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Anyone tell me where i can get a L183 - starlight brittlenose. Tried trimar and lfs's but with no success. I live in Newcastle UK and i am willing to travel, approx 2hrs each way. Lynn

Busy cycling 4th tank and 9 days in. Could someone tell me if the water chem results are on the right track as nitrItes still very high and should i do a water change? I am still adding ammonia daily. Ph 7.0 ammonia 0ppm nitrItes 5ppm nitrAtes 80ppm. Lynn

I'm busy cycling my 20gal/uk tank. When finished i would like a pleco that doesn't grow to big (not a bristlenose), and a few other fish. I don't want the same fish that are in my other tanks (see signature), but would like something different. I would quite like rams or silver dollars but don't...

When i went on hols (3 wks ago) I had all the food measured out in small containers and labelled with the days of the week they were to be given. I even showed my neighbour how to open the lid etc and explained that under no circumstances where the fish to be given anymore food. I came back to 2...

I was having trouble with white spot and ?fin rot but i couldn't add salt as there is a loach in the tank. I raised the temp and used Protozin and also melafix. This treatment was started 6 days ago and i could see an improvement in 2 days. Sorry to hear about your losses :-( Lynn

Finally managed to get hold of ammonia :D Hopefully things will get moving now :) Lynn

I am cycling another tank without ammonia (as unable to get at present), i am using filter media, some substrate and some water from another tank. I also have plants in. I know what to look for in the readings when using ammonia, but unsure what to look for now. Have taken base line readings...

Sorry thought i had put location in. Newcastle Upon Tyne - UK

I am in the process of setting up a new tank and was hoping someone can tell me where i can buy ammonia to help with cycling. I didn't need need this for my other tanks as the filters and decor were given to me and had only been out of use for less than 24hrs. At present in the new tank i have...

How about corys and ruby barbs. The male ruby barbs turn deep red when after a female, they are great to watch and they don't nip like tigers. Lynn

It's not swimming on the spot. Jerky movements at the start of swimming and while swimming.

One of the platties has been acting very strange. One minute it is swimming along fine and the next it it hiding and making jerky movements. It keeps repeating this cycle. I am on my 3rd day treatment for white spot. All white spots have disappeared from all the fish and the other fish are fine...

I got quite a fright the first time i decided to check on the fish during the night. As others have said all the fish had lost their colour and i spent the night worrying. But the next morning all was well :D As to the holiday feeding the neighbour that fed the fish for me was coming in twice...

Hi :hi: You will gets loads of good advice here and make new friends. :thumbs: Lynn

I recently went on holiday and was advised not to use the feeding blocks. I put the required amount of food into small tubs and showed my neighbour how to feed the fish and asked them not to give anymore. Lights were on timers and everything was great when i came back. I did a water test and...

Hi, bought King British White Spot Terminator as suggested. I have also noticed other fish are affected so treating the tank. But i have made a boob. I didn't do a water change before treatment, so how long before i can do one? Lynn

Thanks for the quick response Lynn

Hi, i think one of my platties has white spot. What is the best med to use and to i need to treat the full tank(see sig for other fish in tank), or do i remove this fish into quarantine to treat her alone. Would appreciate a quick response so i can go and buy the med. Thanks Lynn

I have a marble pleco in with my corys (see signature) and they all get on great.The corys are great to watch. I don't know about otos. Lynn

I have 2 honey-red gouramis in my community tank and they are not aggressive. These fish will even take food from my hand. They are a lovely colour and have always been docile with the other fish.

I rinse the filter media in the tank water that has been removed(during water change) every 2-3 weeks depending on how much poo the fishes are passing :lol: I only clean part of the gravel each time. Hope this helps Lynn

Hi Mischief :hi: Hope you enjoy the forum. You will gets loads of advice. Lynn

Hi mich :hi: Nice to meet you. I hope you find this site as useful as i have. There are loads of great people on here. Lynn

I was thinking of letting them have the fry in the main tank and then moving the fry to breeding tank asap. Is this not a good idea? Lynn

I think i have a pregnant guppy and platy and would like to be prepared for the big day(s) :thumbs: I have been looking at breeding nets and plastic breeding tanks and I don't know which one is better :unsure: Any ideas? I have also seen a floating breeding tank and one that sticks onto...

I am unsure how long the fish can survive but at the moment my heaters have not been switching on due to the temp being ok because of the warm weather. Even though it has been raining loads it is still warm and the tank temps are fine. Hope this helps :) Lynn

I have 2 tanks, 1 with gravel and the other with sand. Every one who has seen them says the tank with the sand looks better as it looks more natural. I prefer the sand myself and as I have corys it is a must for them. I use aquatic sand from lfs and have had no bother. It can be bought ready...

Hi :hi: and welcome to the forum. I am still a newbie and find this site a godsend. You will get loads of good advice. Lynn

I have had the same probs with temp because of the heat in general at this time of year. I was advised to put icecubes into a plastic bag and float the bag on top of tank water. It brought the temp down great and not to quickly. Hope this helps :) Lynn

Filter is a Fluval 2 and I assume it is working correctly as water chem is perfect. I have been testing daily just in case it was a problem. Filter sponge has been cleaned in old tank water and fibre wool replaced. Water seem to be clearing now but very slowly. Hopefully it will be clear before...

I usually clean the gravel every time i do a water change, but haven't cleaned it during the last 2 days in case that was causing the problem. Lynn

There doesn't appear to be any crap floating around at present, otherwise just normal poo from fish. Have turned airstone off for now (only had it on more these past couple of days because of cloudiness). The cloudiness is sort of whiteish. Lynn

I need help fast please. I have a 13gal/uk tank. I did a water change 2 days ago and water became very cloudy. Have done daily changes since without disturbing substrate and it is still very cloudy. I washed filter sponge in old tank water and replaced fibre wool but still no difference. Fish...

I was going to ask the same question about temps in the tanks :nod: but my question has now been answered-thanks. :kana: Lynn

Has anyone had the use of 'Seachem Prime". I saw it in Practical Fishkeeping mag and wondered what other people thought. I went to the Seachem site and read up on it. It says it tackles chlorine, chloramine and ammonia. It also claims to detoxify nitrItes and nitrAtes. As i am still new to this...

I have a gravel syphon but I also have another tank with gravel substrate and i don't have water chem problems with that. The gravel tank has more fish and i do water changes every 2-3 days again because it is still quite new. I set both tanks up at the ame time. Will do big water changes as...

I have a 13 gal/uk tank. I had been doing water changes every 2-3 days with it still being quite new, and the fish were added over a period of 2-3 weeks. I have a sand substrate and must admit i have trouble cleaning this as unsure how to do it correctly and how often. I do attempt to clean the...

I have 6 corys (2 x peppered, 2 x sterbai, 2 x viginae) and they all like to 'hang out together'. But the peppered and sterbai are also quite active during the day. They are all great to watch. Lynn

Sorry about your cory :-( May it be at rest in that big tank :byebye: Lynn

I have cory sterbai and thought they weren't getting any food as the barbs always got it first, but some food always gets to the bottom. I found that if i fed the barbs with the light on and then waited for an hour or so, turned the lights off, waited a little longer for barbs to settle for the...