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Hi, I recently had one of my three angelfish die, since then it seems the balance had been upset, one of the remaining two is bullying the other one. They were all ok before, the usual chasing every now and then, which was to be expected. Had the fish for over a year, they are a reasonable...

I all, I'm a little concerned one of my angels has popeye. Tank details. 30 gal planted 3 angels 3 otos 3 zebra loach 2 upside down catfish 3 amano shrimp Ammonia 0ppm Nitrite 0ppm Nitrate 20ppm (Tap nitrates are 10ppm) I do weekly 40-50% water changes. About a month ago I lost an...

Hi all, came home today to find my largest (and most dominant) of 4 angels looking unwell. Only visible symptoms I can see are a slightly swollen belly and staying close to the surface. He doesn't react like he normally does when I go near the tank and wouldn't eat when I fed them. I'll be...

Hi all, was out for a meal this Eve with my girlfriend, the pub had a nice tank with this cool little guy in it. I'm probably being stupid but I didn't recognise it. Anyone?

Hi all, I am currently working towards setting up a large tank, transferring my fish from my 30gal and introducing new stock. I have had botia striata for years (better choice for the 30gal), but about 6 months ago inherited a single large yoyo loach. Not ideal I know, but they seem ok. The...

Hi all, Its been a very long time since I posted here. I doubt any of you would remember me! I've got my hands on a Rena tank 5ftx2ftx20inches. One thing I dont like about the tank is the aluminium bracing and trim. Does anybody know what my options are for removing this and replacing with a...

About 9-10 months ago i bought my first pair of german blue rams. I managed to get a male/female pair, they settled in with no probs, and spawned a few times (never with any success though). It was about this time last year that i my cycle finished and started buying my first fish! So i was...

Hi everyone, One of our ruykins has recently became sick, he is now in a hospital tank having daily water changes. It's a bit of a long story (there is another post about him on here called "goldfish problem - trouble swimming"). Basically, i need a diagnosis, does this fish have dropsy?? His...

Hi everyone, i havn't been online much recently, but just thought i'd let you all know that my GBRs have are breeding, just found loads of eggs on an anubias leaf!!! :D They are both guarding them well! It's impressive to see that the rams between even managed to scare away my rainbow shark...

I just went to check my fish tank and saw that my new angelfish (about 1 1/2 weeks) looked a bit sick. It has a sort of 'half covering' of a whitey glazed look over its eyes. It also seems a bit 'weak' not swimming so strongly. Also, a few of its fins look damaged. My tank has been established...

Hey everyone! I have a plant in my tank which is not doing too well, it's obvious it needs more light! Im after a plant to take it's place. The plant needs to be tall (background plant), and needs to be suitable for 1wpg. I do use DIY Co2. The pic below shows where it is going (points to the...

Here is my tank. It's my first tank, when i started it i didn't really know what layout or theme i would go for, but have found myself wanting more and more plants, and a natural look. Im would love to move onto the next level of planted aquariums, what i need is more light! I only have 1wpg at...

I have just got myself an angelfish, it's medium sized, a really nice fish. I was told they are generally ok on their own and have seen a very large one on its own at the lfs. Since putting it into my tank yesterday it has become rather shy. When i first put it in it was swimming about the...

Im on the hunt for a new fish or small group of fish for my tank. I currently have: 3 zebra loach 1 black spotted bulldog pleco 3 oto's 4 cherry barbs 2 german blue rams 1 Rainbow shark Any suggestions? Open to all ideas. I would love to get another type of small loach in there, like chain...

I've just got home to find my female dwarf gourami sitting on the bottom of the tank, red gills, not moving (yes it is alive!), but doesnt look like it will live. Its only really moving its eyes. Ive had 3 of these now, and they all seem to die after a couple of months. I've had both males and...

About 2 weeks ago a found my female dwarf gourami sitting on the bottom of the tank, not looking well. She died that night, and i never did know why. I bought a replacement female for my male (and the tank in general). Just now i found my male DEAD! Floating at the surface in amoungst some...

I have only just started using diy co2 in my 30gal, havnt had it long enough to notice differences, but i am very keen on keeping a nicely planted tank. Im thinking about upgrading my 30w light to something a bit better, perhaps in the near future, but im just wondering what this will actually...

I have been keeping my temp up to 86 (well, its actually above 86) to treat against the ich signs i have recently seen. I have my water level lowered so my filter outlet causes agitation to keep the oxygen levels up while the water is heated. As some of you may know, i have recently (2 days...

I have a 30Gal tank, with a fair amount of plants in it. The plants are doing well, i seem to get quite a lot of algae growth, hair algae. From what i can make out, the light is a 30w OSRAM daylight bulb (tank was given to me, writing on the bulb has faded somewhat!). I think most of the...

I bought 2 german blue rams about a week ago. A couple of days ago they started digging a pit in the corner of the tank. Its mainly the male who is doing the digging, but occasionally the female has a little go. Here is a pic (this was 2 days ago, the pit is virtually on the bottom glass now!)

I have just this evening found my female gourami on the bottom of the tank, not looking too great. I have moved her into a hospital tank. I think she has been being picked on by my rainbow shark. When she was sitting on the bottom i saw the rainbow shark attack her, so i immediately moved her...

My female gourami doesnt seem well, shes got no marks/scars, but is just sitting on the bottom. I am moving her into a QT/hospital tank as i saw my rainbow shark attack her. Trouble is i have two new rams in the QT tank. Im just a bit worried about what the rams are gonna do to her. They're...

I have decided to give blue rams a try. Im thinking of buying a pair. Im also planning to quarantine them for about 2 weeks. I have never done this to new fish before introducing them to main tank, but i'm aware of blue rams sensitivity to water parameters and so on. I have a small plastic tank...

Recently my rainbow shark had some probs, it was flashing a lot, seemed to have some kind of parasite. I treated it with a chem, parasite water treatment and it went away. Just yesterday i noticed that he has started flashing again! Before, i never actually knew exactly what was wrong, but...

Whenever i do a pwc and gravel vac i have this small problem, and was just wondering if anyone else has the same thing, or has a solution..... I start to syphon out water, whilst cleaning the sand, and sucking up the poop and debris, by the time i have removed as much water as i need to, i have...