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I was in my LFS today talking to the guy about my breeding mollies as I was concerned about my tank getting too full. He told me that the amount of fish I have in my tank currently is “half the number” I could have. I currently have 10 cardinals, 10 rummynoses, 4 mollies (and babies but they’re...

Update: the tank has maintained a temperature of 27/28°C today. The house temp has been bumped all the way up to 25°C and the fish are all doing well with a blanket around the tank. My heater is arriving tomorrow morning so all is looking good. Thank you for the suggestions!

Only a herb centre, I’m not sure what kind of things they sell as I only go there to walk my dog. Do you think my fish can survive for 2-5 days until my heater comes?

My pets at home doesn’t sell heaters on the shelf (can order them in but that’ll take 2-5 days again) and I don’t have the range near me. I’ve managed to keep them at about 27°C but I’m just worried it’ll go down overnight

Please help. My tropical tank’s heater has just exploded (maybe 30 minutes ago). I’ve just ordered a new one but it will be 2-5 days. What can I do until then? I’ve removed all of the remains as best I can but I have no where else for my fish to go and no way to get another heater until my new...

The filter moves the surface of the water but doesn’t create bubbles or anything like that. How do I cycle without fish if they all die? I have noticed that before the fish die they tend to look bloated and then they start going white almost? It literally takes 30 minutes for them to go from...

The tank has been sat for 3/4 weeks with no fish. I was told to add 4-6 fish so the bacteria in the filter is able to break the ammonia from fish waste, uneaten food, etc, down into nitrites and then into nitrates. I wasn’t planning on adding any more fish until my values all went down but my...

I have had my Fluval Roma 125 set up for a few weeks with water conditioner and the Fluval Cycle added. I decided my first fish were going to be 5 cardinal tetras. Were all okay, and swimming around fine for a few days. Then one of them started gasping for air at the surface of the tank. Found...