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well thanks for the replies its defo pointed me in the right direction as to what it is, now i have since pulled this little man out and think this may be the damselfly nymph so i thought i would put it up here too just incase anybody else was looking for an answer. i have also since learned...

hI, Does anybody have any idea what this little thing is? i found it in my filter housing of my juwel tank,

hi thanks if i am treating using what has been recomended would it be better to do the whole tank rather than just one? just thinking about the others being infected. i do have 2x pepper cory 2x ancistrus and asyndontis something catfish would these be effected by the treatment? would it be...

Hello all, After reading through an article on deceases, i have a suspicion of either internal bacteria or constipation in one of my platys, she is listless not eating although she does occasionally attempt a nibble , ALL fins are clamped even tail i have not seen her pass any poop she will...

yeah i can agree with these guys i have 6 platie 6 gupies 1 of which is a male lucky thing!! and to peppered cory they all get really well. my two corys constantly go round searching the floor ive only used salt once to treat a desease and even then i quarrentiened the fish because of the...

has any body else got any ideas about what could be wrong , i have done a 50% water change to rid some of the salty water to try and see if they come out from hiding, it has been 3 days now they are alive just not wanting to swim around if i take the lid off they go beezerk!! poor thing i dont...

hi i added 1 teaspoon for every 5litres as stated on the packaging that was 11pm last night i have not done any since because i was worried about them. i was thinking of a water change but i suppose that isnt necessery.

hi all yesterday i removed 2 platies from tank 1 and quaranteened( spelling) them in tank 2 (empty) due to internal parasites and fungy on top of the heads. i am using aquarium salts because it was recomended in other topics and i have quaranteened them because i also have corys in the tank...

hi i feed flake / frozen daphnia/ freeze dried blood worm/ live blood worm / live dafhnia not all at once obviosly i mainly use flake and the rest every other day to vary the feeds the live foods are once weekly.. when i feed it is small amounts twice daily and all is consumed within minutes...

hi, just to say thanks for your reply i will look into it. many thanks Gareth.

Hi many thanks for your reply, corys are fine and it is just the guppie platie seem ok i have checked the tap levels and they were 0 too ph levels have dropped today to 6.4 in the tank too. i will go to the pet store and get some calcium carbonate which apparently will increase the buffer and...

hi all, my recent reading show, ph 6.8 No3 50-100mg No2 0mg Gh 10dh Kh 0 temp 27c i am currently using a 5 in 1 tester strip which a do find give rubbish readings. so i suppose it would be better getting an individual liquid form tester. so i do two test at the same time to get a better...

hi all, my recent reading show, ph 6.8 No3 50-100mg No2 0mg Gh 10dh Kh 0 i am currently using a 5 in 1 tester strip which a do find give rubbish readings. so i suppose it would be better getting an individual liquid form tester. so i do two test at the same time to get a better picture i also...

hi just to say hi i am a newbee to keeping fish so help along the way will be greatly welcomed. may be one day i can pass on my experience, at the moment i have 5 paltys, 3 fmale and 2 male, and 7 gupppys 5 fmale 2 male my tank is big ish 70cm x 30 cm x29cm speak soon Gareth

hi can anybody advise on fish poop? does it normally change colour from time to time i always thought that it was black! i have 5 platys 3fmale 2male, 7 guppys 5fmale 2 male i am feeding usual stuff like flake, bloodworm etc and only ever enough to last 3 mins i feed once daily. the water...