Recent content by Spider8ait1994

Good news bad news Sorry to double post (if that’s still something that’s frowned upon nowdays) The bed news: the tetra in question passed away this evening. The good(ish) news: I scooped the body out of the tank and kept an eye on it. I did NOT see anything come out of the body and in addition...

Ok I haven’t noticed anything that looks like what you’ve described so hopefully what I’ve ordered in does the job. I do use additives to the water when I do water changes and initial tank setups or for different requirements. For the initial setup I used Seachem Stability to boost the cycling...

So I wasn’t able to find anything in my local area however I have ordered some in. Specifically Blue Planet Fluke & Tapeworm treatment which contains the Praziquantel. This is tablets you dissolve then add to the water at 1 tablet per 20L and says to do the initial dose then in 7 days a 25%...

Yeah I do have a glass cover on the large tank and have used a stiff wire mesh to cover the excess gap from the pre-cut section for the stock filter unit the setup came with (which I swapped out for the canister filter). As for the floating plants I do have some currently on the way. I’ve had to...

Ok I’ll definitely have a look around for that. Just for ease of treatment would it be worth setting up my currently unused 9 Litre as a quarantine and treatment tank for this tetra? As for working product I do actually have some Vitafarm Wormout Gel on hand which according to the ingredients...

Hi all I have a Freshwater Mussel in my tank (2 actually. One about 7cm across in my 29 Litre and an XL one I’d estimate at 10cm across at least in my 130 Litre). I know they’re filter feeders that filter through the tanks water for nutrients but I was wondering if there’s any specific care...

Sorry about the Nitrate number I listed. I did make a mistake with that one so the result the test showed was actually 5ppm. The test kits I use are: Ammonia: API Nitrate: API Nitrite: API pH: VitaPet Senior pH I am considering getting an API brand pH test kit as they seem to be more in depth...

I bought a school of Rummy Nose Tetras recently and one of them I am concerned about. I’ve kept neons and Cardinals before but this is my first time keeping the Rummy Nose variety. 1~What type of fish is afflicted? In addition, please describe what is wrong with the fish to the best of your...

Hi all. I’m Spider and as is obvious with my post here I’m new to aquarium advice (and aquarium forums in general). I keep freshwater fish and have 3 different tank setups. Previously I’ve kept bettas but lately I’ve had more of an interest in community tanks. As for my tanks I have a 9 Litre...

Ok. One last question about the diseases you’ve mentioned. If the worst happens and I do encounter either of these diseases and need to disinfect the tank and contents is there any specific disinfectant you’d reccomend? I do have F10 veterinary disinfectant concentrate that I mix up and use to...

Ah that’s good to know about the diseases. I’d never heard of those before so I’ll definitely look out for symptoms. Just so I know if I do see symptoms is it too late to quarantine at that stage? As for the tank it is planted out and have some decor that can be used for hiding spots. The black...

Hi all. A couple months back I got a 130 litre tank to start keeping some larger fish species than I’ve kept in the past and have added a pair of angelfish and 4 Gourami (2 Pearl Gourami, 1 flame Gourami and 1 blue Gourami) I have a basic idea of some of the differences between males and females...

Almost a year ago I purchased 10 neon tetras from my local pet store. About 6 months ago I noticed they seemed to have small growths. I couldn’t find much about this online and the fish didn’t seem bothered by them, they could still eat and swim fine. Within the past 2 months I’ve had most of my...