Recent content by Waikle

Hi all... Unfortunately I appear to be on track to lose my last 5 fish within the next few days or so. I have tried treatments available to me and nothing is helping so I think I am at the point where I just need to let it happen and start over again... and not buy fish from the pet store. What...

Hi there, this may be a stupid question but here goes... I discovered in my aquarium recently that there are two colors of algae growing. Or maybe one isn't algae, I really don't know. One is a bright kind of limey green and the other is dark, almost a brown. Are there different kinds of algae...

I did sort out the filter. Turns out a local lady had an old dynaflo filter which I picked up thinking it would at least work for a week until I could get a proper one. Turns out the motor was the same as the aquaclear so now I have a filter again. As far as the fish, they didn't have any...

Hi there. Just a quick question about fish behavior... I am left with a single female platy in my tank with 6 tetras after my other platy died. Now she is being rather aggressive towards the tetras. Could it be because she is the only platy? Do platies need platy friends? I have a tank...

Hi there, last weekend I lost two fish. The first one, a Pristella tetra who was one of my first fish when I set up the tank a year ago had obviously been dying for a few days so I researched euthanasia and did the whole clove oil thing. It started with a curved spine so I quarantined it and...

Hi there, I am really glad I found this site... I have so many questions. It seems like there is something new every week, and I don't live anywhere near a fish store or even a pet store. Not to mention that the pet store I go to in the city whenever I am there gives very bad advice. Anyways...