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Hey. We recently lost Barb number 3 of 4 and so are left wth a solitary fish in a 6gallon tank. We'd like to get another fish or two in there for company and wondered what would be best suited. We do have a slight problem with algae on the bottom so we did think a plecy would be good for...

I've been wondering for a little while, which way it is best to have the heater in a tank. We have ours vertical, but is it bestfor it to be horizontal near the bottom of the tank? Thanks, Jon&Liz :roll:

Hi, we reported back at the start of April about some organge blobs that developed on one of our sunset platies. http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=21437&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight= They kind of settled down and remained constant, but now the fish has a very rigid...

Hi, we've have noticed that one of our 3 tiger barbs, a male one, is looking very skinny and seems to be disorientated. It swims up to the top of the tank and then simply falls to the bottom when it does it over again. Its only a small tank, 6gal, and there are only 2 male and 1 female barbs in...

Hey. We've got 3 platy, 1male and 2 females. One of the females gave birth to around 100 fry about a month ago. Prior to giving birth, she was huge, understandable considering the size of the batch! Now a month on, she is still pretty big. She seems to have kept the darkness behind her...

Hi, We've bought some drift wood for our 11gal tnk and it has looked really nice, giving the new fry somewhere to hide. Unfortunately it has seemed to have been carrying snail eggs and now we are having an overload of snails. Is it ok to treat the snails with the chemical that knocks them...

Hi, We have two female sunset platy's and 1 male, recently another female died from an internal infection where her scales were sticking out on one side. Now, we still have three week old fry and the other female (the one that is not the mother) has developed some orange blob-like spots inside...

i have 4 platys, 1 male 3 female. one female has just had approx 80 fry. on another female i found a redness and some scales sticking out slighty on one side only. is this dropsey? any advise gratefully recieved, thanks. may be able to add photo

We've got 4 sunset platty and 3 tiger barbs, and the last few days we have noticed the plattys have been producing black poop! The nitirte level is 4.0mg/l and is lower than it was yesterday. We have just taken out 24 fry into a new tank so the nitirite level should fall. Are the two related or...

Hi all, I've downloaded the demo version of Aquarix 4 and it seems like a good program to keep all the notes of my aquariums in one place. Can anybody recommend it and let me know if it is worth buying the full version. Does it also run on Mac's if anybody knows. Also, does anyone recommend any...

Hey, I was just wondering if anyone could recommend any UK online aquatic stores. I know there are a lot out there but we're not sure of the reliability of them, etc. I've been recommended als store by BrianNY (cheers Brian! :D) but unfortunately they dont ship to the UK. Any ideas? Cheers...

Hi all! Just wondering what the deal is with undergravel filters. I have a Rekord 60 tank which has a built in filter, but i've seen people here who have and undergravel filter as well as their regular filter. So, what is their purpose and how do they work and are they successful? Is it worth...

Hi, i was just wondering if its ok to add all the weekly chemicals at the same time each week, as in all on the same day. I'm adding things like Fresh Start, Fliter Start, Filter Aid, Flora Boost as well as changing the filter every week and was wondering if it is ok to do them all at the same...

i have 4 sunset platys, baby platys and 4 tiger barbs. today one of my tiger barbs unexpectedly died. i have tested the water and its fine. the barb did have a yellowy green belly could this have caused the death? if so does anyone know what it is?

Hi, I've read somewhere about adding salt to help keep fish healthy. Is this correct or just a myth. I've got 4 Sunset Platies with 30 fry and 4 Tiger Barbs. The tank is about 10 weeks old and we are currently treating one of the Tiger Barbs for Popeye infection. Would a regular dose of salt...

Hi. I've got 4 Sunset Platties and 4 Tiger Barbs and was wondering if i would be able to introduce some Angel fish sometime? I am a bit worried that the Barbs will nip the tails of the Angels. If not, would small or larger Angels be better? It will be a little while before i introduce more...

We've had our aquarium for about 6 weeks now with some Platy and we introduced some Tiger Barbs one week ago and all seemed fine, until this morning when we noticed that one of the Barbs has a swollen eye and a white lump/spot on its back directly on top. We added the white spot treatment prior...