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Thanks for the responses. I'm not keen to up the numbers of anything other than maybe the corys. The gold tetras I took off a friend who no longer wanted them and to be honest I find them incredibly dull so I'm not keen to add more. The loaches I'm not fond off as they killed all of my zebra...

Hi I have a Juwel Rio 180 tank with an odd mix of fish due to survivors of various groups of fish I have had over the years. I just lost my last Bosemani rainbow who I had for almost 8 years. Although I am tempted to get a new shoal of Bosemanis I have been wondering if I could get a Gourami...

Thanks for the information. I sincerely hope it is not mycobacteriosis as that sounds quite nasty! I've been advised on another forum to use one of the Interpet range of meds and to separate the fish into a hospital tank. Worth a try, I just have to get myself a tank now.

Hi all One of my bosemani rainbows has red sores on his body. I have just dosed the last dose of Melafix which has had no effect at all and I don't know what to do. He seems very bad tempered and nips at the other rainbows in the tank, although none of them have any sores or marks whatsoever...

Hi all I can't seem to find a definitive answer as to whether rainbow fish like fast or slow moving water. I have had a powerhead in my tank for a while now creating extra flow, as I noticed that whenever I topped up the water during a water change the rainbows all seemed to love swimming in...

The only difficulty is ensuring you get what you are after when stocking! The shop I buy from said it is almost impossible to tell males and females when rainbows are young.

Hiya Jonesy I never would have thought that removing the female would help! As I said in my OP I was looking to add more females. Would that work too or is it best to keep them in same sex groups? It was hard to get a good photo as they swim about a lot when you get near the tank. I think...

Hi all A couple of my four male Bosemani Rainbow fish have scale damage and I'm not sure why. I have seen them nipping at each other which I assumed to be because there is only one female in the tank. I would like to get more females as I assume that might make them less nippy? Unfortunately...

Well a few months on and thought I'd give an update. The Zebra with the torn fins never seems to have enough. He just starts to heal his fin and is looking almost normal when he gets involved in another fight and ends up back to square one. I have just been watching him poke his fins into one...

Well I did add another piece of driftwood to provide more places to hide but I thought they would shoal together. In general they all seem happy together except for the two that are fighting. Think they are both the two largest of each type of loach so maybe they are establishing who is the...

It's a juwel rio 180 litre. Not sure of dimensions off top of my head

Well I bought the kubotai on Saturday and on Monday I noticed one of the Zebra Loach had his dorsal fin missing. So today I bought some Melafix to treat it. I'm now watching the same loach fighting with one of the kubotai. It's been going on for ages now and they seem to be really biting each...

Hi all I'm considering buying 4 Botia Kubotai to add to my long established tank but I just want to make sure there are no compatibility problems before I do. Currently have the following 1 Bristlenoe Pleco 5 Bosemani Rainbows 4 Gold Tetra 12 Neon Tetra 2 Siamese Algae Eaters 6 Zebra Loach...

That one made me laugh as that is exactly what I normally end up doing! :blush:

I just caught a rare glimpse of my favourite bristlenose plec - he usually hides in one or many holes on a large piece of wood I have in the tank. I saw to my dismay that he has some form of fungus. I managed to get a rubbish photo but hopefully it may help someone confirm what he has wrong...

Hmm.. Just got a reading of 2.5 from my taps! I don't believe that and reckon the phosphate kit must be out of date. It says it is accurate for up to a year but I can't even remember when I bought it :blush: Just had to replace all my other test kits as they were so out of date and messed up...

Well I tested the phosphates and got a reading of 1 at most (I hate trying to decide what colour matches on these kits!) which according to the documentation is the top of the ideal range.

Sigh! You'd think after all the time I've been doing this (about 7 years I reckon) that I would know not to trust tools like that. I guess I just liked what it was telling me and wanted to believe it. The things is that I kept all these fish (except it was 6 Bosemani not 2) bar the neons in a...

I have got a phosphate test kit, I'll check it out tonight. Using the community creator on thinkfish.co.uk it says I should be able to stock up to 138 inches in a tank of my size with an external filter, so I'm surprised you think it is heavily stocked. It also makes my current load 53 inches...

