"soup" wrote in message
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It is not so much what she will allow it is what I have access to, it is
not really my set-up rather it is my son's I greped the 'net and all
sorts before we had got any fish and the 10 Gl per fish seemed to be the
quoted figure for GF, so I told her off this but she wouldn't listen to
me (shades of her remembering a bowl with a fish in it).

But why would she care what size tank you purchased for you son? I guess
you lost me here.

Have just noticed too that the fish in question has a yellowish tint
and its fins seem to have quite a bit of yellow in them, would this be
connected, or are the two not connected, this yellowishness just being
its mature colour?

I don't see that as being connected. How long do you have these fish? Have
you been doing partial water changes? Have you checked the water for
ammonia and nitrites? What is the PH? Could your son have been overfeeding
them?

Will treating for flukes harm the fish if they do not have them?

No, but that may NOT be the problem here. How long has this tank been set
up?

Behaviour seems to agree with description on the 'net but I am no
expert, obviously I will talk to the chap(ess) at the aquarium shop
tommorow,but these people TEND (oh no looking for specialist advice on a
Saturday) to only want to make a sale so may not get the best advice.

You'll find a lot of that on the net as well. Please answer the questions
above so we can better help you. Have you used dechlorinators when you do
the partial water changes to deactivate chlorine and chloramines?
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