Recent content by whiddett

Hi. I have a 55 gallon freshwater community tank with quite a wide selection of fish. For quite a while now I have had a problem with a Red Tail Shark that regularly chases my 2 Denison Barbs which are both full grown at about 4-5 inches in length. The Shark is smaller at 3-4 inches. I know that...

I think I mentioned a while back that I had the same problem as you. I was advised by LFS to buy a Botia fish and was told he would eat the snails. I got one and I never actually saw him eat any snails but the problem soon went away so its probably well worth a try.

OK so yesterday I finally saw a Nitrite reading of 0.25ppm and the Ammonia level is still around 1ppm. Today the Nitrite was up to 0.5ppm. I guess I'm going to have to keep a careful eye on this now and to water changes if they become necessary. With Ammonia at 1ppm the fish seem to have been...

I am following the test instructions correctly. I have tested my other tanks water and the result comes out fine. I also had my LFS test today and they get the same result as me. So any other ideas?

Hi. I started a new 260 litre tank on 15th May. It is freshwater and has about 8 fish in it. 5 Fish I added after the first couple of days. It has 4 plants and gravel substrate. I bought an API master test kit about 4 weeks into my cycle and found I had Ammonia 1ppm, Nitrite 0ppm, Nitrate 10ppm...

Ive just realised that a Pleco I had last year displayed just the same symptoms and died. I had put it down to water quality but now Im not so sure...

Its funny you should say that as the guy at my LFS just now said I may have a dodgy test kit. However, I have read the instructions and am following them precisely. I have also tested my old tank water which shows Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 40, PH 7.8, which ties in with what you would expect...

Hmm I'm afraid it doesnt sound like he has long left. I thought people usually gave helpful advice very quickly on here but lately it seems not to be the case. Myself and another poster have had to euthanase due to lack of replies recently. I hope its just a temporary thing and that lots of...

Since my last post I have continued testing my water as follows but the results seem a little odd to me. The first set of results were PH 8, Ammonia 1ppm, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 10ppm. I then added some seed material from my old tank as I was concerned about the ammonia and wanted to speed up the...

OMG. Sounds like something off Alien. I hope someone gets back to you on this soon as the responses lately seem alot slower and fewer than usual :o(

I noticed the Danio was developing a similar lump on the other side of his body and didnt seem at all happy so decided that in the lack of advice as to what this could be I would euthanase him. I would really like to know what the problem was though uncase it recurs in any of the other fish. The...

Yes I have been testing my water since 11 June when I first got my API master test kit. The results seem a little odd to me though. The first set of results were PH 8, Ammonia 1ppm, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 10ppm. I then added some seed material from my old tank as I was concerned about the ammonia...

Hi. I have a 260 litre tank which I started on 15 May. It currently contains 3 leopard danios, 2 white cloud mountain minows, 2 denison barbs, a Leopard catfish and a Pim Pictus catfish. I went away on Thursday and just came back today to find something wrong with 1 of the Danios. He is hanging...

I tested again yesterday and today. Yesterday I thought the Ammonia was still about 1ppm or maybe just under going by the colour chart. But today I think my Ammonia level has dropped now closer to 0.5ppm. I'm still not reading any Nitrite and the Nitrate has not increased significantly if at all...

Yeah I love the ship. Its the perfect size for the tank too. Also, I think I got a real bargain as I paid £27.99 ($56) for it where as having seen prices elsewhere I think it should have been £27.99 for each half ($112)!