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Oh my, not again.....

Good luck.

  The reference that I have removed is not something which we condone, nor do we feel it is relevant to mention.   A gold dust would tend to suggest velvet, which is a parasitic infection. Please search for "velvet fish disease" in Google Images, and let us know if that's what your fish has got...

I'm using Android on both phone and tablet.

Working fine for me on both phone and tablet this morning, so I presume it's just a short-term glitch. I'll ask Chad to look into it.

The average British worker spends 36 days per year answering work emails.

  I'm no expert, but as I recall, there is an additional call to a javascript file somewhere, usually in an advert, which causes your browser to redirect to the advert site. The javascript file sets a cookie which expires after a day, so when you go back, and reclick the search engine link, it...

  You are quite right about that, and my statement wasn't intended to suggest that we don't care about new users who are genuinely searching for help.

The best way to avoid this issue is not to use Google to search for the site, the problem only happens when you click through from a search engine.   Just type the website address directly into the address bar at the top of your browser, and you come straight here. If you really can't remember...

  I was about to post that they look like bonsai mountains. I'd like to know what they're called too.

What she said. ^

Hi Alex,   Just to be clear, when you say "fine" (I assume fins was a typo!), do you mean 0ppm ammonia, 0ppm nitrite and around 20-40ppm nitrate? It's just that if people have had water tested by an LFS, they might say "fine" when actually there's a reading of ammonia or nitrite, which I and...

Nice! Do you mind me asking how much they were?

Do you have hard water? Platies need to live in hard water, they need the dissolved minerals in the water. If you have soft water, this would be my guess as to why the platies are going.

Without having seen your other posts:-   Water test results, please - ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, pH (and KH if poss) How old is the tank? How was it cycled - please give as much detail as possible. How big is the tank, what filter are you running? What are the other tankmates? Have you added...

Hi, I think Akasha has given some good pointers there, regarding why you are seeing ammonia readings after having added some fish.   My advice to you would be to rationalise your stocking somewhat. Akasha mentioned increasing the numbers of cories. The reason she said this is that cories are a...

Yes, you can, and indeed must.   Ich is a protozoan infection, and has three stages to its life cycle. Whilst they are in the white cysts, they are impervious to treatment. Once the cyst come off, the eggs fall off and develop in the substrate, and again are impervious to treatment. Once the...

I have moved to the emergencies section, for better help.   Since your tank is only a month old, can you tell me whether you know what the nitrogen cycle is, and in as much detail as possible, how did you cycle the filter? Also can you post up a current set of water stats - we'd like to see...

From the minimal info given by the OP, I agree with Rob and Byron. Nothing further to add, apart from asking you to post the water test results on here so we can confirm the diagnosis.

It does look like ich, aka whitespot. I can't tell from the photo, but if the white spots look like grains of salt sitting on the surface of the fish, then yes it is.   I always recommend a proprietory whitespot cure, not sure if you have Protozin by Waterlife in the US, but that's what I use.

I know you are fully clued up on the ammonia cycle, but can you please post up current ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and pH levels. If you also know your KH level, that would be good, too.   Nic is probably right that the bacterial bloom will go on its own, but you don't normally get these in a...

They say you learn a new thing everyday, and that's mine for today.   Mother's Day in the UK is the 4th Sunday in Lent, and originally referred to visiting your Mother Church, ie the parish church where you were born or grew up. That was until Hallmark got their hands on it, and commercialised it.

Whilst I'm not an expert, by any stretch, what I do know is that the male offspring definitely need segregating as soon as you can identify the gender.

  I'd like to be 14 again, but only if I could keep the last 30 years' experience.   About your user name, sorry, board policy is that we don't allow name changes, with a post count as high as yours.

What are the dimensions?

On that basis, then, it sounds as though your maintenance regime is keeping things ticking along nicely, so no need to worry, but equally I wouldn't suggest you look at anything else.

  Ooh! Oooh! Can I ban him for mutli-accounting? Can I? Please?     You need proof first.       *sulks*

As I understand it, and I'm sure both Byron and TTA will correct me if I'm wrong, the bacteria in an established tank are protected by a "biofilm", a protective layer of stuff that means that both chlorine and chloramine don't affect it.   In a new tank, such as that which Mike has, the bacteria...

  Oh, for heaven's sake. What an eejit I am. Yes, indeed, it is the chloride, apologies for the error.

  Ooh! Oooh! Can I ban him for mutli-accounting? Can I? Please?

Welcome to the forum!

  I did say my knowledge was limited!

Yes, they are.   Nitrite enters the bloodstream and attaches itself to the haemoglobin in the blood, and prevents the haemoglobin from transporting oxygen. As an emergency measure, add 600mg (0.6g) of table salt to the tank - the sodium in the salt enters the bloodstream in the same way as the...

I say don't.   Fish don't have a "full" reflex in the way that we know when to stop eating, even if we then ignore it (or is that just me?) They never know where their next meal is coming from, so they will take what they can get, whenever they can get it, in case they can't get it again any...

 

As others have said, they are masters of hiding.       I suspect that since the previous phrase was black neons, that "ordinary" refers to "ordinary" neon tetras.

I would say that your proposed stocking, to include the dwarf neon rainbowfish, would be pretty much your maximum.   If you were to restrict yourself to increasing the panda population to 11 or 12, you could just about have 2 or 3 male swordtails, but you would have to keep well on top of water...

Only 2 now. I'll be amazed if it's not done today, tbh.

Chas, if you succeed, let me know, I could fancy some more amanos.

Can't argue with Byron.