Recent content by Brian79

Thanks for all your replies. The symptoms are there is a white-ish colour running along the top of him from the head down to mid-body. He is swimming slower than usual and also I'll find him separated from the rest of the Boesemani's. He looks to be opening and closing his mouth, constantly...

Hi, I currently have a hospital tank running with a mature sponge filter taken from my tank. I am treating unwell juvenile Boesemani Rainbow fish. At the moment I am only using aquarium salt to see if I see any improvement. My question is... If I go down the medication route, will the...

I see. Will do thanks.

Ok thanks. I've read that it's advisable to keep one as if more than one the weaker will get picked on.. any truth in that?

What size of tank do you have and are they difficult to keep? I'll have.. 5 x Boesemani Rainbow fish (they're on order) 1 x Hoplo Catfish 1 x Bristlenose Plec And the Elephant Nose if I can have it. I'd like to have 1 Rainbow Shark as well but Aqadvisor says with that my filtration capacity...

Hi I have a Fluval Roma 200 which is 53g / 200 litres. Will a Elephant Nose fish be suitable? On some sites I've read a 40g is minimum while on others I've read a 50g is minimum. Aqadvisor website warns me saying its "not recommended for your tank - it may eventually outgrow your tank space...

Parameters when I posted this last night were Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 10. I removed him and put in a hospital tank but I could tell he wasn't gonna make it. Woke up this morning and I was right. All others have been acting fine except the Black Phantoms some are staying low kinda in the...

So I got home this evening, turned on my tank light and noticed that one of my Black Phantom Tetra's was swimming quite high in the tank himself away from the rest. Then I couldn't help but noticed his colours were showing more, like a different shade, with almost like a blue tinge, but with a...

Yeah the Kuhli Loach were ones I considered but they're too small and would end up escaping through my filter intake or something lol, which is a pity.

Ok thanks. I have a 53g / 200L .. probably not suitable.

Hi I was watching this video on drip acclimating your new fish and couldn't help but notice the eel in the guy's tank. Does anyone have any ideas? The reason I ask is that my 7 year old son would love an eel type fish but I don't know of any I could have... Here's the video..

Ok so it'll be 10 gallons on Aqadvisor then :) I'm not looking for another filter I just wanted to know what I could enter into their website for stocking etc EDIT: Turns out the "Lustar Hydro Sponge Filter 0" is 10 gallons :)

When I bought the sponge filter I was looking for something small so that I could put it in a hospital/quarantine tank if needed. Measurements are 76mm x 76mm x 187mm

Hi, I have a 53 gallon tank with a Fluval 306 canister as my main filter, but I also have a sponge filter which isn't listed on Aqadvisor. Would anyone know what the equivalent would be on the site? Pic below....

What is a hob? Sorry but I'm a newbie in fish keeping and still learning. I've been reading stuff online and it seems baking soda is used to sort the KH as well. 1 teaspoon per 30 gallons they say will raise KH by 2 degrees, and PH by .4 ... and it's instant. I'll need to do something that's...