Recent content by Tarquin

Thank you for the help - I raised my tank temp over the last day slowly and it's now on 82. I added 4 tablespoons of salt to a water change which was a 20 gallon water change and the ich has started to go away with minimal signs on he neons. How long should I leave the heat up for? And do I...

I am treating ich in my tank - slowly raising the temp up to 86 and adding salt. My questions on this are: 1) do I only add the salt with water changes? And gradually increase the levels each time I do a change and vac the tank floor 2) do I add the salt 1 tablespoon per 5 gallons straight to...

Thanks for all the help guys! Will give this a shot and keep fingers crossed!

I thought so - but thanks for the advice! Do you think the raised temp will hurt the baby guppies? Do you also recommend treating with anything or just the raised temp?

I have a fully cycled tank with guppies and also those guppies have had babies which are swimming around in my tank. I wanted to start adding more fish so bought some neon tetras - within 24 hours they started to have signs of ich. I removed them into a smaller beta bowl I had lying around and...

57cm x 35cm x 30cm and in inches that comes to 22.4 x 13.8 x 11.8

Thanks for the info Purrbox - what would your advice be to fix this? Get a better bulb and not keep it on as long?

Hello - I have a new tank setup and am looking to do all my fish research. It would be great to get suggestions on types of fish I should get and in what order to add them: 1. Tank size - 60 liters (16 gallons) 2. Current filtration - Internal Tetratec EasyCrystal Filter 3. Type of substrate...

Thank you for your fast response In answer to your questions: 1) I have a 60 liter (16 gallon tank) with 9 plants in there. 2) I have a 15W fluorescent light tube which I have on 12 hours a day by timer 3) In terms of the plants I have, I am ashamed to say I am not sure. I did not keep the...