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Since we've been having unseasonal (ie hot!) weather in London for the last week or so, my tank has been getting up to 29-30 degrees C every day. I have turned the heater off (it was set to 74F anyway...) and it isnt really getting any cooler. Turining the light off hasnt really helped much...

at the moment your tank is not overstocked, I work it out at about 22injches of fish, my 15g is able to take up to 24 inches of fish (supposedly, am currently up to 17). The length of fish you can accommodate is roughly related to the surface area of your water, as this determines the amount of...

Hi all, I have a mini (5gallon) clear seal tank, and Id like to buy a proper canopy for it, with a light fitting etc. The tank is approx 40cm long, and ~20cm wide. I havent been able to find a suitable canopy anywhere on the net yet - has anyone got any suggestions? THanks

Hi, Have now lost all but two of the neons, dont know exactly what killed them. Im guessing the dosage of the protozin was too high. So I would advise anyone who is considering using this product - DONT use the recommended dosage on the bottle for neons. Im not sure if Id use it atall to be...

Hi, I have a bristlenose catfish in there, and was under the impression that they cant take meds of this nature? It doesnt explicitly say on the bottle not to use with catfish, but it makes reference to 'scaleless fish ie morbotids' , or something like that.

Hi all, last week my neon tetras started exhibiting signs of ich - they'd been in the tankl about 10 days. So I transferred them to a small treatment tank, with heater and filter, everything the modern cosmopolitan london fish could want when theyre sick. This tank is about 12 litres in capacity...

Hi all, I have quarantined 5 neon tetras because they are showing signs of ick, and Im treating with waterlife protozin as per instructions. In my main tank though, I now have a bristlenose catfish all on his lonesome. Can these fish develop ick? and if so, how should I treat - with the protozin...

Hi, Ive just noticed that some of my neons have small white specks on their fins etc. Im guessing that it is Ick. I do have a small quarantine tank, but it is not set up at the moment, could be going in a day or so (after purchase of a filter for it...). The main tank is actually very sparsely...

Hi, I have a 75 litre tank, with a surface area of 60*35 = 2100cm2...now, I was under the impression (from books and fish shop etc) that it was surface area that mattered when talking about stocking levels, and I have been led to believe that my tank can take about 24 inches of fish...

Hi rykitten, yes, it does look kind of similar to what my fish had - although in both cases mine had the ulcerous patches predominantly near their mouths - they also seemed far less happy than yours appear (at least in the pictures!) when the disease progressed to that stage. Did the patches...

Hi, My testing kits will only allow me to say if the ammonia or nitrite are below 0.3 and 0.6 respectively. Can you recommend any which will actually tell you if ammonia is zero? Thanks

Hi inchworm, I ought to mention that since I didnt have time to write a new synopsis of my experiences with the gouramis, I simpoly copied one I had posted on another website a few weeks ago, written before the female died. I treated with Myxazin for 5 days (recommended course), and after...

I nearly phoned up the doctors yesterday after reading about some of the effects mycobacterium can have on people! I read about one guy who had to have plastic surgery on his hand for 2 years....not pretty. I check (ever couple of days): Ammonia (<0.3mg/l) Nitrite (<0.6mg/l) pH (~7.8...

Thanks for the reply - I had suspected tuberculosis, but as yet no one I had talked to had suggested is as a possibility, except when prompted by me. I did actually take the female to a vet just before she died, in a vain attempt to save her. The vet was supposed to be an exotics specialist...

Hi all, here is a picture of my male powder blue gourami (named Marice), who sadly passed away last week. I'd had him about 5 weeks. I was testing the water every few days for ammonia, nitrite etc and they were all fine. Maurice developed the first sore about 2 weeks ago, after I introduced a...

Hi All, I have had my 15G tank set up for about 8 weeks now. It has had two gourami (powder blue dwarfs), and a bristlenose catfish in it. Unfortunately both the Gourami died of a disease the vet was not capable of identifying (posted a picture in the Betta and Gourami section if youre...