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  Hi,   Can you tell me the name of the fish shop in Leith Edinburgh? i live near the area and i'm always looking for a place to buy tropical fish from apart from the usual nationwide stores.   Thanks

Oh yeah sorry see that now. Yeah I have done a big water change so hopefully help. I added a new ornament recently but as usual washed it thoroughly before adding to tank. The filter is making a noise but it still work making a noise like something stuck but still working fine tried priming...

Thanks for everyone's reply. Could of been a parasite but I didn't notice anything when removing fish maybe I should of had a closer look to see if could see anything. Not sure about gas build up what do you mean with ink the filter? Sorry cant remember test figures but was normal level 0...

Thanks for reply. The last time I changed water was maybe a week or so ago with tap safe added too and after testing water it was all ok. Anything else it could be? Thanks

Hi I posted last nights about my filter throwing out air bubbles. I managed to stop this by moving filter side to side as it would appear to have just been an air block. I'm not sure how long it has been throwing air bubbles out as it was only periodically pushing air through. However I went to...

Thanks for your reply. Would this also explain soapy looking layer on top and bad smell from tank? Thanks

Hi I have an external Eheim Eco filter and have the following problem with it and was hoping someone could help. Can someone please help I noticed that my filter is throwing out what appear to be air bubbles but not sure if they are just best way of describing them. The filter is also making a...

Hi I posted a while ago about my silver shark that got stuck in an ornament recently. We managed to free him and his scales are healing well and he is back to his usual self eating etc. Tonight however I noticed one of his eyes look infected it's almost like a white puss thing on his eye ...

They gave me myxazin which treats a lot of infections also body rot fine rot etc. It does look like its getting better like you say like an old scab coming off with new scales underneath. Thanks for advice and hopefully it all heals well :good:

Hi Thought I would add another post as an update and also for some more advice. Sorry I don't know how to link post into this one. If you havnt seen my original post what happened was my silver shark got stuck in an ornament and was wriggling around . We managed to free him however he...

Thanks for the quick reply. The tank is due it's water change tomorrow so I will do that as normal. He seems to be fine just now n swimming around. He is the biggest fish in the tank so hopefully none of the other fish can or will bully him. Hopefully he heals fine :good:

Hi I have a silver shark that is a reasonable size and just now while walking past tank I saw him struggling as he was stuck in an ornament gap. We quickly tried to help him by easing him out by holding him and trying to free him. After a few minutes we managed to free him however he has lost...

Thanks for thev reply. It doesn't look like that it's not raised at all it actually looks like I could wipe it off not sure if it would come off though.

Hi I have had a black ghost knifefish in my tank for about a year now and it's been healthy and growing over time. The other day I noticed what looked like white patches on it it's hard to describe but it's kind of shiny too. I went to my local fish shop to ask them but they weren't sure...

Hi, Not sure if im posting this in the right place but looking for peoples thoughts on how much i could possibly sell my fish tank for as we have recently moved house and not sure if it really fits in the house :sad: The tank is 4ft long with all equiptment needed as its also currently got...

Hi, I'm looking for advise or if you have done it how you did it to move my fish tank to our new house about 20 minutes away from current home. The tank is 4ft so about 210 litres with about 20 fish all reasonable size and a pleco that wont fit in a bag needs a bucket. I assume I need to take...

Thanks for all your reply's. After i posted it i looked it the heater in the tank and think i may be raised the temp accidently while cleaning so i lowered it back to its normal temp 24-26 degrees C and this morning they were all swimming around again normally so hopefully it was that :good...

Can someone please give me some advice! Just noticed that all my fish are all at one corner of my tank not swimming around much! I cleaned my tank out on Friday and tested my water on Sunday and everything was fine! I have never noticed this before so any advice would be great Thanks

Lol sorry I meant will he stop digging everything up? I will go to my LFS and see if they have any other types of wood but I dnt remember seeing any! Thanks again for help!!

