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Some from my new aquarium... Noticed there's already an offspring as well (the tiny one in second pic)

I'm afraid if I do that it might turn into a precious little snowflake and start complaining about its food not being vegan, kosher, gluten and lactose free, low carb, and ethically produced by local farmers.

My parrot hasn't been in its cage since the first week I bought it(about 4 months ago), it has made the whole living room its home and has perches, etc, everywhere. The only time it pops back into its cage is when it is having something to eat, but if you go near it when it does so, it quickly flies out so that you can't lock it in. It's not stupid at all . Saying that, I don't have intentions of keeping it locked in the cage as there is no point and it also makes me feel anxious to lock a bird in a cage. It's safe enough, it only shits in certain places(so I put kitchen roll down in those areas) and at night they obviously don't fly, so it just chills on top of a perch and sleeps there. I've got to say, that it eats shitloads. It has a pot of seed everyday(which contains alsorts from sunflower seeds to sesame seeds and pumpkin seeds to dried banana and dried chile) and then I give it a pot of fruit and veg every morning before work, usually containing atleast some blueberries as they are its favourite(other fruits are apple, strawberry, kiwi, melon, pineapple, blackberries...), then every other day it has brazil nuts and almonds as a treat. Red pepper is another it likes and sometimes it gets some chiles, along with a bit of lettuce or sugar snaps. On Christmas day it had a bit of turkey too. They are fine to eat plain chicken or turkey from time to time as long as its cooked properly and contains no added salt. I gave it some turkey, a few sprouts and some cauliflower. It threw t he sprouts across the room but loved the turkey

Are you going to let it make it's own mind up??? might want to be one of them gender neutral jobbies

It eats better than me to be honest

Your parrot eats better than most of my mates

I'll have to ask the parents

Take a look at what this guy is suing might be closer to what you had in mind. I used to use it when I wanted fish to breed a bit and its easier to drop into a tank and segregate the smaller ones from the bigger ones.

Can't you rig up some mesh divider to keep them apart for a bit until it gets a bit bigger??? just in case

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Rodgers would have needed to have started the 15/16 season well to have had any hope of keeping his job. The end to the 14/15 season was terrible. Throw in the embarrassing FA Cup semi final defeat too. He could have had no complaints if he'd been sacked after the 6-1 at Stoke.

Yeah wouldn't worry at all. Looks like its something food related more than anything else going by what you said earlier. I'd watch them for another week and it will just go away. What are you feeding them btw?

Well that's the dilemma isn't it, If you don't let it decide then when it grows up it could blame you for it's poor life choices citing a poor upbringing, lack of opportunities, male trapped in a female body or vice versa, then next thing you know it will be sniffing pond weed and hanging about in the shady part of the tank and you won't see it from one day to the next... then one day it will be found floating at the top of the tank dead and people will ask... Could you have done more Nudge??

@Mel81x just took some pics and noticed a few things - one of the two fish still has visible black/brown smudges but they seem less intense than before. The second one (the smaller) barely has any at all, most of them seem to have disappeared and it's getting its normal colour back!!!

Dont mind at all. If I can help I will. The fact that they aren't sluggish or stressed means that they arent totally affected by it.

Thanks for that! I took over the aquarium from the previous owner who had it all set up and going for around two years; he'll also be coming round to show me how to properly clean it and change water etc. But I will definitely bother you if I have any questions! The only concern now is two fish that seem to have gotten some black smudges on their body, tail and fins. It doesn't seem to affect any other fish (there are 16 in the tank in total) and the two don't show any other symptoms either. The guy in the fish store thinks it's food-related (could make sense as the previous owner mentioned he changed the food a few weeks back and that's then the spots appeared) so we switched back to the previously used food a few days ago. No more new black spots seem to have appeared but I'm not sure they're disappearing either.

You pervert

If you have questions feel free to ask. This is one of the only kind of pets I have a strong interest in (apart from my dog) and I can always help out. It's easy if you set it up right and then it just takes care of itself as time goes on (when I say time let me add a disclaimer of 9months+)

I was thinking something like this maybe only smaller holes..

Read about it earlier today; very fascinating and hopefully it will show even more promise when human trials start.

It will be fine its gone past the point of being swallowed. Was only joking about the 'nom nom'. I have seen it with Rasbora's where they'll just start eating their young but this won't be the case here.

Is it a Chameleon??? I can't see it.. Oh yeah.. there it is

Hard to believe its only been about 4 years since then. The change in the way we play and the amount of accolades we're amassing is such a stark contrast to what was happening back then.

This is Basildon Park near Reading mate . Also, not wife just yet! Bit of both! I'm about 6ft 1. She's about 5ft 2 or 5ft 3.

Awwwwwwwwww, she's adorable! Sorry, I haven't checked this topic in a while, it seems.

Me and the missus at Basildon Park near Reading yesterday.

He's not conceded a league goal since 23rd November

I nearly bought a Conure from a local pet shop, but it was 12 month old, you want them younger than that. Not to mention, they are too small and I wanted something bigger. Ringneck parakeets are about the perfect size. They aren't too big like a Macaw or a Cockatoo, while not too small like a Budgie, Cockatiel or Conure. To be honest though, it's not always about size, I mean budgies are some of the most fun pets you can get. Anyway, this is it:- It just needs to settle now for a few days, then I can let it out a bit and enable it get used to its new(and much larger) environment

Cheers, I googled it myself earlier too but this doesn't seem to be the likely cause... We tested the water and the parameters are fine (all tests show optimal condition). The two fish in question are orange blood parrots (there are 4 more of them in the tank); from what I managed to read so far it seems black spots are quite common in the species and they can develop them from anything; like a large water change, stress, maturation, or something serious like disease or a parasite. The blood parrots are apparently laboratory created hybrids of unspecified origin

Just dont let it get eaten by the rest ... you know fish snack too nom nom.

Might be the last time as well looking at some of those others in there...

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