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Hey folks, I have a few red cherry shrimp in my community tank and saw this wee guy tonight. I've been watching to see if I can get a better picture but so far this is the best I can get. He seems the same size as my older rcs so I'm a bit confused. Any thoughts on what he is? Hiding behind...

Hi Folks, Last week a gold minnow went on a murderous rampage hurting 4 other minnows and 4 danios. I have 1 minnow left and 3 danios who are all still recovering from the bloody beating they received but 1 of the danios seems really sick now. My LFS thinks it's a bacterial infection which...

HI, I've had fish badly beaten and lost 4 this week and tonight we discovered the juvenile gold minnow is the culprit. Is this even possible? I've lost 3 other minnows and a dannio. Tonight another dannio has been singled out and now has damaged scales as well as freaking out all over the...

Hi, My 90L community tank has become a rough neighbourhood the past couple of days, can anyone help? I've had 2 bloodied minnow corpses the past 2 days and today a danio is fighting for his life after a severe beating. The problem is bad but it's a tank full of peaceful breeds and they're...

Hi folks, I got my new 90L tank set up today and everyone from the little tank moved across. It looks amazing but lordy - the plants which looked 'busy' in a 40 litre high tank vanish in the bigger one! I knew I'd want more plants but I actually NEED to get them now as my wee pals are really...

Hi folks, I finally got my wish :) I brought home my Fluval 90 litre tank today, officially the largest tank my floors can safely take! So apart from dancing like a wee kid I'm trying to figure out a) what all I have and b) what all I can do with it. I'm moving my community tank contents...

Hi again, My recent rant was about my mum doing some water changes while I was on holiday without using dechlorinator and destroying my bacteria. I understand she was only trying to help but ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......my poor fish! In my wee community tank with plants it has rebalanced the...

Take this as a warning folks - If you go on holiday NEVER leave your fish killing mother with a house key :( She decided to test the aquarium water while she was over and found I had nitrates at 5 ppm. The book with my API test kit recommended a 20% water change to make the fish happier. Which...

Hi folks, This little fella appeared during todays water change. Can anyone help identify what kind of snail he/ she is? And perhaps more importantly will he/ she cause death and destruction to my happy wee aquarium? I thought I was snail-less till now. We got some plants a couple of...

Hi Folks, I've had some successes and failures with plants so far, if you can make suggestions as to how to improve things please feel free to do so! I have an 11g tank with 4 Danios, 3 Minnows, 2 Cory Cats and my plants The banana plant - looked liked I'd killed it after 5 days. The...

Hi, I've checked my water quality and its fine but my tanks smells rank! Could it be my plants or my black moor? My tank gets clean water twice a week and gravel siphoned / decor cleaned once a week. I feed once a day and there's never left overs. My black moor has started eating the banana...

Hi guys, I've had a couple of days of fish drama and now I'm totally confused! I upgraded my tank from a 10 litre to a 45 taking all my bacteria, filter etc safely with me. The fish were acting weird so I got my water levels checked and they were fine. The next morning we had a fatality...

After a stressful few days with the change of tanks, one of our gold mountain minnows has died :( On the plus side my four year old seems to be offering the rest counselling at the moment. Didn't see that one coming! The remaining five all seem back to normal so thanks for the advice guys...

Hi Guys, After being so hyper about setting up my new tank last night I'm ready to cry this morning, my nosey/ sociable fish are all huddled behind a plant. I rinsed the tank thoroughly, used all the water from the old tank, the same filter with the foam pads rinsed with the old tank water...

Hi Guys, I'm a stay at home mother of 2 in Scotland who has only recently started keeping an aquarium. My mum bought my 4 year old a 5 gallon tank, gravel and lots of fish. They died. They were replaced. Unknown to me this cycle went on for around 6 months. Five months ago I found out the...