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Hi, I have already lost one emperor tetra this week, and now another looks very ill. This morning it had a white cyst like thing on its side, and now it has gone leaving a nasty wound. I have a feeling it is ich related, but not sure. He is very swollen and not eating. I think it's too late for...

Hi I am having trouble keeping my fish as I seem to lose fish on a regular basis. My tank has been running with fish for well over a year now. I have lost a couple of barbs over the past few days and a flying fox. Other barbs look unwell (lack colour and pop eye). I clean my tank once a...

Hi, I have a 30 litre tank that has been set up for about a year now. I am having some real issues with algae build up on my plant leaves. It's a horrible green algae that turns brown and has green threads coming off the leaves at times. My tank has tetras and 1 fighter in it. It's cleaned...

Hi I have recently had one of my rainbows die with what I think is a dropsy illness. I have also just noticed that one of my tetra has black marks on it. I have no idea what these are. Can someone help? I think the pic shows it quite well. Tank info: 70litre NO2 - <0.3mg/l Ammonia - 0mg/l...

Hi I recently put 5 amano shrimp in my tank. Only 4 seem to be left, the fifth seems to have vanished! The 4 remaining shrimp are doing great, but they appear to be eating my plants! I have read a lot of stuff saying that these shrimp don't eat plants, but mine certainly are! There are holes in...