Thanks for the replies! I have some bogwood in the tank for him! He does like to mess up all the plants and even seems to dig up the air stone tubing burries in the gravel! Should he eventually stop the noises? Thanks

Hi, I recently added a Royal Pleco to my tank and he has settled in nicely. The only thing i have noticed recently is that when the tank light goes out and the room is in complete darkness i start hearing this loud noise like something is scratching or digging. I have tried sitting thier and...

I had a good look in all the ornaments and he defiantly wasn't about! I hope he does appear but like I said I completely removed everything and he wasn't to be seen. I really do hope he turns up. Do you think it is possible he could of been eaten?

Thanks for the quick reply. I have to silver sharks, congo tetra's, gourami's, clown loaches, black ghost knife fish, and a few other fishes. Do you think any of these fish could of eaten it if thats what has happened? The Pleco was the biggest fish in the tank that is why i cant thikit...

Hi, I have just returned from a two week holiday and cleaned my tank. I found one dead fish and two fish are missing one of them being the Pleco. He was a reasonable size say 6 inches or so and the other fish was about 1.5-2 inches. While cleaning the tank i lifted a ornament that my clown...

Again thanks to everyone for the replies. I have various fish in the tank including clown loaches, congo tetra's, a pleco etc. I will do a big water change tonight and test the water again and hopefully get water quality sorted. Thanks again :good:

Thanks again for your quick replies. Will doing a big water change like 80% be ok for the fish? Also is it possible for the fish to "get used" to the ammonia levels? As doing research they say the fish would be gasping for air not eating etc and the fish are showing no signs of of anything...

Thanks for all your replies. I had a look through all the manuals that came with the testing kit and they were saying that if your PH is out your Ammonia will also be out is that true? Regarding the nitrite the level of 0.1 is the lowest on the chart they provide so it could be lower than...

Thanks for your reply. The tank has been set up for a few months and has got fish in it as it replaced a smaller tank. The test kit is not a dip test its the one with the test tubes and drops of chemicals you add sorry dont know how to describe it. :unsure: I done a water change yesterday...

Hi, Need help with my tank water please. I tested my water today with the Nutrafin Testing kit. The results were: Nitrite 0.1 Nitrate 20 PH 5.5 - 6.0 Ammonia 0.6 - 1.2 How can i get the PH to rise? I tested my tap water and the PH of that was even lower about 4.5-5.0 so doing water changes...

Thanks for all your responses! The fish shop actually told me to return the fish to them for a refund which i have done. I'm continuing to do the whitespot treatment to finish the course of medication. I have been looking at my other fish very carefully and i cant see any spots on them and...

Thanks for the replies. Unfortuantly i dont have another tank to insolate the fish in. I phoned the fish shop where i got the fish and complained about selling the fish, they said they didn't know at the time but when they checked the fish this morning they noticied the tank that he came...

Hi, I bought two clown loaches from my local fish store today, however after putting them in the tank and letting them settle i noticed one of them didnt look well, i have taken a photo of the fish hopefully someone can help identify the problem. The fish is swimming around and eating just...

kl thanks Yeah i will make sure i unplug the heater thanks :)

Thanks. I will do a water change tonight and hopefully it should help clear it up, will the fish be ok in the amount of water left in the tank Yeah when i bought the fish i was told the tank size would be fine however after doing more research i discovered i might need a bigger tank. They...

Thanks for all the replies. The tank has been running about 4 months now and was filled with water from my old tank aswell. The fish i have in the tank are: 2 Bala Sharks ( 2 inches ) 2 Clown Loaches ( 2 inches ) 1 Pleco 5 Dwarf Gouramis 1 Black Knife Fish 5 Congo Tetras 2 Rainbow Fish...

Hi, newbie here I have a 210 litre tank with approx 25 various fish in the tank with a Eheim Eco 2036 external filter. The water in the tank became really cloudy over night any idea's as to what could have caused this? I clean the tank every 2 weeks including gravel and ornaments and change...