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Hi Just bought a second hand 60g tank. Its been drilled for external filters, but none of the filters, heaters etc were included so I need to buy these. Can you please suggest a good external filter to use with this tank? Also my girlfriend loves Silver Dollars, so I am going to put a school...

Thanks Wilder, you have been excellent :)

First lot of meds went in a week ago today, and it said to add a second dose 4 days later which was tuesday. Its now been 4 days since I added the second dose. When do you advise I replace the carbon?

Well the second dose went in Tuesday and the fish has made what looks like a full recovery. The spot has totally disappeared, and she is swimming round perfectly happy. My question now is when do I replace the carbon filter back into my filter? Also do I need to purchase a new one, or put the...

2 days later and the fish is still alive, and acting perfectly normally and eating fine. Her spot has got bigger, and looks like bits are flaking on it. I dont have another tank I can isolate her in, and am worried about her infecting the other fish. I added the meds 2 days ago, and the next...

Thanks Wilder Med has been purchased, and added to the water. Got to do seconds treatment on Tuesday. Thanks again for you help Mafro

Many thanks Wilder. We have a pet shop thats open til 8 I believe, so shall pop over there after I have eaten my dinner. Your a true star to this forum, many thanks for all your help and your kind words :)

Hmmm I really cannot see any redness, but being an orange swordtails could this be difficult to spot anyway? I'm in England so I know some meds are not available over here

Yeah I did, thank you very much. It sounds like its Columnaris. What is the best med to use for this?

No, there isn't any real redness to the spot. It looks just like a white lump under the scales. I dont have a hospital tank, something I really need to sort out. I need to be really carefully about what meds I can use as I have a BN plec

Hi again One of my swordtails has got a big spot just above her pectoral fin. Its a white spot that looks like a boil, its under her scales causing a few of them to look like they are coming away from her body. She seems fine in herself, swimming around the tank normally with the other fish...

Hi there. One of my Mollys seems to have popeye. Her right eye is bulging out of her head and from reading past topics on here I'm pretty sure its popeye. In my tank I have the following fish 5 Swordtails 3 Mollys 4 Dwarf Gouramis 1 Bristlnose Plec I have a 190l tank My tank stats have been...

I bought some plants for my tank a few weeks back, and they all came in little black plastic meshed pots. I've sunk these under the gravel, but they always seem to rise out when I use a gravel vac when changing water. Should I have removed them from these pots. Its suddenly dawned on me that...

I have again tested my water, and ammonia levels and Nitrite levels are both on 0 for the second day running, with Nitrates being at 40 Fish seem fine, and scoffed down their dinner. I think that as the other fish was smaller then the rest that they bullied him :(

Thanks all for your responces. Unfortunately this morning the fish had died :( All the others look healthy, all of their fins are fine, they are active, and feed very well. I shall keep a very close eye on them, and will continue to test and change the water every day. Once again thats very much...

Cheers wilder. I really think that the male to female ratio was pretty bad, and that as this fish was the smallest they bullied him to death. The other fish all seem perfectly happy, no signs of any infection, torn fins, and are all eating very well. I shall however keep a very close eye on...

Im sad to say the poor little boy didn't make it through the night :(

Its a 190l tank I have 6 swordtails, 5 seem totally fine, I think the poorly one is getting picked on by the other fish? My tank stats are as follows. PH - 8 Ammonia - 0 Nitrite - 0 Nitrate 40 Yesterday PH - 8 Ammonia - 0 Nitrite - 0.25 Nitrate 40 (30% water changed) Monday PH - 8 Ammonia...

I posted this in another thread, but think I should have stuck it in here. The poor litle fish really isn't looking well at all, and has gone from looking a bit tatty but still swimming round, to spending lots of time on the bottom, and only swimming when trying to get away from other fish. He...

I love that turtle picture, reminds me of the turtles in finding nemo lol

I've been watching the fish closly for the past half hour or so, and they really do seem to be picking on this fish, one of the females especially is nipping at him, mainly going for his pec fins. He is spending a lot of time laying on the gravel on the bottom of the tank now, and slowly lays...

As some of you know im new to the world of fish keeping, and unfortunately started my tank off with bottled product instead of cycling. I read through some of the articles, and my tank seemed to have cycled through the addition of the sera product. The ammonia had risen, the nitrites then rose...

The tank was cycled with a Sera product that add's the bacteria to the filter. People have said that I seem to have been very lucky with this product, as often its dead in the bottle. Before the fish were added I tested the water everyday, and it was removing the ammonia from the water over...

No offence taken :) I have just checked the water levels, and the fish have been in the tank for 24hours now. Everything is fine according to my test kit, and the fish are looking happy and well. The tank is a 190l Trigon

Not sure exactly what ones they are, but they are a lovely deep orange, and black. Some of them have black spots, much like dalmation mollys. I also have a lovely silver boy, who shimmers an amazing blue colour when he turns in the water. Im also pretty sure that one of the females is pregnant...

Well my tank has cycled nicely, and today I became the proud owner of 6 swordtails that are incredibly happy in their new home. I'm a mixture of really happy and very excited :)

I had tested my tap waters PH levels, but not the nitrates. I shall do this and let you know the levels. I shall see if I can pick up some ammonia today when I get my plants then :) Also with my tank water being highter than my tap water. What is it that causes this? And is a level of 8.0 OK...

Evening everyone. I recently bought myself a Trigon 190l corner tank having wanted to keep tropical fish for over a year now. The shop I have purchased it from has been extremely helpful, and I cant wait to get my fish. The tank was delivered Wednesday, and I cleaned my bag of gravel and...

Where abouts in Rochester is this shop. I live in Sittingbourne so its not that far at all. I'm guessing you live in Kent too, you may have me bugging you for ideas/advice in the not too distant future.

Hello everyone Thought I'd introduce myself to these boards as I have been reading them for a few days now, and decided I'd like to look at some of the pictures, and I'm sure that you lot can answer all of my questions regarding starting up. I've just bought myself a house, and have my heart...