Here are the details Juwel Rio 180 with internal filter removed Tetratec EX700 external filter Hydor external heater running at about 26 degrees C Substrate is plain old Argos playsand washed several times I changed the standard Juwel Tubes to two 30w Arcadia Classica Daylight (apparently these...

OMG! I just emptied the cannister and the blackest water ever came out! The tank has only been going two and a bit months, and only cycled for about 4 weeks. I never imagined it had got so bad in there! This must be what was causing the issue, or at least a major contributor to it. I'm...

Hi again The whole tank is murky, and I'm getting sick of trying to clear it! First it was green water, now its hard to tell if it is green or white. The only thing that ever worked was Interpet Green Away, but that was only temporary. That's why I bought Purigen, as described by the other...

When doing your regular filter maintenance, do you empty the water inside the filter cannister away or leave it alone? I want to empty mine as the water is not a nice colour, but I don't want to affect the bacteria in the media. TIA

I did quite a lot of research on this forum, other forums and the seachem website and the only problem I have read about is that certain tap water conditioners can cause issues when you come to recharge the stuff. Seachem discuss this quite openly, and there is a lot of information about it in...

I just bought some of this stuff and the filter bag the lfs sold me is not fine meshed enough to hold it. So I tried using the material from a pair of tights but I'm still not convinced its going to hold it. What can I use? Does anyone know of a specific filter bag, other than the Seachem one...

Well that didn't go very well! So I had my old tank all cleaned up, heated the water to the correct temperature and added my salt. Only thing left to do was transfer the fish. Despite trying for nearly an hour I was forced to give up as the fish was just able to hide far too easily. The tank...

I did! It went away and came back. So I used it again and the same happened. Then again and so on. I think it has gone now and instead I seem to have a problem with slightly white cloudy water. I've also used several treatments to combat this with no success. At the moment I suspect it may...

Last question, I hope :blush: So I have added about 4 tablespoons of salt per 20 litres, and I am waiting for the tank to warm up and the salt to melt. Are you sure its ok to add the fish directly to the water like this (once its warmed up)? I'm just a bit worried it will be a big shock to...

Once again you have provided a wealth of information Colin, and I can't thank you enough :good: How you can see all that from a photo that poor is beyond me! I still have my old tank, but will need to completely clear it out and start again to implement the salt plan. Is aquarium salt ok or...

Just managed to get a photo after a load of attempts. Doesn't show the red gills as I can't get the right angle for that. It does show the red nose though... I hope this helps diagnosis. I'll check out the link Wilder, thanks!

Colin, or anyone else... The fish that prompted me to make the original post is still the same if not worse. Today I got home from work and another rainbowfish was dead on the bottom. I hadn't even noticed anything wrong with her. Looking at my three remaining bosemani, they all seem to have...

Wow that's a lot of information :good: I found the best way to clear the problem up was to do big daily water changes and gravel cleans. It might clear up in a new tank but I would still do daily water changes for a week or so just to make sure. The water changes will also help to dilute any...

Wilder It does not look quite so bad today. I tried to get a photo but my stupid camera phone has a red-eye funtion that cannot be turned off. Everytime I go to take a photo the red light scares the fish away :crazy: Colin Interesting information. Do you really think I need 50% water...

It's slightly further back from the mouth but does seem to be under the skin.

First off my tank details Juwel Rio 180 with internal filter removed Tetratec EX700 external filter Hydor external heater running at about 28 degrees C Substrate is plain old Argos playsand washed several times I changed the standard Juwel Tubes to two 30w Arcadia Classica Daylight (apparently...

Sadly I already did that, soon after my cycle had finished and before adding any fish.

My cycle is finally complete and my fish are transferred over from their old home. They seem happy enough, but I am still fighting with this algae issue. Can someone please confirm that the algae in the second picture is brown algae? Assuming it is I have two types of algae to fight as the Green...

Hmm... well I added the photos and its all gone quiet :unsure: