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:( damn, that's not good. Now I'm thinking back I inherited some celestial danios in that tank, they died, but thought it was due to their morphology. They had a curved spine. I caught all bar one and it disappeared when my husband was looking after the tank while I was away. Looking up...

Here are two of the others. The one with the "growth" is looking happy'ish enough at the moment. Did a 50% water change today. Will have to just see how things go. Have noticed the other hatchets chasing the ill one away when it gets close but today not so much so ?? maybe it's improving?

I bought 7 and still have them all (6 if you take this one out of the equation). Yes, they are the same shipment (the 4 left in the shop). I did a water change, put the dose in the water, dosed the next day, next day water change, next day dose, next day water change and dose etc etc...

I'm actually wondering if I can see a parasite in img590, the side on one. Just under the pec fin there seems to be a little thread?! Is it just me?

I have all the hatchets I purchased still and this is the only one with any issues. I obviously can't say if it is the same one that had the ich. I was in the lps recently and saw they had 4 of the batch left, all looked poorly. the ingredients are ethacridine lactate 6.3mg malachite green...

pH7 NH4 <0.05 NO2 <0.01 NO3 <0.5 hardness 2 temp 25 eSHa EXIT anti-whitespot treatment. 3-4 weeks ago were tx'd with ESHa dgex, against skin flukes, gill flukes and tapeworms yep there are floating plants in the tank tankmates are red phantom tetras x 8 blue ram x 2 some amano shrimp (3)

it is c. myersi I've not taken the parameters for a couple of days so will go take them again before I post them

Thanks for the reply, I'll try and get a photo but I'm pants at photos and worse at posting them. The ich was the first thing a couple of months ago, it cleared up well after the treatment. At the moment, I don't know what it has, it's too big a spot and doesn't look like ich but that's what's...

Hi, I got some dwarf hatchets 5+ mths ago and they have been a nightmare. I didn't notice until I got them home that some of them were looking a little less than optimum, small, not well muscled at the front as they should be... I persevered with them and they were all looking good. In the...

Hi, I have a small 27L tank that I moved my blue velvet shrimp into as they weren't happy in my big tank. The water parameters are spot on except the hardness is 3 and pH is 6.6 so I added a bit of cuttlefish bone for the shrimp to snack on. It's a very lightly planted tank as one of the...

Thank you. Googled for pics of detritus worms and they look a good match.

I think the others are copepods and am OK with them

Not much of a pic but they are very thin

Not that I can see, that looks short stubby and I can't say they had an arrow shaped head. I assume that is planaria?

I set up a separate tank for my blue shrimp as they were not looking happy in the main tank (less than 3 mnths and I am already adding tanks ). I bought a plant from a different place to normal and it "melted" causing a mess in the tank. I cleaned as much as possible, even taking the "grass"...

I'd just planted some grass plugs so it's all mixed in... might have to remove the grass and wash it

I put a plant from my lfs (no label so don't know what it is), it was lovely but has "melted". I've taken as much out as poss but there is some slime round it. I believe these plants are best left where they are until they get used to the water parameters. There was already some fungus on a...

I have soft water 4gh... will have a look at those, thanks

I've set up a new tank for my shrimp as after adding tetras to my other tank the shrimp were unhappy. Are any fish safe with shrimp? It''s a 28l tank with foam air filter and light to medium planting.

I'd just like to thank you all for your help. I've rethunk the tank I had planned and gone for different fish, ones more suited to soft water except my oh bought petricola. .. which I believe prefer harder water. Intrestingly, since it has matured a little, my pH has risen to 7 but the...

Actually, ignore that question... just found that''s normal for them

I have 4 of them in my tank. Tank parameters are all normal i. e. 0. GH 4, pH7. 90l tank, medium/heavy planted. Tank mates, red phantom tetras, amano shrimp, pygmy leopard catfish. One of the cords is a bit... erm, mental. It's the only one in the tank that is crazy. Swims around the...

Sadly I already bought some. I'm hoping the shrimp gum I feed my shrimp will help feed the clams also

I'miss concerned mainly because when I left the goo it developed little orange spots... almost as though it was at breeding age... I think I'll continue to remove it... It was after the orange spots that I found a dead shrimp. I feel some research in my future

TY, boy is it unattractive

My tank is cycled and is now partially stocked. I had to get some carbon granules to clean the tannins from my mopani a bit as I couldn't see the back of the tank! However, one branch of the mopani has some goo on it. It''s like a semi clear gelatinous lump. It grows very quickly, I rubbed...

I've used cold sterilisers in theatre, it's a last resort and insturments are thoroughly rinsed with sterile saline before going near tissues. We also wear masks when pouring it. I'm not hugely keen about putting such a chemical in with fish and bought easy care plants so I will see how they...

Good grief. I thought it slightly odd that my neutro CO2 didn't have an ingredient label on it and now I know why. Can't find a data sheet for it anywhere, only one comment on amazon saying it is, exactly what you state, diluted glutaraldehyde. I know it states this is an algicide but surely...

the aldehyde part of that has me squirming in my seat already. Sounding scarily close to formaldehyde... off to Google it.

OK, at the moment I am using liquid CO2, which is supposedly not CO2? New to the CO2 thing so not really sure about it yet. And have a planted aquarium, with a soil type substrate and sand on top. Some plants are not dug in to the substrate so am adding a smaller amount of fertiliser than...

Thank you. I have some aragonite sputnik's as luck would have it. Will give it some thought.

Hi, I've been searching for the thread on rocks but can't find it so apologies for the question which I know is answered elsewhere. I have very soft water so my pH is 6.4 and my gh is 3. I am looking to put granite based fossil bookends in as I believe the granite will leach carbonate and help...

Hiya, I'm new too and already looking at a second tank saw a tank of bichirs and fell in love

Hiya, well there''s a bit of a saga behind the purchase I won't go into but I bought the tank from a clearance shop on ebay. Cost me £71.99, tank only without lid or stand. Can get lid for approx. same cost