Recent content by hoppershaun

I use the liquid drops test kits. Definately no spike in the ammonia, i check it very regular. Bought the fish from the same lfs, so yeah that maybe the problem.

No physical symptoms I've just been stocking the tank so all of the fish are relatively new additions. I had an outbreak of white spot on my harlequin rasboras but that seems to have gone away now after raising the temperature. Everything else in the tank looks fine, all healthy from what I can see.

Hi Guys, I'm having a problem with fish dying, and i can't understand why. Last week my gold gourami suddenly died after looking fine. One day he was swimming around normally and the next he just fell to the bottom of the tank. Also today an angel died, again there didn't seem to be anything...

I've never seen any of the fish rubbing themselves against anything. One of the batch did die a few days after i got it home, but i just put it down to the fish not acclimitising properly. One of the remaining ones i think may not last long, it stomach is shrunken and it doesnt shoal with the...

OK I'll do that, I'll have to put another heater in though because the one I have in is set to its top temperature. Thanks

Hey guys, I've just noticed that my 5 harelequin rasboras have got little white spot all over them, so I'm guessing its white spot. None of the other fish have any signs of it, just the rasboras so I'm guessing they caught it from the LFS where I bought them. Should I use medication to treat it...

I bought 5 rummy nose tetras on friday. One of them died today and I don't know why. My tank is fully cycled, ammonia and nitrites reading 0. I noticed that the tetra wasn't shoaling with the others so had a feeling that something was wrong. Does anyone have any idea what might have happened...

Thanks, I'll leave it the way it is. There is plenty of water movement going on, so should be ok then.

Hi guys, need some advice. I've bought a JUWEL Vision 180 tank, thing is there is no air pump so theres nothing to aerate the water. I've set the filter up that came with the tank, and looking at the instructions it says that there is no need for air pumps. How will the water be oxygenated? Any...

Yeah!!!! Finally my 10 gallon tank is cycled. So glad to see both ammonia and nirtite at 0! Thought this day would never come. Hopefully my 2nd tank will be cycled soon too.

I'm gonna add harlequin rasboras first, so I can add a few of them without causing loads of waste.

I'm currently cycling my 40 gallon tank using 2 raw prawns. Is there any way of knowing how much fish I can stock to start with when the cycle is done? i.e. how much benefictial bacteria there is

Yeah, was thinking about getting one of those. I've read so many threads with people praising them and taking it as standard to have one that I thought I'll have to get one! I hope the nitrite part is quicker too, for the sake of my little fish! They don't seem bothered about anything thats...

Hi guys! I've been having a bit of trouble setting the temperature of my 10 gallon tank. I have a 50 watt heater but when I use it the water is heated to 80-82 degrees. Is this too hot for the fish? I have 2 leopard danios, 2 cherry barbs and a dwarf gourami. The heater is set to the lowest...

Hi ksfishguy! Things have definately moved on since last update. My ammonia is now down to 0, has been for a few days and nitrites have shot up to 1-2 ppm so finally have nitrites! Only took 5 weeks though, lol! Dread to think how long it'll take to convert to nitrate! Ive just bought another...