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Well for the moment he's back in quarantine. Was horrible watching him being picked at. The quarantine tank will be used to house new fish some time next week, but I doubt they'll be a problem. I suppose at a pinch he could remain in there. I'd be concerned the moment I need it as a hospital...

Unfortunately the moment I reintroduced him back into the main tank he behaved exactly the same way as before, it's perplexing. The alpha, and I think the clown loaches too, have begun to shred his fins and the whitish markings on the side of his body have returned, I think it's where he's been...

It's possible, though the chasing I've witnessed hasn't been anything more than just seeing him off or if he gets sight of him with one of the females. Nothing out of the ordinary... and he gave just as good to the third male lol. I'll probably just monitor the situation after he's reintroduced...

Well he seems pretty much back to normal now. The white zig zag on both sides of his body are pretty much gone and he's able to swim normally again. Still has his voracious appetite and seems to be passing waste without any problems. Gave him a deshelled pea which he eventually figured out was...

Thanks for your input Akasha, I hadn't considered that possibility. Most surprisingly however he seems much better today. He's no longer shaking his head to swim, and seems to have regained some movement in his tail fin, though it's still very droopy. Think he has a bit more colour to him than...

I've only had him about 6 months, and they were all very small, so I doubt he's much older than that.

   I've tried Bio NitratEx to control the nitrates but it's had no discernible effect. I've got a mass of hornwort covering a little over half the surface of the tank, along with frogbit but it hasn't put a dent in the nitrate readings. I've all but given up on controlling it to be honest...

That product doesn't appear to be available in the UK.

Can anyone give me advice on what to do please? I've provided a great deal of information and visual feedback and I feel time is off the essence. I'd rather start an effective treatment ASAP or source something if I don't yet have it.

It's very hard to tell, if they are raised then it isn't by much. He's not swollen at all though. I have a bottle of Interpet Anti Internal Bacteria which claims to be used for fish with dropsy but I'd need to be sure before using it, I presume? Just to add, he was feeding normally when I fed...

1. Water parameters. (ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, PH, temp', Hardness etc) Ammonia and nitrite are now nil (explained below). Nitrate 50ppm approx. Temperature 25.5 - 26C. PH 7.6. Hardness I'm not sure but I've fairly hard water. 2. A full description of the fishes symptoms. I've uploaded a...

I've got no nerites, just MTS and some random little snails that hitched a ride on some plants.

Came down this morning to see white patches on some of the bogwood in my aquarium. These pieces have been in here for several months now. They had been boiled and soaked for at least 30 days according to the vendor, if that makes any difference. I'm just concerned as to whether this poses any...

Nothing different with this water change, I check the temperature with a thermometer to make sure it's roughly the same as the tank, I add Seachem Prime as soon as the water starts going in. They just seem to be enjoying themselves, but I've never witnessed it outside of a water change. They're...

I've just completed my weekly water change, and this is something I noticed after doing a water change previously. My Cardinal Tetra who usually remain towards the front of the tank, decided to go to the back and charge through my bubble curtain and outlet pipe current (both located in the same...

Did you get your money refunded Akasha? Ridiculous that they've strung you along like this. I've been considering using them before, so I'd be interested in hearing how this turns out.

Hello   I've been using JBL BioNitratEx and I don't seem to be getting anywhere with it, which is particularly disappointing given the amount of glowing reviews I read before opting for it. The last bag went in about 7 or 8 weeks and I've yet to see it budge at all. The bags were placed in the...

So after suffering losses as a result of adding new fish, and despite the fact that room is scarce in my house, I've decided that a quarantine tank is a necessity. Not willing to go through that again if I can avoid it, and I don't want the worry when adding new fish - supposed to be a joyous...

Well I went back to the store a couple of days after to seek some advice and they all seemed fine at the time. I have contacted them via their website to explain the situation, as the only store assistant there at the time gave me an inclination he wasn't really all that knowledgeable... though...

It seems to also compare with symptoms of neon tetra disease, the so called white saddle around the dorsal fin being a commonly seen symptom. Another cardinal has died, others seem fine but that's no indication as yet. I won't be adding any fish until this has long been resolved. Quite upset...

Those photos were taken last night. I've found her dead this morning. I'm concerned I'm going to lose the rest of the tetra at this rate. The barbs seem fine but may not be. I'm googling frantically but finding no definitive help, or meds that I can get hold of.

