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Just got back from a night out, and I can see a single little snail making its way across the glass! Best next step to take? Current stocking: 2 platys, 2 mollies, 8 neon tetras so nothing that eats snails I don't believe?

Just curious - what do you do when you see a totally inappropriately sized/badly maintained aquarium out and about? Or a goldfish bowl on television programmes? The restaurants in my area for example seem to have a love affair with enormous goldfish in average sized tanks... I would never have...

"LCD alarm clock" Sure a fish would love that tearing through the tank at 6am!

Hi, I cycled by floating food flakes in the tank for three weeks (with no fish in) but I have been told by others that this might not have been sufficient. But it has been with fish in for over a month now and ammonia has stayed at 0 so I thought it was quite stable... I gently squeeze the...

A week ago I had a "salt and pepper" molly die. The fish was initially lethargic, then began lying on the bottom, then had difficulty staying upright, and then ceased to move and died. No external signs of illness anywhere, tank values fine (all I can say for certain is ammonia 0 ppm as I have...

Yesterday I noticed that my molly was swimming very slowly, with rocking motions, and finding it difficult to change direction or target where he specifically wanted to suck (he loves to suck EVERYTHING but especially the rubber thermometer sucker). I was really worried because he is one of my...

...do you give it in imperial gallons? US gallons? How do American and UK fishkeepers talk about their tanks together without confusion? I feel stuck constantly giving my tank size in litres when gallons seems to be the standard - but I'm confuuused! :blink:

Hi, One of my tetras has three tiny white spots on his tail/fins. Left it a day after noticing to see how it developed. There are still only three little spots and all other fish still have no sign of spots, but I just noticed one platy flicking and rubbing against plants. He's stopped now...

I'm relatively new to tropical fish (2 months into it) after switching from goldfish keeping (aka a never-ending fight against poop and ammonia). My goldfish constantly sifted through the substrate looking for something to eat and begged at the top of the tank whenever anybody approached. I am...

Well that helps! In that case, do you have a schooling fish you particularly recommend! And how many would be best to buy? I want to buy few enough not to 'shock' the tank but enough so they don't feel outnumbered.

Thanks a lot for the links! I have posted another thread in the general tropical fish forum on my salt issues. I read conflicting information on the internet regarding mollies and freshwater vs brackish environments and am very confused!

Hi, I have had a small community (3 mollies, 2 platys, all same sex, in 60 litres) established for two months and if my test values stay constant, in a month I would like to expand it a bit. I really want 6 or 8 of a little schooling fish, but I have an issue regarding salt. When I got my...

Thanks for your thoughts! Even after I do my research and think I have avoided the common mistakes, it still seems there a million things I am not doing right! :( When I set up the tank, I bought live plants and floated food flakes in the tank in a net, replacing them every few days, and I left...

This isn't really an emergency as the fish has died already, but I would really like to make sure it is nothing that can affect my other fish. In the last 24 hours, my molly fell ill and died. When I woke up, he was laid on the bottom of the tank. When I encouraged him to swim, he had some...