Recent content by Peartree

Hi it looks like ick to me you can get a treatment from amazon

algae I had a problem like that as a bright light for 10 hours a day will cause it so i got myself a uv filter and that solved the problem straight away cheers Peartree

dying fish Hi trust me all of us have had problems with water parameters may i suggest a different approach. Start from scratch empty and clean your tank do not use any detergents wash or renew the substrate get yourself a sponge filter because they will build up a massive amount of beneficial...

yellow neons Hi Jen i have yellow neons and i find that the females are a far more solid color than males but they are bright yellow so show out alot in most tanks i hope this helps cheers Peartree

Hi i am new to the hobby myself and i have read your problem and as far as i can see is that if your tank is just full of water with no substrate or plants wood ect there are not alot of places for beneficial bacteria to build up its just a thought and i hope it is of some help cheers Peartree

Hi i found out by trying different foods to find out what mine like you may need to feed more than one depending on the fish you have ie small mouth big mouth omnivor or carnivor and may i suggest adding more corydoras as they dont like being on their own cheers Paul

Hi as long as the 4 corners are on solid surface and nothing is sticking up higher you will be ok your mate probably had that in mind when he made it cheers Paul

Hi i used API white spot cure and gave it 2 doses and it cleared it up perhaps you could try that first rather than ramp it up to 30 degrees for 2 weeks

Hi i had the same and i was able to adjust my light so it would automatically turn down bit by bit till it went out i got it from amazon for about £40 it might be worth looking into otherwise put in some floating plants in (dwarf lettuce) as they like to sit underneath and will even make a...

Hi all can anyone tell me what has happened to my Denesonii Torpedo Red Line Barbs Sahyadria it has completely changed colour from the others and looks more like a gold fish ????

Hi i am new to this myself so have had problems. I must ask do you use UV in your filtering? Because that will kill off all bacteria good and bad so there will be nothing to feed on the ammonia. Otherwise it should go ammonia nitrite nitrate and if that were so you will have to do more or bigger...

Hi it looks like ich but you would be best advised to treat it as such just to make sure do the whole tank you dont need to seperate them and it will not hurt your other fish well i hope they are ok and heal soon cheers Peartree

Hi mine did that they were locking mouths and pushing each other i found out that that is how they mate could it be that ?

Hi looks like daphnia to me

im a newbee too Hi i have just started and your right things have changed i watched loads of utube to get information on tanks filters lights substrates it is all very quiet now and led dont look that bright when over the tank plus many have settings so you can set it how you like it anyway...