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Ok, it is an hour now since I took her out of the salt bath. She seemed to be breathing pretty quickly when I put her back in, but is behaving a bit better now. How long would it take before she acts normally again? I have put some salt in the main tank too as it only has guppies & platies. I...

Thank you Wilder for the help and the link. I will go do the dip now & post an update later. Kind regards, Susan

Thanks Wilder, Will I add salt to my general tank or shoudl I move the sick one to tupperware?

She doesn't seem to be rubbing or flicking, just hiding. My quarantine tank at the moment has my Betta in it (he isn't quarantined, just needed a new home). Could I put my beautiful platie in tupperware for quarantine? She has just lost all of her playfulness and is just hiding behind an...

the spot is just kind of dull very light bluey/brown (the fish is light blue). It doesn't have any red around it and this morning there is a definate flat spot on top of her head.

Hi all, noticed today that my favourite platie (who has been behaving anti-socially) has developed a spot on her head that is not shiny like the rest of her. It doesn't look fuzzy or anything. The water is all in normal parameters, all the other fish are behaving fine. She did come up for...

Thanks everyone for your thoughts, It will be a few weeks before I make any decisions I think - my quarantine tank kind of turned into my Betta tank :whistle: , so now I need to arrange that first Kind regards, Susan

Hi all, I started with this tank the last week of December, and learned the hard way about cycling. Thankfully I did have a tank that learned was cycled, and I was able to speed things up :whistle: Anyway, this 5g (us gallon that is) tank has been fully cycled for about 3 weeks and the...

Thanks guys, Will his tank still be cycled after I add the meds?

thanks mwm, will do

Hi all, I have a betta in a 2.5 gallon tank. He has been there for about 1 week, previously he had been in a smaller bowl/tank at our restaurant. I thought he was doing well - his colour is good, he is active, but I just noticed that he has a furry/fuzzy bit on the end of his tail. What do I...

no, I don't have any cycle & as it is Sunday, no one is open. So, I will wait and see if the stocking of possibly useless gravel has any effect and if not I will try to find some tomorrow. thanks :)

Hi all, I have moved a stocking of gravel (as suggested) from my old tank to the new one. My question is ~ was it a pointless move because I had turned off the filter/air pump in the old tank (before teh move was suggested) and it had been off for about 12-14hrs. I turned it back on as soon as...

Thanks Yvez, I can do that. One question first though - I turned the filter off last night (12-14hrs ago), will the good bacteria still be alive?

Hi there, thank you for your advice, first to answer questions: I have a fluro bulb that says something about 'daylight' I am not sure what the nitrate reading is - I have just purchased the ammonia and nitrite tests, and :*) ran out of $$, so I will buy that test next week. Kind regards, Susan

Hi all, After looking at all the pictures of your beautiful aquariums I realize how much help I truely need :) I have a 6g tank (only now after I bought it and have been on this site do I figure out how tiny that is!) with 2 guppies and 3 platies. My question is : how do I set it up with plants...

Thanks!!

Hi all, This is just the best place - i have learned so much! Today I purchased an ammonia test and a nitrIte test (i ran out of $$ for the nitrAte test, so I am hoping that one can wait...). I have tested my 6g tank which has been running for 8 days with 2 guppies and 3 platies. The am is...

Thanks Sylvia :) Brilliant information - Wish I had learned this before, but ah well, better late than never! Kind regards, Susan :D

Regarding tank size - does anyone know why fish shops are marketing fighting fish as 'great for your desk or bedside table' and selling containers that would hold no more than 750 mls that are specifically made for Betta's? I am feeling awful about being sucked in and having one of these little...

ok, I have just read the thing about cycling again. I am feeling very blonde today (no offence intended to blondes in general :) ) and need to know, what do I actually need to DO. The pinned cycle thing in the beginner questions just lists readings and that kind of thing..... Feel free to...

just a bit of clarification - I do have the goldfish in a seperate tank (the one that I know now is waaaay too small, oops...) from the tropicals and about the temps 29*c is 84*F thank you for your comments and help :)

[SIZE=1]Hi All, I bought a 6 gallon tank for Christmas for my family (don't know if that is US or UK gallons - I am in Australia if that helps). A bit of history, we started with 3 goldfish 18 months ago. Neither of us knew ANYTHING about fish. It was a tiny little (approx)2.5 gallon tank...