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ok thank you for your suggestions. Will try them :)

Sorry- my tank is at 25 degrees Celsius. I read online that if I ramp the temperature up to 31-32 degrees Celsius and keep it there for 3 days, this might get rid of the fungus? I think I might try this as a safe alternative and if it works, keep the tank at 28 degrees in future??? Many thanks

ok thank you for that comprehensive information. I like the sound of using the Malachite green. My fish are Zebra Danios, platies, black widows and black neons. Will they be ok with marine salt being added to the aquarium? Would me doing more gravel cleaning e.g. going from 1 clean to 2 per...

Hi there, I have had a tank running for nearly a year and have lost 3 of my 15 fish during this time. I have noticed that there seems to be quite a bit of fungus in the uplift filter pipe and in the gravel. Also, one of the platies looked like it had some fungus by it's gills the other day...

oh no.... I didn't know this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So getting another female won't help as the ratio will only be 1:1? Should I try to get the store to swop one of my males for a female?

I will try to get a photo, please bear with me as the fish move very quickly and pics come out blurry. As such wanted to upload a video. Using your advice I have 2 males and female...

I took a video but can't upload it using the add video button?

hope this helps? I have removed the most aggressive platy, put it in a bucket with DE chlorinator and some oxygen tablets where it will stay overnight before I reintroduce it back into the tank. I have noticed that the former victim of the aggressor is now bullying the other remaining platy...

Dear All, I have been the proud owner of a community (3 black neons, 3 black widows, 4 zebra danios and 3 platies) for 3 months now. 2 of the platies were introduced into the tank at the same time and were actually housed together at the pet shop. However, in the last few days, I have noticed...

I would just like to thank you ALL for your lovely advice and apologise for not saying thanks earlier! I did a massive water change (90%) as recommended, the nitrite levels went down to 0 and the nitrates to 25ppm. 2 days later I bought some 'starter fish' (danios, black widows and black neons)...

hi all, my readings are: Nitrite: 0ppm (down from 1) Nitrate: 25ppm (down from between 100 and 250) Last ammonia: <0.25 ppm These have been my readings for the last 48 hours, despite me adding a pinch of finely ground fish food to the tank 24 hours ago.... I'm going to add two fish to the...

Hi all, I did a 90% water change today so current readings are: Nitrite: 1ppm (down from 10) Nitrate: 25ppm (down from between 100 and 250) Last ammonia: <0.25 ppm I will continue to monitor levels. There must be bacteria present in the tank....This is now the 6th week since the tank has...

p.s PH is around 7.2-7.6

okay, thanks for the info. When you say a high water change, would soemthing like 75% be enough? Is the purpose of thsi step to remove nitrites?

Hi there friends, I thought that I'd give a litle update..... I purchased an API ammonia kit and now have the following readings for my tank, approximately 12 hours after adding one pinch of fish flake to it: Ammonia: 0-0.25 ppm (mg/L) API Nitrite: 10 (mg/L) N.B max the kit can read, TETRA...