Recent content by MattJ

Either way, at least it was quick!

Hi all, After my disaster with the poor batch of Leopard Danios a while back, I have had a nice and healthy tank for several weeks now and one of my dalmatian mollies gave birth! The same day as this, one of my Platys died for no apparent reason? Water params were fine, and all other fish...

I'd presume top comes off and you clean like any other aquarium?

Sorry to bring and old thread back but thought it was better than starting a new! You will all be pleased to know that I now have 18 happy fish swimming around my tank! I will try photos but need to try borrow my brothers DSLR as they are too fast to snap!!

Just to update.. a week after I got my danios .. I still have the 6 tetras :) Water levels are spot on : Ammonia and NitrItes at 0 and NitrAtes at 10.

The neons have never been to the top yet - apart from feeding. Filter review here: Fluval U2 internal filter review | Features | Practical Fishkeeping

How long had you had him? I guess I'd had the danios < 24 hours so hadn't had time to get too attached to them .

I want to add more oxygen to main tank anyway .. At present the filter (Fluval U2 plus) is positioned so that there is a lot of surface agitation as the water returns to the tank. I was hoping that there would have been a way to add an airline and airstone to this filter but I do not have the...

The danios were in a bucket, not the main tank - wasn't ideal but was the best I had at the time. They were ill and the dealer placed theirs into quarantine the day after I purchased mine from them.

I'll keep an eye out for some bargains .. Danios didn't make it :( Guess I'll be prepared (hopefully!!!) in the future for anything like this! In terms of a QT tank though ... I presume it needs to be cycled? If so, is the best thing to do put the filter that would be in the QT tank into the...

How large does the QT need to be?

One of the Danios died over night.. did PWC before I came to work. I'll prob get to LFS at lunch but not sure what to expect when I get home! Either way, I should be prepared in the future! Tetras appear to be fine. Obviously I'll want to add more fish but want to wait until I'm happy the...

If only the initial LFS has danios in I may never have had this problem!! Although at least I'll be more clued up and prepared if it ever happens again but in a more established tank with more fish ... and ones I've had longer than a day!

My only concern is the next 12 hours (well not quite 12) .. but overnight ... can't do PWC all night !!

The danios seems happy enough in the bucket - these do not seem to have fin rot but just ich. (Although I am no expert!) Depending on how we are looking in the morning, I will try get to LFS tomorrow on lunch - well, a Pet Store which will sell meds/aqua salt. The tetras in the main tank...