Recent content by roboto87

I did a 50% water change and I've removed the carbon from my filter and added a health guard just as a precaution. I will post on here in a few days/ weeks with an update. All the fish appear fine I'll keep testing the water as I go. Thanks ( ? ? )

My other fish look fine - I do have 2 shrimps which, being scavengers/ bottom feeders you're right they could have partially eaten him. I'm just reading up about columnaris and it mentions about carbon filteration needs to be stopped during treatment with aquarium salt. Things here to...

Hi there I posted for help yesterday with my sick platy but didn't receive any advice - I've now lost one of my platys but want to make sure I'm doing the right thing to prevent this happening again. Stats are: 30L BioOrb tank 5 months old, cycled 3 platys (was 4) 2 Yamato shrimp PH...

Sorry the pictures do not show how much he is not very well his fins are close to his body - and he's not swimming normally just keeps going to the bottom of the tank... Can anyone help?

Hi there I'm still relatively new to all this but I have a bioorb 30L tank I do water changes once a week (25%) I have 4 male platies and 2 ghost (Yamato) shrimp. Everything has been fine apart from I've come home after being away for 3 days to a rather sick Male platy. I've instantly...

Hello there, I've recently joined the community and I'm in the midst of cycling my new bioorb 30L upgrading from my 13L nano cube. Aside from the upgrade - I'm having an issue with my platy's and I'm not sure what to do? I think I do know the answer but I wanted to check with other more...

Thank you @tomtom14 for the quick and insightful response. I was wondering - with a new tank cycle, the sponges probably won't fit in the bioorb so what would be the best way to transfer the bacteria over? Could I just squeeze out the sponge in the new tank? Is it that simple? Do you advise...

Hello there, I'm Luke and I've just started my hobby with my tiny tank and lovely 4 platies. I'm now looking to upgrade my tank, currently I have a 13L tank with a built in filter system and light from Pets at home. I have 4 very happy platies, but due to rubbish advice when I first started...