Recent content by haddock

Hi All, I've not posted for a couple of years while my tank has been out of action but i've rekindled the passion and am cycling my 60G long tank with a few platties (couldn't find ammonia for fishless) So my plan is as follows and Im interested to hear what you think: Plants: Lots of mosses...

Thanks for all your replies! Looks like I'll be getting a tank then - that is if no one posts the one where the toddler throws the toy through the tank ......

Its been a long time since I posted because I abandoned my beautiful 60G tank when I had my son. Well he is now 16 months old and I was thinking that it would be great to set a tank up again - he loves fishies and shouts "woof woof" at them whenever we pass the fish shop (apparently it's called...

Hi All, My tank (running for 2 years now) has slowley been accumulating algae and over the last few months it has been overtaken. My plants are covered in hairy algae, the hairy algae is covered in slimey algae! The glass is covered in bright green patchy algae. I was wondering if there were...

Hi, I've got a 50us gallon planted / caved tanks currently stocked with a pair of blue acaras, pair of 3 spot gouramis, 1 cuckoo catfish (stunning!), 3 cory cats, 2 aglae eaters (going to get massive!! oops) 4 harlequin rasbosas and 6 cardinal tetras. I have always wanted a pair kribs but I'm...

Thanks wilder, will get meds tommorow.

Thanks, will try and get some of the Interpet stuff. Just did a quick google search and some articles say Melafix works against septicemia - this is just tea tree oil isn't it? What do you think? Hubby does water changes for me already - he's not a fishy person so I'd better not push my luck...

Thanks again Wilder - that sounds like it might be it. Problem is that I am pregnant - I don't want to be coming into contact with Kanamycin or Tetracyclin, especially not putting my hands in treated tank water. Have you ever used the medicated foods mentioned in the article? This would be a...

Hi My 4 zebra danios appear to be ill - the only sympton seems to be red fin and tail bases, one fish has red streaks on its underside too. The fin structure seems fine ie. not like fin rot. They seem to be behaving fine too but I'm concerned that this will get worse and spread to my other...

Oh dear. This morning I found the male Krib dead - I don't think it was anything to do with the crayfish as there are no external signs of a fight. The female looks pretty ropey too - I suspect an internal bacterial infection brought in from the shop ( I had only had them a few days). Will...

The crayfish is about three inches, still with small claws so he can't do much damage yet - The kribs are about the same size. They seem pretty passive considering they are trying to spawn.

I hope you didn't add them all at the same time?! Is your tank cycled? If not then I'm afraid you are going to loose many of your fish.

Ferris, I agree with you - I thought the kribs would be able to look after themselves. To answer your question, they have actually all (crayfish and kribs) only been in the tanks for 4 days. I was surprised to see the kribs pair up so quickly (maybe they had already paired in the shop?). They...

I have a pair of albino Kribs who have been displaying obvious signs of courtship. The problem is I also have a 2 inch blue crayfish who keeps kicking the cribs out of their cave. Id imagine it is quite frustrating for them! I thought if I put in an extra cave then they would have one each...

Thanks for your reply Wilder, Is there much point in using the bacterial meds now that the infected fish are dead? The other fish seem fine. I looked up some pics of columnaris and it looks like that is what it was.