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ahh thanks for the tips everyone, youl be happy to know hes okay now :) sorry if i was all blah! about it hahahaha, just due to the last one i had didnt want history repeating its self, i hand fed him another meal worm today *grins* thanks again! and sorry wilder but i have no idea about...

Hi everyone, sorry i havent been on lately il make it up too you. My Black ghost knife fish seems to have fin rot, i know TBL Furanol is banned in the UK but were picking some up from a pretty good guy tomorrow, ive researched and cant ifnd anything about it being banned or many details etc...

ahh wow, well thanks alot for your help im really happy i can get the bolivian rams, i never knew i could and ive wanted them for a while. Thanks again!

wow i love them! are they as easy to keep as the other fish (exclusing the elephant noses lol)

Hi EVERYONE! Yeah thought id ponder with my never ending questions ... Hyperthetically speeking ... i was wondering if rams would be alright in my 5ft fish tank along with - 3 long nose elephant fish 7barbs, 5 neons 2 mollies 2 angles 5 little catfish and a big plec? My partner asked me to find...

Thought id let you know how its going *smiles* Didnt relised they would be THAT big thought the ones we bought were 3inch (obviously young-ens) but i have 2 that are about 6inches and one thats about 4/5 named them all, 2 big ones Tine and hick, and the baby it kee. (weird names .. but they are...

yeah the tanks cycled and all good thanks for replying :) i have 2 albino tiger barbs and now .. 2 stripped barbs, the stripped barbs are hard ones to find only seen em once but they do exist haha :) search google or something:P

Wow seen the pics, will you make me one like that, its pretty darn good handy work! Il pay you haha!

Thought id let you know ... shes okay-ish now, still in the hospital tank just for the safe side! :D

its a 5footer :D And your from essex ... ME TOO! >.< hehe

Fishy Friends Aquatics Basildon / Essex / England. Variety: 7 Quality:10+ Staff:10++ Staff will bend over backwards and tell you what they think, wont sell to you if they really dont think its a good idea, cheap water testings, the fish from there are amazingly well fed and not crowded or...

Right! Im already, just thought id enlighten my great international fish experts. Im getting 1 stripped barb (had 2 but one died so getting it a new friend) of course i have more :P And 3 Elephant nose fish, was told 3is a good number but if i see ONE fight, thats it, il get 2 more! I have lots...

Mine was my favourite fish, My Black Ghost Knife Fish, was £28, teaching him how to hand feed at the moment, he also has a few nicknames like 'Bubbey!' and 'Ghosty' ooor the best won 'wheres ... OOoooOOOoo!' lol

My biggest is .... the commen plec hes atleast 7yrs old and is about 15/16inch he pulls out all the plaants he hates in the tank, EVERY morning i look in and theres moss plying everywhere and jammed in the filter .... -_- Darn plec -_- The longest ive had a fish ...... not long at all .... id...

Just wanted to say weldone! 1 - because you fount a job at this time 2- YOU HAVE one of the most amazing jobs ... what iwould give to work at a fishshop. All i do allday is listen to fat chicks talking about justin timberlake and typing invoices to people that hate to pay. *YAWNS!* anyways...

LOL I hope i can, but i love this strange fish and ive wanted them for a while. i understand its hard to care for them but theres nothing more i like now than caring for my tank and playing with them all, im up for hard work! But im so soft if one dies id be all blubbery haha, but only time...

Day 2 - I fed her a pea and nothings happened, i wont be able to get to the lfs until friday? will she be alright? she seems to not be floating AS much and she was still alive when i got back last nihgt and this morning. :D

thats for the info, really does help, i havent exactly bought them yet im awar there a shoaling fish and should be kept with 3 - 6 of their own species but i just dont want to add too many at a time, and althought the internet is filled with false information thought id let you know of my...

thanks alot for all the help, really do appreciate it, i think it would be the best thing to do as long as it doesnt hurt the other fish, just a pinch i guess wont hurt any of em haha. Thanks again.

hi there, below youl see what i have already in my tank, we have a new fish contact that acctually distributes the fish to our local shops and we asked him for these very hard to fish fish... the long nosed elephant fish, we got a messege today saying he has them. it was either 6pound each or 5...

