted swordtails (3 males 5 females)
1 kissing gourami (1 died just yesterday)
1 assassin snail

What u all keep ?

Cant count mine as I have over 60 but these include:

Guppys
Mollys (6 are pregnant)
Endlers
Albino Catfish
Catfish
Bristlenose
Harlequinn
Golden Apple Snail plus babies

Going to get a Betta this wkend but worry he wont get on with my other fish

they are normally ok with other fish to be honest dan but othdr fish can be bugger's with them especially the likes of guppys and endlers. my endler woudnlt leave the fins of the betta alone. its coz they r jealous of their fins. and what size is ur BN dan ? any what speices/colour? a common brown ?

Yeah BN seems to be a common brown, hes about 6inches long.

Iv got a 4ft tank so I think that will help the Betta, i'll ask the pet shop if I can return him should they not get on with him.

were u gettin him ? carr farm , pulton road , waterworld or andy's ? they all should take him pack depending on the fin nippage. if the fins r propa stredded (which they will afta a whole night) then they wont take him back. what i sould do is do u have a breeder/fish trap ? the clear vented boxes that float in the tank or clip to the side ? id stick him in that over night so they get used to having him around. then release him the next day at a time were u can keep an on him for a few hours. then he should be ok hopefully but if not and the pet shop u got him from wont take him back just fone andys aquatics or carr farm and say av got a male betta will u let me swap him for another fish / credit.

Thats a good idea robbo, I have a breeder box here. Not sure where to get him from, guess I'll go Andys or Waterworld.

andy's have got a few nice ones in at the minute like. they hve a superdelta thats blue/greeny coulour but he's like 8.95. they have a few others in fom 3-4 kwid. all got nice long flowing fins with no nippage like. carr farm have a blue 1 in. not sure of the condition. theirs is like 3 kwid i think and not sure about waterworld. aint been up there in a while as there was literally a dead fish in every tank so got abit put off.

If you put the fish you want in your tank all at the same time they get to know were they swim in line?
when you add new fish to tank the fighting starts
I know is hard to do that but you will have a good communal fishtank

1, red tail shark
1, Male Siamese Fighting fish
1, bristlenose plec's
guppies 2,Males 1,female & 5, babys 2months old
Males & female swordtails. female ready to drop
Mollys 2, Males 2, female both pregnant, did have 3 females but one give birth to about 30 odd yesterday and died. and 19 babys about 3 months old.
Male & female Platy. female ready to drop
5 neons
2 Red eyed tetra
and some kind of Catfish forgot the name of it now.
and to many snails.

do ur males not harrass ur female to death ?



what colours ? and any goin once its dropped ?



any of these going too ? and what colours ?



what colour platys ya keep ?



as in the kind u have bought or infested with the little bugger's that come with ya plants and stuff ? if u want rid get an assassin snail. do a well good job for me. am gunna get some more.

wot sex's r ur babies ? wanna swap however many of the 1 sex u have for the same amount and sex of mine ? to prevent interbreeding ? av got 13 just over a month old. they r gunna be the guppies with yellow tails that look snake skin type. think the boys might be blue and green in the body with the same snake skin body's can't really tell yet tho. ur's colouring up yet ?

Just been out and bought a Red Betta

yeah very much but thats what they are like, (sex beasts) mollys are the same. lol




black / orange with a bit of yellow. dont know yet bud got another tank to set up in the other room so some will be going in that. but saying that she give birth not so long ago an they all died.





can't tell colours of babys yet mums an dads are black, white, orange, silver, mixed so could be any of them. may be if they all survive will let you know bud. the 19 are takein well 15 are i like the look of the others so ther for the other tank.





the male is like a blue green black, female is another orange an black. more orange an black in my tank than any other.




yep them bugger's. will get one i think, sick of then, ther everywere.

lol get yaself a good few assassin snails. id say go andys tell em u will give em a tenna for 5. coz they r like 2.65 each. and they will breed like mad too. not as bad as the little infested snails but they breed loads too. then u can sell em. on ebay on ere anywere. u can send em in the mail without heat packs. pretty hardy the snails

I take it this is them.?? thanks for that bud, like i said ther doin me head in now. would not like to say how many ther is lol!!