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Forget it. He died. There's nothing that can help him now.

I had family round on Sunday (New Years Day) and my butterfly fish was fine (I showed him to everyone) but today my other half noticed that he was really skinny below his jaw (around his gills) and I also think around his abdomen. Water tests show water around 7.6 to 8pH, 14oD general hardness...

I've bought 2 glass catfish and I like their plainess and how you can see all their insides. I wouldn't ever buy painted fish either and I support any boycott of stores that support cruelty to animals. There should definately be a pin-up about this for newbies. I only found out about it on...

Thanks for everyone's comments. And thanks pica_nuttalli for your advice. I might just do that - any excuse to buy more fish sounds good to me :hey:

My knife fish is going to be too big for this tank so I'm getting a new one over Christmas. This is the division I propose: 19G tank 1 x African Butterfly 1 x Pleco 4 x White Cloud Mountain Minnows 3 x Corydoras Julii 2 x Glass Ghost Catfish 48" tank (don't know how many gallons) 1 x Black...

I BET THAT'S WHAT IT WAS!!!! :hyper: I recently planted the tank up and added a new plant feed in a 't-bag' type of device which lasts 3 months. He died about 2 days after. I'll check the ingredients but I'll bet it's got copper in it. Is this likely to affect any of my other fish (see my...

Thanks comedykicks. Very useful. He looked similar to a midget shrimp or Amano Shrimp or a blackline shrimp but blue and really sturdy-looking. It says a midget shrimp comes in various colours, so maybe... Thanks jflowers. I guess I'd better wait until I get my new tank before I get any...

The tank is fairly heavily planted (well to me it is anyway). I've only just put most of the plants in so I'm planning on posting a picture tomorrow to see what advice I can get. I wondered if shrimps are easily stressed as this may have done it. As for my nitrates I know their high. I've...

Positive. He just shed in July which is why I was somewhat surprised that he died as he seemed to be doing so well. Besides, I checked him over good and proper for damage and it was definately ALL shrimp, not skin. By the way they shed in 'bits' the main shoulder/back part is one piece and...

I've had my butterfly for around 7 months. He/she is full grown (about 4" head to tail base) He can get a bit 'jumpy' when eating but he's never jumped out or even hit the hood as far as I can tell. I've got a hood with a 'feeding flap' so he'd have to be a good shot to jump out! He shares...

I know the tanks too small for my knife fish. He's only 6"/15cm at the mo. My LFS told me he wouldn't grow much bigger but when I researched him on the net (i know, too late after buying him :*) ) I realised he'd grow too big so we've decided to buy a 48" tank (my christmas pressie) and split...

My shrimp died over the weekend :-( . I don't know why. He/she didn't act wierd beforehand. I added a load of plants so maybe that disturbed him/stressed him or maybe my water params didn't suit him :dunno: . I'm trying to research what might have caused his death but I can't even find out...

I had 4 dwaf gouramis and as they died 1 by 1 of some sort of ulcer disease (it didn't affect my other fish) I noticed they got lonely too. :( I went to PetSmart today to look for some different tank decs but they are all gaudy flourescent tacky bits. I did get some Mopani wood really cheap...

Well I moved ok. Nearly cracked the tank though. It's so heavy and 'slippery when wet' that when we put it on the back of the truck it slipped off my fingers but it hasn't leaked all week. We took nearly all the water with us plus I had a fresh batch waiting at the new place. All seem ok...

I had a firemouth cichlid when I 'inherited' my tank but being a newbie I wanted a community tank so I didn't have to worry about who was eating who :*) . My LFS said he was probably the one eating my cardinal tetras so I 're-homed' him with them. Now I think my cardinals died of 'new tank...

I've since looked further down the forum and found this http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=106057 topic. Apparently it's bad to stir your gravel! :*) . Guess I'd better dig the old vacuum out again!

I bought a vacuum for my tank (see below for details) but I dont even use it now. I was overfeeding my fish so they crapped a lot but now I've reduced their feed to once a day in the evening and the filter clears any debris and every morning I give the gravel a stir and let the filter do the...

Do fish sleep? Silly question but I ask because in the monring when I get up and turn my tank light on, my black ghost knife is upside down hiding in an urn and when he realises I'm there he turns the right way up and pokes his head out. Also, do fish get bored? Can we buy/do things to 'spice...

I don't know how others feel, but I started keeping fish 8 months ago. I bought some cardinal tetras as recommended by the lfs as easy fish to keep and they all died. I bought several batches and was really upset to lose them all. I later read an article on the net describing how hard they...

I have a black ghost knife fish who feeds from my hand and I give him half a cube of tubifex (dried) a night! Is that too much? I noticed Fawn Model only uses 1/8th for the whole tank! I also vary his diet with daphnia (wet and squidgy) and bloodworms (dried). The other fish in the community...

I'm moving house over the bank holiday and I could do with some tips for transferring my fish and water?

Thanks for all your help. I'll try everything and let you know if they survive. Cheers :X

As you can see from the attached picture: - Ammonia is normal, i.e. 0 (yellow) - Nitrate is high around 160 (red) - Nitrite is normal 0 (light blue) - pH is 7.4 although it was 8.2 I've attached pictures of my minnow with the blood sack on his chin. Also, I noticed today that 1 of my...

Your right, I have no isolation tank. He had the blood spot about a day before I isolated him in a container. Do you think if it was contagious the others would have it by now? He is a White Cloud Mountain Minnow and I have 4 others, also 5 no. Garnet Pretty Tetras, 1 no. Pleco, 1 no. Black...

:( One of my White Cloud Mountain Minnows has a large blood blister/blood spot under his chin. I'm treating with Melafix (for last 5 days) but there seems to be no difference. He swims fine and was eating fine (until I quarantined him in a water bottle in the tank. Now he's not, but I think...