AWWWW nelly im really sorry about your loss mate, :)

Thats really scary to know, obviously i have no choice but to put them in a different tak if there going to survive but its only 1 of the 3 thats doing it, one ive had a week, the ones thats ill 3months and my black molly has been with us for 6months lol, weird *taps chin* whats the minimum size...

Yeah the tanks cycled none of the other fish seem to have a problem, i fed her a pea lastnight, this morning shes still pecking at it but still floating strange, no marine salt or anything in the water. and yeah i agree it should already be here by now (the test that is) *huffs* darn ebay haha...

Noticed my molly has her back end floating towards the surface. Im thinking it could well be her swim bladder and i thought it was if i gave her peas it might help, i havent done this yet because i thought 'better ask the best people on earth' first *smiles* DONT HATE ME: I have yet to recieve...

i dont know if its wrong or not but if somethings wrong in our tank my partner puts in meth blue haha, it keeps things at bay, if that doesnt work after 4 days (and hes still alive) it find some anti virul fluids for him and possibly cover the tank in darkness for a couple of days, think someone...

hahahaha thanks alot hun :D yeah soo i think it works out, now im in 4 figures a month - - - as my essex friends would comment 'BO YA!' hahahaha (were not chavs it just sounds funny) have a good weekend everyone and again thansk alot for your input :D (the boyfriend wont let me get any more...

this month ive only seen them do it twice? possibly more but i dont really add it, i think il buy 2 more albinos tomorrow then, because i dont want nipper to get hurt :( Thanks so much for your help its really good to have people who know what there talking about! i keep saying it but its...

*blinks* omg, if i buy two more would that stop? like another male and female ?

Funny you should say that, thats what my partner said hence why i believe he did it. but im the same as you il see what others think haha. We did have two stripped barbs but when we got velvet disease we lost him as well as two blue tiger babs *huffs* one was a large barb and he was a cutie :(...

Yes i bought them all from my LFS there really good there, and i would have loved just one shoal of the same, i bet they all get on etc however, they first few months i didnt even know there were a difference between barbs and Cichlids hahahaha! so the boyfriend bought them and i was like 'oh...

yeah i noticed but after i sent the pm to nelly i couldnt reply to you, i think its lepard catfish i have Thanks for the comment, however, the only thing thats attacked anything in the tanks was when everything was in the 3footer (dont mention it -_-) and that was the birchirs, long story but...

thanks again for your help C101 Think your the popular one on this site :P They all shoal together i noticed and the only ones i see that bicker a little are the rubys together and every now and then the albino tigers look like there kissing eachother a lot haha. And C101 Want to hear the good...

*slaps head* the three foot is only temporary *smiles* were getting another 5 or maybe even a 6footer in a month or two, so there small at the moment and are okay i thought, plus i really dont want to stress the 5foot load of tank :D i get what your saying of course! sooo ... cherry barb?

Hi again everyone! This weekend me and my partner will be scowering thruogh the several fish shops round basildon/ Essex, and of course our regualar great shop. In my 5ft at the moment i have : 2 albino tiger barbs 2 spanner barbs 2 ruby barbs 1 stripped barb (the other died) As well as other...

Well you said it, i only joined the other day after many attempts to get help from other forums, honestly i posted on a certain site and not one person replied after 3 days of silence i fount this place, and i am so happy! The people here really know what there talking about and to add ive...

lol! i have a funny story simular, i have 3 mischievious catfish. I came down one morning and fount the filter had fallen down into the gravel as i put it back on the pane of glass i looked behind it (luckily enough) and the black sucker pouch that sucktions the filter to the glass well...

Pop - eye Fish Lice White spot (confused sometimes with velvet disease) Velvet Disease (Confused sometime with white spot) Fin rot Dropsy Did you want symptoms too? Id just look on the internet if i were you :)

i could write about your diseases if you like, ive learnt pretty fast about most diseases of tropical fish, but as for filters etc youve lost me lol and i can tell people about ghost fish, senegals and barbs (kinda)

so if i wanted a massive tank, for instence, and: 8ft wide, 2ft sides and about 3 foot height, would the galls be 12mm or more? i was thinking 15mm to be safe but i dont know. so if i wanted a massive tank, for instence: 8ft wide, 2ft sides and about 3 foot height, would the glass be 12mm or...

Sorry i done quite understand what fish you want to put in? i dont think it says it anywhere :)