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Drat. I don't have space for another that size. How did I end up with such a mean fish!?

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I have an aggressive honey gourami who even attacks his mate (and she's pretty mean too!). I've had to remove him from the community tank for the sake of the other fish and isolate him. He's currently in the hospital tank. What size tank would be appropriate for him long term?

I read your mind! At present Fork is in the tank that has the breeder box and first fry. He isn't happy, but at least the main tank has perked up. I transferred the ceramic media to the other filter with Fork but that leaves the main tank a bit short so I'll be monitoring the parameters closely...

Thank you. I'm guessing 2 filters will just create lots of turbulence again. Perhaps I'll have to give it a go with sponge only and just keep a close eye on water parameters. Even if it isn't doing anything helpful, the ceramic media will keep its BB if I leave it in the tank, won't it? Then I...

My tank has an internal compartment to house the filter. The current filter is much too powerful and I bought a less powerful version of the same thing to replace it. The problem is that the less powerful one has only a sponge and no ceramic media, unlike the current filter. If I do a straight...

Not in the UK :lol: We just have netting to keep butterflies off the cabbages :sad:

They are lovely fish - very inquisitive. I prefer them to my gouramis.

A week? Or 2? Essjay has the experience in them.

He pins her too. He gets quite frantic.

Won't Fork get lonely in his own tank?

A heater sounds good. Do you have an air stone?

I have 4 peacocks in an 80l high tank, plus 2 honey gourami. They don't really shoal as such but seem happy to interact in passing! It would depend what else you are having in your tank with the peacocks.

Is this how MTS starts?

Is the only difference going to be new substrate? Is that filter the same as before or a new one?

The gourami fry have hatched and all the other fish have gone into hiding from Fork.

If you go to a garden centre you'll find it, or carrot fly netting, with the other crop protection items. They are stored separately from pesticides. I don't know about online providers though.

Do you have wood in your tank? If so, it might be the source of the slime. I had a similar slime problem when cycling and had to wash the wood again and wipe up any slime on the filter arm blocking the outflow. It's self limiting and won't return once it has all come out of the wood.

No, that would make it rough inside and they might get hurt wriggling around. I shall just change the heater and look for other pipe, I think I know where I can find something suitable. They'll have to use what's on offer then. I made provision, including in quiet, hidden places away from the...

Don't worry Avel. They're getting their water changes daily :)

Thank you for this. I knew my phosphates were high from the plague of diatoms!

I've provided pipe but I think they consider it too big at about 2cm wide. (I wedged it under some wood to stop it floating). The only other piping I have is much too tight. And the caves are too large. They are quite fixated on the spaces around the heater though. I decided if they do use the...

Thank you Essjay. I've not seen her poo so don't know what it looks like. The gourami I took back did a looong one which I gather indicates constipation so I wondered if Florence had it too. If she is egg bound is there anything I can do about it? Conversely, if she is constipated is there...

@Essjay Do you have any suggestions please?

So, now the gourami have another batch of eggs and this time they'll have to manage alone. My spare tank still has last week's fry in it and nitrites keep threatening to be an issue since I'm relying on the Salvinia to manage them. I couldn't add more bio load.

What pets do you have?

It is a distraction at the best of times! :lol:

It's a peacock gudgeon :) . They are egg layers so pregnancy is out Im afraid

Um. How about a couple of pics? @Tacocat

It sounds like you have no choice but to rinse the sponge gently in some tank water, just to unclog it, and replace that water with dechlorinated tap water. It'll slow the cycle but not as much as leaving it.

This female has been repeatedly cajoled into entering the heater vents but doesn't lay any eggs. Is it because she can't? Do I need to do something? I tried peas in case she is constipated (another fish from the shop was) but she won't eat them.

Hello 👋 Good idea joining before getting fish!

Good luck in your search!

For some reason they ring a bell with me but I don't know why. It's really bugging me. I felt sure someone else would be able to identify them. Perhaps they are a UK thing. Please let us know if you find out what they are.

I'll skip the extra expense of testers and spend the money on snail stix instead. I'd probably only find the results indicated that is what I should do.

https://www.southwestwater.co.uk/siteassets/water-quality/2019-wq-reports/zc2-wq-report-2019.pdf I hope it works.

Try asking @Byron ?