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Thank you, Rocky988!

Jeez, that's rough. It sounds like they were so confident about their wrong answers too, which is the real mystery. haha. And wooooot??? 3 balas in a 10 gallon?!?!?! ugh.

Woah, yep Im glad im not alone but its a shame this happens everywhere. Sorry for your bad experiences too! :(

woooot that's crazyyy

Thanks for the warning ;)

Yes I agree completely!

Thanks for the reply, Colin. I've had the platy for over a year in the same tank. No new tank mates recently, except for rummy noses that I added a few months ago, all of which are doing well. I have just done the gravel vac and water change, and am fishing out my old 30 Litre tank from the...

Hi all, Fish emergency, my platy is usually very healthy and today I just noticed her mouth is white. Please someone help, I tried to scoop her out and look in the mouth to see if I could pull anything out but nothing is in there. I thought it was food or gravel but now I’m not sure. Does...

Unpopular opinion: If livebearers are going to leave me with 20+ babies to feed, I feel I deserve a nice date first.

thanks so much :)

So, this may be a bit of a random one, but has anyone had any weird / disappointing encounters at pet shops? The last handful of times I went into my local pet shop, I noticed a large amount of their fish were dead, so the last time I was there, I politely mentioned to them that I wanted some...

Oh thank u :) I’m still learning this site I’ll figure out how to PM :)

Okay - That’s my name for you from now on ! ;)

I like actual paper too honestly! You’re not old - just classic haha

Oh wow that’s perfect, you’re so organised! I have a Google account it’s in private message~ ! :) Thank u thank u thank u

Hi there, is anyone aware of any free aquarium maintenance logs floating around the internet? I'm trying to format some so I can stay more organised / on top of parameters, water changes, etc but was just wondering if anyone knew of any templates that already exist out there? thank u :)

Have you found any solutions?

And I agree. It's frustrating considering the farmed fish come with way more issues.

I'm sure your shoes are wonderful.

Thanks Colin. Yep that makes sense. I'm in the east. I have called most if not all of the independent pet and aquarium shops in NSW (within reasonable distance to me) with no luck. I haven't contacted those two wholesalers directly, but I mentioned them both to the aquarium shop I spoke to in...

Right! Now that I know more I'm very surprised too! But at the time, I just thought, okay, fair enough. I guess she knows what she's saying.

Thank you for the sweet reply @AdoraBelle Dearheart !! Oh man, I can't be a Karen haha. I have gone back to the shop multiple times and they unfortunately can't do anything, as it would jeopardise the health of other fish mixing them in together in shop tanks (and the lady doesn't work there...

Hi all, I’m in desperate need of advice / a listening ear. In March last year I got a 30 L fish tank, went to the pet shop and told lady that my dream was to have a planted tetra tank. She told me my tank wasn’t suitable and I understood. I said for now can I have a beginner level fish that...

Hi all:) I need your help. I have a 200L (approx 52 gallon) planted tank with neon and rummy nose tetras in it at the moment. I'm looking for ideas. What fish I can use to get some action at the bottom of the tank? Bare in mind I have aquasoil as a substrate which eliminates things like corys. I...

Very true. I saw some at the store and looked very jagged and sharp, definitely not ideal for the the fish.

Glad theyre doing well :) Yep definitely seems like sand is the way to go for them :)

Thanks Byron. As I mentioned in my reply (#15), I really just have to plead ignorance lol :) The soil seemed like a good idea at the time because I got excited about having a planted tank. The Aquarium employee sold me some power sand to put under the soil so I didn't have to do a complete...

Thanks for all the information :) I appreciate you taking the time to write it all out for me. I understand the point. My only defence for choosing soil at the time was ignorance, and I guess I got overly excited about a planted tank and wasn't focusing too much on the fish. I will...

Thanks so much for the help :)

Ooooh okay, sorry to hear they arent doing well. Thanks for the reply, i really appreciate it and I will definitely take the advice on board! Best of luck :)

Hi Byron, Thank you so much for the detailed reply, I really appreciate all the help! Yep, gotcha. I'll save the Corydora idea for when i have a sand substrate tank in future.. I'm still really new to the hobby so appreciate all the advice i can get :) Cheers, Mia.

Thanks so much for the advice. Will look into those :)

Thanks for the reply. The soil was ADA Amazonia II Black Aquasoil.

Hi all, I'm considering putting some Corydoras in my 200 L community tank as there are currently no bottom dwelling fish in there, however I heard sand or finer substrates are best for them. Will they be ok with my aquasoil substrate at the bottom? Or will this be harmful to them when digging...

Ok thank you so much for all your help. I have been testing every day and everything is at 0. If I buy a 10 gallon tank (or larger) for these fish to be upgraded into, do I cycle that for a few weeks before putting them in the upgraded tank? Would they be okay in the meantime? I'm not sure...

Hi, yes I have gathered hehe.. I am tempted to take them back to the store. Yes I do want to upgrade my tank! But was hoping this would not be necessary for a while. I am more than happy to simply keep the 2 Platies and have nothing else, as long as that is fair and okay! They are definitely 2...

Thanks so much for being so informative! I really appreciate all the help I can get, I'm very new to it all. I put the ammonia in and dechlorinated the water, and after about 2 weeks the man at the store told me its probably not fully cycled, but to add 2 fish that day, and I guess do a fish-in...

Ahhh okay, is there anything I can get to test the ammonia?

Thanks so much Wills, that's great info, I will do research :) Much appreciated - Mia :-)