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it feels hard and squishy more than rock hard i will put him in a hospital tank with some shelled peas. thanks for the advice i will let you know how he gets on

hi we put algee waffers and pellets plus chiclid food for the firemouth and a mixed flake and frozen blood worms The bloated area feels very tight and hard with a little water type movement, its gard too explain but i didnt want to feel it to hard in case i hurt it it look very pain full...

can anyone tell me if there is something wronge with my catfish some people say it could just be over eating but I am very worried I am posting some pics

they look like single bumps like you say white in colour there is 5 along the side you can see and on the other side there is 1 at the top and one at the bottom of the fin there along the line of the fin not actually on the fin, there a bit pink around the edge of the spots and they look like a...

Hello I was hoping someone can help me my fire mouth has got white lumps like zits down the sides of its fin at the top I have never seen anything like this before I have seen white spot and fungus like cloudy patches but these look like white headed spots, I really dont know what to day about...

Thanks anyway at least I know I can use it and that I wont have to buy a different one thanks again

will I need to do anything to it or just pop it on, I havent had a external pump before as I have only ever had small tanks before any advice welcomed

Hello I was wondering if anyone can tell me if I would be ok to use a marisys aqua one 240 series 2 pump in a tropical tank, what it is I was looking at buying a bigger set up and I found one but it has this marine pump in it some people have said it should be fine and that it should be more...

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I think I will need to upgrade to a bigger one just wasnt sure how big was just going to get 2 parrots

I did have 4 rainbow fish but the one have have got left bullied the others to death I kept buying more and he kept killing them so i have left it now and he seems very happy he likes hanging round with the fighter, what size tank would I need I was only thinking of 2 parrot fish ?

Hello can anyone recomend a way to get rid of snails in my tank I think they have come of the live plants but there starting to take over my tank any advice please

Hello I have had my tank set up for about 2 years now its only a 64lt tank at the moment but I was thinking about getting a bigger one, I have 2 yo yo loaches 1 rainbow fish, 1 male fighter, guppys, and cardinals I wasnt sure if the parrot fish would eat my other fish if so I would consider...

Hello I am really fancying getting some parrot fish but I wasnt sure what fish you could keep with them, I didnt know if they would eat smaller fish could anyone advise me on what is best thanks

Hello I was wondering if anyone can help my brother has a cold water tank and all his fish are bulling his black moore he was wondering if it would be ok in with my tropical tank I have guppies cardinals loaches 1 rainbow fish can anyone advice me please I dont know what to do but its getting...

Hi it looks a bit like that yes just a different colour but that could be just the colour of the fish couldnt it, it looks a bit like its upside down with its belly on its back I dont know how old it is as my mam hasnt had them that long she got them from the pet shop

Hello I am after some advice for my mum we noticed that 1 of her female guppies has a very strong bend in her body her tail goes down instead of been straight I dont know what is causing it I haven't seen anything like it could it be the males pestering her any advice on what it is and how it...

I tried another bigger water change and lost 4 more gutted could I be cleaning them to often I know someone who does hardly any water changes and theres are fine I am devastated

I will do that then thanks for your help

I have just done a test we have very hard water could that be it the results are GH 180 KH 240 PH 6.5 NO2 0 NO3 40 I am not sure what they should be it doesn't say on the tube but the water hardness is on the highest they could be would I need to soften this some how hope you can help

thank you I will do one and see if I can work it out

hello could you tell me what I am looking for when I do a test strip as I dont know what it should be on thanks I will try one then

its the same after a water change too, how do you change the water twice aday I thought you have to leave the water 24 hours before putting it in the tank? or was I told wrong I thought it would be too cold to put 70% water change in

yes its a 2ft tank, I have had the tank up and running for 3 months they have all been great for ages but then they just started dieing a couple of weeks ago like you say I wonder if there is to many fish, I have some test strips but I dont know what it shoould be on lol

Hi I am new to all this I am not sure what the stats are but every time I change some water I put a water treatment in, the temp is 28 what should I do?

I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice recently I have lost 2 clown loaches, 2 rainbow fish and a cat fish and I have noticed another rainbow fish and 2 guppys going the same way they hang round the top corner gasping I dont know what to do I have been doing part water changes once...

I have taken her out of the hatcher, the male keeps chasing her already lol, she still looks quiet big do you think she will keep the rest or will she continue aborting them, she seems happy enough now, I will learn by my mistakes I just wanted to do my best for the fry

Hi everyone it looks like it is pregnant I have seen a small dead fry in the hatcher and 2 eggs so I dont know if there all dead or not yet but at least I know its not dropsy now how long is labour for a fish as i havent seen anything in a while just 2 eggs and 1 dead one

thank you I will give it a try lol

here is my tank that I would like to add into the May competition its my first one so I hope i have done it right lol

do you think it is pregnant though it just seems to look the same over the last 2 weeks

Hello I was wonting to enter this months tank of the month comp but it is not letting me post its saying its locked I wasnt sure if you had to be a member for so long or if you had to do a new post so I am trying this if I am wrong can some one please advise me on how to unlock the topic cheers...

still no sign of babies yet was just wondering how long she will have left if anyone can tell by looking

thanks for the advice I am new to this I have only had my fish for just over a month now so it is good to speak to people who know, so the best way is to watch for that tube opening I will watch out for that thanks

I tried some more photos see if it helps