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Hi. Bit of advice needed. One of my pair of angels died a couple of months ago. Should I replace the one that died, and will the existing one happily cohabit with the new one, or should I buy a new pair? Thanks.

Hello, I've had my 250L tank (100L*40W*70D cm) set up for over six months and all is well except for my Guppy fry explosion! When I initially set up the tank I was "assured" by more than one source that livebearer fry would not be a problem as they would get eaten by their tank mates. For my...

Thanks for the replies. The water's changed every week, with the last change being 50% two days before the original posting. Water quality is OK. Ammonia & nitrite are both zero, nitrate was 20ppm. You could be right about the over crowding, we're going to get new tank when we can afford...

I know this is a tropical site, but I was hoping someone could give me some advice on one of my little boys goldfish. The poor thing is just lying on the bottom of the tank, barely moving. It's in a 21L tank with two other common goldfish. I've tested the water with my Nutrafin kit and...

Thanks for all the advice! I'll hold off on the UV and keep changing 20% a day. However I'm faced by another problem, I go on holiday in two weeks for a fortnight, so if it's not cleared by then could it get really bad in my absence?

Thanks for this. I was thinking of getting one of the Vecton UV sterilisers, do you think this would be a good idea?

No, the fish feeder was a human. They only fed them once (although I suspect they overdid it), then left the lid open and the condensation trays off. The water is kind of cloudy / milky, although it looks to have a slight green tinge if I look from one end of the tank to the other. I'll try...

Size/dimensions/gallons of aquarium- 100w*40d*70h(cm's) / 55g Types of fish- 7 Neon Tetra, 7 Pineapple Swordtails, 7 Guppys, 4 Platys Number of fish and sizes - Filtration used and how do you clean it and how often - Aquaone CF1000, media rinsed in tank water when req'd. How much in the way of...

I went away for a long weekend and came back to discover that two of my Neon's are missing. There were 10 before I left now there's only 7. I found one dead one, but can't find the others. Could they have been eaten? The tank contains Swordtails, Guppys and Platys. Could they have died and...

Thanks all, I now feel reassured!!!

One other thing. As she's all alone, should I buy her a couple of friends?

Here's another picture, what concerned me was the red/pink mark behind/below the eye. Could this just be part of it's natural colouring?

Thanks!