Another cardinal is showing the same signs. Could this be Columnaris? Is a white patch shaped like a saddle. I don't hold much hope for the guy but I need to stop this. My gourami has also become lethargic and I believe is constipated with a white spot on top of her head. I don't know if it's...

Well I went back to maidenhead and bought some medication (aqua care anti-ulcer and finrot) that was suggested. I did notice later before leaving that his fin did look a little worse for wear. Unfortunately when I got home I found a cardinal lying on the bottom breathing heavily. I carefully...

1. Water parameters. (ammonia 0, nitrate approx. 50, nitrite 0, PH 7.8, temp 25c, Hardness 6.5kh) 2. White mark at the base of its dorsal fin. Otherwise seems fine. 3. 25% weekly water changes. Last one on Sunday. 4. Just seachem prime and flourish after water change as far as chemicals go...

Sorry to hear about your ram :(. I do like the new look of your tank though. I'm sure the fish will appreciate the change :).

She gave my new cardinals a rough time when they entered the tank but things seem to have settled down now. She still does a lot of pacing back and forth along the front of the tank. Is this usual behaviour? It's not constant but quite frequent... one of the larger black ruby barbs sometimes...

Was your third also a female or was that a male? I would have thought that having more would disperse the aggression, but I guess it doesn't always have that effect?

My tank is 350 litres, 4 feet wide and fairly heavily planted. I'm gathering the only way to truly distinguish is the dorsal fin? Because it does seem sometimes to be pointed and other times round, or even a bit of both. Literature on how many to keep also adds confusion so I'm interested in...

Hi guys, hoping someone here can definitively sex my gourami. It's currently on its own but I may choose to get more in the not too distant future and at that point it would be very handy to know. I'm aware to look at the dorsal fin, but even so I'm not sure. It's difficult to photograph but...

The MTS were rarely on the glass but they were happily all over my slate, rocks and plants during the day, which surprised me somewhat given their reputation for disappearing but I didn't think anything of it. But then they were gone, along with all the many other tiny snails by the day after...

The lights are integrated into the lid so cannot be removed. I have the option of only having 2 lights on at a time, but it creates odd lighting, as it's either 2 in front or 2 in the back. I've resorted instead to having them on less during the day and I have noticed an improvement in the algae...

I'm happy to stop using the Excel if there's a risk to the fish, I certainly wasn't aware of that. What other nutrients would be required that I may not have via the Flourish and Tetra Crypto substrate tablets? So far the plants have been in the tank since November and seem to be doing/growing...

Hopefully the plants will help on the nitrate front as time goes on. I've got some frogbit and I should be getting some more tomorrow. How many SAE do you need to have to keep them happy? I seem to read a few conflicting statements. Though I guess if they're not willing to eat the algae I have...

The algae situation appears to be better than it was. I was also struggling with hair algae although that seems to have largely gone, and what little is left the gourami, to my surprise, is happy to munch on. I've tried lessening the amount of time the main lights stay on and maintaining a...

I'm looking for something that will happily feast on the green algae on my glass or the brown algae on some of my plants and slate. It's not out of control but would be nice to get a little help with it. My tank is a Juwel Rio 300, 350 litres and 4 feet wide. I don't know the hardness...

Yea I've been checking the water stats regularly and ammonia and nitrite and have stayed at 0 thankfully (it's nerve wracking starting off! xD). Haven't seen any snails out of the water. The nitrates are stubbornly remaining at about 50-60 ppm but that's been the case since the beginning...

A couple of weeks ago there were snails everywhere. A couple of small species I couldn't identify that had no doubt stowed away on some of my plants to get into the tank, as well as many Malaysian trumpet snails I'd deliberately put in. It was actually getting to the point where I was...

With just having added my first stock of fish a couple of weeks ago my thoughts turned to "what if" scenarios and how best to deal with them. So I wondered whether those more experienced aquarium keepers, if there is anything you keep available at all times to hand, rather than purchase at the...

Yup that was me lol, I don't post there often but I do frequent it from time to time. Cycling is going very well, think I'm nearing completion. However as time wore on I've become less satisfied with the brightness of the background. I bought it as it was advertised as dark grey (as were the...

I've been cycling the tank for about 6 weeks now. I've been dosing the tank to 4-5ppm ammonia and in the past few days the results have been uniform. The ammonia is gone in 24 hours, by which point the nitrite level is very high, about 5 or so. 24 hours on from that the nitrites have completely...