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Got a corydora sterbai (currently 3/4 inch long) with a bump on his head. Hard to get a good photo. From the front the bump has two white spots under the skin, but this could just be the natural colour pattern of white spots on black backround these have. Any ideas out there?

A bit better pic. I don;t think there's any red around the spots.

Got a pair of German Blue Rams today and got them home to find that one of them has an odd mouth. Any suggestions on what it is - and clearly I'll need to treat my tank, how to treat. Clearl I'll be straight back to the "reputable" LFS tomorrow! I should have checked the bag contents more...

Thabks cheesy I will have to buy another net, I only have one. I hope I willl have more luck that way. :good: Regards P

Can anyone give me any ideas on the best way to catch these four Chinese Algae Eaters, they are too fast, my net swishing around in the water is stressing the other fish, and me! I'm so f'ing peeved off, not only did my lfs sell me the wrong fish, one of them has a white spot on its dorsal fin...

Thanks for advice :) I phoned them today and they will allow me to take them back next week. Thank god! They grow huge, one's too small for my 30 gal tank. It's a shame because they are crazy liitle fish. regards P

Hi I have just bought four Otocinclus from my lfs and I'm worried that they have sold me the wrong fish. These are approx 1" in length (ex tail fin) . I was after four small ottos that won't grow larger than 2-3 inches. They sold me these, (see phot) yet they seem to look like Chinese Algae...

Thanks Rabbut great advice, :good: I wasn't sure how much I could change in one day. The blobs aren't on any of the fish, looking closer at some of the bigger ones, it appears that they aren't solid blobs but more like a mop head ( sorry only way I can describe them) It looks like they open...

Thanks rabbut I have been doing water changes everyday, mostly 15lts. As soon as the nitrite shot above 1, I changed 40 ltrs, when it hit 1.6, I changed just under half the tank (30 gallon tank). Even when I did the (near enough) 50% change the nitrite was back up over 1 an hour after...

hi They are too small to pick up with my camera, they are about 1mm max in size but they are everywhere. They bob around in the current. I don't know if this is of any help but I have brown algae on the real plants and rocks, which I am trying to correct by increasing the light duration...

Hi, I'm still cycling (wk3) and have readings of 7ph, 0 ammonia, 1.4 nitrite. I have noticed that there are small white blobs covering the glass and plants, which are attached by a fine thread. Can anyone please tell me what this may be and how I can get rid of them? I have 8 Zebra Danio's...

Thanks P&J :good: I didn't realise they were that expensive, I will give that a miss for now. I'm finding this more complicated than I was expecting. :crazy: Ponda

Hi I've just set up my first tropical fish tank (30 gallon) and I'm looking for any advice on which fish to get. So far, I have 8 Zebra Danio's, I had thought about getting 6 Five Banded Barbs, 2 guppy's, 2 Molley's and 1 Zebra pleco I would also like two larger very colourful fish ( 4")...