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would it be water quality given the tank parameters? How do I treat it?

Tank size: 3ft pH: 7.2 ammonia: 0 nitrite: 0 nitrate: 0 kH: 89.5 gH: I don't have a tester for this tank temp: 26.5 Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): On his left side in the middle of his body, size of a small button, pink and white...

OUr BGN has been behaving strangely for a couple of days- moving to another part of the tank, and seems to be breathing differently (though I'm not sure of this since he normally lies in his log. Today he came out long enough for me to see that he has an open sore on his side. It is the size...

It's an AquaOne CF700. This was the first clean, it has been about 11 weeks that the tank's been running. I meant .025 So the cloudiness should clear in a day or so? Thanks for all the answers Tank-gods!!! :)

Thanks Gatorbait, I will start doing that today. Is this a normal event after a filter clean?

I cleaned my filter for the first time two days ago (what a mammoth effort! ) Luckily I had read (here) that I should clean it with aquarium water, since the LFS said tap water! Seemed to go ok, and the water flow is definitely running better. Yesterday though, I noticed that my water seems a...

Bolivian Butterflies. :hyper: There's a big fish store a half hour from us that we have visted once or twice. One of the guys there is really knowledgeable and helpful. So we went out there yesterday. We were actually planning on looking at the gourami, and asking him about them. But they had...

Well now I just have too many choices! :D :lol: Three fingers - those killis are lovely. There seems no consensus about them in the info I can find - are they aggressive or not? And will they hide? All the profiles of them that I read say "provide hiding spots" - is that code for "will be...

Thanks for all the great replies :# Lots to think about. Fishlette - LOL - my BBG are SO cute and they will boss away any of the other fish no matter how big - they even bossed the Ghost Knife when I had him. I don't know why the glassies won't come out. Well they do at night, but I rarely...

Ha-ha Fishkies, nailed it in one - I do like the oddballs. I'm really reluctant to make another 'mistake' with what fish I get. I've looked through the species section but nothing really jumps out at me (sorry for the pun). Corygirl can you point me to some good pics of balloon mollies?

My tank is not quite how I imagined it. :huh: Yes, I know this is my own fault for not finding out enough before I got started. :blush: I have quite a few fish, but I hardly ever see any of them. I've got 3 male swordtails, 6 glass catfish, 5 bumblebee gobies and two half-beaks, oh, and a...

FANTASTIC reply Neale - thank you! :thanks: I think what's happened is I had (at least) two fry yesterday that were miscarried. Today she is still exhibiting the same behaviour of swimming down amongst the plants, even to the bottom, and is not interested in food (she's normally the first to...

I'm hoping someone can help me with this. My female wrestling half-beak is pregnant, I'm a beginner and have no idea what I should be looking for. I've posted in the beginner forum... can anyone help? Here's the topic Pregnant Half Beak

I am actually pretty sure I saw her give birth to one, something definitely came out that looked like a baby, it floated down to the plants and is resting on a leaf, but is not moving at all. Dead? She is swimming down amongst the plants which she's never really done before. I will start...

Excellent - thanks for that, that was one of my main questions.

She's been looking fat for at least 2-3 weeks. Today her behaviour has changed a little again and she is swimming down off the surface from time to time, and at one stage was hiding back behind the filter pipe. The LFS gave me a floating hatchery. It's about 15cm long. Is it worth putting her...

Thanks KJ. So (forgive me for being dense here).... spawning... the male is swimming round underneath her nudging her belly, which I read is spawning behaviour. Is this when she is impregnated or fertilised? Does that mean it's about 6 weeks from now? Or does it mean she is nearly ready to give...

HI KJ, thanks for your reply. The tank is 40 gallon. I have a pic but it's not on the web anywhere so I can't link to it... it's got quite a few live plants at the back, none reach quite to the surface. Also a couple of logs middle/front, with live plants on them and lots of hidey places in and...

No one has anything to offer? Can someone at least give me a general guide to the spawning process in live bearers? Should I move the halfies to a closed hatchery? If so, now or later?

I'm pretty sure my half-beak is pregnant. She has had a very extended abdomen for at least 3 weeks. Now the the male is swimming around underneath her, touching her abdomen with his beak - which I have read is spawning behaviour. What can I expect and what will I see? Also, they are in a...

Thanks everyone for beig so nice, and thanks for the welcome :) So Miss Wiggle, I'll take your advice and not get another BGN for a while, and not till we have another (much larger) tank. Shame, cos he was great - ate from my fingers already too. Not sure what to do about the EN. I'm in...

So I'm a beginner and now that I've been reading the site for a little while I've realised I've done everything wrong. Was hoping that LFS had steered me right but I'm sure you can guess the answer to that. :angry: Fortunately my tank seems to have cycled ok. Ammonia and Nitrites are zero I...