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You can clean the filter if done properly.  Remove the media and squeeze it in a bowl of tank water until the excess gunk comes off.  You can scrub any gunk off the plastic casing using regular water.  Then replace the media into the filter.  (Do not replace old media with new media as this will...

For some reason I couldn't see the image yesterday.  That is exactly what I plan to do, but smaller (snail/shrimp size) to keep out my honeys.  I'm going to cut a door into each side so they can get in and out and place it upside down on the gravel... maybe with a small rock on top to keep it...

Oh!  I didn't realize I could use synthetic wool... is there any sort of type that I should avoid?  Should I not worry about the wool leaking color or whatnot?  I shall have to look what my stuff is made from.   I don't care if it looks homemade, it will only be in there for as long as it takes...

See if you can organize to get mature media for your filter first before getting fish.  (Mature media is the stuff from in the filter, like floss or a sponge that houses the bacteria needed to process ammonia).  Places you may get this are, from friend's tanks, possibly buy some from your local...

My honeys are massive pigs... when I feed the wafers to my snails and shrimp they gobbled up and steal so much they look bloated on those days.  Sooooo... I've had the idea to make a little cage out of that hard plastic mesh that many of you make dividers with... but... my question is... I will...

Yes, big water changes will slow down your cycling process... BUT, not doing big water changes in an uncycled tank will mean the ammonia builds and harms, sickens or kills your fish.  The only way to avoid big water changes is to do a fishless cycle... when doing a fish-in cycle you have no...

Advertize your fish free to a good home in places like the classified section on this website.  Explain the situation, their health and so on, there are often people up for the challenge to rehabilitate fish.

So... in the event of a power cut and you don't have a generator.  Are you then better off removing the filter to a bucket of dechlorinated water as to protect the tank from releasing ammonia?  Then running it briefly before replacing it into the tank?

I've been wondering about that too.  We don't tend to have power cuts where we are but I'm not sure what I'd do if we did!  I was thinking duvets over the tanks as I can't think what else I'd have to use.

The male becomes very aggressive and protective of the eggs and will chase the female away.  This could cause stress to the female and there is the risk the the male could nip the female.

I'm sure I've seen them some months back at my local Maidenhead Aquatics, but not any lately.

I haven't had any luck with mine rearing them successfully (I have assassin snails and they eat the eggs).  But, the male will do all the work, it is usually good to separate the female afterwards.  I think the catch is to have a gentle current so the eggs/then babies can be brought to the...

Yes, somewhere the current won't blow the bubbles away, floating plants are definitely a help as are some taller plants that divert the current enough for bubbles to stay in the corners.

My new male is super lousy at figuring out where to make a bubble nest (there is only one corner in the tank where it would work) and he tries everywhere else!  LOL

Could you post a photo of him?  That might help.   I was just remembering a few years back on another forum I remember people talking about "belly shufflers", basically they were guppies born without the ability to swim all that much off the bottom so basically they fluttered around and shuffled...

Could there be a possibility that the melon's skin was coated in something, maybe wax, maybe some other chemical for freshness or as a preservative.  A great deal of fruit in the grocery store under goes a "wash" in the packing plant that contains various chemicals to make the fruit last longer.

I was also trying to figure out if I was seeing pineconing or a blurry photo.

If you mean you have a fully cycled filter and you were to do a 100% water change would with dechlorinated water, would that affect the bacteria... then no.  If you have fish that are used to a certain quality of water and you change too much at one time it can be a shock to them and that is a...

I guess it is up to you, if you like your fish then maybe you need some fake plants in the mix that they can't eat and you can still see for a natural look.   Or, if you'd rather all real plants then maybe different fish is the right solution.

Yes, as long as you have healthy roots they will continue to grow new leaves.

I had one that hated me forever.  Having lots of plants helped for swimming behind.   I hope he comes around!

I have bought Ferropol from Maidenhead Aquatics (this one I dose once per week about 8ml (which is under the stated dosage on the package).  I don't have CO2. Oh, my link disappeared somewhere... ...

I think I have accidentally solved this issue.  This week cleaning the tank I was rushed and didn't add fertilizer... and I noticed the next day and since that he has been a lot more active.  He still naps a few times a day but it feels more normal somehow.  I am thinking I will just stop using...

How far is your trip home?  Could you bring your filter along and run it alongside the other filter in your home tank?

Update.    I bought her a mate the other day.... and since I was going to be putting him in immediately for company and not be separated for quarantine... I decided to also put in 6 Norman's Lampeyes.   I swear, you've never seen a happier fish in all your life!  Amelia went from doing marathon...

Now that we know it is 40 liters I wouldn't think there is likely a cold spot either.   I think we really need to know those water stats, there would be high ammonia or nitrites making them ill.   What other symptoms do your remaining fish have?  like white stringy poop?  Do the flick or rub on...

Yes, definitely lower it to their proper temperature (slowly as not to cause a temperature shock).  I'd be wondering if the heater heats your entire tank or has created warm and cold spots. Also, they could be hovering due to illness perhaps and that just happens to be the chosen spot.  What are...

I've only ever replaced one small bit of media from my filter and it was when it suddenly started breaking apart while I was rinsing it.   If you find that your filter isn't pulling through the water it used to, pull out your cartridge and see if the brown gunk has built up, if so, take a bowl...

I will try the temperature.  There is nothing visible to suggest parasites and not flicking/flashing ever.

I posted the other day in emergencies about my male honey pineconing.  I then euthanized him to be more humane.   Anyhow... at first I thought my one remaining female honey was just enjoying having no territory to navigate and was swimming everywhere all the time.  Now, after two days of that I...

Yes, I will get her another buddy.  I am starting to wonder if she activeness (she has always been active but sort of has gone even more active now) is not the freedom of no territory but maybe she is panicked she is alone?   She was originally part of a trio that didn't work out.  I also had a...

He didn't technically die in the tank as I euthanized him so he wouldn't suffer.  But yes, I did a water change anyway.  I pretty much always do 50% water change for regular water changes as well as in these cases.

Well it isn't ich.  Does it look lose or like part of the fish?  Is it fuzzy at all?

I'm sure he isn't at the end of his life.  I got him from a breeder instead of the LFS after having a bad incident with my first betta who was from Pets At Home.  I had to go back to my album and calculate his age...he should be about 10 1/2 months old now.   It isn't that he rests all the...

I saw a blue/grey version of this in the LFS today... and wished I had somewhere to put it!

I do think Amelia is enjoying the freedom from having territory in the tank... she is swimming more than ever... she will sleep well tonight.

Do you think there is likely to be anything contagious that could affect my remaining female honey?

I turned on the light to my tank today and my male honey gourami is pineconing and looking unnaturally pale  (he is normally the gold/yellow coloring).  I am at a complete loss as to why or how he is looking so ill this morning.   I have a 20 gallon tank, stats are 0,0,10, temperature is 27c...

  That was a good idea.  I pulled out my spare thermometer and it reads the same as my current one, so the temperature must be fine.  Must be just tired a lot!

Soaking pellets before giving them helps too.  I feed mine Hikari Bio-Gold pellets.