Search results

Does he like my Edge? Hard to tell, but I don't think he's in awe as much as he should be. He's doing quite a bit of moping on the sand.  I've got the filter flow as low as it can go and he still seems to struggle to swim. Maybe that's the curse of those fins - designed for looks, not...

It's household ammonia. The ingredients list tells me its plain old Ammonium hydroxide and surfactants. Should I be looking for something in the pet's section?  Seems odd to do a water change to reduce ammonia build-up and then add some more.  I ain't doing nuthin' until I read some more!!

And here are some rather poor pictures of him. We'll have a proper studio sitting when he is feeling more himself    I've called him Beelzebubbles (thank you Black Adder) because the devil tricked me into buying him....

Well, I thought about not posting today for reasons that will become apparent but darn it all I'm sure I'm not the first person who has succumbed to their weakness ;-) No luck getting the test kit today. I shall try my LFS tomorrow when I pick through their new delivery of plants (excited)   I...

Fish Crazy - thank you for that link. Sad to say I think that's exactly what Alpha has, and they are right about owners being advised (by people who should really be a bit better informed) that it isn't constipation. My poor boy - I put him through Epsom salt baths, starvation, pea and daphnia...

Er.... nope. Actually my bf thinks it's caused by a lack of female company, but then he would..... 

Hmmm... my last post related to the amazon sword suggestion, not yours Ch4rlie.    Fluval have a magnetic glass cleaner. Have you tried it? Seems like that would be a good way to clean the glass, particularly on a deep tank like yours, IF you can get it round the corners without it...

They do somewhat, but I've had those before and am pretty sure these aren't them. Thanks for the suggestion though 

I could lower the water level, but that would kinda defeat the idea of the tank as a cube of water so if it doesn't work for a Betta I'll put something else in it. They are smart fish though, so I would imagine that he'd figure out where air access was.   I'm reluctant to pull the plants out of...

This website was recommended on the Betta Fish website forum : http://www.plantedaquariumscentral.com/The_Planted_Aquarium.html   I have yet to order from them but she gets rave reviews on the forum

I just started one..... :-)

I have three Bettas - my first one was an orange veil tail who is not exactly the life and soul of the party, so he is called Mopey Dick. The next is Alpha, a blue veil tail with gorgeous turquoise fins (hard to tell in the picture tho ( )  He has developed a huge belly that I am trying to...

Beauty always comes at a price, doesn't it? I have a new Fluval Edge 6 gal tank. I really like the sleek look of this design and the fact that it's like a cube of water but I can already see it has some major shortcomings when it comes to maintenance. So, I thought I would start a journal not...

Thanks for the welcome, and yes I have read the article on cycling, and will have my tank cycled and ready before anything goes in it. For now I am basically window shopping, planning and scheming :-)   The fin movement of that knife fish is hypnotic! Beautiful indeed, and I do have a weakness...

I kept tropical fish as a teen. Started with the typical community tank and eventually gravitated to large cichlids.  I have just dipped my toes into the hobby again but after 40 years absence I consider myself a novice again. I picked up a 6gal Fluval Edge tank with the idea of putting one of...