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I cant get a picture of him - He moves to quick ( It looked like a bit of skin like he had been sunburnt and it had peeled. When I first saw this white mark on him, I thought he had lost some scales but its like a transluscent white colour with a littlehanging off/out. He seems well in himself...

So we have just added some more fish into our tank (A friend was getting rid of his tank and kindly gave us his fish). My black molly now has a white mark on his side. Its almost like he is "peeling" like you do after being in the sun and its white. i was cleaning the seams of the tank and he...

FLUVAL CHI FISH TANK REPLACEMENT FILTER FOAM PAD 2PK | eBay one is the foamy one and this onehttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HAGEN-FLUVAL-CHI-FISH-TANK-REPLACEMENT-FILTER-PAD-3PK-/200543849053?_trksid=p2054897.l4276 is the wooly one.

I dont know what you mean. I have a filter pad which looks wooly and a foam type pad. I only submerhed the wooly one in tank water and cleaned the surface dirt off.

In the time ive had the tank, I've only rinsed the filter pad twice in tank water because it was obvious the flow had diminished - the fountain was half the height. Hurry up siphon! I assume I still do the same 25% change oncd weekly when ive received the siphon?

A chinese algae eater - aka sucking loach in the UK. I hope it settles once I have my siphon. How often would you clean the gravel?

So I've pretty much cracked the water change regime. Once a week I do a 25% change taking out my fluval basket and plant and cleaning them. On both occasions I have done this, all the cr@p in the gravel then comes out making the water cloudy. I wouldn't say its ever been 100% crystal clear since...

We have a male and female molly. She got quite aggressive over algae tablets earlier this week. Both seem to gobble up flakes very quickly. I have a 19L fluval chi with a plant basket in the middle. The male keeps going side on to the basket and flicking himself off it sideways or swimming...

We have a male and female molly. She got quite aggressive over algae tablets earlier this week. Both seem to gobble up flakes very quickly. I have a 19L fluval chi with a plant basket in the middle. The male keeps going side on to the basket and flicking himself off it sideways or swimming...

We are thinking of getting a shrimp or two depending on size. I am currently running our tank at 27/28 degrees. I looked at one site that said shrimps like 22-25 as a guide. Could I still have them if my temperature is higher?

I had my issues the past week or so (see previous threads) and I did a PWC on Sunday of around 20%. The tank went quite cloudy and I was concerned as it still hadn't cleared up. I just did another PWC (none since Monday) of about 20% and gave the filter a rinse (in tank water) but I got rid of a...

Haha! I had my issues the past week or so (see previous threads) and I did a PWC on Sunday of around 20%. The tank went quite cloudy and I was concerned as it still hadn't cleared up. I just did another PWC (none since Monday) of about 20% and gave the filter a rinse (in tank water) but I got...

I did thanks. I am now allowing my tank to cycle with the fish in.

Ok so my tank smells like soil. That's the closest thing I can describe. After my scare with my mollies, I did a 10% change daily for 2 days adding tapsafe and some ammonia remover. The tank went cloudy after I had done this and added some water from my LFS when I got my sucking loach. I then...

So after my post on Friday my male molly wasnt looking great. I whizzed down to my LFS (Pets at Home) and had them test the water. He said I had high ammonia levels and that there wasnt anything I could do or buy to help. Saturday, we went over to another store of the same chain and bought a...