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thanks guys,  makes me feel better,  sadly our cat died a couple of days ago too,  so its been a tough few weeks :(

riteo,  I'll do that,   I thought about the time scale of her illness,  and it started at least a month before the inclusion of the 4 additional gourami.  But there was a time she got stuck behind the filter,  could that have damaged her ?

thanks for the advice,  I must admit I've never actually seen any signs of fighting,  but the marks on her does seem to suggest it.

Hi Guys,   I was advised to post this in here,  hopefully someone can help,   http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/414835-please-help-opaline-gourami/#entry3491530   thanks   Ben       Tank size:     12 gallons pH:                7.2 ammonia:      0 nitrite:            0 nitrate:          ...

I struggled to take a decent picture as he happily swims around,     he has what appear to be sores, all over the tail/end part of his body,  and what appear to be a few examples of white spot.   But I have treated for white spot and fungus and neither has helped.   Considering how "scruffy" he...

had a Pleco for roughly 14 years and came home today to see that he/she had died during the day. Its wierd but has anyone else had a fish die that they actually really cared about ?  I dont know if its normal to feel like this, but I am really really upset by it.   I dont even know what type or...

well I did an amonia test, and its between 0 - 0.25, so I'll keep doing water changes till its at 0, and see if I have anymore deaths, thanks everyone !

well I've been doing small water changea each day and no further deaths, infact quite the opposite, one of my guppys gave birth to 9 lovely babies the other day, so they are swimming happily in thier trap, The test kits still havn't arrived which is a shame, but I am reacting as if ammonia was...

should I avoid feeding until I know if there is an ammonia build up ? Tank is overall 10 yrs old, It has always had fish in it, and has always had a filter and its a Fluval 2 Plus, (from memory) It took over from start to finish roughly an hour to transport the tank, The fish in the tank at...

sorry m8, I meant got one from ebay, hopefully it'll arrive soon, in the meantime would it be worthwhile doing maybe a 10% water change each night ?

ok, I did roughly a 40 - 50% change, also just bought an ammonia testing kit to see whats happening, if amonia is too high how can it be lowered? thanks for all your help guys

I think its a 15% water change each week, just to drain waste and hose gravel etc, I'll do a big change and see if deaths stop... thanks

Its a Tetra 5 in 1, can you recommend a good ammonia test kit ? preferably on ebay maybe ? The tank is 10 yrs old, but due to living arrangements I've not always been able to give it my full attention due to it being at a parents house whilst I am away at uni etc. Recently I moved it to my...

I do a water change every week, just a litte less than a washing up bowl of water each time, sorry I cant tell u the exact amount, as the mark on the side of my tank was put there nearly 10 years ago by a local aquarium guru to indicate the right amount to take out and have always stuck to it...

Hi, thanks for the welcome !

Hi everyone, trying to get my community tank back into action after a long time with only a few fish in, added a 4 black tetras, 4 gourami and 4 guppies, over the space of roughly 3 weeks, making sure to to do water changes to avoid starting a mini cycle with the introduction of fish after...

Hi all ! Once again getting back into keeping tropical fish, been away from the forums for over 4 years now, but making a welcome return, I'll be posting soon as I appreciate everyone's input into keeping my tank a healthy one :) thanks Term`

when taking the pictures did u turn on macro setting?

Just a quick one, my pH is at 6.4 which is low ( ? ) I want to raise it but my gH is at 16, I understand the two are connected, if I raise the pH to 7.5 will it make the gH too high ? and how do I go about raising the pH ? any help greatly appreciated :)

I am no expert but I think it is something I encountered few years ago, appologies if this is just another name for an already mentioned desease, It could be Scale Protrusion ( Mibrio piscium or bacterium lepidorthosae) I got this from a book : - "As soon as scales begin to protrude...

wonderful series of pics, love the names and the way you have presented the pics in sequence, the fish also look healthy and happy, :)

Hi guys, sorry to ask what I can assume is a really simple question, I have recently just lost 2 Otocinclus with no obvious signs of death steming from desease, like white spot etc, so I turned to water conditions, but the Nitrate level doesn't register, the pH is 6.4 which I thought was...

what is the "venturi effect"? and in response to the other comment, yes the little black bit is above the water, thanks for your help guys

after recently loosing about 10 new fish due to what I now assume was "old tank syndrome" I am about ready to drain the tank, flush the fish and give up.... I have spent nearly a ?100 which I cant afford, on trying to get my fish tank back up to scratch. I have had the filter for 2 days and no...

ok, I am left wondering which it is that I test for now...... :blush: well I am still getting back into the hang of things after 3 yrs away from my tank, I'm gonna get a new filter, along with a test kit to make sure everything is fine, and then wen I buy fish try to limit the amount I get...

guess all I can do is make damn sure my water is perfect, and if it happens again, I kno its the filter, otherwise I kno the water is fine, I think up until now I relied too heavily on nitrate detection, and that was always clear, guess I need to check for everything else,

I test for nitrates on a weekly basis and have never had a problem, and fish that had appeared totally healthy have seemed to wedge themselves behind the filter. I dont really have any idea of the size of my tank, and as I have already said, I am not at home at present, so i cannot check, altho...

read a few reviews on interpet filters (which I think are similiar or the same as mine) and they all say its a bad filter for sucking fish in, and kiling them, so I am now looking for a new filter, any ideas ? Term`

do a partial water change every 3 or 4 weeks, and hose the gravel each time, I test for nitrates and have not had high levels. cant remember the exact dimensions of the tank, as I set it up when I was very young. I only actually had 2 unexplained deaths, the rest died from getting stuck...

New to this forum, I use forums all over the net for various things, so thought I may aswell do it for my fish keeping hobbie aswell. So HI everyone, :) Hope my stay here is a pleasant one. Term`

I have kept tropical fish for about 8 years now, and I still consider myself to be a begginer, I have the average community aquarium, with easy to keep tetras and the such.... recently I came back from 3 yrs at uni and I decided to stock some new fish (as my tank only really had 2 or 3 fish...