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ok thanks. yeh they are fun to watch, just want to avoid putting meds in too much :good:

I have 5 male guppies, and they are constanly bothering each other. One of them has been fin nipped and I have had to treat for fin rot as a result (looks okay now) I did have 6 but one disapeared, no trace at all :unsure: What can I do to try to stop them, I have had them 6 mths, and they have...

ph is 7

Great , I was the same, couldn't get any fish for ages, (cycling) but enjoyed learning about the care. Sounds like your in at the deep end, with 4 tanks, and babies aswell, enjoy

I think you have alot of fish for 29l may try to take some back to the shop, until you can cycle your tank. Your carbon filter should not be rinsed under the tap because the cholrine will kill off any bacteria you had. The milky water suggested that there may well be a bacteria bloom which you...

sounds like its moving along quickly, mine lasted about 8 weeks, very boring, but I learned alot, by passing the time reading advise on here. One point though, watch your Ph dosen't drop to 6, I had bog would in mine which lowered the Ph and cause the cycle to stop, didn't know what was...

I got the Blue one. Bit tricky to put in my sand, but works great, had it for 5 months, no prob's so far

Just finished reading every post, WOW. What a Great experience to find a pond like that, the mountians are beautiful. The fish look lively and heathy, they must be happy in thier environment. thanks for sharing and enjoy the snokling :hyper: all hail to the wierd old man btw $20 for a 4 hour...

Hi, my tank is 60L, and they are all males, I did have 6 originally, but one vanished about 3 wks ago? they have always been this way, showing to each other. Don't think I want to add anymore, probably get bullied also with being new? thanks

One of my Guppies has fin rot, and also the other guppies are not eating, I have 2 Cloud Leopard Loaches, will they be okay with the meds? ( Tetra anti fin and fungus med) Amonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 5 Temp 25 C (should i turn this up to help the disease cycle?) change 25% water every week Tank...

love it, cool vid,peacefull, love the 'nemo' :rolleyes:

Check you pH, if it drops below 7, chances are it will stall your good bacteria. if it has try adding a tiny bit of bicarbonate of soda to raise it up. This happened to mine twice while cycling and it worked for me.

[Are the sinking pellets shrimp or algae based? Mine tend to not really like the algae ones but fight over the shrimp based ones. You can go to www.loaches.com for some more feeding info. They have alot of info there and can probably offer more suggestions. This article in particular has a...

One of my loaches will only eat bloodworm, frozen bloodworm. I have 2 loaches and the other one will eat any flake food that reaches the bottom, but the other one completely ignores it. It is a bit thinner than the other, but otherwise heathy. They both ignor the sinking food I got for them...

I think you must leave it at least 5 mins to get an accurate reading anyway, it won't change if you go longer than 5mins. I also think 90mls sounds like alot in 1 litre of water :blink:

I was wondering that myself, I do prefer Cardinal. I got them from pets at home and they were labeled neon, but the red belly continues all the way along its body. I think your right :good:

2 babies

heres mine, also known as cloud leopard loach

I've finished my take. Its taken 4 months, including a fishless cycle which took forever (down to a pH crash, I eventually learned). So I thought I would celebrate by sharing with you guys. Let me know waht you think. Sorry for poor quality, its my phone pics. the Loach Motel One of My...

try http://www.tetra-fish.com/contactus.aspx you may need to register for it to work though?

1-800-423-6458 this is the number from the wbsite tetra that I log into. Don't know if you should swap the 1 for a 0?

I saw the blue plastic stuff in the posted topic about how to do riccia, and it looked to me like a container I used to see at work (friut and veg shop) which contained mushrooms and other vegetables. So try going to a market, or veg shop and see if they got any.

well put

The fluff was on one side of the body. I left them in the bag floating for 20 mins, adding a bit of my tank water every 5 mins. I tried to net them out of the bag, but decided not to, and let them swim out. I'm just worried my loach wil get ill if it ate a sick fish? I used Interpet anti fungus...

I got 5 neon tetra from pets at home yesterday, and 24 hours later notice some white fluffy patch on one of them. So I rushed out to get some Anti Fungus meds and put it in according to dose info. These were my last addtion to finish my tank ( I have 4 guppies, 2 poka dot loach, which have been...

Ok, when I was about 12 I got a 3ft tank, filled it with tap water, it had horrible bright red gravel. Got some fancy Goldfish, ones with the big bubbley heads. I think it had an under gravel filter, and one day, one of the fancy goldfish(the ones with the big heads) got its head stuch up the...

Well 4 weeks trying to do a fishless cycle and its getting very boring. Ive added: 1. planted wood from an established tank 2. Nutrafin Cycle 3. Bactozyme 4.Even got some Bio Spira from America 5. pure Ammonia (gone done to 2ppm a few times, added back up to 6ppm) 6. Api Test kit I did get a...

You might have a long wait :sad: My mates got a 360 and its pretty good but still not that good - are you sure, does he have a hd tv and have you played gears of war yet? - i'm sure your mistaken :P Oh BTW Viva Pinate is great

What about Pygocentrus nattereri - Red Bellied Piranha

Hi hope this might help http://www.thinkfish.co.uk/fish/Red_Bellied_Piranha I'm new so still researching myself Enjoy :good:

Hi, I think I've got the same tank as you. I got mine about a month ago, still cycling it, fishless of course. I have got some easy growing java fern, and some Java moss. They do ok with low light. Yes It is 1 wpg. Do you think we could just replace with a higher watt bulb? I have also used...

Yeh, Thanks Glod, glad you like my choice of fish, will stick to male guppies, maybe when I get more experience I could try some females.

Thanks, I was concerned that I was getting the Nitrate reading with the nitrite reading 0 I thought Nitrate 'eats' Nitrite? So without any Nitrite, the nitrate would then fall to 0, meaning I would be back at the begining again? Sorry if it reads confusing.

My tank started to cycle after 3 weeks. Am 2 Nitrite 5 Nitrate 5 I added more ammonia to get 4ppm, and the Nitrite have disapeared? I got a Nitrite reading for 2 days and now its just reading 0. But my Nitrate reading is about 10 for 5 days now. The ammonia goes down after 2/3 days, and I add...

I think my tank is nearly finished its fishless cycle so I want to choose some little fishes. Its 60L/15USG sand substrate, natural planted wood with java fern, co#### shell covered in java moss, and also hopefully some slate covered in riccia, which I'm in the process of trying to do, thanks to...

Don't much fancy crushing snails, i've heard it release's more eggs from the snail, when they get squished? It's sound like Cory's might eat snails, but loaches will almost definatley eat snails. Thanks

I need a fish that will eat snails, I know Loaches eat snails, but I'm wondering if Cory's do? I would prefer to keep a shoal of small cory's for the bottom of my tank. If not then I plan to get 3/4 Zebra loach to do the job :good:

It's nice to think that I could have so many cute little fishes, but its just not accurate. Its wrong that they can give out wrong info', someone who is learning, like myself, who dosen't come accross such a helpful forum, such as you know 'who'. lol, Could end up with problems. I'm sure they...

This tool will calculate the number of cm of fish, but it seems way of compare to what else I've read http://www.thinkfish.co.uk/calculators.php?calc=stocking its coming up with 27in of fishes for my 15us g it's 1inch per gallon, isn't it? -_-

I want some riccia on a slate in my 60L, but I don't want to add a CO2 setup, because its only small. Would flourish excel be okay, would the riccia be able to pearl using this, or is there something else I could use to put CO2 in? I have 1wpg light Should I try it, or forget it?