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Hello all, i read somewhere that you should have 1 inch of fish per 1 gallon of water. So a 10 gallon tank = 10 inches of fish. How is it in the fish shops they have dozens if not hundreds of fish in tiny tanks ? Thank you

Cheers Corleone, I think i will stick to frozen :good:

Thanks very much aaronnorth, I will check that out.I see you are from Nottinghamshire, me too, Long Eaton.Cheers :good:

Hi,I recentley bought a Nutrafin Co2 diffuser ( canister ) You say Co2 diffusion can harm fish,is this so.Thanks

Hello everyone, I was thinking of giving my fish some live food. Is this a good idea. I noticed at the LFS some of the 'live ' food had actually died.Do you drain the water off, or just put the lot in. Cheers :good:

Thanks very much for the replies,very reassuring.Thanks again

After turning off the power, I removed some plants that were dying.I then put some new ones in, and spent a few minutes rearranging them.I took one of the new plants out to prune some poor looking leaves. I went to pick up the old plants,which were on the floor on a bag,when to my horror,noticed...

Thanks for the reply,I only put him in the trap,because,one of the other Danios,was hassling him, I will let him out.

Well,he is still alive.To my knowledge he is not eating.He looks a bit livelier,when you go near the tank he bombs round the small breeding/floating box he is in,probably in fear at being contained.When he is still,he is either pointing upwards or downwards or leaning at a 45% angle. Should I...

Many thanks for your reply.These parasites, where do they come from,other fish, new plants. I only commented the other day,how happy my fish looked,then this.Bugger. :angry: I thought my fish would last a long time. Anyhow, he's not gone yet, will see tomorrow. Cannot abide suffering,would...

When he was free to roam, he could swim,for short bursts erratically ( when the other Danio was pestering) then sank.He is in a small plastic floating box now.He is not bloated.His gills look ok,no excess mucous.To be perfectly honest,he looks exactly the same as the 2 healthy danios. While he...

Hello. one of my leopard danios is sick. He looks physically ok,no signs of disease.I noticed him missing yesterday,when I found him,he looked drunk,swimming erratically, darting then falling.Today I found him vertical, in a plant. I was sure he'd gone.I got my net,to retrieve him,and he swam...

Ok, the tank is fairly new,about, 10 weeks (gosh,seems longer ) The tank is cycled, the Danio in question,has been there from the start.Although i did NOT do a fishless cycle, I used Tetra safestart, and I have never had bad water readings,except yesterday,the Nitrate was 50, hence the water...

Hi everyone, yesterday,one of my leopard Danios,was looking very poor.Floating on his side, laying on the bottom of the tank.This morning,he was lying vertical in a plant,I thought he'd gone.I got my net,to retrieve him,but to my amazement,he swam off. He was listing badly,all over the place.I...

Hello Millyspook, I'm a noob,and I have a Rekord 60. As Backtotropical said, the reason for the spray bar,is to help oxygenate the water.Mine has quietened down after a couple of months.I find the sound of trickling water quite soothing,( in fact sometimes,when the telly is on,I have to listen...

I had the same problem.I wasn't moving it vigorously enough.What i did was test it in a bucket of water,until i got the hang of it.

Hi, i have a 55 litre tank(REKORD 60).I don't know if its my imagination,but the spray bar seems less powerful than it was a couple of months ago when all the equipment was new. I remember it used to create quite a few bubbles,now it creates a few small bubbles,and slowly stirs the surface...

Thanks for the super fast replies,much appreciated and reassuring. My fish are not at the surface,or breathing rapidly.Thanks again to you all

Hello, i have a Juwel Rekord 60 (55 litre). The water is sucked up through the filter and comes out above the surface of the water, agitating the surface.Is this enough to provide adequate oxygen ? I also have 3 live plants. Thank you for your advice.

Thanks Merovingian and Miss Wiggle for the fast replies, I have checked the other fish,they look absolutely fine, no signs of any physical problems, all are swimming and playing and eating well.I will monitor them closely. One of the danios ( the biggest ) has sometimes been a tiny bit...

