Recent content by AceReject

Hi Andy, thank you for this. Sorry it’s taken me a few days to reply. I usually do go by the dorsal fins which is why I was fairly sure they were females. It’s only when the black “mating stripe” seemed to lightly appear that I questioned myself. I’m going to assume they’re females. They...

Hi all, I was just wondering if anyone could help me with sexing two of my honey gouramis please? I always thought they were females, but recently both are getting a small bit of black at the bottom (which I thought was a male breeding thing?). They live with a female red and a yellow that is...

Hi, thanks for the reply. I was buying otocinclus, so not really a comparable species. It did indeed have a very blue eye but I think it was going pale from stress. Fortunately, I was able to put it in a small QT overnight and return it the next day. I think it will be happier now it’s back...

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Hi all, I just got back from my LFS after purchasing some fish. Unfortunately they are now closed. When I’ve gone to float the bag, I’ve found there is a random stowaway fish in there with the ones I purchased. Googling suggests it’s some kind of rainbow fish? Just wondering what to do with...

Thank you for the words of encouragement. I do overthink things sometimes and I suppose I have to accept that I'll never truly know why.

Hi AutumnSky, thank you for your reply. I have an air stone in each of my tanks, and I do periodically test the oxygen level. I might do a test later today and just double check that all is ok. There were 2 male honeys that got on really well together. I never once saw them fighting or...

Thank you for these tips. I really appreciate it. I’m sorry you lost fish a few years back. It really sucks. :( I actually turned my lighting off last might after I discovered the issue. My thoughts for the next week or so are to keep the lights off during the day and just run them for a...

Thanks for your thoughts, Aiken. It seemed strange that he was still fully coloured and completely healthy looking rather than pale, washed out or showing signs of disease. I think I’ll just have to chalk it down to an unexplained case.

Hi all, I’m just wondering if anyone has any thoughts on how / why my beautiful male honey gourami may have died? I was just feeding everyone when I found him upside down at the bottom of the tank. :( The tank is a 160L community tank and has a few other honeys too. It’s a fully cycled tank...

That sounds like a good plan - thank you. It’s now in the QT and will follow your suggestion. :)

Hi all, Does anyone have any idea what is wrong with my ember tetra? It has creamy white sides and is extremely bloated. It’s been like this for weeks. It schools with the other fish and seems to behave ok. To provide some background, this particular school of tetras have been problematic...

Thank you! I really appreciate your help here. I have just ordered a large bag of crushed coral, and I think I’m going to have to put a much larger quantity in the filter instead of the current crushed oyster shells. The KH normally falls somewhere between 2 and 4. I know this is really low...

Hi Aiken, thank you so much for replying! Do you have any suggestions for how to get the KH permanently up? As I said above, I have crushed oyster shells in the filter and one piece of ocean rock in the tank, and then I use KH Up with the water changes. I find if I go any further with dosing...

Hi guys. I’m having problems with my freshwater tank and am hoping someone might be able to help please. I’ve spent hours and hours researching what to do, but I’m getting nowhere. The tank is about 8 months old. It’s 160L and heavily planted. Stocked with: rasbora, tetras, honey gourami...