Recent content by MrQuan

Yeah good call on the antibacterial treatment newfound77951, I've got some Melafix here that I'll use. They're due for a water change today, so I'll do it then. The cory is still alive, he tries to swim a bit - very awkwardly though. He's breathing hard and looking very worse for wear, but...

Thanks for the comments and suggestions, I've tried everything I could... I even tried having a go with some fine needle-nose pliers. The comet didn't panic too much at all, but it wouldn't budge. I tried pushing it in slightly and twisting a bit, but it's really lodged hard... There has been...

One of our large comets accidenatally half swallowed one of our small albino cories during feeding... We've tried to hold the now dead cory's tail so the comet can pull it out itself, but it's really stuck in there (pehaps the gills or fins on the cory are barbed in??). The comet is very...

Thanks for the help ppl. I did a much awaited 50% water change today (driftwood recently added to aquarium), and only took a fraction of the normal time~~ :wink:

Ahhh yabbies!! (Lobster must be an American term for them). I used to catch these guys near my house when I was younger and I got a few blue ones too! ;) I keep 6 in my 240L (64gal) tank with some cories, cats, comets, black moores, and rainbows - and they all get along nicely. Yabbies are...

I added them a week ago... so the stress factor is definately a possibility. I asked the guy at the LFS about what he feeds them and I bought a batch of his flake food and they seem to nibble a bit at that at least (still not eating normally IMO). Anyways, I'll give them time to adjust to...

Ok, this may seem like a dumb question - but since up-sizing to a 240L (64gal) tank, I've come across a predicament... When I do my weekly water change (usually around 50L/13gal) I siphon the water out with the python, cleaning the gravel - then I mix tap-water with some liquid ammonia and...

My bristle-nose cats love cucumber! I also throw in some frozen black worms for a treat every now and then to vary the diet in my aquarium.

I have recently added two red-striped rainbows in my 240L (63gal) planted aquarium and have noticed one of them has lost it's stripe! 8O In the photo below you can see that it has no red stripe at all, but rather a darker blue area on the lower half of it's side. When I first introduced this...

I guess the water in the bag would've saved them from any bad physical damage when they hit the floor. However, I don't know about the climitisation. I had a similar situation with a betta a while ago and he was freaking out and die fairly soon :( so I think if they were to die of stress from...

Ohhh rainbow fish! Thanks for that :) I just googled the albino bronze cory and it looks like you're right on the money there. Edit: Thanks to Fluff, I found the silver fish are juvenile Red-Striped Rainbow (scientific name: Melanotaenia splendida rubrostriata). Thanks :)

Ok, after some research I found the tiny 'flea' catfish are called Pink Cory Catfish (scientific name Corydoras species). :D ...still looking for the name of the silver fish though :)

Here's a couple of photos I just took of the "flea" catfish. This might help someone here identify them along with the silver one (pictured in my initial post). The tiny catfish here is about 25mm in length and zips around the aquarium (hence the nickname flea). Being a catfish, he eats from...

The aquarium guy here matched them for me and told me to keep the water temp at 25°C - they all seem happy so far... but I'll keep an eye on them. Thanks.

G'day, I'm new here~~ I recently bought a 4ft aquarium and have set it up with freshwater and plants. I threw in some comets and black googley-eyed dudes that I previously had in a smaller aquarium. Recently I bought some fish, but I have forgotten what they are!!! I added 3 bristle-nosed...