Ok, I have bought mini master test kit,and the readings are Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 20 Ph 7.5 unfortunately,I had more bad news,the danio who looked ill yesterday,seemed to be missing his front fin, and was listing to one side.I'm afraid I put him out of his misery.One...

No I do not. I will get test kits for nitrate and ph, and post back tomorrow.One of the danios is looking dodgy,he has been staying near the surface and not moving much ( most unusual )

Approx 60cm x 30cm x 30cm ( 55 litres) Only 4-5 weeks I have only tested for ammonia and nitrite,my kit reads zero. Although had water tested at shop,he said all 4 readings ok,except for a small trace of ammonia. I have 4 leopard danios and 2 guppies ( all seem happy )

Thanks Miss Wiggle, I will not buy any more guppies.The tank was cycled with Danios and Tetra Start.Can you recommend any other small hardier fish,for the future.Would tetras be ok.

Dear Waterdrop, thanks for your reply.The 2 test kits I have are API, one is for nitrite ( 5 drops to 5ml for 5 mins ) which always comes out identical to the colour 0pmm.The other is for ammonia ( 8 drops each from 2 bottles for 5 mins ) This also comes out the right colour ( yellow ). The...

Well the guppy died,and worse still,the other one I bought at the same time is looking poor.He hasn't eaten for 2 days,and is resting on the bottom of the tank.I took a water sample to an aquatic centre , they said my water was ok apart from a tiny amount of ammonia.So i did a 20% water...

Hello, i bought 2 guppies 2 days ago.Today I noticed one had lost all his colour, then he started falling down,like he was falling asleep.Now I have him in a net in the tank,and he is almost vertical,and hardly moving.I did a water change 3 days ago and my ammonia and nitrite levels are fine.Its...

I have been feeding my fish very small amounts, 4/5 times a day.Is this ok ? I find if I give them more less often,most of it ends up sinking to the bottom. It says on the tin ,' no more than they can eat in 2 minutes ' but after 2 minutes lots have already sunk.

I used a Juwel 3d background,it has to be cut to size,and stuck on the inside with sealant.hey come in different sizes Juwel 3d background

My ammonia/nitrite levels are zero.I have never tested for Nitrate.I only have 6 fish, 4 danio's ,2 guppies ( tank 55 litres ), will be adding more later. Tank very shaded,lights on 10 - 11 hours a day.

Hello everyone, in my tank, I have real and plastic plants.I noticed tonight,that there is algae ( like fine green hairs ) growing on them.I also have two pieces of bogwood, one has these green hairs,the other not ! Is this normal ? I clean the algae off the glass,about once a week.This is a...

Thanks very much Davo86, that sounds like good advice,will do. Cheers

Hello everyone, I have a Juwel Rekord 60 filter system compact super.It has 4 sponges. the blue filter sponge,then the green nitrate removal sponge,then the black carbon sponge, on top is a white pre filter white pad,for removing large particles.According to the manufacturers instructions, I...

Hello again to everyone.All is well with my water tests,however,one of my 3 fish ( leopard danios ) seems to be getting a little aggressive to the other 2,especially at feeding time.He is chasing them at high speeds,and they appear slightly intimidated.Do you think this behaviour is normal ? I...

Thanks for the warm welcomes and kind advice.I will post back again in a week or so.Cheers

Well I rang B&Q,Boots,Wilkinsons,Superdug,Focus,Homebase and several others,and was told they do not,or no longer sell ammonia,due to EU regulations.I even spoke to a manager at Homebase, and told him I had seen a photo of Homebase ammonia on this site.Anyway please don't get cross with me, but...

Hello, I have purchased a Juewll Rekord tank ( approx 60 x 30 x 30 cm ). I filled it up last night ,added tap water treatment, and Stress Zyme. I put gravel and bogwood in ( both had already been in someone elses tank ).Someone at work suggested adding some anti white spot treatment, which I now...