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Hi, I'm new to this group but looking for some help. We seem to have a very persistant case of Ich in our tank. Established (3years) 130 litre tank, water conditions are all as they should be, ammonia 0, nitrite 0 and nitrate around 10. Put in 9 new neons recently and we are assuming that's where...

The title says it all... I planned on layering the two substrates but now that I've washed the flourite and threw that in, I kinda like the look of it! Is all flourite any more beneficial than layering it? Will the sand keep the flourite from clouding? Also, I figure I have enough flourite for...

OK.... So in the Blue corner we have a 5gall tank...containing 1 Betta and a few Platy fry. Planted. Added in to this tank are 3 otos..... In the Red corner we have a 7 gall tank...containing 5 "very cool" Peacock Gobies not too keen on finishing dinner (or even starting it unless it is brine...

I've got four small white balloon mollies in a ten-gallon planted tank at 79 degrees F which has been running for a few weeks now. I used a good percentage of water from our main tank to start this one up, which I think may have helped me so far avoid an ammonia or nitrite spike. Both ammonia and...

Hi, I'm hoping this is the right group to ask in, I couldn't see any other that might be appropriate. I'm wodnering whether anyone can give me any insight in Toad Fish. We bought 2 from our local aquarium place. I have yet to see them eat and they move very little. I'm wondering whether we have...

I've a blue betta since last summer and he's up and about, apparently healthy and eating. However, I noticed a red streak on his lower fin that I don't remember being there before. My disease flow chart talks about red streaks on the body being a sign of internal infection, but nothing about...

Hi, One of my old Tettra's developped a large black swelling in its nose. only one has it, but I'm pretty sure its from the last few days although I cant be 100% sure... i've tried photographing it but its about hard without adequete lighting... here's the link if you can make anything out of it...

Hi all, Has anyone ever heard of algae growing on a fish? I've put three pictures on my webspace of one of my Golden Orfs with just this problem down both sides of the fish, and the fins. Any assistance in getting rid of this or at least controlling it would be much...

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If any people out there own Piranhas and employees at the LPS tell you its okay to put an algae eater in with them. Don't listen. I have read on a dozen sites and a few books that you cannot put another fish in with Piranhas due to territory issues and the obvious. Yet I listened to this one...

Hello, I have 2 blue gouramis, 3 golden gouramis, 3 tetra cardinals and 1 tetra rummy nose. All in a 33 gallon tank with 2 live plants. Everyone is doing great and I wonder what other hardy fish(not easily ill) I can put with them without breaking the harmony. My water is lightly hard, pH around...

I setup my 15UK Gallon tank two weeks ago. It is heavily planted and I am cycling it with 5 leopard danios. During week 1 I changed 25 % of the water 3 times and added some plant fertilizer on the second change. During week 2 I have not changed the water but have done all the water tests. I...

Hello I am new to these news groups so sorry if posted in wrong group. I have got 2 tanks 1 tropical and 1 coldwater.

Hi, I use Windsor salt for everyday cooking. I looked at the ingredients on the box and it says: Salt, Calcium Silicate, Invert Sugar, Potassium Iodide. I am just wondering, are any of those chemicals harmfull for fish or plants?

Just make sure the water's ph is around 7.2 with a small amount of salt (do a search in this group for the amount) and make sure it has the standard characteristics of most if not all other freshwater tropical fish which is 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, and low nitrates, etc. I don't even have salt in...

I am replacing a HOT Magnum with a Filstar XP2. Since I have the biowheel from the HOT, I'd like to use it with the XP2. Has anyone done this before, and if so how did you modify the filstar return tubing? I'm thinking I may need to just build my own with PVC, so I can use a T to shunt water to the...

Hi Guys, I have a recently setup planted 25g hex tank. I started with 5 neons, a week later added 5 more and 1 week after that added 5 rasboras. Each week I monitored the ammonia, nitrite and nitrate lvls and each week they came back at 0. I posted as such and decided from feedback that any wastes...

We bought 4 dwarf red crabs a while back... they lived happily for about 3 days then 2 of them decided to climb up out of the tank and sit on the glass ledge just under the hood... where they died. The other 2 crabs stayed in the water and seemed to freeze solid and again die. Anyone know why this...

Hi, One of my ghost shrimp that I got almost a month ago died saturday. Yes it was white. What was weird was the timing. The other shrimp has already moulted once and is kicking all over the place with no problems.