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Yes I had the same problem with some fish I bought recently. I bought 3 baloon mollys on a special offer buy two get one free!! big mistake. I think I have two males and one female. One male fish is very dominant, at first he was pecking the two others then he stopped pecking one of them and...

I lost about 16 fish when I first started, my fish had white spot, and I tried the normal WS treatment using one drop per gallon as suggested on the label, this did not shift it, then I started using something called White Spot Plus and that did seem to be affective, but, rather too late for...

Reading the story above of the bully of the tank, I have the same problem. I have 3 Baloon Mollys Im not sure but I think it is two males and one female. One of the Baloon Molly follows the female around very closely and wont let the other one anywhere near. The other one spends most of his...

thank you for your replies, I dont know how to tell if platys and swordtails are male or female any idesa how i can find out?

I bought 2 swordfish today, but, I didnt notice in the shop because I didnt see the man get them out of the tank, but two of them have got split tails, could someone explain to me how this may have happened?? Also I have one swordfish in my big tank (I think it is) it looks like a placy but its...

Hi everyone, I couldnt find my original post here, Ive only just managed to find it today, Im still working out how this forum works! So thank you this is really good advice, I bought a few cat fish over the weekend, I dont know exactly what type they are though, but I know that one sticks to...

Hi Karl I was just thinking, it seems a shame to empty the water away from the quaranteen tank since it has been treated, but, it could be some weeks before I am ready to introduce more fish, is it better to get rid of the water and put fresh in a few days before getting new fish? Also, I was...

thank you karl, brilliant advice, thank you. The filters in the big tank have to be placed in a certain order, my quaranteen tank is much smaller and therefore so are the filters, so should i just place them on top of the original filters in the big tank this means i would have 2 carbon filters...

Thank you for your help I have returned the fish to the big tank, they seem to be doing fine for now! So the quaranteened tank would it be ok to turn it off, I do want to get more fish but will wait a few weeks, so, if i turned the heater and pump off in the quaranteen tank how long would i...

Thank you Karl, but, shouldn't I allow the tank to mature a little more first! I refilled it yesterday about 4pm so its been less than 24 hours?

Thank you everyone, your replies are very helpful indeed. Im really glad I have found this forum as the information you have supplied is so detailed and covers every avenue. I didn’t have access to this forum to see your replies this morning before I went out so I hadn’t read your replies this...

Can anyone tell me anything I dont already know, as I said I have done a water change, treated the water, and before and after the water change tested the water with ok results. I was told to take the black spounge out because it was carbon. So please can anyone give me some advice, but...

Hi everyone, I wonder if any one could help me here. Below is a list of the fish I have had and lost and the ones with (1) have survived. To cut a long story short, (I know I probably bought too many in a short space of time) They got white spot from 24th December and since then I have been...

Hi everyone, I am just introducing myself here, then Im going over the the emergency section to post up my recent crisise with a newly established aquarium. Im not really sure what I should say here, but, I am female and very new to fish keeping, I have aspirations to master the art of...