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Hard to tell from the pictures, do you mean white spots or it has patches? Sometimes they can take a while to colour up when they are bought as moving can be stressful. If you can get some pictures once she's in the tank someone may be able to give you a better idea.

I use seachem with each water change and it is good but the best way is just to keep doing daily water changes until all the nitrite is gone. Just to check as well were there any signs of damage to the bettas? Sororities can be fine for ages and then turn ugly pretty quickly even in a large...

I use a pipette sometimes, such up a bit of water and just aim it at the food, it soon sinks.

I live near Gatwick and the news said the trains were all affected but I could definitely hear them all and the National Rail app didn't report any delays or cancellations when I checked (albeit I didn't keep checking throughout the day). I did hear on the news that GPs are still struggling, I'm...

Who are you looking at buying from online? Some places have really good reputations so even though shipping is expensive it can be worthwhile. I don't trust PAH as far as I can throw them for any animal, would rather try my luck at somewhere like a Maidenhead Aquatics or online.

When my pandas were flashing I treated for fluke worms and it cleared things up, if he has something like that you'll need to treat the whole tank as you've not been able to quarantine. It may be the change in parameters from the store, do you know your gH and kH? 7 g is quite small for what you...

I'm not an expert so am basing this only on my personal experience but he looks like he could be an alien betta of some sort? I have one and he looks similar to mine in terms of fins, but I could very well be wrong!

I would say sand is easiest, gravel/large stones will trap dirt in between and be more difficult to clean. Although sand will show up dirt it will also be easier to vacuum.

If your wife changed it while you were away can you not just change it back? I wouldn't want anything abrasive with bottom dwellers myself, @Uberhoust is right, damage to barbels will take a while to show up.

Thanks Colin, I think it may be genetics, it's just so frustrating to lose them and feeling unable to stop it. Perhaps exacerbated by losing a non-fish pet last week, I am potentially feeling it harder than normal. My fish in the same tank (all cories) don't seem to be affected in any way...

I am assuming this might be the case as I've lost a few from the same provider :(

Yep sorry, ammonia and nitrite 0, nitrate 5ppm. I do 50% changes twice a week. Last change was yesterday but this froggy was already showing symptoms yesterday, I was just hoping against hope it might pass. I feel like a terrible frog parent as these little guys just aren't living long whereas...

I've lost two of my 5 ADF's to dropsy in the last fortnight and I'm not sure why. I've only had them for a few months, I had two already and bought three more to boost numbers. It seems to be the newer ones that are affected. The symptoms start with going off food a few days beforehand, then...

Brilliant thank you, I'd definitely have room for something like that, and my community tank would also benefit from the live food too.

Thanks I will look into those as well. Am I right that baby brine shrimp are essentially the same thing as the old school "sea monkeys"?

He clearly saw it that way! I don't have any private outdoor space sadly, one of my neighbours would probably see a culture and throw it away haha.

I recently thought that my betta fish might be a bit bored, so thought I'd get a couple of neocaridina shrimp in the hope he'd enjoy following them round. Big mistake! He immediately went straight to attack mode, luckily they were too big and too fast for him to catch but he was absolutely...

Without seeing the space this 1 gallon tank is in, could you fit something like a 5 gallon here? The poor guy probably has little quality of life in such a small tank - not your fault, he was a surprise to you, but I'd be desperate to put him in anything bigger if I had the means.

If they will eat bloodworms and shrimp I would just feed those for the time being to ensure they're getting enough food. Sometimes they just don't like certain foods.

Yeah I saw similar but none of this actually seems to state what the ingredients are. I don't think I would want to dose my tank with something if I didn't know what was in it but hopefully as it is herbal it's nothing crazy.

From what I can gather this is a herbal medicine, can't easily find information on ingredients online but am assuming it has the ingredients listed on the bottle? Never heard of it before so can't speak to it's effectiveness.

How often are you doing water changes? It might be a spike in ammonia that is killing them as the tank is new and still getting used to the bioload. Either that or potential illness which can be quite common when buying new fish. If you have another death try and get a picture of the fish and...

You could put the filter from the new tank on your established tank for a few weeks to allow bacteria to build up.

Pre-empting someone else asking - what different foods are you trying?

I find it strange that the tracks are all ovals, as far as I'm aware in the UK ours aren't like that but I'm happy to be proved wrong! I'm not a huge fan of racing even though I ride, but can appreciate the atmosphere etc.

Weird question, in the US are all horse racing tracks ovals? I live near Epsom Downs in the UK and ride over there myself (although not on the racecourse haha). The Derby happened last week and is a huge event over here.

Yeah it's a strange one, my previous trio lived between 5 and 7 years, the place I got them from closed the week after I bought them though so no chance of going back there. I will monitor the rest and don't think I will get any more :( much as I love them!

Not sure how old, he was fully grown when I got him and nice and chunky so I was hoping he would do well. I'd only actually had him for 2 months, I got 3 at the same time and already had 2 that I got last year. I had to euthanise him earlier as he couldn't stay upright even in a shallow tub...

Update - didn't see the frog for two days since I posted this, however I've just found him and he has dropsy so will need to euthanise him unfortunately. I think it's the same one, if it's actually a different frog then I may have a bigger problem in the tank :( not sure if it's just me but...

He should be fine but you'll probably never see him if he's by himself, cories live in groups and usually a minimum of 6 is recommended.

Not sure why this thread hasn't had any responses but usually ADF's are too slow to catch shrimp, they are not the quickest and have very poor eyesight, so shrimp should be okay. However they are very social creatures so do best in a group and you would need to be careful with tank mates as they...

Not a tropical fish emergency but amphibian emergency. One of my ADF's has stopped eating and is refusing food. I know a couple of people on here also keep these little guys so hoping someone can help. He/she looks well in all other respects, no skin discolouration or injuries that I can see...

It shouldn't do as long as you don't overdose! I just pop the required amount for my tank size in when I do a water change, nothing special.

I started with floating plants, so either elodea densa or egeria densa (pretty much the same thing), Dwarf lettuce, red root floaters. They're super easy to care for with a little liquid fertiliser. I found floating plants good as I had no knowledge beforehand.

Start with a big water change, try and get as much algae out as you can during that change. Keep doing those water changes to help tackle it. Algae is mainly due to an excess of nutrients, so you need to work out where it's coming from to stop it properly. What do you have in your tank and how...

As Colin says, check your water hardness and other parameters, it is much easier to go for fish that fit those parameters naturally than to try and change the water parameters to fit the fish you want, as you'll constantly be chasing the perfect parameters and it becomes very tedious. I don't...