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Hi, i purchased 4 gouramis i noticed 2 of them had black spots under skin so i put them in separate tank to try and clear spots from fish they have now been in tank  3 months  spots still there but got no larger or seem to affect  them in any way would it be safe to put them in with other fish...

Ah, i have no idea the sex of the fish, it was just the fact one fish is much larger now than when purchased + the way they are acting with each other seems to be more than just playing. suppose i will need to wait to see if anything more occurs cheers. 

Was sold as pictus shark but i have checked it seems its a pictus catfish cheers,

Hi, i have a pair of pictus sharks, i have noticed one of them seems to grown around the girth quite a bit, + also i have seen the 2 of them wrapping there bodies around each other like there playing but i think they may be getting ready to breed or am i wrong, if i am correct in thinking they...

Hi, is it best to use zeocarb in one basket  + keep  a media basket  empty  for a diff media or just use carbon + zeolite in  separate baskets

Thanks thats big enough for what i req

Hi, just wondered i am setting up a tank just for emergency use can you tell me how many ltrs it holds size of tank is  L  600mm W300 H 400 cheers.

 Since setting up tank i have not lost fish Tank is crystal clear i check filters reg  i  have  never had any real water probs my nitrate has always been  zero its only now i checked its just on lower  caution. so many plecos because i had another tank which started to leak so removed fish and...

tank is cycled been  up /running  for a while  as for fish there are 10 scissor tails, 4 black widow tetras  2 angels,3 suilver dollars, 2 pictus sharks,1 chinese loach , 1 bristle nose pleco,5 small plecos,5 red tail congo tetras,+2 khuli loach.

Hi, sorry its nitrite its a 180  ltr    tank   removed  approx 60ltr,then filters i have a spare ehiem 2213 which i changed over with the dirty one,i also  use  a fluval 205 with that i just emptied the dirty water rinsed sponges in tank water + replaced in tank   as it was not to bad

i have tested tank for nitrate reading was 1 mg caution  so i did a partial water change   cleaned both filters  tested again reading not altered is there any way of lowering nitrate  or do i do another par w/ change

I have 4 kissing gouramis i purchased these about 10 days ago i first put them in quarantine tank then moved to larger tank while in small tank looked okay but since being in other tank have what i can only describe as ulcers under there skin these are black about 1mm in diam + look like...

my tubes are h/o i will remember that when ordering thanks.

Thanks for info checked on net  39w ballast around £33 think its worth it that way many thanks.

i have a glo 56w ballast would it be ok to change bulbs to 39w and still keep original ballast as i prefer tank with lower power bulbs cheers

Hi, ph in tank before adding proper ph 7.0 was a very close match to 7.6 it was my guppies around seventy also around 25 young guppies+ my pictus sharks that died ,i have a few plecos, hillstream loaches, gouramis  + silver dollars  which survived

  Hi, drained water down to 2in from bottom have refilled much clearer now  hope ph is ok after test cheers.

Hi, i am new to fish keeping my tank was set up about 3 months ago, all was going well then fish died through white spot since then having major problem getting ph correct so purchased proper ph 7.0 i put this product in tank +has since gone cloudy instructions say this is ok + will not harm...

Thinking of adding some moss balls to my tropical tank, what are the benefits+ pitfalls if any

Tank has had half the water drained out,  i had 2 external filters running to clear  water after refill which seemed to do the job but after putting fish back water has got cloudy so much so that if you look through side of tank you cannot see other end of tank this is even after running both...

yes removed int filter, i have 2 large ehiem ext filters these worked great with my previous tank only having to clean twice a year with no draining tank involved.

Tank/stand in beech, about 18 mnts old , i intend to use external filters for ease of cleaning as interior one seems to take a good amount of space all i need to purchase is lighting unit

purchased s/hand but in great cond with stand, 5 fish, bog wood, airpump, heavy piece of iron + a small mixture of plants. i paid £100 well pleased

i have rec purchased a juwel 92cm long bow front tank it had no lighting set up when purchased so wondered which unit is the correct type for this tank as i would like to purchase one also where would i get a good quality one that does not pack up after a few months as i have read a few...