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This is the second betts I have had who seems to have dropsy! First one died after going bloated, very lazy, then onto lying at the bottom of the tank and finally he died! This one now has the bloated tummy and seems very unactive! What am I doing wrong?? :-(

Snowball plec! I had one nearly three years and never grew bigger than5 inches

I got 120l why?

Just looked at some others def looks like I had a snowball placo

No spots are too thick. My mate at LFS thinks it was one of the golden nuggets. They had nothing similar in so I treated myself to a royal plec! I like the stripes and red eyes, he seems as shy as the other one though

Looked like this one but without the yellow marks on the fins

Iw was about 3cm when got it and biggest it got to was about 6-8cm then stopped growing just got fatter lol definately black with bright yellow spots think he was 25 quid aswell

Woke up this morning to find my little plec dead!! I am gutted got him over three years ago, he was very shy and didn't come out much but thats what made him so loveable. Plus he was only little never grew more than about 8 cm length just got a little fatter lol Lead me to think a few thinks...

Hi All I got an Angel Fish constantly turning in circles and swimming upside down is she unwell?

Unfortunately it was too late and the little fella has passed away gutted I love that little man! :-(

He is very ill now and stuck in the top corner of the tank barely moving :-( looks like a matter of time to be honest! He is also being picked on a little by the other fish I actually feel like putting the little fella out of his misery but obviously I wouldnt do that.

Thanks for your help everyone!

Light brown and quite thin. And yes he is still bloated

Any advice for moving the tank please? We are moving house in two weeks and will need to move the tank. My LFS said they will borrow me a poly box to move them and some platics containers to retain the water, is there anything I need to do whildt moving them to help the fish? Also is there...

Done the peas a few times now he is sticking to the top of the tank now rather than the bottom. He also has long stringy poo hanging out?

done the peas fingers crossed now!

not noticed to be honest

70litre him couple of barbs, 2 platys, 2 albino catfish one clown pleco lay on the bottom for couple of mins at a time the swims round. Comes up when u open the lid

His scales arent sticking out?? What caused this and is there nothing i can do?

Please help my male betta has all of a sudden gone very fat and tonight he looks very unwell. He isnt swmming round he keeps lying on the gravel and breathing is very slow. Is there anything i can do to save him???

This sounds really bad males together that is poor! Although I have two angels and a male betta and they live happily together??

Thanks for reply. Why do they sell them without heater?? I thought Bettas could live in both heated and un heated water??

I am looking at getting a Betta Cube for display. For those who don't know what this is its a small tank to keep a betta in. Its got a small filter but no heater. I seen one set up and they look cool but is it not a little cruel? On its own in a tank??

Temp is high 30+ due to fault with the heater. i am going to change a little water and use colder water to bring temp down. Fish: 2 Golden Barbs 1 albino catfish 3 neons 2 blind cave tetra 1 britlenose 70 litre tank its a jewul using the pump that comes with it!

Thanks for your help i will try that with heater now! What about the fish gasping and swimming high in the tank??

Please help temp has gone through the roof no change to heater for months and always been ok!! Also fish swimming near the top seem to be gasping I have clean all filters and done slight water change!??

Rekord 120 3 Golden Barbs 1 Tiger Barb 4 Neons 1 Ghost Knife 1 Clown Plec 1 Loach 2 Albino Cat fish 2 Angel Fish

Hi All I have been having issues with my tank. I have my water tested regularly at the LFS but dont have the readings they let me know if i need to do anything. Recently the fish look very short of breathe and are swimming very high. I have done water changes for last two days and cleaned...

How can I test if working?? My tank is 24 - 25 degrees and I have turned up slightly but its not heating up.

I normally feed flake one night Bloodworm the next will daphnia be ok to do the same

Will fish be ok inside alo heard it could leed to the bottom falling out!

I normall buy bloodworm from my LFS and it has something on it that always stands out looks like mosquito. Today went in and couldnt see the normal one so asked the lad is this the same he said yes. I bough Daphina and when put it in the tank its all white and fluffy not like bloodworm. What is...

Hi I want to move my tank downstairs it is 70litres what is the best way to do it?

All my fish are swimming at the very top of the water at the top of the tank? They dont normally why is this??

link i cant find it?

Cool cheers fo advice! Is there any plec I could get in this tank? What is best way to offload fish to good homes?

three golden barbs two tiger barbs two black phantoms two albino corys ghost knife britlenose pleco

I have a 90 litre tank, i am not sure of my water stats i have a liquid test done at my lfs every week and he advices me if i need to do anything and provides me with anything for my tank.

for it on its own? i dot have the money at the moment would i be better off loading the fish to a good home?

I have a red tailed shark in my tank and she is bullying every fish I have including the ghost knife. It is obviously distressing my fish and wondered what should i do?